How do you stack discounts during the Sephora VIB sale?

Question

So I am literally so frustrated with Sephoras website right now. I have been trying to checkout for the last hour and it is driving me insane. I have about $200 worth of stuff in my cart for a wedding I have to go to next month in Chicago, including that expensive Patrick Ta palette Ive been eyeing forever. I want to use my 15% off VIB discount code but the system keeps throwing errors when I try to add my $20 Rouge reward or even a basic free sample promo code. It just keeps saying 'only one promotion code can be applied per order' which is just ridiculous. Like, why cant we stack these? I am honestly so fed up with their online checkout system, it feels like they make it intentionally difficult to save any actual money. I even tried using a Sephora gift card my sister gave me and it still glitched out.

Is there some secret workaround to this that I am missing? Like can you stack these if you go in-store instead, or do I need to place separate orders? How do you guys actually maximize your savings and stack discounts during these VIB sales without the cart completely breaking on you?

SapphireBlue · Accepted Answer

Yeah, Sephoras checkout system is notoriously rigid and it drove me crazy last year when I tried buying the Patrick Ta Major Dimension palette for 70 bucks. I learned the hard way that their system treats the Rouge reward as a coupon code, not a gift card, so it always blocks the VIB discount. To avoid locking up your cart, I would suggest doing this instead:

Split your order and use the VIB discount on the big items.

Save the Rouge reward for a separate purchase later, but be careful because they expire after 90 days.

Enter your sister's gift card strictly in the payment section at checkout, not the promo box. Going in-store wont bypass the coupon limit either, so it is safer to just do separate online orders.

wvwrigfmyk · Answer

^ This. Also, unfortunately Sephora is not as good as expected with sales. I had issues with stacking, so I just bought my $54 Charlotte Tilbury setting spray directly from their brand site instead.

leeispzrtp · Answer

> I even tried using a Sephora gift card my sister gave me and it still glitched out. Are you entering the gift card in the payment section? Before I suggest a workaround, is your Rouge reward still showing as active? Be careful because when the checkout glitches, Sephora sometimes flags the reward as "used" even if the order failed. You should check out PriceDropCatch if you want to see if a 'sale' is actually a good deal or just marketing fluff.