Coupon Recon: NYC Cosmetics

I have waited to post this deal until I could try it out myself and verify that it is working.  And I'm very happy to report that I did this transaction at Madisonville Walmart without a beep!  I have pictures, but for some reason the blog doesn't want to upload them this morning.  How rude!  Checkout My Litter for pics of the coupons  http://mylitter.com/walmart/walmart-only-1-04-for-7-nyc-items/

You need to have a copy of the June All You Magazine (from Walmart checkout, costs about $2; make sure it is the June issue!) and you need to have access to enough computers to print coupons for the NYC products from Coupons.com.  Try zipcode 11223 at http://www.coupons.com/ for these coupons.  You need to print two of each (there are 3, if they're still available) for a total of 6 printed coupons.  They do say "available" at CVS and Duane Reade, but these are manufacturer's coupons and you can use them at Walmart. 

The magazine coupon is going to save you $5 off a $10 purchase.  Two of the Coupons.com printables are for $1 off any Eye product $1.72 or higher, the other is for Nail or Lip products.  The products priced at $1.72 were limited, I could only find the nail polish and the mascara for that price.  I had two coupons for the polish, and four for an eye product.  I purchased 5 mascara and 2 nail polish each priced at $1.72.  Total before coupons = $12.04  Total after coupons = 1.04  After taxes, I paid $1.76 for everything!  The cashier didn't need to get an override or anything, she just scanned the coupons ($5 off coupon first) and everything went through without any problems!

You could also pay a little more out of pocket and get the more expensive eye shadow products:

Scenario 1
$2.96 - Eye Shadow Duo, Buy 1
$3.74 - Eye Shadow Quartet, Buy 1
$4.83 - Eye Shadow Compact, Buy 1
=Total= $11.53
- $5 off magazine Q
- $1 off printable Q
- $1 off printable Q
=Out of Pocket= $4.53 (plus tax)

Scenario 2
$2.96 - Eye Shadow Duo, Buy 4
$0.98 - Eye Pencil, Buy 1
=Total= $12.82
- $5 off magazine Q
- $1 off printable Q
- $1 off printable Q
- $1 off printable Q
- $1 off printable Q
=Out of Pocket= $3.82 (plus tax)

Scenario 3
$4.83 - Eye Shadow Compact, Buy 2
$0.98 - Eye Pencil, Buy 1
=Total= $11.53
- $5 off magazine Q
- $1 off printable Q
- $1 off printable Q
=Out of Pocket= $3.64 (plus tax)

Scenario 4
$2.96 - Eye Shadow Duo, Buy 1
$3.74 - Eye Shadow Quartet, Buy 1
$4.83 - Eye Shadow Compact, Buy 1
=Total= $11.53
- $5 off magazine Q
- $1 off printable Q
- $1 off printable Q
=Out of Pocket= $4.53 (plus tax)

You may have to rework your deal depending on which coupons you have in your caddy!

Thanks again, and happy couponing!
--The Hopkins County Couponer (6/22/2011)