Save on Online Orders

It's time to do some Christmas shopping, and in my opinion, nothing beats shopping online.  All I have to do is sit here on my bed and browse all the products they have to offer, click, and a few days later, the stuff ends up at my door.  I love it!  And to help you guys and girls out while you do your Christmas shopping, I did a little research and I thought I would post a few coupon codes for some online stores.  Below are the coupon codes for a few makeup websites that have promos going on right now.

1.  Benefit - For those of you who are international, I thought this coupon code might be helpful.  Benefit's website (www.BenefitCosmetics.com) is currently doing free international shipping if you spend $115.00 or more.  The coupon code for this promotion is: WORLD115.

2.  MAC - If you chat live with a MAC MA, an option available at the MAC website (www.MacCosmetics.com), then at the end of your conversation they will usually give you a coupon code, at any time during the year.  I believe their most recent coupon code is LASH119, which will allow you free shipping on your purchase and a sample of their Zoom Lash mascara.

3.  Sephora - If you're looking for a deal, always be sure to check out this link before you complete your purchase with Sephora, at any time during the year.  They don't have any store-wide discounts right now, but they are still giving away samples and such.  Sephora's website is www.Sephora.com, and here is the link for their coupon codes: www.dealtaker.com/Sephora-coupon-code-a337-c.html.

4.  Too Faced - You can get 20% off your total purchase from their website (www.TooFaced.com) through December 2nd.  The coupon code for this awesome sale is: TFGLAM. 

5.  Urban Decay - You can get 30% off your total purchase from their website (www.UrbanDecay.com) through November 20th.  The coupon code for this awesome sale is: FNFW1.

I haven't started my Christmas shopping yet, so please let me know if there are any coupon codes that didn't work out.  And at any time you're shopping online for any reason, it's best to check if your websites have any coupon codes available.  You could save quite a bit of money just by googling: XYZ Store Promo/Coupon Codes.  I hope this helps you while you are doing your Christmas shopping!

Love,

Geneys  :o)

To De-Pot or Not?

Haha!  This post is a revision because YES, I did my math wrong, thanks for pointing out my error, Eternalmi! 

After having de-potted 18 eye shadows to turn them in for three free lipsticks, I wondered what would be more economical: buying the six potted eye shadows to get a free lipstick, or buying the six palette refills and buying a lipstick separately?  I hated math all through school and I still do now, but here is my second lame attempt at finding out the answer to this mystery.

If you buy six potted eye shadows for $14.50 each, your total would come out to $87.00.  And after you've de-potted them and turned the empty pots in for a free lipstick, you would still have a total of $87.00, because the lipstick was free.  So the math would look something like this...

6 x $14.50 = $87.00 + Free Lipstick = $87.00

On the other hand, if you buy six palette refills for $11.00 each, your total would come out to $66.00.  There is no free lipstick with this kind of purchase, so you would have to buy your lipstick separately, which means you must add the value of the lipstick, $14.00, to your total, and this would turn out to be $80.00.  So the math would look something like this...

6 x $11.00 = $66.00 + $14.00 = $80.00

Therefore, if you buy the potted eye shadows, de-pot them and turn six in for a free lipstick, you would actually be spending more money, namely, $7.00.  Not to mention, de-potting those eye shadows was pretty hard work and it took quite a bit of time.  I can't think of any pros to buying the potted eye shadows, because even if you are able to recycle the pots through the Back to Mac program, you wouldn't have to recycle the pots to begin with if you never bought them in the first place, right? 

Personally, to save myself the hassle of having to deal with all that sticky glue and breathing in the alcohol fumes and breaking my hands to rip into the plastic, I am going to buy only the palette refills from now on.  My answer to the question: To De-Pot or Not? would have to be NOT.  Just buy the palette refills because it's cheaper and easier.

I hope this helps, and good luck!

Love,

Geneys  :o)