Paula's Choice is an effective skincare brand that has a trusted following over many years, before ingredient-based brands like The Ordinary came out. They have a 15% off sitewide code 'FLASH15' and you can stack it with shopback's increased cashback from 5% to 10%, which makes this an overall discount of 23.5%.
One of their bestsellers is the 2% BHA Liquid which works out to be about $29.08 after discount + cashback.
Shipping is $10 or free for orders above $100.
I've never used Paula's choice I'm afraid - I'm a bit too cheap for that :P Posted the deal because I know there are some fans of PC.
In terms of Vit C, my first one was The Ordinary's Ascorbyl Glucoside 12% (gentle and non-irritating water-based serum), and then moved on to their 30% L-Ascorbic acid in silicone (strong, tingling, harder to layer). Currently experimenting with DIY 20% Vit C serum :P
These "offers" from PC are pretty common, and pretty rubbish. My inbox has been flooded with hundreds of these deals for years now.
3 years ago these guys actually offered fair prices, now it's almost doubled, or even higher for some products.
The mentioned BHA was $24.75 standard price, and you could get free shipping for it. With discounts at the time ($15 off and similar), my first couple bottles ended up swinging between $10-15 DELIVERED per bottle.
Since they got popular they've increased price by 200%, changed free shipping to over $100 only and the discounts aren't good enough to get you anywhere near the old undiscounted price.
Absolutely not a bargain. Buy The Ordinary or korean brands instead.
Oh really, I didn't realise that prices had gone up so much :(
Thanks Moocher! Did you have any thoughts on the C15 Super Booster? :)