Active Promo Codes #19

[Lazybeautybeast]

Codes Updated: 1/29/2020 Hey BIC! This thread has moved! Check out the new thread at: https://community.sephora.com/t5/Insiders/Active-Promo-Codes-20/m-p/5142933/highlight/true#M125165

[MeganLO]

You said you were rouge "at some point but started to buy more items elsewhere" ??

Your profile says you are rouge now. 

[xcicee]

Yes once you hit rouge once you stay rouge on the boards, so that you retain access to the rouge only topics, but I am a VIB now. 

[MeganLO]

I didn't know that but I'm glad you mentioned it because it made me look at mine.  It says rouge but I am just an insider now....same as you didn't see the value in being rouge.  Brand sites offer more and Ulta is way better than sephora offerings.

[Harobedb]

Once people get used to something, it's next to impossible to take it away without generating a crap ton of resentment. Lowering the VIB discount to 15 percent is absolutely insulting. If I were VIB, it sure as heII would NOT make me want to spend another $650 to make Rouge! I really do not understand the marketing dept. at Sephora. Why are they going out of their way to purposely alienate their customers??

[itscarin]

@xcicee @Sephora’s Marketing team is punitive. Anytime we complain about something they respond by taking it away. 🤣🤣🤣

[xcicee]

@itscarin Yep agreed, management must have changed in the last couple years because they've made a bunch of (no good) changes. 

i.e - the nice gift in december going from 25$ buy in to 50$ buy in, flash shipping being raised from 10$ to 15$, gift card event buy in being increased, luxe play boxes going from 20$ to 25$, etc, etc. 

[quspork]

I agree, @xcicee. I think it's a terrible idea to lower the percentage on VIBs. It's been 20% off for VIBs for years. This makes me glad I was able to shop F&F because Sephora won't be getting too many more of my dollars this holiday shopping season if that's all their offering. 

[CC3616]

@quspork I didn't get a FF code which I wasn't concerned about because of the holiday sale, but as a VIB now I can bet most of my shopping will be elsewhere for the rest of the year now hunting direct discounts for black friday, GWP bags, better e-bates rebates etc. 

I also agree with others that tiers should be bettered as incentives to continue shopping, not lowering offers given for many previous years. I only made VIB because I was buying supplements earlier this year through sephora, but now that I'm not getting moon juice through sephora and still pretty low buying I may not even VIB next year between shopping direct sales/GWP bags to maximize my purchases. I have $100 to go still at ulta to stay platinum for next year LOL!

I bought flash shipping last year which was my first year as a VIB but I passed on it this year and didn't miss it at all. If I wasn't low buying and planned on making more $25 purchases I would be more apt to get it since the value in GWP with $25 purchases would even out quickly. 

[xcicee]

@quspork  I was lucky enough to get a code from a cowoker this year (my first year shopping F&F too), but I had a happycard type gift card which gets entered into the credit card box so I wasn't able to buy everything I was planning to get 😞 I do have another gift card so I plan to get a few more things but I'm pretty much out starting next year. There is absolutely no point when I can get things for cheaper elsewhere. 

[amillion3147]

 I was looking forward to the usual 20% off to stock up on gifts for the season. Screw them. I dumped the entire cart and plan on shopping brand sites instead. I get an industry discount at Nars of 30% anytime of the year. Bad move on your part sephora. No incentive for me to stay a vib as each year its been a 20% holiday discount. I am $70 away from staying a vib. Won't even bother to give them that amount. I am done. Will redeem my points for measly samples and move on.

[xcicee]

Yep 20% is pretty much the minimum I expect as well, which is already LOW compared to other sites. 

Luxe brands that don't do higher discounts that I was relying on sephora for 20% off:

Tatcha - has 20% off F&F sale every fall, as well as 20% off 100+ on black friday. 

Hourglass - was able to get almost FORTY % off via cultbeauty's recent promotion. 

Drunk Elephant - has 15% off ANYTIME with email sign up. Likely will have more sales now that Shiseido has acquired them. 

Pat Mcgrath - has 25 or 30% off black friday. 

Jo Malone - Neiman Marcus has gift card events that stack with ebates for about 25%+ off. 

[amillion3147]

Exactly. Brands sites have been the way to go. That is exactly where I will spend my money for holiday gifts this season. Everyone likes to save as much as they can. Why deal with 15% with these folks when I can get a higher discount with the actual brand for their holiday sales. Sephora is tripping for real to think all vib folks would fall for that. Nah. I am good.

[GG84]

@amillion3147 

I think this is fair, sorry 🤷🏻‍♀️ Rouge spend $1000 ++ why should VIB get the same discount? 

[xcicee]

It would have been more fair for rouge to get 25% and VIB to get 20%....why should VIBs spend 350% to get the base discount at other stores that come with no minimum?

[amillion3147]

Its been20% discount for vib for years not just last year. If it wasn't for rouge always complaining about a higher discount it probably would have stayed the usual 20% for us as well. They made things worse. Its cool with me. I won't spend anymore money with them problem solved.

[xcicee]

To be fair I think most users aren't like this poster and were asking for a higher discount, not asking for things to be taken away from others! I agree that they are not getting more business out of this decision. Being rouge isn't any bit more attractive; they're just alienating their VIBs. 

[milliesfriend]

I've been Diamond at Ulta, since the tier was available and would've been years ago if the tier existed. This is the 1st time I've been VIB in a few years, because there is so little incentive to be VIB or Rouge at Sephora. However, I was actually interested in trying to reach Rouge during the Holiday sale, had the VIB percentage offered been the same as it had been in previous years- even more so had the Rouge percentage been raised to 25% (as it justly should have been). I now regret spending the extra money to even reach VIB and once again remember all the reasons I haven't bothered to reach VIB in previous years. 

[Luvstravel]

@veronika23, Thanks for posting the information!

[veronika23]

@Luvstravel  you're welcome! 🙂 I know lots of people were wondering when it starts.

[ohheyitscindyk]

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[Kim888]

They always have such good gwp right before the sale! Definitely waiting for the discount though but they almost got me haha