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This thread will be for Ulta GWPs only. Share ulta promos here.
Please do NOT post requests for the spreadsheet in this thread. Please post requests for the Ulta GWP google spread sheet in this thread: http://community.sephora.com/t5/Off-Topic/Ulta-GWP-Google-Spreadsheet-Request-Thread/m-p/2753063#M11...
A list of in store coupons is here: https://community.sephora.com/t5/Savvy-Shoppers/Ulta-GWP-Coupons-no-chatter/td-p/3866521
Let's keep this thread on topic!
Ulta points refresher (because yes, it is that complicated):
Item #1 - $53.50
Item #3 - $108.50 (and is eligible for a certain item/brand 5x multiplier)
* There is also a 5x all purchase multiplier and you are platinum so you get 1.25x
Total Spent - $162
Base Points Earned - 162
Platinum .25x Earned - 41 (162 * .25 = 40.5, and rounding up)
5x All Purchases Earned - 648 (it ends up being 4x because you don't count the base points)
5x Item/Brand Earned - 434
Total Points Earned - 1285
Links are not allowed. In lieu of links, please read this:
Please add product id numbers and sku numbers so people can find items on ulta.
Just to clarify, there is an item number that Ulta lists on the website, right under the picture of the item.
The product id is the number given to the item in the URL. So Ulta's site follows this formula of having the url and then the very last part of the url is "productId=xlsImpprod" followed by an 8 digit number. If you use that "productId" number you can get to the page of any item on ulta.
It's not a search, but the direct url to the page.
Click on any product, and then view the url in the address bar. It will look like this: ulta's website (not using the actual domain because BT admins don't like that) /prep-prime-fix?productId=xlsImpprod15921204 Replace the 8 digit product id of the item you want to see with the id of the product you're looking for.
My very unofficial Ulta point multiplier to approximate percent discount chart:
(This is a number where I use the multiplier to divide by 2000 to see how many dollars I would have to spend in order to redeem a $125 reward. E.g. 2000 points divided by 1 point multiplier means I have to spend $2000 to get the $125 reward. Adding how much I had to spend ($2000) + the reward ($125), and then using the reward ($125) to divide the total purchase ($2125), I get a discount of approximately 6% based on the total purchase. Note: the total purchase is based on the concept that you are spending just enough to reach the next $125 reward and combines the reward value with how much money you had to spend to get that reward.
Multiplier | 1 | 1.25 | 1.5 | 2 | 2.25 | 2.5 | 3 | 3.25 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.25 | 4.5 | 5 | 7.25 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.25 | 8.5 | 9 | 9.25 | 9.5 | 10 | 10.25 | 10.5 |
Spend | 2000 | 1600 | 1333 | 1000 | 889 | 800 | 667 | 615 | 571 | 500 | 471 | 444 | 400 | 276 | 267 | 250 | 242 | 235 | 222 | 216 | 211 | 200 | 195 | 190 |
Points | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 |
Redeem | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 |
Total Purchase | 2125 | 1725 | 1458 | 1125 | 1014 | 925 | 792 | 740 | 696 | 625 | 596 | 569 | 525 | 401 | 392 | 375 | 367 | 360 | 347 | 341 | 336 | 325 | 320 | 315 |
Discount | 6% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 17% | 18% | 20% | 21% | 22% | 24% | 31% | 32% | 33% | 34% | 35% | 36% | 37% | 37% | 38% | 39% | 40% |
HAHAHA! I feel the same way, it's great for my wallet, but I haven't been really excited about a gwp in a while. Hopefully we'll get something exciting soon!
I'm trying to hang onto my points until a 20% coupon comes along, assuming I'll get it, of course. 🙂
@Ispend2much6 The interwebs says 20% coupons have already hit the mail and should be arriving this week. ::fingers crossed::
Thank you for the info @quspork I was just about to post and ask if anyone knew when the next 20 off was! Now I know to hold off a little on my purchase but I am dying to try the new PTR Skin to Die For BB.
@quspork oh yay, I love it when they send them by both mail and email! 😀
I'm predicting Thursday based on last year, so hopefully we don't have to wait much longer! 😄
New multiplier
A new brand is up as well (but "coming soon")
@RGbrown Flesh is the new upscale brand from Revlon with Linda Wells at the helm. Linda Wells was the person who created Allure Magazine and is now the creative director of Revlon.
I have subscribed to Allure Magazine since it’s inseption and personally I am not happy with the changes. I wish Linda Wells all the success in her new endeavors.
@Loretta55 Me, too. I stopped subscribing a month or two after she left. It legit made me sad; I loved that magazine. I might check this brand out now!
@JenniferOhJenny Once my subscription to Allure Magazine runs out, I will not be renewing it. I feel the same way about Glamour Magazine. I have been reading Glamour since I was a teenager.
@Loretta55 yup, there's an excellent article about it posted here for anyone that's interested ☺️
https://community.sephora.com/t5/The-Newness/BEAUTY-NEWS/m-p/3985171/highlight/true#M7537
@RGbrown Linda Wells is in good company. Andrea Robinson was the beauty editor at Mademoiselle Magazine prior to joining Ultima. I was sad that Mademoiselle Magazine was discontinued about 10 - 15 years ago.
@RGbrown Thanks for sharing this. What most jumped out to me was the mention of an Elizabeth Arden gain. I wonder what they're doing different.
This is a Google Express rant. I am so heated with them. In May, during the love your skin event, I had a 5x multiplier on Mario Badescu, so I placed a $32 order. Didn't receive any points for that.
Thursday I made a $42 ABH purchase. No points received for that. 7.25x multiplier down the drain. Today, I'm making an $18 Nars purchase (7.25x multiplier) to test this out and see if they mess it up again.
All told, I will have missed out on 595 points, and I'll be $92 further away from making diamond. The worst part is, every time I talk to google express customer service they give me the run around. They say it's Ulta's fault the points haven't posted. They tell me to wait a week for the points to post. (That's not how in-store purchase points work!) They will tell me I can't use Ulta points to make a purchase (No sh1t, sherlock, that's not what I'm asking for!) I am so frustrated with them.
I'm this | | close to placing a bunch of really heavy $15 orders with them to eat into their profits at this point. Cat litter? Apple Juice? YUPPPPP.
I agree, I would go to ulta directly to try to get the points, you have the proof of purchase so I think they should be pretty accommodating. I dont think google has any power over it, besides passing your rewards number through to Ulta. I've only made one purchase back in April through GE and the base + bonus posted fine for me, it came through as "Harlem & Irving"
@phantompenguinx I have proof of a purchase through google express, but unfortunately, there's no transaction ID to tie it to Ulta. For all I know, google express is purchasing my makeup at Macy's, or even Sephora! They're supposed to be shopping at Ulta, but there is no way of knowing for sure.
I've asked google express to provide a receipt so I can contact ulta to get my points, but they say they don't provide receipts. Maybe google express is stealing things from ulta?! LOL. I have no idea why they can't provide me with a receipt because the worst case scenario is I would go to ulta to return whatever palette I bought and Ulta would say "would you like that refunded to the credit card it was purchased on?" and that would be the only option. Google would get a refund to their credit card and I'd walk away empty handed.
I believe that the person making the purchases on my behalf is not using my rewards numbers when making the purchases. Either because they forgot or because they're using their own personal rewards number to just rack up the points all day long.
@itscarin that's bananas, I didn't know that's how they ran things, but that would make sense...I just looked up "Harlem & Irving" and it's a mall in illinois lol and there's an ulta there 😛
I think the more likely scenario would be they work with ulta employees at these stores to process the packages, and they prob run up a tab with google and get invoiced like once a quarter or something... So maybe that's why there's no proof of receipt on either end? Either way, that's terrible though that on both sides no one is taking any responsibility. I'm definitely going to be more cautious making purchases through them in the future