> Quick view: the 8.8 codes and the whole August line-up (Payday Sale, BEAUTY15/BEAUTY25, the RM10-off-RM100 coupon, the free in-store RM10 voucher) are all finished. What replaced them: an online-exclusive 9.9 Sale, 6-11 September, with app codes 99SAVE10 and 99SAVE25; a Grab PAYLATER99 code worth RM20 off RM200 that runs longer than the sale itself; a one-day in-store rebate on 9 September; a separate in-store makeup sale, 9-13 September; and Unity Beauty Fest, which this page previously reported as dead and is in fact live to 23 September. The catch we cart-tested: on Sa Sa's Buy 1 Free 1 lines, adding two to your basket can cost you RM22 more than buying them one at a time.

What expired

Everything the August version of this article covered is now over:

  • 8.8 codes SAVING10 / SAVING20 — ran 7-10 August 2026
  • Payday Sale and the app codes BEAUTY15 / BEAUTY25 — ended 27 August 2026
  • RM10 off RM100 online coupon, and the in-store Cyber Colors any 2 at 60% off — both ended 31 August 2026
  • The free in-store RM10 cash voucher — the weekday-only, seven-day mechanic — is no longer being issued

Correction to the August version of this page: it reported Unity Beauty Fest as finished, on the reasoning that its category page had gone empty. That was wrong. Sa Sa's own promotions e-booklet lists Unity Beauty Fest, 03 Aug 2026 till 23 Sep 2026 under *Latest Promotions*, and the campaign artwork says up to 60% off. The empty category page is not a reliable expiry signal — the e-booklet is.

One structural change worth knowing: the PayDay Sale is gone from Sa Sa's SALE menu, which now reads Special Offers, 9.9 Sale, Weekend Special, Clearance Deals. The old `/payday-sales` URL still loads and still shows 212 products. It is an orphaned page, not a live campaign — though the prices on it are current (more on that below).

The 9.9 Sale: online only, 6-11 September

Sa Sa's homepage banner reads "9.9 Sales — ONLINE EXCLUSIVE, up to 50% off, 6 - 11 Sep 2026". The category holds 240 products. Counting the actual markdowns against list price:

  • 38 items are discounted deeper than 50%
  • 22 sit at exactly 50%
  • 180 are under 50%, most in the 40-45% band
  • The deepest cut is 76%

The top end:

  • PUPA Plump & Care Eyebrow Gel (Blond) — RM105 down to RM25 (76% off)
  • PUPA Night Heroes Pearly Lip Balm Oil — RM99 down to RM24 (76% off)
  • Frudia Green Grape Pore Control Serum 50g — RM139 down to RM35 (75% off)
  • A'pieu Fresh Mate masks (peat pore-clearing, milk brightening) 50ml — RM39 down to RM10 each (74% off)
  • EO Yung Gam Youth Vitality Reinforcing Eye Mask 50ml — RM290 down to RM80 (72% off)
  • Teaology Black Tea Belly Cream 150ml — RM155 down to RM45 (71% off)

The biggest ringgit savings sit at a shallower rate: Suisse Programme Caviar Premier Lifting Face Cream 50ml, RM1,550 down to RM852.50 — RM697.50 off, but only 45%.

90 of the 240 lines are new versus the August Payday Sale catalogue, so this is a genuine refresh rather than a renamed page. Cyber Colors, Dr. G and Sasatinnie are the deepest-stocked brands at 18 lines each.

The Buy 1 Free 1 trap — buying two can cost you more

This is the part no banner tells you, and it is worth more than any code.

18 Dr. G lines in the 9.9 Sale carry a "Buy 1 Free 1 — Add 2 items to get 1 free" badge on top of an already-marked-down price. Each product page promises: *"The highest possible discount will be automatically applied in your shopping cart."*

We tested it in a live cart on 8 September 2026. It does not do that. At quantity 2, the cart always applies Buy 1 Free 1 — you pay full list for one and get one free — even when the item's own marked-down price is cheaper than that.

Three cart tests, each priced two ways:

  • Dr. G Hydra Aqua Retinol Eye Cream 20ml (RM139 list, 58% off): one unit costs RM58.50, but two in one cart come to RM139.00 — against RM117.00 for two separate single orders. RM22 worse.
  • Dr. G Royal Black Snail Cream 50ml (RM199 list, 55% off): one unit RM88.50; two in one cart RM199.00 — against RM177.00 as two singles. RM22 worse.
  • Dr. G Royal Black Snail Ampoule 30ml (RM219 list, 40% off): one unit RM131.40; two in one cart RM219.00 — against RM262.80 as two singles. RM43.80 better.

Buy 1 Free 1 is a flat 50% effective discount, no more and no less. So the rule is arithmetic:

  • Shelf discount under 50% → buy the pair. The free second unit beats the markdown. This covers 14 of the 18 badged lines, all at 40-45% off.
  • Shelf discount over 50% → buy them singly, in separate orders if you want two. This covers 2 lines: the Hydra Aqua Retinol Eye Cream (58% off) and the Royal Black Snail Cream (55% off).
  • Exactly 50% → no difference. Two lines: Hydra Aqua Capsule Essence 50ml (RM199 to RM99.50) and the pH Cleansing Red Blemish Clear Soothing Foam 30ml (RM30 to RM15).

Buying three of the Royal Black Snail Cream came to RM287.50 — one Buy 1 Free 1 pair at RM199 plus a third at the RM88.50 marked price — against RM265.50 for three singles.

There is also a "10 @ RM25" bundle on the Skinlite Black and Blue Energy Masks: RM6.90 list, RM4.14 each in the sale, but RM2.50 each if you take ten.

The codes, and the one that isn't Sa Sa's

Three codes are live, and they do not stack — one per order.

  • 99SAVE10 — RM10 off, minimum spend RM130, entered on the Sa Sa mobile app, 6-11 September
  • 99SAVE25 — RM25 off, minimum spend RM250, Sa Sa mobile app, 6-11 September
  • PAYLATER99 — RM20 off, minimum spend RM200, applied at Grab checkout when paying with PayLater by Grab, 1-16 September 2026, online exclusive, and explicitly 2 redemptions per user

Which code, in ringgit

  • Under RM130 — nothing qualifies.
  • RM130-RM199 — 99SAVE10, RM10 off. At exactly RM130 that is 7.7%.
  • RM200-RM249 — PAYLATER99 is double the money if you use PayLater by Grab: RM20 against 99SAVE10's RM10. At RM200 that is a clean 10%. Without Grab, 99SAVE10.
  • RM250 and up — 99SAVE25, RM25 off, 10% at the threshold, and it overtakes PAYLATER99's flat RM20.
  • The RM249 step: at RM249 you get RM10; at RM250 you get RM25. One extra ringgit is worth RM15.

PAYLATER99 also outlasts the sale — it runs to 16 September, five days after the 9.9 prices end — and it is the only one of the three you can use twice.

The free gifts run on a different ladder

The 9.9 artwork adds gift tiers that do not line up with the code thresholds:

  • Minimum spend RM99 — 1 free gift
  • Minimum spend RM180 — 2 free gifts

So RM180 buys you two gifts but still only RM10 off, because the next code tier is RM250. The fine print is worth reading: "Lower tier applied if higher tier fully redeemed. First come, first served. While stocks last." The two-gift tier can run dry and drop you to one gift.

In store: two separate things, and one is a single day

  • 9 September 2026 only — "Beauty Unlocked": an instant rebate of RM20 with a minimum RM200 spend in a single receipt, *or* an RM10 voucher with a minimum RM100 spend in a single receipt. Take the instant rebate if your basket clears RM200: RM20 today beats an RM10 coupon for a future trip.
  • 9-13 September 2026 — up to 50% off selected makeup at Sa Sa stores, announced on Sa Sa Malaysia's Facebook page on 8 September as an in-store exclusive.

Note the split: the 9.9 Sale is online exclusive and the makeup sale is in-store exclusive. They do not overlap, and only 9-11 September has both running.

The permanent aisles still beat the campaign

Sa Sa's SALE menu carries three categories with no end date at all:

  • Clearance Deals — 103 products, 68 of them past 50% off. Deepest: Greatnice Delicate Hair & Body Wash 400ml, RM160 down to RM22 (86%), and Color Combos Seasonal Sponges Set 3pc, RM69 down to RM10 (86%).
  • Special Offers — 208 products, 190 marked down, and it holds the single deepest price on the site: Cyber Colors Flawless Radiance Glow Liquid Foundation, RM255 down to RM50 — 80% off. (In August this sat in Weekend Special; it has moved.)
  • Weekend Special — down to just 8 lines, deepest Suisse Programme Hydro Recovery Cream 50ml, RM590 to RM190.62 (68%).

One thing you do not need to worry about: the categories are not competing price lists. We diffed every shared product across the 9.9 Sale, the orphaned Payday page, Clearance Deals, Special Offers and Weekend Special — 150 shared SKUs between the 9.9 Sale and the Payday page alone, and not one price disagreed. Sa Sa runs one price per product and the categories are just windows onto it. Shop whichever aisle surfaces the item; the price follows the product, not the page.

Membership, briefly

P!NK is free with no minimum. VIP!NK charges no fee either but needs a RM250 minimum spend to sign up, and adds an extra 5% off, a RM50 voucher in your birthday month, and event invitations. Both tiers earn 1 point per RM1, and 200 points converts to RM1 — a 0.5% rebate, real but small beside a 50% markdown.

Where to shop

Sa Sa's store locator, re-checked today, still lists 68 outlets across 13 states: Kuala Lumpur 16, Selangor 11, Johor 10, Pulau Pinang 7, Perak 5, Sarawak 5, and two each in Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Sabah and Terengganu. The operator is Hong Kong Sa Sa (M) Sdn. Bhd. (446777-M); customer service runs Monday to Friday, 9am-6pm excluding public holidays on +603 9282 6877, or WhatsApp +6011-1328 0243 / +6011-1328 0193.

Who this suits, and who should skip

Worth your time if you were already going to spend RM130 or more online this week, you pay with PayLater by Grab (PAYLATER99 is the best rate under RM250 and works twice), you can get to a store on 9 September for the RM20 instant rebate, or you are buying Dr. G in pairs at 40-45% off.

Skip it if you would have to pad a basket to reach RM250 — the codes are worth 8-10%, so RM70 of filler to unlock RM15 more is a bad trade. And if the Dr. G item you want is discounted deeper than 50%, do not add two to the cart; buy one, check out, and order again.

Check Sa Sa Malaysia before you pay — the 9.9 Sale and Clearance Deals pages carry live prices, and Sa Sa does not publish a master terms page for these campaigns.

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*Cover image: Sa Sa store — photo by Ameiall Leissa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Campaign dates, codes, prices, the cart behaviour on Buy 1 Free 1 lines and the store count were all verified on Sa Sa Malaysia's own website, campaign artwork and Facebook page on 8 September 2026.*