Winston-Salem, NC Beauty Giveaways Near Me: Where to Find Legit Deals

The most reliable beauty giveaways near Winston-Salem aren't sweepstakes at all — they're the free birthday rewards built into Ulta Beauty and Sephora's loyalty programs, both of which have physical stores in the city. On top of those standing programs, retailers occasionally run short, dated sweepstakes at specific Winston-Salem locations, though those windows open and close quickly. This guide separates the ongoing programs you can join any day of the year from the time-limited promotions that have already run their course, so you know what's actually available to you right now and what to watch for next.

Verification note: Program terms and availability can change. This page was checked against linked sources on October 26, 2026.

Ulta Beauty Rewards: a free birthday gift every year

Ulta Beauty Rewards is Ulta's free loyalty program, and enrolling gets every member a free birthday gift to pick and add to their bag, in-store or online, during their birthday month, while supplies last, according to Ulta Beauty's rewards program page. There's no purchase requirement to join or to claim the gift — it's tied to enrollment and your birthday month, not a transaction. Members at the Diamond and Platinum tiers get more on top of that baseline gift: 2X points on all purchases during their birthday month, plus an extra $10 off, stacked on the standard gift every member receives, per the same Ulta source.

Reaching those tiers requires accumulating points through regular purchases, so the extra perks reward existing spending rather than functioning as a standalone giveaway. Winston-Salem has a physical Ulta store at 1947 N. Peace Haven Rd, where these same national birthday-gift and points benefits apply exactly as they would at any other Ulta location, according to Ulta's store page for the Winston-Salem location.

You can claim your birthday gift there in person or order it online under your account.

Sephora Beauty Insider: pick a gift or take the points

Sephora's equivalent program is Beauty Insider, and as of a January 1, 2026 announcement, members at every tier — Insider, VIB, and Rouge — can choose a free birthday gift from a rotating lineup of brand partners. The lineup starts with Jo Malone London in the first quarter of 2026, then adds K18, Gisou, and Innisfree later in the year, according to Sephora's newsroom announcement. If the gift itself doesn't appeal to you, Sephora lets Beauty Insider members take 250 points instead.

Those points redeem free in-store at Sephora or Sephora at Kohl's, or online with a $25 minimum purchase, per the same Sephora announcement. That distinction matters: the in-store redemption has no spending requirement, while redeeming online does. Winston-Salem has three Sephora locations where these birthday benefits apply: a standalone store at 3320 Silas Creek Pkwy, a Sephora inside Thruway Shopping Center at 256 S.

Stratford Rd, and a Sephora at Kohl's at 1010 Hanes Mall Blvd, according to Sephora's store listing for Winston-Salem. Any of the three can process your birthday gift or points redemption.

Retailer sweepstakes come with specific entry windows

Beyond the standing birthday programs, retailers sometimes run shorter sweepstakes tied to a specific store or time frame. Belk's official rules describe a "2026 Beauty Bash" gift-card giveaway that named the Belk at Hanes Mall in Winston-Salem as a participating store, open to U.S. residents 18 and older.

That entry window ran only from March 21, 2026, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET, and has already closed, according to Belk's official sweepstakes rules.

Ulta has also run nationwide Instagram sweepstakes open to any U.S. entrant, including Winston-Salem residents, that required following the brand, liking a post, and tagging a friend on @ultabeauty. Two examples — an Ulta x MAC giveaway that ran August 12–17, 2026, and an Ulta x Rare Beauty giveaway that ran March 18–25, 2026 — have both already closed, according to Ulta's official social sweepstakes rules.

Neither promotion is active today, but the pattern is worth noting: Ulta posts new social sweepstakes periodically with short, dated entry windows announced on its own Instagram account, and Belk has used named local stores as participation criteria for past gift-card giveaways. Checking a sponsor's own rules page before entering tells you immediately whether a window is open or closed.

How to confirm an offer is genuinely open

Before treating any beauty giveaway as active, check a few details directly against the sponsor's own page rather than a secondhand summary: For the two standing programs covered above, the safest confirmation is your own account: Ulta Beauty Rewards and Sephora Beauty Insider both display your birthday-month gift eligibility directly in your account dashboard once you're enrolled.

• **Entry or claim window** — note the exact start and end dates listed in the official rules; a sweepstagonal post with no dates, or dates that have already passed, isn't something you can still act on.
• **Eligibility** — confirm age, residency, and whether entry is open to the public or restricted to loyalty-program members.
• **No purchase necessary vs. free** — a birthday gift tied to loyalty enrollment isn't the same as a sweepstakes entry; know which one you're claiming.
• **Redemption location and method** — some offers (like Sephora's points option) only waive the purchase requirement in-store, not online.
• **Source** — read the claim on the brand's own site or official rules page rather than a secondhand post, since terms can change between announcement and redemption.

What to do between now and your birthday month

If you're not yet enrolled in either program, joining costs nothing and locks in eligibility for your next birthday month regardless of when in the year that falls. Add both if you shop at both retailers — the Ulta and Sephora programs don't overlap, so a Winston-Salem resident can claim a birthday gift from each. For the shorter sweepstakes windows, following a retailer's own account is more reliable than searching for them after the fact, since those promotions are announced and closed within days.

Ulta's social sweepstakes rules page is also where any new giveaway's official terms would appear first, which is the page to check if you see a Winston-Salem-specific promotion mentioned anywhere else.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I have to buy something to get the Ulta or Sephora birthday gift?

No. Both gifts are tied to loyalty-program enrollment and your birthday month, not to a purchase, though Sephora's online points redemption does require a $25 minimum purchase while in-store redemption does not.

Are the Belk and Ulta sweepstakes mentioned here still open?

No. The Belk "2026 Beauty Bash" window closed after March 21, 2026, and the two Ulta Instagram giveaways cited closed in March and August 2026. They're included here as examples of how these promotions are structured, not as current offers.

Which Winston-Salem stores can process a birthday gift claim?

The Ulta at 1947 N. Peace Haven Rd, and any of the three Sephora locations — the standalone store at 3320 Silas Creek Pkwy, the Sephora inside Thruway Shopping Center at 256 S. Stratford Rd, or the Sephora at Kohl's at 1010 Hanes Mall Blvd.