Here’s a crazy-high-value coupon for makeup! Print this coupon for $5 off any Revlon mascara, which is valid ONLY on May 1, 2016! Revlon mascaras are $5.97 every day at most Walmart stores, so you can grab one for under a dollar with this.
Or, if you have access to two devices, print four of these, then head over to Target on May 1, 2016 for this great deal:
Revlon mascaras will be on sale for $5.99 each.
Buy four ($23.96)
Use the in-ad coupon for a FREE $5 Target gift card when you buy $20 worth of Revlon
(or get this coupon on your phone by texting BEAUTY to 827438.)
Use four $5 printables (now $3.96)
Pay $3.96 and get a $5 Target gift card! FOUR free mascaras and a $1.04 moneymaker!
Thank you to Southern Savers for spotting this deal!
QueenKitty says
Hi Jill
I have a question. Yesterday, I did the $5 off Revlon mascara deal at Walmart and it was $1.46 total. The cashier said you had to pay the tax on the total amount. I know coupons are just like cash but I know in the past when I did the Matzo cracker deal at Jewel it was .04 cents for the total and that is not the tax on a $15 item. Can you explain? Thanks, Kathy
Coupon Maven says
I’d be happy to! We always pay tax on a pre-coupon total, so if your mascara was on sale for $6.46, but you paid $1.46 after coupon, the TAX is still figured on the pre-tax total of $6.46. (The state still wants to collect the full sales tax on the item that they’re entitled to.)
Makeup and household items are taxed differently than food, so food items’ tax will always be lower.
At Jewel, the $15 matzoh was on sale for $2 – so right away, the regular price of $15 is irrelevant to the tax. Tax will be figured on the sale price of $2. Here again, whether you use a coupon on the matzoh or not, you will pay the .04 tax on a $2 food item.
The only exceptions to this:
1) If you use a STORE coupon, it will reduce the actual selling price of the item, and then you WILL pay tax on the post-coupon total. Example: I buy a $3 box of crackers and use a $1 store coupon. Tax will be figured on a $2 price for the crackers.
2) If you use a free-product coupon (like “One free bag of dog treats,”) you should not be charged state sales tax in Illinois. Illinois actually has a state law prohibiting the charge of sales tax on a free-coupon item. Note that this does NOT apply if you use a coupon to make an item free (like a $2 coupon on a $2 sale price) — it only applies to completely free product coupons. In my experience, Jewel-Osco is the only retailer that even knows how to handle this at the register. I used some free Rave hairspray coupons at Walmart recently and was still charged tax. I tried to explain the state law on free-product coupons in Illinois (always fun to attempt if you have time to talk them through it — it’s Title 86 Part 130 of the retailer tax code, if you feel like having fun!) but neither the cashier nor the store manager had ever heard of it. That’s usually the case, unfortunately, with most retailers.