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Beauty retailer Sephora has announced its virtual gaming experience, Sephoria, will be returning, once again allowing users to explore its brand through an online world.


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Set to take place September 18, the ‘Sephoria: Virtual House of Beauty’ event will provide the option to explore an interactive beauty house, with multiple rooms that highlight the retailer’s product assortment and the 35 plus brands that will be participating.

Rooms include a greeting area with information on the event, a theatre displaying the most popular products and a space highlighting BIPOC and Latin-owned beauty brands.

During the new activation, visitors will be introduced to a new point-earn platform, through which they can play games and build up points to win prizes.

Additionally, attendees can also engage with the brand’s founders, Sephora experts and other content creators through live-chat features.

It follows on from Sephora’s virtual event last year, albeit with advanced features and a wider audience range.

This year will see the programme become available globally for the first time, with customers based in the US, Canada, France, Spain and Italy now able to take part in the experience.

Those registered in the US can further apply to purchase a curated ‘Experience Kit’ that will include a selection of beauty products from participating brands.


Washington [US], July 22: The governing bodies of 'Quidditch', the real-life sport first profiled in JK Rowling's Harry Potter novels and later in its films, have said that the game will henceforth be known as 'Quadball'.


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According to Deadline, the name change has been done to distance itself from Rowling's anti-transgender comments, the organizations said. Beyond that, the organizations stated that they were switching names because they do not own the 'Quidditch' trademark. Warner Bros. Discovery holds that right. For those who missed on the 'Harry Potter' phenomenon, Quidditch has been a wizard sport where two teams flying on brooms compete for points by throwing a ball through hoops. Every goal is worth 10 points and the team whose Seeker captures the Golden Snitch earns an additional 150 points.

In the real world, those who can't fly mount broomsticks to play. US Quadball and Major League Quadball, the sports' two governing bodies in North America, today announced the new name, which will be activated this summer.

The International Quidditch Association also plans to adopt the new name the organizations said, reported Variety. Quidditch evolved from a team founded in 2005 at Middlebury College. The earthbound version is said to resemble a mix of rugby and dodgeball.


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