'[She] decided my bathroom was her personal Sephora': Skincare thief gets taught a lesson about personal property after helping herself to her sister-in-law's potent prescription serum

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jun 16, 2025 6:00 PM EDT

Skincare is expensive if you get the good products. After filling up a basket in the toiletries aisle, many skincare enthusiasts have come to realize that their first mistake was not winning the lottery first. These pricey creams and serums really add up! So if you have a particular skincare routine that you desperately need, watching your sister-in-law come in and steal all of your fancy products is enough to grind anyone's gears—and put a dent in your wallet.

The woman in this next story turned this infuriating overstep into a karmic lesson about personal property by baiting her skincare thief of a SIL into using her prescription-strength, maximum potency exfoliant. Not only did she lose a layer of skin on her face, but she also lost a battle of blatant bathroom thievery. Never mess with a skincare girlie, they have an entire arsenal of serums under lock and key, ready to administer like Agent Orange in times of desperation. 

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  • She kept stealing my skincare, so I let her glow up the hard way My sister in law was staying with us for a bit and decided my bathroom was her personal Sephora. Every morning, I'd notice
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  • I'd notice my skincare products getting lighter, but she'd always deny using them like I'm blind and dumb. So I swapped out the label on a nearly serum bottle with a similar looking one I use for my keratosis, super strong, smells fine, burns like h I if misused.
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  • Next morning, she's blotchy, orange tinted, and low key panicking in the mirror. I hit her with the innocent "oh no, did you try something new?", she said "what? No! I mean... I might've used that a little bottle, but I thought it
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  • was like... for everyone?" *nervous laugh, and "ohh... yeah no. That's prescription. Definitely not a for everyone kinda thing. Maybe next time just ask?" I says. Then I walked out and let her sit with that.
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  • After that, she never touched my stuff again and suddenly respects the concept of personal property.
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  • Spikerdemon_1. She now knows that not everything is for everyone, I am glad she learned though.
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  • Wiley_Coyote_2024 Those types don't change their ways. I don't believe she respects personal property NOW - she just learned not to trust your labelled products! :)
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  • JenlsSalty ⚫ My husband and I used to go on holidays with my parents. One morning before we went out for the day, my husband saw a tube on the table and thinking that it was sunscreen he grabbed it.
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  • "My mum asked do you know what that is?" "Yes Lorna" my husband said condescendingly. So my mum let him slather it on his face and arms.
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  • Over the course of the day, my husband got more and more orange as the bronzer developed, he couldn't figure out why we kept laughing at him. It was hilarious.
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