It’s Your Last Chance to Shop Amazon’s Summer Beauty Event
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Amazon’s Summer Beauty Event has been running for nearly two weeks, but all the deals wrap up on Sunday night. The discounts are on exactly what you’d expect for the season, like sunscreen, Sol de Janeiro body mists, and epilators. And because we’re all on a budget these days, it’s nice to see that several of our favorite drugstore brands, like Cetaphil, Neutrogena, and Olay, are included. (Though there are some good discounts to be found on high-end brands like Burberry and Kiehl’s, too!) I’ve rounded up the 63 best items that caught my eye so far and broken them down into categories, which you can jump to by using the table here. As always, make sure to sign up for the Strategist Sales Alert newsletter to receive each day’s best deals in your inbox. And if you want even more, sign up for our regular email newsletter, which includes deals just for newsletter subscribers.
Deals I personally think are the best
Sun Bum’s sunscreen–slash–body lotion has been a reader favorite for the whole sale, and it’s even cheaper than it was last week. Jennifer Garner’s better-than-perfume hair oil is 36 percent off, making it less than $30, and an already affordable Braun epilator is $20 off.
Skin care
As in most Amazon events, there are plenty of drugstore gems on sale. Cetaphil, Olay, and Differin seem to be leading the charge.
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Olay’s night cream from its Regenerist line is our pick for combination skin, as it’s hydrating but not pore-clogging. It contains niacinamide, which exfoliates, brightens skin, and keeps oily patches at bay.
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A huge bottle of our favorite fits-everyone face wash is now $10.
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Body care
There aren’t as many deals on body-care items like body wash and lotion, but the same brands as above are worth keeping an eye on. Bioderma’s cleansing oil — which is “key for in-shower moisturizing,” according to beauty writer Tembe Denton-Hurst — is 25 percent off.
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Lume Whole Body Deodorant Plus Sweat Control
Our best full-body deodorant is 20 percent off in the “soft powder” scent. The cream uses both aluminum salts and tapioca starch to both block and absorb sweat, and mandelic acid fights odor while also evening out skin tone.
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Makeup and fragrance
There is a lot of makeup on sale, especially from Lancôme and IT Cosmetics. And don’t snooze on the scent selections; I spotted several multi-packs of Sol de Janeiro’s body mists in the mix.
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Fran Drescher inspired former contributing editor Jessica Silvester to revisit this Laura Geller primer from her youth. “When I dabbed it on underneath a lightweight foundation, my skin appeared luminous,” she says, “and my makeup not only stayed in place but actually seemed to look better as the day wore on.”
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Sun care and self-tanning
Since this is the summer sale event, it only makes sense that plenty of sunscreens (and post-sun treatments) are discounted. Neutrogena is great if you’re on a budget, and we highly recommend Isdin if you’re willing to splurge.
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The already cheap leg makeup that gives former editor Margaret Rhodes “girl from Ipanema legs” is now $9.
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This mineral sunscreen works to both prevent and treat existing sun damage, since it’s formulated with antioxidants and photolyase enzymes.
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Hair care
Some standout brands here: Paul Mitchell, where discounts go up to 50 percent off, Virtue, and Revlon. I also spotted a flat iron from GHD, one of our favorite hair tool brands, for 20 percent off.
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Klorane’s dry shampoo has been our No. 1 pick for several years thanks to its grease-zapping abilities and fresh scent.
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Virtue’s scent of hair oil is “better than perfume,” according to Jennifer Garner. And “it makes your hair soft and shiny but not greasy — just moisturized, strong, and delightful,” she says.
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Former associate editor Jenna Milliner-Waddell uses this hair serum when she does her silk press and says it’s “crucial” to that smooth finish. “It’s super-lightweight and feels silky in my hand, so I can only imagine what it’s doing to my hair, too,” she writes.
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Grooming
With swimsuit season on the horizon, plenty of body-hair trimmers and epilators are generally between 20 to 30 percent off.
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I like these dermaplaners from Japonesque. They’re great for shaving your upper lip, between brows, and everywhere else on your face without any discomfort.
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Art of Shaving’s brush “gets the shaving cream right where it’s supposed to be and improves your shave,” says actor Brian Baumgartner, who’s been using his for over 15 years.
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We named this trimmer our top pick for below-the-belt grooming; according to barbers we’ve spoken with, it “doesn’t grab or yank” the hair and is “really easy to maneuver.”
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Oral care
I wasn’t expecting to find deals in this category, but a number of Oral-B electric toothbrushes and Crest toothpastes are at good prices. (You’ll have to get multi-packs on toothpastes to get the deals, but it never hurts to stock up.)
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Oral-B’s Pro 5000 electric toothbrush is a slightly more advanced version of our best overall pick. It comes with Bluetooth capabilities, five cleaning modes, and a pressure sensor.
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