How this board works
Two kinds of code
Referral codes are personal to one shopper. The person using the code gets a discount and the code's owner gets store credit or points. Promo codes are public promotions the retailer runs for everyone; nobody earns anything and they expire.
Every code is checked first
Anyone can post, but submissions go into a moderation queue. A human approves a code before it shows on the board. After that, shoppers vote 👍 / 👎 on whether it worked; codes that collect failures or pass their expiry date drop off automatically.
Be responsible
There is no fixed limit on how many codes one person can post. That is a deliberate choice to keep things simple, and it relies on people using common sense. Post codes you actually own or have genuinely seen work, do not flood the board with duplicates or junk and do not post on someone else's behalf without their say. Moderation and community voting are the real backstop, but they work a lot better when submitters act in good faith.
Ordering
Referral codes are interchangeable, so the most recently "boosted" ones sit on top, which rotates visibility fairly between owners. Promo codes are ranked by how confident the community is that they still work, decayed over time.
FAQ
- Is this site affiliated with the retailers?
- No. K-Beauty Codes is an independent community board. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by YesStyle, Stylevana, Olive Young or any other retailer.
- Are the codes checked?
- Anyone can submit a code, but every submission is held in a moderation queue and reviewed by a person before it appears. After that, shoppers vote on whether it worked; codes that collect failures or pass their expiry date drop off automatically.
- Why do some codes expire and others don't?
- A code personal to one shopper, like a referral code, usually keeps working indefinitely, so the person using it gets a discount and the owner earns store credit or points with no rush. A public promo code is a limited-time offer the retailer runs for everyone, so it has an expiry date and nobody earns anything from it directly.
- My code was removed, why?
- Codes come down when shoppers report them as not working, when they fail verification voting, when they duplicate an existing listing or when a retailer asks us to remove them.