How to Get the Naked 3 For Under $40! Couponing Lesson #1

JUST A SUPER QUICK couponing lesson for a makeup product that's super hot on the market right now, and how you can get it for CHEAP! (even though it's brand new and you typically can't use coupons on new Naked palettes!)

Long story short: the Naked 3 palette by Urban Decay has been sold out for weeks on the UD website and I've been trying to get my hands on it like you wouldn't believe. I just got an email saying Sephora finally has it in stock online (will be in their stores Dec 12th!) so I hopped on it because I knew some great deals were going on right now!

The Naked 3 palette retails for $52 no matter where you get it. It's like Uggs- once the market price is set, it's prettttty hard to get it for any less.

Step One: I went to eBates.com because I knew that Sephora was having 8.0% cash back right now. That means, at the end of the quarter, 8% of whatever you spend on your Sephora purchase will be mailed back to you in a check! Sweet, right?

Step Two: I put the palette in my cart, and at checkout I entered the promo code SUSPENSE for the Cyber Monday mystery sample bag with 5 samples in it. I'm surprised they still had this in stock by Cyber Friday! There are lots of other promo codes for free deluxe samples I could've used, but this one sounded like the biggest bang for my buck.

Step Three: If you are a Sephora Beauty Insider (their free rewards card- these coupons aren't even for the higher up level of members, the VIBs, so literally if you gave them your email and signed up you should've gotten one), they sent out their annual rewards gift card coupon in the mail last weekend. It's basically a coupon for $15 off a $50 purchase, and since Sephora stuff rarely goes on sale and they rarely have coupons, this is an offer I wanted to take advantage of! You can use these from Dec. 4- Dec. 15!

*I also had an actual Sephora gift card, but I couldn't use that AND the promotional gift card, so I decided to go for the discount and save my gift card for something I'd have to fork over full price for in the future, since the coupons are for a limited time only and the gift card doesn't expire.

Step Four: That's it! Here's the total:

Merchandise subtotal (includes 3 free samples w/ every order and the mystery bag): $52.00
Shipping (free w/ $50 order): FREE
Gift card (coupon): -$15.00
Total paid: $40.64

But don't forget...
Cash back from eBates (I calculated it off of the merchandise subtotal- discount): -$2.96
What I REALLY will end up paying (after cash back check): $37.68

Noooot bad for a palette that will never go on sale!

Want more couponing lessons? What tricks do you have? Will you go get anything with your Sephora gift card coupons?

Thanks SO much for reading!
xox, Elle
MissGlamBam.com
Youtube Beauty Guru & Blogger

CVS Couponing Haul: November 2013 (Rimmel on Sale!)

I just went to CVS and scored some pretty good deals on girly things and snacks, so I thought I'd share the excitement!

Everything I got! You may have seen this picture on my Instagram, where you should follow me for mini hauls on the reg! @elleohelle86

Glaceau Vitamin Water (Energy) $1.77 each or 2 or more @ $1.50 each- I didn't even know these were on sale. Mostly I was just thirsty, and this is one of my favorite kinds of VM. I think this flavor has caffeine in it...I know one of them does and it would make sense if it was the energy one, right?

Special K Pastry Crisps in Chocolatey Delight $1.99 normally $4.39- I love these but have never seen this flavor before (which spoke to me because, duh, chocolate!), and at that price I couldn't walk by without them!

Cosmo with Miley Cyrus on the cover $3.99- I don't normally get this magazine, but Miley's outfit kind of caught my eye, and even though I told myself I'd never get this issue because the headlines kind of bothered me, I thought I'd try something new just to poke through when I'm bored (or over Thanksgiving break! Weeeee, I'm hoping for some actual free time coming up!)

Dr. Scholl's For Her Comfort Insoles $13.29- I probably spent a pathetic 15 minutes in the insoles aisle trying to pick out a pair. Since I'm limping around now instead of putting all my weight on my crutches (I sprained my foot and my ankle about a month ago and am in a slow recovery, if you're new to my blog), I thought I'd treat myself and make the pain every time I step a little less intense. My foot is so sore today from using it over the weekend and to get around today, so hopefully these put in my sneakers will make my feet happy and more comfy. 

M & Ms White Chocolate Candy Corn $.59, saved $.60, 50% off Halloween candy & some merchandise- I'm not sure if these are M & Ms or actual candy corn, but the bag was cute and it was so inexpensive and it looked yummy, so I picked it up. Nothing like after-holiday deals! Especially on candy...muahaha. Obviously my sweet tooth was acting up at CVS today....whoops.

Rimmel London Glam Eye Precise Design Liquid Eyeliner (all Rimmel cosmetics 40% off, plus a $2 off any Rimmel cosmetics purchase coupon from the coupon machine, so I paid... $1.89!)- This little booger is the entire reason I went to CVS. My pen liquid liner by Flower ran out and dried up on me while I was getting ready today (it's been doing that the last few times I've used it too), which is disappointing because I only got it in July. My Maybelline one has lasted over a year and is still as juicy as the day I got it! Shame on you, Flower. This looked similar and was ridiculously cheap with all of my coupons, so I got it. Hopefully it works out!

Do you like blogpost hauls? Or should I do video ones on my beauty channel? Let me know what you think below! They're both fun for me!

Thanks for reading! 

xox, Elle

MissGlamBam.com

Youtube Beauty Guru & Blogger