Bargain Moose

Have you ever ordered cosmetics from Strawberrynet.com? They have a great offer right now – buy 1 get 1 free on loads of big brand name cosmetics and skincare products!

• Click here to browse the Buy 1 Get 1 Free section on Strawberrynet.com

As you can see, a lot of the make-up is marked with the BOGO logo. If you add one of these items to your cart on Strawberry Net, you will receive a second for free. The second freebie is automatically added to your cart. It’s just a shame that you have to get 2 of the same color! Perhaps if you are interested, you could make an order with a friend, and you could keep one of each, making each item only half the original price!

There are many big name brands, many of which you will be familiar with – Stila, Mac Cosmetics, Lancome, Dior, Chanel, Estee Lauder, Biotherm, Smashbox, Givenchy, Clinique and more.

Now, StrawberryNet is NOT a Canadian company, they are US based. But they have an excellent reputation worldwide, and they do ship to Canada, so they’re worth blogging about. Prices are shown in US dollars. Sadly with the state of the exchange rate, that doesn’t make the prices super-cheap for us Canucks. BUT if you compare the prices to your local department stores or make-up counters, you’ll see that Strawberry Net is competitively priced, with some very nice make-up bargains.

NOTE – you cannot order fragrances and colognes for delivery to Canada.

Free Shipping!

StrawberryNet.com offers FREE SHIPPING anywhere in the world! That is really excellent; I just love stores that don’t charge me to postal fees for their goods.

Free Stuff!

If you can manage to spend $25 on your first order from Strawberrynet (easy to do!) you will also get free Stila makeup! You can see the set pictured to the right.

Free Discounts!

If you happen to order 3 or more items, your cart is automatically discounted by an extra 5%!! Additionally, there is a loyalty discount for future orders (up to 10%).

Free Cashback!

New customers can also get 9.75% free cashback from Dealguild Canada.

Customs?

The only thing I’m not sure about would be customs fees and charges – you might be better splitting your order up into smaller bundles to minimise the risk of being charged extra. As it is free shipping anyway, just order each item individually, instead of one big massive bundle. Simply plan your orders before clicking the final submit button.

Free shipping coupon codes are always excellent. They really encourage me to make purchases online. I’ve spotted a few recent coupon codes for free shipping from a few Canadian online stores. None of these free coupons have any minimum spend requirements at all.  So here we go:

Avon Coupon Code

This is an Avon Canada coupon code for free shipping from their online store.

• Where: Online @ Avon.ca
• Avon Coupon Code: 416FSW
• Expiry: 20^th April 2009

I’ve bought from Avon quite a few times. I love their shower gels and soaps.

BeautyMark Canada Coupon

This BeautyMark promo code gives you free Canadian shipping from the cosmetics store online.

• Where: Online @ BeautyMark.ca
• BeautyMark Coupon Code: SPRING
• Expiry: 2nd May 2009

I’ve never bought from Beauty Mark before, have you?

Mac Cosmetics Canada Coupon

For the fans of the M.A.C. Cosmetics brand, here’s a free shipping coupon code for you guys.

• Where: Online @ MacCosmetics.ca
• MAC Coupon Code: SPRINGFLING
• Expiry: 20^th April 2009

I love the Mac Cosmetics brand! I do find it very expensive though. However, their cosmetics really are of excellent quality, IMO.

I’ve spotted a pretty decent gift with purchase from The Bay Canada. If you spend $34 on Lancome products, you get this free gift worth up to $163! That’s huge!!

Click here to read a bit more about this Lancome Canada deal.

• Lancome Travel Chic Cosmetic Bag
• Rénergie Microlift R.A.R.E. Superior Lifting Cream with SPF 15 – 30ml
• Rénergie Microlift Eye R.A.R.E. Superior Lifting Eye Cream – 6ml
• Colour Design Sensational Effects Lip Colour
• Colour Design Sensational Effects Eye Shadow Quad
• Le Crayon Khol Eyeliner Pencil – Black Coffee
• Cils Booster XL Super Enhancing Mascara Base
• Definicils High Definition Mascara – Black

Spending $75 or more means you can add a free travel tote and 2 free lipsticks! You can choose the color of the lipsticks at the counter, so it means you can choose some nice colors to suit you, rather than whatever they decide to give out.

On the first day only, they’re also giving out a free sample of Lancomes Double Action Eye Makeup Remover, Bi-Facil (that would be the 16^th, today). The offer will end on the 10^th of May, so get yourself down to The Bay and spend some money!

Got a little offer from an email from MacCosmetics.ca. With any order, you can get a free sample of their new MAC Zoom Lash Mascara. All you have to do is apply the offer code below when you go through the checkout.

• Where: Online @ MacCosmetics Canada
• What: Free MAC Zoom Lash Mascara
• Coupon Code: TRYZOOM
• Expires: Unknown!

Here’s a quote about the free mascara:

This instant volume mascara power-lifts the lashes into length, curls them up…builds them faster than you can wink! Precision control wand glides smoothly down lashes to provide a gorgeously silky upward “sweep”. Smudgeproof and long-wearing!

What’s pretty cool is that this coupon code also seems to give you free Canadian shipping, with no minimum spend requirements.

M.A.C. Cosmetics are a really good make-up brand. I have one of their eyeshadows, and it is of superb quality, and lasts all day. They actually have a range called “Hello Kitty” eyeshadow.

Melissa over on the five-corners blog wrote a bit about the introduction of the Hello Kitty line, if you want to read a bit more about it. As averse as I am to all things Hello Kitty, I must say that the color range actually is pretty funky. See an example of “Lucky Tom” pictured to the left. I quite like that color palette. OK, $46 is a tad high in my opinion, but I guess that’s $11.50 per color, if you think about it like that.

L’Oréal Paris have recently released a new mascara called “Double Extend Beauty Tubes!” I find it quite an odd name, not very easy to remember. However, the saving grace is that they are offering us all a $5 discount coupon. How to get the free coupon:

1. Go to L’Oreal Paris Canadian website
2. Click “skip intro”
3. Put “UHPT” in limited offers box @ top
4. ???
5. Profit

You then enter your details and they will send you a free coupon for a $5 discount on their Double Extend Beauty Tubes Mascara. They will mail the discount coupon out to you, so be sure to put in your correct postal address.

Your Double Extend Beauty Tubes Mascara coupon will arrive by mail in 3-4 weeks. Look for LOreal Paris Double Extend Beauty Tubes Mascara at a store near you.

This L’Oreal mascara is quite new, I haven’t yet used it. If you want to read some reviews, a few ladies on other blogs have tested this mascara out. You can read these reviews on Bargainista and on Miss604. Like Rebecca on Miss604, I’m also a Maybelline cosmetics girl, and I rarely switch away from their products. But looking at her piccies, the mascara looks excellent! The $5 coupon might just tempt me to go out and buy this product.

I found a new website today, it’s called CakeBeauty.com. I’ve neer blogged about them before. They are a Toronto based retailer, which sell loads of delicious beauty products online, from lip butters to shower gels!

There are some gorgeous items on there, and this coupon code gets you a massive 30% off their marked prices.

Details:

• Where: Online @ CakeBeauty
• Discount: 30% reduction
• Promotional code: CanadianCake
• Expires: 17^th December 2008

Check out these delicious items:

• “You deserve this” for $20.30 after the discount coupon. This is a lovely set of hand and foot creme which would make a lovely gift.
• The “Plane friendly travel kit” for $17.50 after the promo code. This is a great idea for travelling! It’s got a small portion of shower gel, body mousse, hand cream… etc.
• The “cake kiss trio” of lip butters for only $16.80 after the coupon code sound good enough to eat. They come in lemon chiffon, pink berry and caramel cream! Fantastic!

Regular shipping only costs $6, which is very reasonable. Although if you spend over $75, shipping would be free.

Check out the retailer review of Cake Beauty products over on SwishList.ca. They give it an excellent 5 stars.

Thanks for the lips alicemariedesign!

Are you a Maybelline makeup fan? I sure am! These are online coupons from save.ca which gets you a $2 reduction on any Maybelline Great Lash mascara product that you purchase. You order it online, and Save.ca mail the coupon out to you.

I’m a Maybelline mascara fan, I really love some of their cosmetics. This great lash mascara lives up to its name – it’s great! Seriously though, I use this all the time, and it’s the best mascara I’ve ever used.

When I was doing some research on this topic, I could hardly believe that people search google for “How to put on mascara”! There’s a guide on Natural Living if you really don’t know how to! I love how their number one tip is about not applying mascara while in a moving vehicle!

• Or, the other universal question…. Why can’t women put on mascara with their mouths closed?

- Anna

Where: Avon Canada

Discount: Free Shipping

Minimum Spend: $10

Coupon Code: 0821FS

I’ll pop up a quick post for this Avon deal – they are offering us free shipping, we only have to spend $10 or more at their online store. Just add some items to your cart, and apply the discount code there. It’s incredibly easy to spend $10 at Avon.ca …. Whether you just chuck your favorite eye cream or cleanser in your cart… a few cosmetics, a new lippie etc!!

Some of the Avon products are absolutely gorgeous, their skin care ranges, their moisturizers, their beauty products … they’ve come a long way since the days of Edward Scissorhands!

- Anna