Be honest: You spend half your workday on Facebook, don't you? While that sort of behavior probably won't earn you a raise, it can get you free beauty products. When you follow Total Beauty on Facebook, we'll alert you to our latest Sampling Program giveaways. If you shoot us a message while products are still in stock, we'll send you a free sample. That's totally doable in between clicking on cat videos on your stream, right? Watch your Facebook feed for our upcoming summer giveaway: free Skintimate shave gel.
And if you're willing to do a little more work, you can get free full-size products, by creating a Total Beauty account and writing product reviews. And, really, it's actually not that much work when you consider the fact that you probably spend most of your free time raving about your makeup must-haves to friends, anyway. We'll periodically contact reviewers to send 'em products like Elizabeth Arden Prevage Anti-Aging Daily Serum and L'Oréal Paris Colour Riche La Palette Nude in exchange for a review.
And if you're willing to do a little more work, you can get free full-size products, by creating a Total Beauty account and writing product reviews. And, really, it's actually not that much work when you consider the fact that you probably spend most of your free time raving about your makeup must-haves to friends, anyway. We'll periodically contact reviewers to send 'em products like Elizabeth Arden Prevage Anti-Aging Daily Serum and L'Oréal Paris Colour Riche La Palette Nude in exchange for a review.
Add a trip to Sephora to whatever other annual birthday traditions you may hold. As a member of the one-stop beauty shop's Beauty Insider program, you can choose between two beauty-related gift options every birthday. This year's loot? A Fresh skincare kit that includes a cleanser and face mask or a Marc Jacobs eyeliner and lipstick set. Happy birthday to you!
If you're on the outs with your family, consider joining the Fresh clan. We doubt you'll get into many squabbles with your new extended fam, especially considering the fact that the Fresh Family Rewards program offers you a point for every dollar you spend. Rack up 500 and you can choose from an array of fragrant candles and soaps (the Gardenia Magnolia Petit bar will have your bathroom smelling as, ahem, fresh as a flower), as well as skin care and body products. Oh, and this is one family that won't forget your birthday; Fresh will treat you to its mini sugar lip treatment or its soy face cleanser just in time for your celebration. Now if only only your mother-in-law could be that cool.
If you're more interested in a rewards program that lets you choose freebies from a variety of beauty brands, then you should consider signing up for Birchbox Points. In addition to earning points for purchases, you can also earn them by referring friends to the program or reviewing samples (aka not spending a single dime). And when it comes time to claim said points (100 points are valued at $10), you can use them on full-size products from brands ranging from Benefit to Shiseido to any of the other hundreds of other well-know beauty companies represented on the site. We'd say that's a point system that's, well, pretty on point.
Smashbox's Pretty Points program keeps you looking pretty with a variety of freebies, including a bonus "deluxe" sample with every purchase over $35, as well as an additional free gift when you place your order on Tuesdays or Thursdays between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. (Get Siri to set that calendar reminder stat.) Add to that the fact that you get a free birthday gift and earn a $10 gift card when you earn 500 points ($1 gets you five points), and you're bound to wind up with a variety of goodies on your vanity.