CVS: *HOT* Deal on L’Oreal Hair Care Products!?
(Photo credit: Couponaholic)
Wow! If you’re a fan of L’Oreal hair coloring products, you can score a *HOT* deal at CVS this week! Supposedly, there are quite a few L’Oreal hair coloring products that are on clearance 50-75% off and are also part of the spend $25 on participating L’Oreal products = $10 Ecb deal. AND, it appears that even though the CVS ad states that this deal excludes clearance, that these items are in fact working for the Ecb deal!
Here’s how you can score a great deal…
Spend $25 on participating L’Oreal products = $10 Ecb
Deal Scenario:
Buy 10 L’Oreal hair coloring products on clearance $2.57
Total = $25.70
Use 5 $5/2 coupons found in the 1/1 RP
Pay as low as $0.70
Get back $10 Ecb
Final cost FREE + $9.30 money maker!
Keep in mind that I have not personally tested this deal to verify that it will work and I’m not sure how long it will work for, so come back and let us know if you are also able to score this deal!
(Thanks, Couponaholic!)
went to cvs today i checked out the prices but the hair dye was $4.49 at my store :/ plus when i bought $25 of it i didnt get and $10 extra buck maybe it does exclude clearnce :/ oh well i guess now i got a lot of hair dye then >.<
Everytime I go they won’t spit out unless its $25 after coupons 🙁
This deal works!!
It works, and also works with root rescue priced at $1.98 – $2.17
I went to CVS today to try and get the All deal posted yesterday. While I was there, I found a lot of Physicians Formula Cosmetics 75% off. So I purchased $32.45 of the product (some at regular price). I didn’t get the $10 ECBCash card, so I ask the clerk. She told me the ECBCash card was for specific products at regular price ONLY. I did go and check the posted ECBCash Card tags and they do state ‘regular price items’.
When you bought the Physicians Formula products were there any packages marked “try me for free”? If they are go to the Physicians Formulas website and you can submit a rebate for the amount paid! 🙂
At my CVS, there were tons of the “try me free” WITHOUT the sticker. You could see where the sticker had been but someone had taken them ALL. Over 20 of them….
I saw in the coupon inserts, when you buy 5 L’Oreal Paris haircolors (doesn’t specify a certain kind) you’ll get a free box of hair dye. You have to register though through their website http://www.lorealparisusa.com/rewards. Should make for an even sweeter deal!! 🙂
Thanks so much. I could only enter 2 until next month, but still awesome.
Yeah, I read the fine print after I posted my comment. Supposedly, you can only submit for the free boxes two times per person throughout the program, which ends 12/31/12. So, if you get any more maybe try another name. It does say per person, not household…but you never know!! Glad it helped!! 🙂
Thanks for the link!
I do this every month 🙂 You can enter 2 boxes every month 🙂 I have received couple of free coupons 🙂 I think there is a limit of 3 free boxes a year, not sure exactly. If you have other family member address that you can use it, is even better.
I just did this deal in NJ around 7:30 pm and got the ecb’s. Awesome deal!! 🙂
Aww, I have none of the $5/2 coupons and I need some hair color to give to some family and donate to a local center.
Clearance price isn’t that bad, free would enable me to get more.
Oh well, $2.57 is a good price! Thanks Collin!
Just left my store, the 75% dye was all sold out. Clairol was priced at 75% off as well. Priced at 2.49 each, I bought 4 boxes, used (4) 2.00 off coupons and got back 2.00 ECB’S. Not as good as Loreal deal but still a great deal!
I got 4 clairol as well and used 4 coupons and got back 4ECB strange lol
I bought three clairol’s at 2.44 each, used (1) $1.00 off coupon. Total oop was $6.80, and got $6.00 ECB’s back. 🙂
Awesome deal. Spent 1.42 got the $10 Ecb
FYI…….The Loreal clearance was only 1.99 at my store
Deal definitely works, I think I wiped all the CVS in my area shelves… I am not used to getting deals like this so I had to take advantage!… FYI … I did the deal at about 5 different stores and got a 10$ at ea one… Practically just paid for the taxes 😀 woohoo!!
Can I ask how you got so many deals with your card? I thought it was limit one per household?
you can do the Spend $30 get $10 CVS cash up to 5 times per week
Yup that is the same thing I thought, and everytime I did a deal at the store after I got my receipt I got the 10 bucks. Honestly I do not shop at CVS and am kinda trying to figure out how the ECB deals work even more. After ea receipt there is a balance that said an X amount needed for new reward and when I did the last transaction it showed *reward limit reach on Loreal product and it said total 100.00 spent. So I’m guessing after this last 10 off ECB I got today, I won’t get any more. I am really happy with the turn out and I got a total of (4) $10 ECB plus I also true the clairol deal and they are giving back 2ecb also!!
The limit is 4, and it’s a monthly deal, just FYI, and its counts towards beauty club!! yay! 🙂
I hope you do not live near me!
she must live near me cuz i just came back from the store and all clearance l’oreals were gone…lol.
LOL…
HAHAHA!! I felt like I was on extreme couponing LOL!! And I live in the Chicago area… So anything around most likely. I figured it out last night when I was gonna do one of Collin’s deals on the Loreal product. And today I finished it up 🙂
Ohh you live in my area. Are you on the north or south side? I haven’t gone to check my local CVS, but with these dropping temps I’m not really tempted to go out there.
Deal works perfectly, I score 13 of different, from $1.98 the Root Rescue to $2.49 the Preference, and pay $0.00 just the sale tax, the last $2.00 coupon had to be adjust. On the same trip I also score great deals on Almay products at 75%.
There is also $3/1 coupon in the 1/8 RP.
CVS in Augusta, Maine had a few boxes of hair dye bought 4 L’oreal 4 John Frieda and 1 Clairol, 4 Skinny cow boxes with rain check, 1 soft soap on cleareance 4 physicians formula on clearance and they had $5 peelies and 2 carmex moisture plus–Paid $2.82 OOP and made $12.00 in ECBs “Great Deal”
which insert was the coupons for the John Frieda in???? I absolutely love that brand??? I am in Waterville, Maine and going today at lunch to try and score this deal????
Not quite on topic but they had the John Frieda dyes marked down to 3.19, some shades.There as a 3.00/1 coupon in some past insert. I got a few boxes the other night for .19.
Please…no one take this personal, but it’s so hard to read when someone “wipes” the shelves clear of deals. I have only been couponing for about 6 months, and I do it to save money like we all do. But it’s a bit discouraging to go into a store and there is nothing left,….So same question, isn’t there a limit per household on some of these deals? And like I said, Please no one get upset…
I agree. Who needs 50 boxes, save some for others.
I just say someone else is gonna take them so might as well let it be me… Specially when I can give them away to my mom, grandma, sis, cousin, just to name a few. Plus keep them in stock for myself 🙂
I agree. I’ve gotten to enough empty shelves myself. If it’s something I need and a great deal like this, I get what I need. I believe we call this capitalism.
Lups – I am with you! I cleared some shelves in two stores for FREE softsoap deal a while back..getting for both me and my Mom! Dont feel ashamd one bit! Everyone has to get what they need for their families…I am jealous of your great haul! 🙂 Isnt this why we call it stockpiling anyways??? 😉
i agree!! thankfully we don’t use hair color… but alot of our friends do… it is very discouraging.
I agree on this! There was a deal on Conair appliances a few months ago. Guess what I drove three cities and ALL shelves of ALL stores were totaly cleared.
I definitely understand your frustration, because I have been there. However, if it’s clearances the stores want to move that merchandise for new merchandise. Afterall, a good deal is a good deal. I am sure given the opportunity you wouldn’t have purchased just 2. Like everyone else, I started thinking of sisters, friends, etc to gift hair color to.
Actually, I have come across some of the really good deals recently and I only bought a couple….But that is just me and I understand that. Like I mentioned in my original post, I am not trying to upset anyone, I was just posting my thought. And frustrated or not, I am and will always be happy with the deals I am able to snag, some I’ll get, others I won’t. It’s all good..:)
I agree on sale items, but clearance its another matter. The purpose of a clearance is to get the product off the shelves ASAP so the store can put new/different items.
Thanks for the John Freida info…I love this color…people think that I’ve had my hair professionally colored….love it! Thx
OMG I can not wait to do this deal 🙂 i did the clairol one earlier and it worked like a charm and there were tones of loreal i was trying to find Q’s for this one 🙂
well egg on my face…….i did this deal sunday with the full price hair color and got four boxes for $1 each after ECB, which i thought was a great deal. now i see i could have gotten 10 boxes and made $9 bucks….. i hate when that happens 🙁
Go to this website and enter the codes on the haircolor and you can earn a free $9.99 haircolor after you enter 5 codes. https://www.lorealparisusa.com/rewards
So you can make up the 4 bucks you had to spend 🙂
Thanks!
can u use the $3 Q loreal for this deal?
Unless “my” color was one of the ones on clearance I’d still be really happy with paying a $1 each. 🙂
Thats true, i buy them for my mom and she is very specific about only wanting “light natural brown” so i guess its better that i got what she really wanted instead of ones she wont use. 🙂
well it’s a limit of 4, go back and get more, LOL 🙂
why is it that california never has these “clearance prices”….
darnit…i guess its just the other states 🙁
We never do here in Houston either 🙁
Or Long Island where everything is marked up!
I’m on Long island and it isnt working for u either . Rings up full price and so does the ALL DETERGENT DEAL BUMMED !!
What part of Cali are you in? We usually don’t get these great clearance deals but I’ve done this hair color deal at 2 different CVS. One in the San Fernando Valley and one in Simi Valley….
I am in California, and the deal works.
OK, for the Root Rescue, only 2 colors are on clearance: 6A and 6R
For the Clairol, here are the colors I find on sale:
-Nice n easy 117D is ringing at $1.99
-Nice n easy color 5A ringing at $1.99
-Natural instainct 20B rings at $2.24
-Natural Instinct #2, ringing at $2.24
For L’Oreal
-Preference 4A is ringing 2.49
-Preference 5 1/2 AM(medium copper brown) is ringing $2.49
-Excellence 6G ringing at $2.62
-Excellence 7BB=2.49
Excellence 4AR=$2.49
-Feria color 51=$2.24
-Feria # 110 =2.49
I had to scan everything. Some of them were not marked with the clearance price. And you can do this deal up to 5 times from what I am understanding here, I have not tried doing it more than once yet. So at your own risk on that one.
I hope this can be helpful to some people.
Nice n easy 117D is ringing at $1.99
generate $2 EB as well
4r is also on clearance. they are all ringing up 2.07 in bay area calfornoa
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Could not have done it without this info! First time ever I do these sort of deals.
I only had 15 min to get in and out of CVS with my father in tow! I had found 2 boxes at my CVS earlier in the week when I was buying other stuff. Then I decided to go to the “rich town” CVS on my way downtown and they had TONS of boxes. I only did the deal once (in 2 stores) since I barely enough coupons for this and all will go to my mother (I don’t color my hair). This will be enough for her for 3 years!
Bought 10 boxes (4 Preference, 3 Feria, 1 Root rescue, 2 Excellence to go). Paid 0.8 OOP ( I did not have the time to group transactions any better) and got 10 ECBs. Good luck everyone!
THIS STUFF ALSO COUNTS FOR YOUR BEAUTY CLUB!
Ca had the clearanced price in my area
They do…at least in the Inland Empire (Upland, CA) they do. Went to CVS last night and saw the Loreal hair color 75%…but of course the shelfs were empty 🙁
I’ve got the $5/2 Loreal coupons and I have the $2 off one coupons too. Can’t you use them too? Both coupons were side by side in my insert.
Yes you can, I used them with no problem.
I do not have any coupons left, because I used them all up the other day at Kroger 🙁 They also had 75% off but no money back 🙁 Well at least free hair color.
I discovered this out Monday. I own a beauty shop and just started this week doing coupons. In my local area, I bought all the 75% off colors.Don’t know if I’m suppost to do that or not. I now have 51 boxes of color and $40 in rewards. I am in shock!!!!
I wanted to add, there was only a very select few colors on clearance. Some of these I bought were clariol temp. colors. I use these for toners. For buying color for yourself, and to get the color you want, the$25 worth of color and get back $10 is a great deal and probably the color you were looking for. The reason these colors were discounted so much was because they weren’t good salers. Lots of warms, reds, and very dark or the lightest of blondes. And again, I just started this week, and had no idea what I was doing other than I just thought it was a good deal/price for color. I just got lucky. 🙂
I think it’s cool. Good for you. At least you might be able to put that stuff to good use. It’s not easy owning your own business these days. Couponing is fun. Like you said, these colors are not that popular, so most of us are really only buying them for the deal (to make CVS money) to buy what we really need. The early bird…..
She is likely doing it to get a bigger profit from her customers not for the fun of it. Of course it is fun saving money in the process. Nothing wrong there. Owning a business might be hard, but it is heck of a lot easier than being out of a job and couponing out of need rather than fun. Personally I don’t need to do it, but did this deal for my mother since she is in a financial straight. All I am saying is that if you are going to do so many deals, do them at different stores and give others a chance at it. If by the end of the week shelves are still full then knock yourself out. Just because you CAN do something doesn’t mean it is the right thing to do.
It’s great for you, but what about the next person who wants to get in on the deal at least a little bit? If you own a beauty shop you probably don’t need to coupon that heavily, so be considerate towards other shoppers. I am new to couponing and it sucks when you have an item on your list and everything on the shelf is gone. Totally not cool!
I scored a great deal at my local CVS using some recent L’Oreal coupons!
Got (2) L’Oreal Preference, (2) Sublime Mousse, (1) Root Touch Up, and (1) Fruitopia Mousse — and without having to use my CVS Bucks — I managed to pay only .21 cents for all of it. I was so excited!
My CVS had different sales this week. The GM cereal nor Kellog’s cereal deals I wanted weren’t on sale, the ALL was not clearanced, the candy bars were not on sale either and to top it off I have no L’oreal mfq’s 🙁 sad week for me. But I recovered at walgreens 🙂
The cereals at cvs aren’t good deals. Their boxes are smaller than grocery stores. Plus, they don’t double coupons. And if you want the L’oreal Qs bad enough, try a clipping service!
I got 3 big boxes of the Multigrain Cheerios (grocery store size) for $1 a box so I think that was good!
I did too-was surprised they had 3 to complete my deal. 🙂
Our office goes thru alot of cereal each day.
Yes, for Me $1.25 is a good deal on cereal (CA -doesn’t double anywhere) MY CVS wasn’t doing any cereal promotions aside from a 2/$6 sale without any ECB’s so not worth it. At least I had stocked a few at walgreens last week.
Just called my CVS’s near us. none of them have any hair dye products on clearance. Curse California, i swear we never get the good deals lol
AGREED! (No ALL on clearance for Me either) Did your CVS have the same deals as seen on here? Just wondering because I’m also in CA and I had different deals :/
To be honest guys if the CVS isnt too far from your home go in and double check just to be sure. I live in CA and found these items on clearance
I live in So Cal (L.A. area) and they are on clearance here, many were sold out, but there were still quite a few to be had. The CVS ads are a little different, like the candy this week is $.29 not an ECB for buying. Good luck!
I’m in Nor Cal and I found a lot on clearance. There are even smart source tear pad next to some of the Root Rescue for $2/1. Two hair color was on sale for $1.94 and I was able to get 4 with the coupons! However the MQ did say “redeemable only at Rite Aid”. But I asked the manager on duty and he said it was fine since it has a “Manufacturer’s coupon” on it and one of their representative put it out. Hope you find some of the coupons and hair dye on sale!
It worked at my CVS! Awesome deal!
Is there a way that you could exchange the items that I bought on a regular price with ECBs? I have no more coupons to do this deal? Please help…I color my hair often because it’s almost all white and I’m only 33…
If you try to exchange, they may not give you the extra bucks back, only what you paid.
Just got back from cvs in houston and all the clearance loreal were out 🙁 but they did have plenty of clairol for .99!
i came back from my cvs got 6 loreal & 1 clairol 75% pay 1.33 and got 2.oo rewards awesome deal. thanks
2.49 x 6 = 14.94 If you have any ECBs on hand, just buy 2 regularly priced L’oreal to reach the 25$ limit. Usel 5$off2, 3$ or 2$ coupons, pay with ECBs and get 10 ECBs. You should still be able to make money or get the Hair dye color you actually like for free!
just bought 11 boxes which came out to just over $25 bucks. with my coupons i got it down to $0.63. Then I got the $10.00 ECB so I made $9.37 and got $106 of hair color for free!!! yayyy what a deal! The only problem was the cashier was mean and gave off a mean vibe because she didnt want me to get anything for free. But she didnt give me a problem. just said negative comments about couponers.
Congrats! Don’t you hate that!!?? I never can understand why some people get angry. That’s just crazy. I once had someone behind me say to the cashier as I was walking away,” Don’t worry, I’m not using coupons…Just REAL cash.” I had to chuckle. He didn’t even have a wellness (rite aid)card!! Funny, he paid as much that day,on 2 items that I spend there in a month!!! Their loss!!
I stopped shopping at wal-mart for that same reason you would think the money was coming out of their pocket.
Nothing at my store but I did get 3 boxes of dye (2 John Frieda and 1 Clariol) for $.48! 🙂
Not in my area either 🙁 none of the above are on sale for less than $4.74!! Bummer!
Make sure to scan the ones on clearance (around $4.50-5.00), as they all came up another half off for me (making them $2 something each). These did work towards the Loreal deal in my store (Central FL). Only thing is I’ve only found $14 worth so far so gotta find a few more boxes to get to $25.
Yes! They did come back at 2.12 on scanning! Tks:)
Vee, there is deals in houston like this! Hair color loreal and nice and easy! I live by hobby! But, I only go to one cvs store! I know this lady goes to pasadena area and wipes everything! And goes as far as dickinson other cuponers know her as the cvs lady lol! Watch out, she doesn’t care cvs employees know that she has over 18 cvs cards! But, I heard that one employee said, as long as the cvs cards are in register and different households! They coudnt do nothing! But, some cvs have banned her only 2 that I know!
I hope she doesn’t come to Kemah, i have a hard enough time getting deals as it is,hahahaha
Omg, now that is crazy!!! How about everyone complains about the CVS lady instead
great deal 🙂 went this morning and did it thanks!!
Also, look for new product called “YOUTHFUL WEAR” BY physicians price high they count towards cvs cash cards! There color purple they have peelies 3dlrs cpn and try me free 2 per household! Since, I have 4 daughters and myself they love there organic lash boosting mascara! I love there youthful wear I just tryed it!!
which john frieda are on clearance please? tia
Saw a box of foam in brownish color. Sorry not more specific since I wasn’t buying it.
The John Frieda at my CVS on clearance was a blonde blonde (girl w/short blonde hair on the front) color and a bright red color, sorry I don’t remember the #/letter, but they still had some at mine and they were only $3.33. I’m in So Cal.
Here’s a FREE Code towards a FREE box of L’Oréal Paris Hair Color to get you started : 12CN01 (from L’Oréal’s facebook, they posted on facebook awhile back.)
Did this deal this morning in louisiana and its still working. Root rescue was $1.94 and others $2.24 so I got 12 boxes, used 5 $5/2 Q’s and paid $1.06, got $10ECB. NICE!!!
Did this deal this morning, I made the mistake of buying only 10 boxes at $2.24 each, the cashier was so friendly that she told me i needed 2.00 something to get the 10.00 Ecb, so i went and bought 2 more boxes. I then asked her if she used any of these colors, so I gave her 2 boxes of the color she wanted. Let’s not forget to “share the wealth with others”. This is a good way to show God’s love for one another and all that he has blessed us with 🙂
In my store, none of the clearance was marked. I made a million trips across the store to the scanner to check each box. I only found 3 boxes of Loreal that were on clearance. I didn’t check the other brands. Does everyone just load up their cart with everything off the shelves and keep running back and forth to the scanner??? (I’m just curious if there is a better way…)
LOL…I was going back and forth across the store one box at a time. Figured it was good exercise. 🙂
Me too this am! lol
Went to 4 different stores in Evansville, IN. Ended up with 8 9 boxes, paid $2.55 OOP and got the $10 ECB. I’m giving them all to my mom and grandmother because I don’t color my hair and they can’t afford color very often.
So, I got 7 Loreal Preference in Dark Ash Brown (my sister and sis-in law use the exact color!) at 2.37 each, 3 Loreal expert highlighting kits which I’m stoked about at 3.94 each, 1 Loreal Excellence cream at $2.12 and 1 Clairol perfect 10 color at 3.12 (was on clearance and a color I LOVED!)= All in all, I paid $0.85 after coupons (used $5/2 and 1 $3/1 preference and 1 $2/1 Clairol) and got back $10 ECB!!!! I am very happy.
Total value at regular prices was roughly: $135, my cost 0.85 and got back $10! 🙂
I’m in the L.A. area and I went this morning and bought one box of Clariol for my mom for free (it was $2.49 & used the $3/1 from 1/1 P&G) and 8 boxes, different shades of Loreal, spent a total of $3.95 (I also bought a 2 pack of plastic containers & 2 Almay concealers). I don’t dye my hair, but my mom does and the rest I am donating to a women’s shelter a friend works at 🙂 I still need $4 to get the ECB so I’ll hit up another CVS after work.
I’m kind of having an ethical dilemma. If the ad says “excludes clearance” is it still right to do this deal in expectation of getting the $10.00 ECB? I am not trying to be judgemental just trying to get people’s opinions on this question. I don’t want to get a good deal if its a glitch in their system because then it’s a mistake and I am not sure if I should profit from someone else’s error. Please don’t take my question the wrong way, just curious.
Would love to hear what everyone thinks or hear from a CVS employee too if possible regarding this.
Cindy, I am with you, I feel the same way. It might be due to being a retail manager, or it might just be me, but it makes me feel “guilty”. Not to mention, I don’t want to go up with a bunch of clearance and then the one time it doesn’t work, it’s for me, and I’m standing there looking silly. I decided to use the $4 off coupon that I got via email and worked out a way with my coupons to still snag items at a good price and still get the ECB. Hope my opinion helps some…and like you, not being judgemental, this is only MY opinion.
I drove like a maniac today. I guess I got the leftovers people left behind at each store. There’s a total of 10 pharmacies within a 15 mile radius of where I live. I spent a total of $10 in gas, $10 in food and $10 in products to end up with $50 ECBs and crazy amount of hair dye for donation. Plus I spent that much because I chose some of the expensive kind for myself but got mostly the 1.98 for free. Woohoo! Great trip and lots of fun getting to know communities around me. No guilt whatsoever. $20 dollars mean free toilet paper and making little ld ladies happy with free hair dye 😀
If you feel wrong about it don’t do it. Everyone is different.
I want to ad this. I can take care of food and other household items for a family of 5 for $110 a month or less. I have been doing this for years and I am very disappointed in the new couponers I see. There is such a thing as coupon etiquette. Please learn it and use it!
it works !!
I made 2 trips, zero out of pocket expense and got back $10 ecb boths times, what a fantastic deal.
Sweet! Bought 8 Root Rescue $2.12 each, 2 Preference at @2.49 each and 1 Sublime Mousse at $5.74- Total $27 and change and gave 11 coupons for the 11 items and paid $0.08 OOP and earned $10 ECB!! Woohoo! And the best part my CVS had Blinkie coupons $2 off for Root Rescue which is already on clearance- used 7 of them and 4 of my coupons! Thank u Hip2 save and all my friends for their input on this one. My first ever deal like this:))
Which state are you in if you dont mind ne asking? The blinkies would make the Root Rescue free in my area
NJ
Im in Florida (Brevard) and only 2 out of 10 CVS had the blinkies. But they did have a stack of over 100 at each I guess for all Root and Rescue including nonsale. I thought about picking some up to send to some of you guys but I dont think its worth mailing because by the time you get them, the product might be all gone from the store.
Thank you so much for this tip! I did the deal tonight and it worked perfectly. None of the packages were marked clearance, but I followed the other postings about specific colors and found them all. Love a great deal!