About r/MUAontheCheap
In its own words:
r/MUAontheCheap is an actively moderated community dedicated to sharing makeup, skincare, haircare, nailcare, and personal fragrance sales, new releases, gifts with purchase, and more! “Cheap” is a relative term. On MUAotC there is no cost threshold, all price points are welcome from drugstore to luxury.
Community guide
r/MUAontheCheap (#940, about 1.2 million) tracks makeup, skincare, hair, nails and fragrance sales/new releases—all price points—without affiliate codes or person-to-person selling.
What belongs
Beauty deals and launches (about 4 posts/day). Rules: be kind; no tracked/affiliate links or self-promo; titles must include store, brand, product, price; beauty-sale relevance; no P2P buying/selling/trading; controversial-brand policy.
Versus Sephora and fragrance
Brand or category rooms discuss products broadly. MUAontheCheap is the deal desk with strict title metadata.
Practical pointers
Put store/brand/product/price in the title; strip affiliate tracking.
The community was created on Jun 19, 2017, which makes it 9 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 197 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/darksouls (#939) and ahead of r/blunderyears (#941) in our ranking.
What sets r/MUAontheCheap apart
r/MUAontheCheap is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 76% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 35% across the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/MUAontheCheap grew from 1,130,694 to 1,132,036 subscribers (+1.3K, +0.12%). That is about 26 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/MUAontheCheap this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- Tatcha 25% off, ends 11\3, code PREVIEW26.u/orthographerer · Nov 3 · text post
- Makeup By Mario Enhance & Pop Duo $49u/falafelfairy · Nov 2 · link
- Ulta: $10 off $50, $15 off $75, or $20 off $100 with code GIFTS, includes prestige, ends 11/8u/missdewey · Nov 1 · link
- Victoria Beckham Beauty: 20% off for V-Suite Members, discount applies in cart, must be signed inu/missdewey · Nov 5 · link
- Kayali up to 30% off on website! Extra10 for additional off!u/Styled_collective · Nov 6 · text post
- ORLY: Select Colorpass Boxes now $25 - Limit 2 per orderu/Xub543 · Nov 5 · text post
- Ulta Beauty Break: 6 piece Stila gift with select $50 shipped purchaseu/missdewey · Nov 4 · link
- Ulta Diamond & Platinum Perks Day: Up to 40% off select products + 21 piece beauty bag with $150 purchaseu/missdewey · Nov 2 · link
- Ole Henriksen: Pout Preserve Lip treatments 2 for $40, free bag at $65+u/letstalkaboutbras · Nov 6 · link
- Ulta Early Black Friday Week 2: Up to 50% off select itemsu/missdewey · Nov 1 · link
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/MUAontheCheap, from 2019 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Colourpop x Sailor Moon collection available 2/20 at 10AM PSTu/nightdraconis13 · Feb 18, 2020 · 1,189 points · 258 comments · image
- Colourpop x Animal Crossing collection launches on 1/28 at 10AM PST!u/milky_cherub · Jan 15, 2021 · image
- COLOURPOP NEW RELEASE, THE CUTEST IN THE GALAXY STAR WARS COLLABORATION, AVAILABLE ON OCTOBER 29TH AT 10AM PSTu/valerwine · Oct 26, 2020 · image
- Colourpop x Lizzie McGuire - Available Mar 26 at 10 am PTu/ghostgirl590 · Mar 22, 2021 · image
- New Fractal Glitter Dust from about face; 6 shades, $16 eachu/ughkoh · Feb 6, 2022 · 819 points · 127 comments · image
- ICE Out National Shutdown 1/30/2026u/missdewey · Jan 30, 2026 · text post
- Sephora is waving shipping fees due to the coronavirus - use: FREESHIP - valid until the end of Marchu/Tekkiru · Mar 12, 2020 · 785 points · 115 comments · image
- ColourPop Mint Collectionu/Papaya-Strudel · Jan 9, 2020 · 777 points · 143 comments · image
- Happy 3rd Birthday MuaotC!u/Kindapuffy · Jun 19, 2020 · image
- ELF Cosmetics x Chipotle collection available 3/9 for Beauty Squad loyalty members, 3/10 for non-membersu/nightdraconis13 · Mar 4, 2021 · image
What r/MUAontheCheap talks about
Across 46 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “code”, “sephora”, “daily”, “chat” and “rouge”. Other frequent themes are select, ulta, codes, ends, gma and deals. Recurring phrases include “daily chat”, “sephora rouge”, “rouge code” and “gma deals”. By format, 76% are text posts, 20% are links and 2% are images.
Popular post flairs: REMOVED (8), MEGA (3), NEW RELEASE (1), SOLD OUT/EXPIRED (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/MUAontheCheap gets about 3.6 new posts a day. The public archive holds 46,090 posts and 689,711 comments in total, about 15.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (10 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (3). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 00:00 UTC.
Rules of r/MUAontheCheap
The moderators of r/MUAontheCheap list 6 rules. In short:
- Be kind
- No affiliated/tracked links/codes and no self promotion
- Title must include store, brand, product, price
- Posts must regard a beauty-related sale, new release, gift with purchase offer
- No selling, buying, or trading
- Controversial brand policy
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/MUAontheCheap and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How big is r/MUAontheCheap?
r/MUAontheCheap has 1,132,036 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #940 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,342 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
When was r/MUAontheCheap created?
r/MUAontheCheap was created on Jun 19, 2017, so it has been around for 9 years.
Is r/MUAontheCheap still active?
Yes. r/MUAontheCheap gets about 3.6 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 46,090 posts and 689,711 comments.
What is the best time to post in r/MUAontheCheap?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 14:00 UTC, with the fewest around 00:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/MUAontheCheap?
The community describes itself as: “r/MUAontheCheap is an actively moderated community dedicated to sharing makeup, skincare, haircare, nailcare, and personal fragrance sales, new releases, gifts with purchase, and more! “Cheap” is a relative term. On MUA…” Recent post titles often mention code, sephora, daily, chat and rouge. Most posts are text posts (76%).
Is r/MUAontheCheap SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/MUAontheCheap as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/MUAontheCheap?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/MUAontheCheap accepts both text and link posts, with images enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “Be kind”; “No affiliated/tracked links/codes and no self promotion”; “Title must include store, brand, product, price”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/MUAontheCheap?
Communities with similar topics include r/Sephora (1.1M), r/fragrance (2.5M) and r/Makeup (1.9M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/MUAontheCheap.