CVS is my
favorite store to grab great beauty deals. If you haven’t already, sign up for
their ExtraCare card. You can swipe it in the front of the store at a kiosk and
get tons of store coupons (that you can combine with manufacturer’s coupons).
CVS will also email you coupons (e.g., $3 off a $15 dollar purchase, 30% off
your regular price purchase) and you can get ExtraCare Bucks—these are essentially
money, just money you can only use at CVS. You get ExtraCare Bucks (ECBs) by buying
certain products (e.g., spend $12 on Revlon product and get $4 in ECBs back). You can use the ECBs on your next purchase. Also, if you sign up
for CVS’s Beauty Club you get $5 ECBs when you spend $50 on beauty products. The
$50 total is BEFORE coupons!
So sales +
coupons + ECBs makes CVS my favorite couponing spot.
Here is the
deal I snagged this week where I saved 60% on makeup!
I received
a $10/$40 purchase coupon from CVS in my email. This includes sale items. I
also had $11 in ECBs from my previous week’s shopping. So, right there, I had
$21 towards a $40 purchase, more than 50% savings. Here’s what I got:
CoverGirl
was buy one get one 50% off, with $1 ECB for each product you buy (up to 3). I
got the outlast stay fabulous 3 in 1 foundation with SPF 20 in 810 classic
ivory and the flamed out shadow pencil in 355 violet flame (swatch below). I’ve
been wanting to try out this foundation for a while, and compare it to Revlon’s
ColorStay foundation, because the 3 in 1 foundation is raved about on YouTube. A
comparison post is on it’s way.
Breakdown: Foundation = $12.99;
shadow pencil (50% off) = 3.89. I had a manufacturer’s coupon for $2 off of
your purchase of 2 CoverGirl products so I used that too.
Revlon was
spend $12 get $4 in ECBs. I got the ColorStay quad in 510 Precocious (mix of
green/grays and purples). To get my Revlon purchase up to $12 I got the single
ColorStay shadow in Cocoa (medium-deep brown).
Breakdown: Quad = $8.79; single
shadow = $3.39.
Finally,
Maybelline was also spend $12 get $4 in ECBs. I got very excited when I spotted
the Color Sensational Matte lipstick in 660 Touch of Spice. I’ve been looking
for this color for weeks. It’s a browny red, on the darker side (swatch below).
I also picked up the new Lash Sensational Full Fan Effect Volume Mascara. One
side of the wand has short bristles to get close to the root of your lashes and
the other side has longer bristles to fan out your lashes.
Breakdown: Lippie = $8.79, mascara =
$7.79. I also had a manufacturer’s coupon for $3 off of the mascara.
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| Top Swatch: CoverGirl flamed out shadow stick in Violet Flame. Bottom Swatch: Maybelline Color Sensational Matte Lipstick in Touch of Spice. |
Final
Breakdown: Before coupons, sales and taxes, my total would have been $49.54. Coupons used:
$10/$40 purchase CVS coupon (emailed
to me from CVS)
$2 off the purchase of two CoverGirl
products, manufacturer’s coupon
$3 off Maybelline Lash Sensational
Mascara, manufacturer’s coupon
$11 in ECBs from my previous week’s
purchase
$3.90 off the CoverGirl shadow
pencil (50% off CVS sale)
I paid
$19.64 (before tax) for six products—a 60% savings!! That’s less than $3.50 per product!
After all
that, I also have $10 in ECBs to spend next week ($4 for spending $12 on
Revlon, $4 for spending $12 on Maybelline and $2 for buying two CoverGirl
products)!
