Beauty Savings - Sephora Benefit Moisturizer Purchase

So I have been on a tight budget lately since I am down one job so here is a recent purchase I made at Sephora during their 15 Days of Beauty Thrills. I was in the market for a new moisturizer and after searching and trying on different samples I settled on this one from Benefit. I love how this feels light, and after having it on for a whole day it makes my combination skin feel not oily like other moisturizers do. So with my already saved Viggle (Learn more about Viggle here: How My Ipod Touch Paid for Itself - 4 Apps to Download ) points for Sephora gift cards, I knew that scoring this at a great deal was highly likely.

With my 5 eGift certificates I was looking to buy up to $50 worth of goods to also get free shipping but when I called in my order I also found something about Sephora's new site that did not make me a happy camper, they could only accept 3 eGift certificates since their new system would only allow that many. Their old system allowed much more. So I took out the other item in my basket and just bought my much needed moisturizer. Since it was the last day of Sephora's 15 Days of Beauty Thrills they were offering their best deal yet, 10% off so even though I could not use 5 of my eGift cards 10% off did help offset some of the shipping I had to pay. Here is how I made out..

Price of item $28.00
Sephora 10% off ( - $2.80 )
Tax ( + $1.57 )
Shipping ( + $5.95 )
Paid a total of $2.74 a savings of 90% of the original $28. Plus I will be getting back $1.23 from Cashback site Big Crumbs (5 % cashback)

Here are some guides that are relevant to helping you save at your favorite beauty stores online:
Beauty Reward Programs - How to Get More From Your Beauty Purchases
From in-store to online, check out the places where you can get samples, cash back and more!
Cashback 101
Save more money online by using cashback sites

Don't have a device to download Viggle? click continue to read on how else to save at Sephora!

Shoe Savings - American Eagle Gladiator Flats

Pictures taken from the AE website

So this is my first official post of the new Pretty Little Savings, and I am going to start off with my most recent shoe purchase. I recently bought a pair of sandals that didn't fit my staple wardrobe bill but since I had a gift card from American Eagle, I bit the bullet and bought it since they had a 40% off sale during Memorial Weekend. The shoes seem to be sold out now but, when I was previously watching the shoes bi-weekly to see if they were on sale or if my size was still available something weird happened. When the sale hit they were no where to be found on the site, disappointed I came up empty during the sale and a few days later looked at the site again and there they were, I quickly bought them. Now my dilemma is how to wear them, I already own a pair of gladiator sandals and always feel like they make me look shorter, of course I could pair them with shorts, but how about dresses? Decisions, decisions.

Here are tips on how I scored these for $29.70 from regular $49.50.
- Used $20 Gift Card (present)
- Used a gift card that I had from a return I made from AE
- Got $0.83 in cash back from Big Crumbs, 2.8% cashback (check out Cashback 101 for more info)
- Waited until they were on sale (practically stalked these for at least a month)
- I remember when my gym teacher from elementary school told us that if we really wanted something instead of buying on impulse to wait for 2 months and if the time passed and we still wanted it that shows that the buy wasn't impulsive but worth the wait.

If you guys read my article: How My Ipod Touch Paid for Itself - 4 Apps to Download then you could use gift cards you've earned to save even more!
Overall paid $8.87 a 82% savings from the original $49.50 price tag!

Free Shipping alert! Urban Outfitters is offering free shipping, no minimum until 6/14 3AM EST, and there is no code needed so shop away!

Pretty Little Savings Gets "A" Makeover

Hey everyone, so the past couple of days I have been thinking of how to revamp the blog. I am not really feeling the posts, granted they help you save but I think that there are more proactive ways to help you guys do that. Therefore instead of posting just the deals, I will be doing posts related to my shopping habbits along with how I save, A's personal shopping tips if you will. Going the personal blogging route, the previous 'beauty reward' post is something that I would love to do more as the information doesn't expire and it can help you save more in the long run. So keep checking back for more informative posts, from yours truly, A.

PS. The picture of Danbo above is there just because.
Here are guides I've written to help you guys save and more things of the like coming soon!

Beauty Reward Programs - How to get more from your beauty purchases
Cashback 101 - Save more money online by using cashback sites
Birthdays and goodies oh my! - Birthday discounts and scores for you
How My Ipod Touch Paid for Itself - 4 Apps to Download - How 4 Apps helped me save, score gift cards and rewards!

Smashbox - Friends & Family Event 20% Off 6/5 - 6/10

Smashbox just started their Friends & Family event today, where you can get 20% off your order of $25 or more. What is great is that you get free shipping on your order and free samples. They also have a beauty reward program called ' Pretty Points' which is free to join. I do not know much about it but do know that if you like Smashbox Cosmetics it would not hurt to join. Everything is eligible for the discount besides the products in the final call section, offer ends June 10th.

Beauty Reward Programs - How to Get More From Your Beauty Purchases

Hope everyone is enjoying their June so far, its suppose to be summerlike but the weather has been more than gloomy these past few days in Boston. I am trying to think up new ideas for the blog, and how to help you guys save more in the long-run and therefore I am presenting you with an article I wrote to teach you guys how to save more on your beauty purchases, via various beauty programs.
Some of these you probably heard of and some not at all but maybe next time when you make a beauty purchase this guide will come in handy!

Check out my other money saving guides below or click the tab above titled 'PLS Guide To Savings'

Cashback 101 - Save more money online by using cashback sites
Birthdays and goodies oh my! - Birthday discounts and scores for you
How My Ipod Touch Paid for Itself - 4 Apps to Download - How 4 Apps helped me save, score gift cards and rewards!

Click below to read my guide!

Sephora - 15 Days of Beauty Thrills

I guess Sephora saved the best for last, today is the final day of their 15 Days Of Beauty Thrills where they featured different gift with purchases along with giveaways. Today only they are offering 10% off your entire purchase when you type in code THRILL, if you aren't interested in the 10% you can always check out the 14 gifts with purchases they offered (some may not be available anymore), just click below to see them all.