Here is my CVS Shopping Scenario for 08/11. You’ll get $23.97 in merchandise and spend $7.72 total out of pocket. You’ll end with $2 ECBs, so you are really paying just $5.72 for everything!
Remember the Revlon and Infusium will help you accumulate Beauty Bucks if you’re a member. If you don’t have the $2 Revlon Cosmetic coupon that expires today, you can start with Transaction #2 and just pay $6 initially. The Revlon limit is 6, and the Spinbrush limit is 2, so you can add more transactions after #1 and #3 respectively if you want more of these products.
Transaction #1
Buy (1) Revlon (select lip or eye cosmetics), $6.99 Sale Price
(1) $2/1 Revlon Cosmetic Item, exp. 8/18/13 (SS 07/28/13 #2 R)
Total = $4.99, Get Back $4 ECB
Transaction #2
Buy (1) Infusium23 Shampoo, 2/$10 Sale Price
Buy (1) Infusium23 Conditioner, 2/$10 Sale Price
(2) $2/1 Infusium23 Shampoo, Conditioner or Leave In Treatment, exp. 9/18/13 (SS 08/18/13)
$4 ECB from Transaction #1
Total = $2, Get $4 ECB
Transaction #3
Buy (1) Arm & Hammer Spinbrush Tooth Tunes, $5.99 Sale Price
Buy (1) Coke, 2L bottle, 99¢ Sale Price [As a FILLER for the 1¢ on the ECB; you can select another product if you prefer]
(1) $2/1 Any Spinbrush Arm & Hammer Spinbrush Powered Toothbrush or Refill printable
(1) 25¢/1 Coke 2L Bottle CVS Coupon from the Coupon Center Kiosk
$4 ECB from Transaction #2
Total = 73¢ and get back $2 ECB
YOU END UP WITH $2 in ECBs FOR NEXT WEEK!
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Certain Revlon cosmetics are $6.99 with $4 ECB back each, making them $2.99 each (limit of 6! per household). I had 3 coupons from the kiosk for $4 off of $12 cosmetics, so I did two transactions before the coupons expired, and will do another before that one expires this week.
For each transaction, I bought 2 Revlon cosmetics for $6.99 each ($13.98 total. After the $4 off of $12 cosmetics, price was $9.98, and got back 2x the $4 ECB bucks ($8) so final price was $1.98, or 0.99 each! Add in any Revlon coupons you might have, and these could be free or moneymakers!
($13.98 each time towards my beauty club I think, and with 3rd coupon that expires today, it will be $41.94 total!). Add in another cosmetic and coupon to make it reach $50 and get $5 ECB back, another way to get low price on cosmetics.
I was able to snag the revlon lipstick deal. Here is how it went:
Reg Price – Revlon super lustrous lipstick $9.29
Sale price = $6.99
minus
-$5 extrabucks on hand
subtotal = $1.99 + tax + $4 extrabacks
Note: I rolled the $4 extrabucks into the cvs body wash deal