CVS is great in that they have a Beauty Rewards Club. If you sign up, for every $50 you spend on Beauty Products you receive $5 Extra Bucks. At first I thought it would take me forever to reach $50, but it adds up fast. I get $5-$10 a week in Extra Bucks just through the Beauty Rewards Club. The great thing is that they add the full price to your Beauty Rewards Total when you use coupons or redeem store rewards. My CVS account Beauty Club says that I spent $1175.79 this year on Beauty Products. But my Out of Pocket Expenses for the year for everything (not just Beauty Products) bought at CVS is around $455.00. It says on my account I have also saved $1,672.00 to date.
A lot of people say CVS is the more expensive out of the top 3 drugstores but if you put in the time to research and match up coupons, you can end up spending the least and saving the most here. CVS also sends great 20-30% off non sale item coupons through email that I regularly get which helps me in getting more makeup. :-) Coupons through the Red Coupon Machine in store help with savings as well.
Some of the coupons listed with the drugstore deals are regional coupons. I buy several different newspapers on Sunday. I live in Connecticut and even in different Connecticut papers the coupons differ. If you are from around this area the papers that I get with the coupons are: The New Haven Register (Saturday and Sunday edition have coupons), Connecticut Post, Hartford Courant, NY Daily News and NY Post. (My father works around D.C. so he sometimes brings me regional coupon inserts from that area)
On the website www.SundayCouponsPreview.com they have the 2013 schedule of inserts. The coupon inserts are Red Plum, SmartSource and Proctor and Gamble. Proctor and Gamble usually come out once a month and at the beginning of the month. Not all newspapers will have all the inserts listed to be out that Sunday. Some coupons are also available to be printed from RedPlum.com, SmartSource.com and P&GEveryday.com.
I will use abbreviations for the inserts next to the coupons under the beauty deals.
RP- Red Plum
SS- Smart Source
PG- Proctor & Gamble
I will also indicate where a coupon can be printed off online.
Let's see what I will be picking up this week to review and share:
CVS:
Next week due to the holiday, they have 2 different 3 day ads.
12/22-12/24 Ad
-Buy 2 Maybelline Great Lash Mascara or ColorShow Nail Polish and receive $2 Extra Bucks.
- $1 off Maybelline ColorShow NailPolish MFC(RP, 12/8/13)
- $1 off Maybelline Color Elixer or Any Lip ProductMFC(RP, 12/8/13)
- $2 off Maybelline Mascara or Foundation MFC (coupons.com)
Note: I will probably use this deal if I can find it at CVS on the Limited Edition Great Lash Colored Mascara. I have the Very Berry. I have not seen these at a CVS around me, just at Rite aid and Walgreens. They have several colors including Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Teal and Violet. I tried the Rimmel Pop Lash colored mascara in green, purple and blue and did not like them. They were too "Halloween" looking. I love color but it made my eyelashes disappear in the color. It didn't make them stand out. The Very Berry Maybelline is a deep berry that accents my eye color and eyeshadow color, not overpowers it like the RImmel Lash Pop. They average $6.00 and with the $2 printable coupon they will be $4.00 each. Plus you will get back $2 EB towards another day's purchase. So you will really get 2 Great Lash Mascara's for around $6.
-Color Concept Beauty Book $4.99 and Receive $1 EB
-$2 off Cosmetic Holiday Gift Set CVS coupon (CVS Coupon Center)
Note: I usually pick up a few holiday beauty sets after Christmas when they go on sale for half off or more. I saw these at CVS and they looked worth a try. Especially for $1.99 after Coupon and Extra Buck received.
-Buy 2 Almay Products, Receive $5 EB
-$5/2 MFC on coupons.com
Note: Rite Aid has a phenomenal clearance on products and using the $5/2 coupon gets you free products. CVS also has some Almay clearance but clearance items do not count towards Extra Buck deals. This is a good sale for the Liquid Lip Balms which I really like. They are not sticky and have a nice sheer color for when I want my eye makeup to stand out. The glosses are $5.99.
For 2 glosses: $11.98
- $ 5.00 MFC
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$6.98 for 2 Glosses
- $5.00 EB for use on next purchase
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$1.98 for 2 Glosses
Other Sales 12/22 (Depending on coupons I get through email I may or may not buy these)
-$15 on Physicians Formula and get $10 EB for use on next purchase
-BOGO 1/2 off Wet n Wild Products
There are not too many makeup Extra Buck sales in this ad. If I get a % off coupon I will probably use it in the ad earlier In the week.
Some of the notable beauty sales:
-Revlon BOGO 50%
-$2 off Revlon Lip (Coupons.com) NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Note: If you still have a few left like me, this could be a good time to use them. They expire 12/28. I have been using them on the Revlon Lip Butters. I thought I was more of a lip gloss than lip stick girl but these lipsticks feel like a gloss on. They gift a softer look than lipstick and color like a lip stain. They are $7.99 and with $2.00 off coupons you can get 2 of these for: $7.98
-$15 and Receive $10 EB on Physicians Formula
-BOGO 50% L'Oreal Eye
- $1 mfc on L'Oreal Eye (RP 12/8/13)
-50% off cosmetic gift sets