My Entire Skin-care Routine Is on Sale (Along With Other Prime Day Beauty Deals)
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Prime Day has become a shopping holiday, an event not unlike Black Friday or Memorial Day weekend. Like any other holiday, there are traditions and customs, and if you’ve shopped a few years in a row, you sort of know what to expect: There will be discounts on Olaplex and Bioderma and CosRx, and some sort of Dyson will likely be the cheapest we’ve seen it all year. This year will be a little different, though, since Prime Day is running twice as long —from July 8 to 11 with new deals dropping daily.
This is my sixth year on the beauty beat, and in that time, I’ve come to learn the idiosyncrasies of the holiday, like when 20 percent is a good deal because a brand is rarely on sale, as is the case for Starface and EltaMD, and when the deal is decent but not a once-in-a-year discount, like CosRx’s snail-mucin essence, which isn’t the cheapest I’ve seen it since January but still worth it at almost 40 percent off. This year, Prime Day is pretty standard, but with some exciting new additions, like the Vacation Whip sunscreen, which is 20 percent off. I also expect that some of the standard fare will go quickly because savvy shoppers will know what to look for, like Laneige Lip Balm, which sells out every year, and the aforementioned Starface pimple patches, which I for one will be adding to my cart.
As in years past, I’m following our deal writer Sam Daly’s house rules: A good deal is at least 20 percent off. From there, I’ve prioritized products we’ve written about before. Below, I’ve also included products I’ve integrated into my own routine or seen around that haven’t yet made it on the site but look promising.
Today is the last day of Prime Day and prices and stock have mostly held overnight (Clinique Black Honey is now very sold out). You have a full day left to shop, so I’ll be updating this post with anything else I’m seeing and checking prices and stock throughout the day.
Deals I personally think are the best
For me to consider a deal the best, it has to be a product that’s either rarely on sale or as good a deal as Black Friday — all of these fit the bill.
Skincare
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Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask
Seeing a discounted tub of Laneige’s lip mask is akin to the Rockefeller tree lighting — it’s how you know Prime Day is here. The mask has made fans of both celebrities and makeup artists, who like that it’s moisturizing and actually nourishes lips, thanks to ingredients like hyaluronic acid and vitamin C.
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Laneige Lip Glowy Balm
The daytime alternative, the brand’s lightweight, glossy balm, is also on sale.
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And for a more pigmented option, this glossy lip serum is also 20 percent off.
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Another Prime Day staple, CosRx’s snail mucin, is almost 40 percent off. Snail mucin is an all-in-one ingredient, helping with everything from dryness to hyperpigmentation to scarring.
Read more:What Is Snail Mucin?
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CosRx Advanced Snail 92 All-in-One Cream
The snail-mucin moisturizer, which has a thicker consistency than the essence and contains additional good-for-skin humectants, is available too.
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This has been called a dupe for Rhode’s glazing milk and compared to Then I Met You’s birch refining milky toner. All three have a lightweight consistency and hydrate skin, but this one is the cheapest of the them all.
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And for taking off the day, this cleanser contains ceramides and helps to cleanse skin without stripping it.
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This K-beauty classic is a favorite of Strategist writer Kitty Guo, who says it’s hydrating but not overly greasy and easily dissolves her makeup.
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When I chatted withRuPaul’s Drag Raceseason-13 winner Symone about what she buys at the drugstore, she mentioned these makeup wipes from Neutrogena, which she says remove heavy makeup in just a few swipes.
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And for cleansing, this Youth to the People product, a favorite for oily skin, contains kale and green tea, antioxidants that help to protect skin from environmental stress.
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This thick cleansing balm has a spalike scent and leaves skin feeling moisturized.
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I recently tried this cleanser during a facial and was impressed with how clean my skin felt without also having that tight, dry feeling. Writer Dominique Pariso agrees: “It pretty much gets my skin to neutral without stripping it,” she says. “It keeps the skin clear while still being super gentle,” she says.
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Supergoop’s silicone-textured sunscreen was recently reformulated and has become even better since the relaunch. The new iteration dries down to a whisper-thin finish and is a bit less oily but still works well as a skin primer.
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And for the entire body, there’s the lotion, which is fast-absorbing, sweat-resistant, and comes in a massive pump bottle so you can use it on the whole family.
Read more:The 11 Very Best Sunscreens
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On the mineral front, this one from Australian company Blue Lizard is beloved by Strategist staffers and dermatologists because it’s affordable, reef-safe, and, owing to the mineral ingredients, less likely to trigger a breakout.
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Bio-Oil Skincare Oil
A sort-of everything oil, this blend of rosemary, sunflower, and lavender oils helps with dryness and, according toKristin Chenoweth, wrinkles.
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Our favorite eczema-fighting itch-relief balm contains ceramides and colloidal oatmeal, which helps to soothe skin and support the skin barrier.
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Few products do a better job at zapping acne than adapalene, an over-the-counter vitamin A derivative (think: retinol) that helps to speed up cell turnover and stop pimples from forming underneath the skin.
Read More:The 15 Very Best Cystic-Acne Treatments
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And for a French pharmacy option, there’s this low-percentage retinol from A313, a favorite of Gwyneth Paltrow’s and, by extension, the Goop crowd. The mild concentration, along with moisturizing ingredients like lanolin, make it a good option for beginners trying to stave off the peeling and flaking side effects of retinol.
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Our favorite sunscreen of all time, which also happens to be every dermatologist’s favorite sunscreen, is 20 percent off, the cheapest it gets. What makes this good is the combination of physical and chemical blockers along with its lotion-y texture, which moisturizes and protects in a single step.
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For extremely dry skin, we recommend this oil-based body wash, which cleanses and moisturizes at the same time.
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If you’re curious about what I’ll be adding to cart, it’s this micellar water from Bioderma, which we’ve named our favorite makeup remover overall. It’s excellent at getting off product, but I also use it at the end of the day to wipe off SPF and the gunk of the outdoors. Its one of the few formulas that doesn’t sting my eyes or leave some kind of residue after.
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Also in my shopping cart is this hydrating body wash, which smells incredible and leaves me feeling like I put on lotion even before I get out of the shower.
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The Naturium multi-oil cleanser is similarly moisturizing.
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For completing a heavenly scented bath routine: the Necessaire body wash in the scent Olibanum, a blend of fig leaf, vanilla, and cassis.
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For another nice-smelling body wash, this santal and vetiver body wash is promising. It also comes in a range of other scents, like saffron and cedar, all of which are on sale.
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Starface wins the cutest-pimple-patch award by a mile. These inject a little fun into managing acne and come in lots of colors and patterns.
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Another stylish add to your skin-care routine — these Topicals eye patches brighten the under-eye and are cool-looking, too.
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Do you need a facial mist made up of mineral-rich water? Probably not. Do I swear by this because it feels nice and gives my skin a little jolt of hydration throughout the day? Yes.
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Strategist senior editor Crystal Martin loves this formula, which offers broad UV protection, sinks in quickly, and doesn’t leave a white cast.
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For a mineral sunscreen with more shade variation, there’s this one from Colorescience, which has shade-adapting pigments.
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For the first time, Vacation has included the brand’s whipped-mousse sunscreen in Prime Day. It’s lightweight, water-resistant, and reef-safe, and it has a pleasant, aquatic scent.
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Another lightweight option. Dr. Julian Sass swears by this sunscreen from Banana Boat, which he said is the best affordable formula. “It’s water resistant, and a lot of water-resistantsunscreensare known to make skin super-shiny or -oily. This is not that at all.”
Read More:What a Cosmetic Chemist (and Sunscreen Expert) Buys at the Drugstore
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There’s a reason most of the beauty people I know keep this in rotation — it’s effective but not irritating and helps keep breakouts at bay.
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This squalane-packed serum helped writer Kaleigh Fasanella combat dryness during a bad cold and recommends it whenever her skin feels dry and tight. “Myfine lineslook way less noticeable, and my complexion is generally plumper and healthier-looking,” she says.
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If you wanted to test the various scents of the ultrapopular, much-duped Bum Bum Cream, this miniature set contains all three.
Haircare
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Rosemary is a go-to for thickening and growing hair. It’s also the star ingredient of this shampoo and conditioner duo from Nécessaire, along with proteins to strengthen strands. Another bonus is the spalike smell — in addition to the scent of rosemary, it has notes of mandarin, jasmine, and cedar.
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Verb makes some of our favorite shampoos and conditioners. Both are incredibly moisturizing and leave hair feeling nourished without weighing it down.
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The Dyson Airwrap dupe, is on sale, offering a multi-styling blow-dryer that has lots of attachments and makes it easier to achieve a blowout at home.
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This pared-back Dyson is also on sale. The Origin model uses the same technology as the other Airwraps but has three styling attachments instead of six.
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This Dyson hair dryer — also from the Origin line — is discounted 25 percent. This comes with the focus-nozzle attachment and is a good deal on our favorite blow dryer.
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Revlon’s one-step blow-dryer brush is a perennial Prime Day deal, and this year it’s particularly good. It’s more than 50 percent off right now and is likely the cheapest it’ll be all year. This brush is our favorite less-expensive pick, particularly for natural hair and thicker hair types.
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A slightly larger version of our reader-favorite flat-iron is almost 40 percent off. This one has U-shaped plates, which makes curling even easier.
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A dry shampoo that makes hair feel freshly washed and oil-free without buildup or residue, beloved by both beauty expert Rio Viera-Newton and Kylie Kelce.
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Ceremonia is popular among Strategist staff — four people swear by the Guava Rescue Spray — and the brand’s leave-in conditioner is on sale. It deeply hydrates hair and contains antioxidants that helps to protect hair from environmental stressors that weaken it over time.
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Color-treated hair needs a little extra attention, which is why we recommend Olaplex No. 4 — abond-building shampoo— for anyone who has bleached their strands.
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Our top pick for hair oils is good for all hair types and is the epitome of “a little goes a long way” — I use a little more than half a pump for my entire head. It contains moringa and argan oil along with bamboo extract, which helps strengthen hair.
Read More:The 8 Very Best Hair Oils
Makeup
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My favorite setting spray — also beloved by makeup artists for sweatproof makeup — is 30 percent off.
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Our favorite“clean” mascarafor lengthening is also on sale. It’s two steps: primer, then mascara, which work together to create definition and lift.
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Saie, a brand beloved for its dewy blushes, also makes a blurry, soft matte lipstick that comes in an array of berry shades.
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For a waterproof formula, it doesn’t get much better than this one from L’Oréal, which doesn’t transfer and lasts all day. It’s also a favorite of Jessel Taank’s, who has been using it since she was 15. “I’ve tried everything on the market — Chanel, Saint Laurent, every brand you can imagine — and I always come back to this,” she says.
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For maximum drama, Too Faced’s ultrapopular Better Than Sex delivers.
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The Real Housewives of Salt Lake Citystar Lisa Barlow swapped her Tom Ford lip gloss for this much-cheaper option from NYX, which she likes for its shade range and non-sticky feel.
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Few brow pencils compare to the OG Brow Wiz from Anastasia Beverly Hills, which has a fine tip that creates hairlike strokes.
More Prime Day Deals
- 50 Pairs of Comfy Shoes on Sale This Month From Camper, Hoka, and More
- Just 45 Pairs of Comfy, On-Sale Shoes From Rothy’s, Keen, and More
- This May Be Your Last Chance to Get OG Everlane on Sale
- I Found $16 Old Navy Bikinis and $25 Aerie One-Pieces
The Strategistis designed to surface useful, expert recommendations for things to buy across the vast e-commerce landscape. Every product is independently selected by our team of editors, whom you can read abouthere. We update links when possible, but note that deals can expire and all prices are subject to change.
