Colorescience Return Policy
Every return window, fee, and holiday extension for Colorescience — pulled from the retailer's own policy page and linked below so you can confirm it yourself.
If you're on a subscription plan, know that returning a renewal shipment costs you a 15% restocking fee — a one-time purchase return doesn't carry that same charge.
Policy at a glance
- Return window
- 30 days (from purchase, excludes final sale)
- Return shipping
- Customer pays return shipping; refunds are issued minus any expedited shipping costs from the original order.
- Free returns
- No - fee deducted
- Restocking fee
- 15% fee applies only to returns of subscription renewal orders; standard one-time purchase returns have no restocking fee
- Holiday extension
- None published
- Category
- Beauty
Can’t be returned: Final sale items, altered products, products with less than 50% of the item remaining
Time-sensitive items: Colorescience reserves the right to refuse returns on defective items purchased more than 90 days earlier
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About Colorescience
Mineral sunscreen built into makeup is this brand's specialty, marketed heavily through dermatologists' offices and medical spas rather than drugstore shelves. Colorescience's setting powders and BB creams double as SPF protection, which is a real draw for anyone tired of layering separate sunscreen under foundation. The return terms get more restrictive if you're on a subscription: renewal-order returns carry a 15% restocking fee that a regular one-time purchase doesn't. You'll also need to keep at least half the product left in the container to qualify for any return at all.
What they sell
- Mineral SPF setting powders
- Tinted sunscreen and BB creams
- Sunforgettable sunscreen sprays
- Concealers and color-correcting makeup with SPF
Frequently asked questions
What is Colorescience's return window?
30 days (from purchase, excludes final sale)
Does Colorescience offer free returns?
No - fee deducted
How much does Colorescience charge for return shipping?
Customer pays return shipping; refunds are issued minus any expedited shipping costs from the original order.
Does Colorescience charge a restocking fee?
15% fee applies only to returns of subscription renewal orders; standard one-time purchase returns have no restocking fee
Does Colorescience extend its return window for the holidays?
None published
What items cannot be returned to Colorescience?
Final sale items, altered products, products with less than 50% of the item remaining
Also known as
colorescience.com, colorescience
Return-policy data is compiled from Colorescience’s public customer-service pages by Thrifle AI, our in-house research system. Policies change often and we can be out of date — always confirm on Colorescience’s official site before purchase. Spotted something wrong? Tell usand we’ll fix it.