SkinCareRX: Free $20 e-gift card

by crystal on July 17, 2009

Go here and you can sign up yourself and four friends for a free $20 gift card compliments of SkinCareRX. There is no minimum purchase but it's a limit of one offer per household.

After you sign up for the free e-gift card, you'll receive an email that you'll have to verify and then you'll get a second email with your e-gift certificate. This e-gift card can be used on any products at SkinCareRX, Apothica, or Skin Botanica which offers natural and organic skin care products.

There are a number of products which are less than $20 and the M2 Skin Care products have free shipping with no minimum order requirements.

In addition, if you order through Ebates, you'll get 10% back on your order! So this could actually be a money-maker after the gift code and the cash back. Plus, if you have yet to sign up for a new account with Ebates, you can get a free $5 bonus for signing up!

Let us know what deals you find with this offer. And a big thanks to More Than Cents for letting me know about this deal!

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{ 76 comments }

1 Katie Ruschman July 17, 2009 at 3:31 pm: Can not get my GC to work. Keeps saying can not be used with any other GC or promotion. Not using any of those. Anyone else?
2 joann July 17, 2009 at 3:34 pm: awesome! thanks!
I just added a MD Forte product to my cart and its not updating with free shipping though.
3 susan July 17, 2009 at 3:41 pm: I just ordered some lip balm SPF 15 for $10.50, the shipping was $5.95, but the gift card covered the entire order shipping and all! Yea for free lip balm! Thanks!
4 Alicia July 17, 2009 at 3:48 pm: Thanks worked for me i also ordered the lip balm!
5 Caroline July 17, 2009 at 3:49 pm: I just ordered two hand sanitizers totally free! Awesome!
6 Andrea July 17, 2009 at 3:58 pm: Ordered two bar soaps—to the person having trouble getting gift card to work, make sure you enter the number in the gift card space (not promotion at bottom of page) and click the check mark next to gift card space or it’ll keep asking you for a credit card number.
7 Rinda July 17, 2009 at 3:59 pm: This did not work for me – the website did not accept the gift certificate code . . .
8 Missy July 17, 2009 at 4:02 pm: I didn’t realize the shipping could be covered by the gift code. SWEET! I’ve got a $14 cleanser coming for FREE! Yipee!
9 JAM July 17, 2009 at 4:03 pm: Thanks so much – I went and looked and saw that neither of the two free shipping brands had anything under $20, so I was about to give up and not bother with anything, then I came back here and read the comments and did the same lip balm deal as Susan – I wouldn’t have thought of the gift cert covering the shipping – thanks! And Katie, it gives you that message, but if you just proceed everything works fine (at least it did for me).
10 jenny July 17, 2009 at 4:13 pm: THank you!!! I got free sunscreen and lip balm!
11 Shannon July 17, 2009 at 4:18 pm: for some reason the gift certificate line keeps automatically adding in extra spaces and messing my gc# up so it can’t be submitted! Weird!!
12 Faiza July 17, 2009 at 4:19 pm: I just ordered some Florence Soap. You have to make sure and enter the Gift Certificate number exactly as it appears in your e-mail in the Gift Certificate box ONLY and then hit the check mark. Do not enter it in the Promotion Code box in the order summary at the bottom of the page or else it will not work.
13 Rose July 17, 2009 at 4:21 pm: I got free shipping and the Suncare Lipbalm from MD for $18 – so mine was completely free too! If you go over $20, you can also use Bigcrumbs.com to earn an 18% rebate! SWEET!
14 MARY July 17, 2009 at 4:22 pm: I CAN’T GET THIS TO WORK. MY CHECKMARK WON’T TURN ORANGE OR LET ME CLICK ON IT. DID YOU HAVE TO LOG IN OR DO SOMETHING I’M MISSING?
15 Emily July 17, 2009 at 4:22 pm: There are liquid hand soaps in the Botanica for $6.60 ea. I purchased 2 of them with shipping and it came out to $19.15.
16 Lindsay July 17, 2009 at 4:22 pm: This did not work for me. After the first e-mail it told me the e-mail address had already been used. Tried on 5 other e-mail addresses with same result.
If someone has a code they are willing to give up, please e-mail iamnotlexi@yahoo.com with it. I have really bad acne and would appreciate a product for it since its so cheap.
17 Kimberly July 17, 2009 at 4:22 pm: Mine is also adding in extra dashes so I cannot proceed.
18 Lana July 17, 2009 at 4:24 pm: Shannon,
Same here. I can’t get it to work!
19 Kate July 17, 2009 at 4:25 pm: Is anyone else having to act funny when you enter in the gift card code. It keeps adding dashes to mine, so the little check never lights up!
20 Devon July 17, 2009 at 4:29 pm: I’m having the same problem as Lindsay, when I click the link in the e-mail it is telling me that I have already received a gift certificate (although I haven’t). Not sure what the problem is.
21 Kimberly July 17, 2009 at 4:31 pm: It says it’s not applicable to certain manufacturers in fine print under the gift certificate code. I wonder if that is the problem? I’m going to try a different item and see if it works.
22 Kasturi July 17, 2009 at 4:35 pm: I am unable to use the GC too.It keeps adding dashes when i c/p or type the certificate no.
23 LilKim July 17, 2009 at 4:37 pm: I got a full body 30 spf lotion!! You’re Awesome, MSM!
24 Lindsay July 17, 2009 at 4:39 pm: I’m having a problem with signing up and not receiving the email? Does anyone know why that might be. I have tried 3 x’s! Let me know…thanks!
25 Lindsay July 17, 2009 at 4:41 pm: Coupon code for 10% off:
rmn10
NOW someone should e-mail me a code that works. lol
26 Becky July 17, 2009 at 4:41 pm: Keeps adding dashes when I try as well – can’t figure out what the problem is.
27 claire July 17, 2009 at 4:44 pm: Thanks SO MUCH FOR THIS DEAL! I blogged about it also.
However – I did tell my readers and you might want to tell yours that I don’t think the free shipping MD skincare is working. It didn’t work for me and I ordered an MD product. In the end this is a cleanser I love and pay $25 every 6 months from my doctor so it was definitely worth it to me to basically only pay for shipping – but you might want to tell readers I don’t think that’s working!
28 HeidiAnnice July 17, 2009 at 4:49 pm: I’m having problems too. It keeps adding dashes in my gift code and then it will not accept it. I tried to copy and paste the code from the email, but it still adds extra dashes. I must be dumb….Someone smart please help figure this out
29 Faiza July 17, 2009 at 4:53 pm: Just copy and paste the code. That might work.
30 nydia July 17, 2009 at 4:59 pm: same thing with the dashes is happening to me too.
31 Sandra @ Bargains4wahms July 17, 2009 at 5:03 pm: I’m getting a slow loading page! I hope I can get thru.
Thanks for this one
If it’s still available, I may blog about this too.
32 Ashley A. July 17, 2009 at 5:06 pm: Wow!!! It’s SUPER slow loading time for me too….I can’t even get in now!
33 Sandra @ Bargains4wahms July 17, 2009 at 5:12 pm: Where do you sign up at????
Thanks!
34 Shannon July 17, 2009 at 5:13 pm: I just spoke with customer service and they are having so many more users on their site that it is bahaving strangely. He said they’re working on the dash problem. I heard some people in the background saying that they would shut down at 4:00pm. I just told him I would try later since he sounded so busy.
35 Kimberly July 17, 2009 at 5:21 pm: Thanks Shannon for the info. I will just try my order again later. Congrats to all of those who have been able to order! And thanks MSM for posting this deal.
36 Shannon July 17, 2009 at 5:51 pm: I tried what a previous poster did and copied my code to a word doc, unformatted it, then pasted into the blank at checkout and added the hyphens back in. Worked great!!
37 joann July 17, 2009 at 5:58 pm: super slow load time for me now too. I wish I would have thought to find something for 14.00 and under the first time. Darn it.
38 joann July 17, 2009 at 6:22 pm: skin10
10% off for shipping code
39 Shan July 17, 2009 at 6:23 pm: SKIN10 works as a Promo Code to give you a 10% purchase on SkinBotanica products. It actually took 10% off my entire purchase so I got a Lip Balm and Dish Soap for free with the gift card! Thanks!!
40 E Arnold July 17, 2009 at 6:26 pm: I just bought a lip balm and eye brush. totaly free Yeah!!
41 Shan July 17, 2009 at 6:26 pm: I take that back, it wouldn’t accept the promo code AND the gift card. I still get both for $0.81. Not bad!
42 Elaine July 17, 2009 at 6:32 pm: The site was working very slowly for me, too. I kept playing around with it and was able to order some yummy looking body wash for free. I ended up clearing the promo code and putting my certificate code in when I came to a place later. Thanks for all you do to help us get quality products for great prices!
43 Ruth July 17, 2009 at 6:43 pm: If you go through cashbaq.com you can make 15% cash back on your purchase.
44 E July 17, 2009 at 7:59 pm: How long does it take for the second email w the code to come through?
45 Anna July 17, 2009 at 7:59 pm: Am I blind? I can’t find this anywhere on the website….please help!
46 Kimberly July 17, 2009 at 8:01 pm: Finally got my gift card to work but now it’s taking forever for the order to go through. Hopefully it will. If so I’ll be getting a Red Flower Japanese Peony Little Flower Candle ($12.00 + 6.95 S&H = free).
47 E July 17, 2009 at 8:10 pm: How long does it take the 2nd email to come through? When I clicked on the first, it sent me directly to the page to refer other people.
48 Sariah July 17, 2009 at 8:17 pm: Looks like it’s not even working now…
49 Brittany July 17, 2009 at 8:32 pm: My friend was able to order something, but when I went on (using the same computer), it kept coming up with errors and then told me that I already received a gift certificate. So beware if you are using a public computer or a computer other than your own.
50 Cara D July 17, 2009 at 9:25 pm: I can’t get the website to load either
51 jen July 17, 2009 at 9:54 pm: They have just suspended the promotion citing “overwhelming demand”. I hate that I missed out on this freebie!
52 lizajane July 17, 2009 at 9:54 pm: “Due to overwhelming demand…
We have temporarily suspended our Refer a Friend $20 promotion. ” I’m too late!!! (no big surprise)
53 Angela July 17, 2009 at 9:55 pm: The site told me that due to the response, they have suspended it.
54 Kathleen July 17, 2009 at 10:12 pm: I just ordered the honey papaya hand soap. It was 13.00 and with the shipping the total came to 19.95. I didn’t have to enter any credit card info or paypal. It used to gift certificate to pay the whole amount. So it was FREE. The site was slow and I did have to try several times to reload a few pages. But, it went through. Who couldn’t use free hand soap? Thanks so much Crystal. God Bless you!
55 Alicia July 17, 2009 at 10:21 pm: It was going so slow and kept kicking me off but just minutes after you changed the post to include the red warning it was fine. I got a 4 piece lip balm for $13 and shipping was $6.75. I paid 0 out of pocket and sent the link to all my favorite girls. Thanks so much!!
* I did forget to send myself an e-mail so I had to send another one. Make sure you put yourself as one of the friends!!
56 Alicia July 17, 2009 at 10:23 pm: uh-oh! Looks like I went and did mine in the nick of time because when I went to the skincareRX site again I got this message
Due to overwhelming demand…
We have temporarily suspended our Refer a Friend $20 promotion. I am wondering if the people who the e-mail was sent to before this but haven’t picked it up yet will still get the card?
We are now offering Friend20
FRIEND20 is a coupon promotion which discounts your order by 20% for qualifying products.
Check back frequently or sign up for our newsletter to receive our next exciting promotion.
FRIEND20 is available on SkinCareRX.com, Apothica.com and SkinBotanica.com
57 Amber July 17, 2009 at 11:04 pm: Due to overwhelming demand…
We have temporarily suspended our Refer a Friend $20 promotion. All existing gift certificates will be honored.
Ugh, got on here too late!! Thanks anyways!
58 Laura July 18, 2009 at 12:32 am: I just tried, and the offer is no longer valid. They are honoring all the gift cards already issued, but not giving out anymore. See message I got here:
http://skincarerx.com/GC.html?name=M+Mail+Campaign&sendFriends=1
59 janelle July 18, 2009 at 4:04 am: So it looks like they stopped the promotion, but they are still honoring the gift certificates and giving 20% off orders if you use the friend20 coupon code!
60 kelly July 18, 2009 at 7:16 am: THEY STOPPED THE DEAL
61 Blaire Ruch July 18, 2009 at 7:39 am: They have removed the gift card offer.
62 Cent Saving Mom July 18, 2009 at 7:56 am: Thanks for sharing the deal I blogged about. Looks like many of your readers including yourself were able take advantage of the offer. Before we know it we’ll be getting to try out some new products!
63 Gwenn July 18, 2009 at 8:26 am: I couldn’t get the site to load last night…I’m assuming tons of people were trying to get their free product, but this morning I ordered mine just fine. Shipping and all!
64 Lana July 18, 2009 at 8:37 am: I got fed up and stopped trying last night. When I came to try today, everything worked fine,but today the shipping (for the exact same item) is 6.95 instead of 5.95 so I owe 90 cents. What??? Why did it change overnight?
65 Little Lori July 18, 2009 at 8:43 am: the promotion is over today1 ! Cool deal though – Great Find!
66 Kimberly July 18, 2009 at 9:06 am: This promotion is now over.
67 ADollarSaved July 18, 2009 at 10:33 am: Wow! Great find!
68 Dawn July 18, 2009 at 11:01 am: The website now says that they are no longer offering the 20.00 refer a friend gift cards. The promo now is for 20% off. Bummer. I guess I’m a day late and 20.00 short.
69 Candice July 18, 2009 at 11:05 am: Yep, not doing the shipping included in the gift card amount anymore Wish I could have got my to go through yesterday before they fixed it…o well
70 Laura July 18, 2009 at 1:38 pm: it couldn’t last forever
71 Darlene Craig July 18, 2009 at 3:32 pm: They have pulled the promotion now.
72 nana July 18, 2009 at 3:56 pm: They have suspended the offer! bummer
73 Silvia Fuentes July 18, 2009 at 3:57 pm: Has been temporarily discontinued due to high demand
74 Kelly July 18, 2009 at 4:16 pm: Says that the 20.00 free thing has expired due to over whelming popularity. They are just offering 20% off now.
Anyone know where I can get a BOGO on cases of snapple this week?
75 Alice July 18, 2009 at 5:06 pm: They are no longer honoring that promo. I just checked at 3pm pdt.
76 Lisa Spiker July 19, 2009 at 8:24 am: Due to overwhelming demand…
We have temporarily suspended our Refer a Friend $20 promotion. All existing gift certificates will be honored.
We are now offering FRIEND20
FRIEND20 is a coupon promotion which discounts your order by 20% for qualifying products.
Check back frequently or sign up for our newsletter to receive our next exciting promotion.
FRIEND20 is available on SkinCareRX.com, Apothica.com and SkinBotanica.com
Looks like I missed out……..oh well, maybe next time.