Beauty Retailer ULTA Celebrates the First-Ever Recipients of the ULTA Enrich, Empower...

Beauty Retailer ULTA Celebrates the First-Ever Recipients of the ULTA Enrich,
Empower & Enlighten Scholarship

CHICAGO, June, 26 /PRNewswire/ -- ULTA, "the store on everyone's lips," is
honoring today the inaugural recipients of the ULTA Enrich, Empower &
Enlighten Scholarship. Committed to positively impacting the future of women,
ULTA launched in 2008 the ULTA Enrich, Empower & Enlighten Scholarship Fund to
benefit outstanding high school senior girls in select communities across the
country. Sixteen deserving young women were selected based on their academic
achievements, community involvement, leadership qualities and commitment to
continuing their education; each girl received a scholarship to the
educational institution of her choice. The young women also were offered the
opportunity to take advantage of a special trip to Chicago for today's awards
luncheon and shopping spree at ULTA on State Street with Lyn Kirby, President
and CEO of ULTA.

"These young women have demonstrated exceptional commitment to giving back to
their communities, and they show great promise for becoming future leaders in
their chosen fields," said Lyn Kirby, President and CEO. "With the ULTA
Enrich, Empower & Enlighten Scholarships, we hope to bring them one step
closer to reaching their dreams."

In 2008, the ULTA Enrich, Empower & Enlighten Scholarship program was
initiated in select communities that have ULTA locations. Community members
who visited the stores had the opportunity to nominate a local high school,
and the high school in each community that received the most nominations was
able to offer the scholarship opportunity to their senior girls graduating in
the Class of 2009. The applicants were challenged to submit a personal essay
outlining what the words "Enrich, Empower and Enlighten" mean to them. The
2008-2009 ULTA Enrich, Empower & Enlighten Scholarship recipients are:

Alexa Del Tufo of Mooresville, NC Katherine Strelzyk of Chicago, IL
Alyssa Bilyeu of Chesterfield, MO Laura Rodriguez of Harker Heights, TX
Aparna Ghosh of Ann Arbor, MI Leigh Anna Logsdon of Lubbock, TX
Chi Wai Tsang of Chicago, IL Lily Marucci of Casa Grande, AZ
Emily Gold of Farmingdale, NY Maria del Pilar Delgado deLeon of
Fort Collins, CO
Emina Becirovic of Omaha, NE Megan Whitehead of Sandy, UT
Jessica Morrison of Dunwoody, GA Sarah Eisenberg of New Lenox, IL
Julia Alice White of Wellington, FL Shelby Kretz of Toledo, OH

Upon learning that she had been selected as a scholarship recipient, Megan
Whitehead of Sandy, Utah, wrote, "I am honored to be one of the recipients of
an ULTA Enrich, Empower & Enlighten Scholarship. I hope to be able to serve in
a political position where I will have the ability to help those less
fortunate. Without scholarship programs like this, many students, such as me,
would be unable to pursue an education."

"I especially enjoyed applying for your scholarship because the essay
requirement made me pause to consider my inner feelings about life, learning
and success," wrote another recipient, Julia Alice White of Wellington, FL.
"The life of a modern high school senior is very hectic, and it can be easy to
lose sight of what is important. Writing this essay helped me to refocus my
priorities. [I am inspired to] continue to work hard to achieve my ultimate
goal of becoming a neurosurgeon dedicated to saving lives and improving the
quality of life for many people."

In 2009-2010, ULTA will expand the program to award Enrich, Empower &
Enlighten Scholarships to high school senior girls in additional communities
nationwide. Visit www.ULTA.com in July 2009 for information on this year's
eligible communities and details on how to apply for an ULTA Enrich, Empower &
Enlighten Scholarship.

ULTA is the largest beauty retailer that provides one-stop shopping for
prestige, mass and salon products and services in the United States. ULTA
offers affordable indulgence to its customers by combining the product
breadth, value and convenience of a beauty superstore with the distinctive
environment and experience of a specialty retailer. ULTA offers a unique
combination of over 21,000 prestige and mass beauty products across the
categories of cosmetics, fragrance, hair care, skincare, bath and body
products and salon styling tools, as well as a full-service salon in all
stores. Headquartered in Bolingbrook, IL, ULTA opened its doors in 1990,
currently operates 320 stores across 35 states and also distributes products
through its website: www.ulta.com.

The Salon at ULTA: ULTA's full service salon and skin health services make it
the complete beauty destination. The Salon at ULTA offers convenient services
at affordable prices with licensed Designers and Skin Therapists. Services
range from cuts and dimensional color, to brow design and specialty facials.
ULTA proudly uses Redken and CHI professional products and Dermalogica skin
care in the Salon and Spa. Professionals are available for complimentary hair
and skin care consultations to help each guest receive customized services and
product recommendations to suit individual needs.

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Rachele Harkins of Rpr Marketing Communications, +1-212-317-1462,
Rachele.Harkins@rprny.com, for ULTA