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

Cyber Monday Deals!

Hey all!

I've been going through my emails since midnight looking for the best Cyber Monday deals, and I can't really find a good compilation of all of them ( ya know, to compare like the competitive shoppers we are!) except for the one I retweeted. You can see it on my Twitter feed if you look me up- @photoholicgurli

Anyways, as I go through my emails I thought I'd make a brief list of the deals / shipping offers that I can find! This is not complete by far, and I doubt it will be completely accurate, but I hope it helps you all in your quest for amazing deals!

Whenever you shop online, make sure you go to eBates to earn cash back on all of your purchases! It's the easiest money you'll ever make! A lot of sites have increased cash back rates for today, and eBates also has a lot of other coupon codes you can use!!!

American Eagle Outfitters- also applies to aerie and AEO Factory websites- I ordered things from all 3 sites this morning, but it'll all ship together. They have 50% off the entire site & free shipping on everything. It's the best deal I've found so far, so of course I took advantage of it!

Bath and Body Works- 25% off entire site, not sure about shipping

Alex and Ani- 15% off site, free shipping code MANIA

Delia's - 40% off everything, free shipping, no minimum. Code INDULGE

Ulta- Free shipping on all orders over $25, code JINGLE13. There's also a 20% off one hair or grooming tool coupon if you get their emails, although you can probably find it elsewhere. Code 101362

Clinique- 5 free minis with $35 purchase, free shipping

Walmart- lots of Cyber Monday specials and deals, especially on electronics

Spencer's Online- 20% off entire order code CYBER13, free shipping over $25

Urban Outfitters- free shipping no minimum, $50 off $150, $25 off $100, $15 off $75

Starbucks Store- $25 off $60, free standard shipping. Verismo system is now at a sale price of $99

MAC Cosmetics- free overnight shipping! Code CYBER

Barnes & Noble- 50% off select books, up to $50 off certain NOOK models, 25% off any item excluding NOOK devices or books. Code CMONDAY25

Sally Beauty- 30% off online purchase of $50 or more, excludes sale/clearance items

Too Faced Cosmetics- 50% off all sale items, code BF2013

Victoria's Secret- 2 Secret Rewards cards with any $10 purchase, free shipping on $50, full-priced bras buy one get one 50% off, $30 off $150

Amazon- lots of specials and deals, especially on electronics and memory cards/ flash drives that I've noticed. I just got a 32 GB micro SD card for my phone for $16!

Beauty.com- 25% and 20% off certain brands, lots of specials, free samples, gift sets

Urban Decay Cosmetics- free shipping with any UD lifestyle purchase, Book of Shadows IV Redux and a deluxe lipstick sample now only $25, Smoked Eyeshadow Palette plus deluxe samples only $39 (wasn't it that originally? hmm...), FREE SHIPPING over $35. The Naked 3 palette is back in stock!!!

Dunkin Donuts Online Shop- free shipping code FSCYBER

L'occitane En Provence- free shipping on all orders, $10 holiday card with purchase over $50, other free gifts

MakeMeChic.com- 40% off everything, code CYBER40

Hautelook- FREE SHIPPING! (this never happens) Also, the beloved clothing brand Wildfox Couture is back on today. Shop here: http://www.hautelook.com/short/3zSfx

Note: None of these companies have told me to share this information with you, I'm not getting paid/ sponsored, etc. This list is mostly for my own sanity and organization with all of the saving going on, but I hope it can help you guys out in the process! Enjoy!

Where will you be shopping today? I can't wait to film a haul once I figure out what to get!

xox, Elle
MissGlamBam.com
Youtube Beauty Guru & Blogger

Tuesday Tidbits

I just got back to my room a few minutes ago- I have been go go go all day! Class, then showing up super early for physical therapy and having an appointment for almost an hour, and then another class!

This week I seem to be starting all of my weekly post series- last night was Monday Night Musings, which you can read here. Today is Tuesday Tidbits, instead of Tuesday Troubles like my blogging idol, RamblingsofASuburbanMom.com, did today, since last night's post was kind of more complain-y, and two in a row of those would just be obnoxious.

So here are my tidbits for so far this Tuesday! Enjoy!

~I posted about how my friend group and I went out to dinner for Miranda's birthday last night, and here's an artsy picture I took when we were at the bus stop, waiting in the freezing cold (I quite liked it): 

~I did super well in physical therapy today. It was my first time going to the on-campus office, and can I just point out how disturbing it was that they have a "Wall of Pain" with pictures of bruises that look like galaxies, and something that looked like a gunshot wound?!!?

Anyways, they had me putting weight on my bum foot, and by the time I left, I could almost walk on it without my Aircast boot, and walk with the help of my crutches and the boot. When I got to my room, I could actually limp a little on my heel when I was wearing the boot. This is super exciting, because all I want is to be able to walk again! Being so co-dependent and helpless is driving me crazy!!!

~On another note....I'm pretty sure that all of the Public Safety officers that drive me to all of my classes think my name is Ella...not Elle. Awk. I thought they all just had weird accents and said my name weird, but now when I call to ask for a ride they're like "oh, this must be Ella!" So I just say yes because it's just too late to correct them now without me looking really dumb. Whoops. Cringe.

~I have so many videos to film, and it will probably only be light for another two hours! I should probably get ready or something, or just edit some older video files I have just hanging out in my iMovie to make up for the upload gap. BTW I'll be uploading my newest Voxbox unboxing video in about an hour, so I'll post it RIGHT HERE when it's up so you can all check it out! It's one of my favorites to date- and then I'll have all of the products to blog about, because my posts won't be spoilers anymore (: I'll also have to update my post with my complete list of Influenster programs- so much to do, so much to do!

~I haven't had any caffeine so far today, and didn't have any yesterday (which eventually resulted in a mild headache, but I couldn't take anything for it because I had already taken Ibuprofen for my foot/ankle! arghh >:( ) I should really get on that...but half the battle is always choosing what to drink, since I have such a hoard of K-cups and coffee grounds and tea bags by now. I'm not complaining at all though, this is like heaven for a caffeine lover like myself <3 I have lots to do in real life and on the Internet today, so I'd better get that coffee pumpin' in me! 

~I always forget about eBates! Miranda was just about to order things online from Sephora, and then I told her to check out eBates first! I can do another post kind of explaining it sometime, but basically you get a percentage of cash back when you shop online, and a lot of times they have coupon codes or codes for free products, in Sephora's case. You can check it out here.

I hope you guys enjoyed - if you want to do this post too and put your link in the comments, I would be more than happy to check it out! It can be like a mini link-up until I figure out the technology to do a real bull blown one!

Thank you all for reading! What kind of post should I do next? I've really got the bloggin' bug this week!

xox, Elle
MissGlamBam.com
Youtube Beauty Guru & Blogger

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