Faces Canada Referral Code

The two halves of this offer are denominated in different things, and one of them has no published value. That combination makes the offer impossible to size from either side.

The offer: the person you refer receives a 10% off coupon, and you receive 500 points. Those are not the same kind of thing, and neither of them is a number you can use.

10% off is a percentage of an unknown basket. It scales with what they spend — worth ₹100 on a ₹1,000 order and ₹300 on a ₹3,000 one — so its value depends entirely on a purchase that has not happened yet. 500 points has no stated conversion rate anywhere. This is the fifth reward in this catalogue denominated in a platform's own unit with no published price — after a creator platform's "coins", a fan app's "FZ points", a crypto app's "bonus points" and a fitness app's "nFITCoins".

So you cannot compare the two sides, and you cannot size your own. "500 points" tells you as much as "some points".

The four questions, which are by now standard equipment for any points reward: what is the conversion rate, and who sets it? If the issuer can change it, your balance can be devalued between earning and spending, and nothing was promised. Can points be withdrawn, or only spent inside? Almost certainly the latter in a cosmetics loyalty scheme, which makes them a discount on this brand's own products, not income. Do they expire? Beauty loyalty points very commonly do, often on a rolling twelve-month basis. Is there a minimum before redemption? A threshold you never reach is a balance you never spend, which is a reward you never received.

Ask all four before putting in effort. If the answers are "we set it", "inside only", "yes" and "yes", the honest description of your reward is a time-limited discount on this brand's products, on terms the company can change.

And the asymmetry is worth naming even though it cannot be measured. The referred person receives something with a defined mechanism — a percentage they can calculate at checkout. You receive something whose value the company has not disclosed. That is a real difference in the quality of the two rewards, quite apart from their size, and it is worth knowing which side of it you are on.

Two checks worth more than either side of this offer, when buying cosmetics. Compare per millilitre, not per item — the most reliable saving in this category, more so than any code. And avoid buying shade-matched products online to use up a discount — foundation and concealer bought unseen are the commonest route to an unusable product, and an unusable item has cost you its full price whatever the coupon said.

And check the period-after-opening symbol — the open-jar icon marked 6M, 12M or 24M — before spending points on multiples of anything.