It’s Your Last Chance to Save On These 36 Prime Day Skin-Care Deals
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October Prime Day is here, and we’re updating this story hourly. To find the best deals in every category, follow all of our October Prime Day coverage.
October Prime Day falls right around the time when summer skin-care routines don’t cut it any longer. Those 80-plus-degree days (and the heat, sun, humidity, and sweat that comes with them) are behind us, but the seasonal swaps — like heavier moisturizers and gentler cleansers — are luckily all on sale now. So if you’ve been meaning to adjust your skin-care routine for the season, add another step, or just replace your empties, now’s your chance. All these deals expire tonight (at 2:59 a.m. ET on October 8, specifically), so it’s best not to dillydally. And if you’re eager for more deals, bookmark this page and check back in throughout the day: I’ll be updating this list periodically (and replacing things as they sell out).
Deals I personally think are the best
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With the discount, our favorite affordable pimple patches come out to seven cents a patch.
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A superlative SPF stick that's clear, waterproof, and the cheapest it's been since last Prime Day.
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An all-time-low price on the face wash I use every day.
Cleansers and Moisturizers
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Our No. 1 night cream made our deals editor’s shortlist of top Prime Day deals. At $10.84, it’s the cheapest she’s ever seen it.
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With hydrating oat-kernel oil and soothing colloidal oatmeal, this cleanser is one of the handful of products our beauty writer lets her teen buy at Sephora. She uses it to remove makeup and then follows with a regular cleanser.
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Our favorite drugstore face wash for dry skin comes recommended by board-certified dermatologist Dr. Marisa Garshick, who says its “creamy consistency will leave dry skin feeling nourished and hydrated.”
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Strategist associate editor Jeremy Rellosa has been using this cleanser for two years and likens the experience to “a skin-care treatment at a spa.”
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This is one of the only cleansers I trust on my sensitive, acne-prone skin. It’s at a record-low price this Prime Day.
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It wouldn’t be Prime Day without a discount on our favorite makeup remover.
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A cult-favorite French pharmacy product, Avène’s Cicalfate+ cream is one of our favorite night creams for ultrasensitive, compromised skin. The next best thing to buying it at an actual French pharmacy is getting it on sale for the lowest price it’s been all year.
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“This is basically an upgraded version of the already beloved Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer, boosted with SPF protection,” says Dr. Tiffany Libby, director of dermatologic surgery at Brown Dermatology. Right now, it’s at the lowest price we’ve seen all year.
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Don’t forget a bubble headband to keep your hair out of your face.
Skin-care Treatments
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When our beauty writer Krista Bennett DeMaio replaced her tretinoin with this OTC retinal cream, she got the same smoothing and skin-brightening benefits without the constant flakes she experienced on tretinoin.
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Beauty writer Arielle Avila calls this a “workhorse for removing blackheads.” It’s at the lowest price we’ve seen all year.
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While this is technically an exfoliating toner, so it helps clear out Avila’s active breakouts, she says it’s also gentle and surprisingly quite hydrating.
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When it comes to Prime Day, two things are usually certain: These pore pads will be on sale, and they’ll be a hit with our readers. They’re soaked in a blend of exfoliating acids that help to refine skin texture and fend off breakouts.
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If you still haven’t tried the famous CosRx snail-mucin essence, now’s your chance. It blends hyaluronic acid and snail mucin to heal, brighten, and moisturize the skin.
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There’s also a cream version. Our beauty columnist Rio Viera-Newton uses it to heal any blemishes or otherwise damaged skin.
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Bennett DeMaio recommends this as an entry-level dose for anyone curious about spicule skin care, the buzzy K-beauty ingredient that creates microscopic punctures in the skin.
Pimple Patches and Sheet Masks
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It’s always a good idea to stock up on Hero’s Mighty Patches when they’re on sale. They’re our favorite pimple patches for good reason (they’re transparent, sticky, and great at sucking out gunk, especially for the price).
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CosRx’s patches are less sticky, but it’s hard to find a more affordable patch that actually works. With the discount, they come out to seven cents a patch.
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Biodance Bio-Collagen Real Deep Mask
These tighten pores and plump and brighten your skin while you sleep. At $3.25 a mask, they’d make a good stocking stuffer too.
Eye Products
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This cream combines caffeine and peptides to increase collagen production and de-puff skin. It’s one of our favorite eye creams for banishing puffiness.
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If you’d like to take your de-puffing fight to the next level, it’s hard to do better than these eye patches. They were the winner of Strategist contributor Katie Stone’s hunt for de-puffing eye patches, and they checked all her boxes: de-puffing, brightening, and actually staying on.
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If sensitive skin has been a barrier to treating your under eyes, we recommend this cream from CeraVe. It “contains hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid and ceramides along with niacinamide, which is generally well-tolerated while also brightening the skin,” our beauty writer Tembe Denton-Hurst says.
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Lip Products
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At this point, Laneige’s Lip Sleeping Mask needs no introduction. (Though its endorsements from Ariana Madix, Keke Palmer, and Olivia Jade are more proof in the pudding.)
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I love using this squalene-filled overnight mask to heal dry winter lips. It smells peachy and comes in a sophisticated jar with a little gold applicator.
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This isn’t explicitly marketed as a lip gloss, but it behaves like one — and moisturizes your lips in the process. It’s Denton-Hurst’s current favorite lip balm and gloss.
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Denton-Hurst also loves this glossy balm that’s packed with peptides and has a luxurious lipfeel.
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Other than Rhode’s peptide lip treatment, Summer Friday’s is the lip balm of choice among teens. Limited-edition holiday flavors like this one are always popular, so I’d recommend grabbing it as a stocking stuffer while it’s on sale (and before it sells out).
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Winter is coming, and now’s your chance to stock up on Aquaphor while it’s on sale.
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Sunscreen
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It’s completely clear, waterproof, hydrating, and on sale for the cheapest price we’ve seen since last Prime Day.
Read more: Everyone and Their Mom Is Making a Sunscreen Stick. These Are the Best.
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As Bennett DeMaio says, “It’s sunscreen for people who don’t like sunscreen.” We love that it’s completely clear, feels like primer, and doesn’t pill under makeup.
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EltaMD’s tinted sunscreen currently holds our Best in Class crown, but the clear mineral sunscreen is a great option too. Dr. Nazanin Saedi, M.D., F.A.A.D., says it “feels like silk going on and is perfectly seamless, transparent, and lightweight.”
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And if you prefer your sunscreen tinted, here’s our top pick.
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Skin-care Devices
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Medicube’s Booster Pro X2 device is a favorite of makeup artist Sir John (who does makeup for Beyoncé, Zendaya, and Serena Williams). It has seven modes that support glow, pore care, definition, and even sheet-mask absorption.
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SolaWave’s face mask has four wavelengths and is designed to fit around the contours of your face without missing a spot.
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After Strategist contributor Diksha Basu started using it, she swore her skin looked better in her 40s than it did in her 20s.
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“With the average cost of a Hydrafacial running somewhere in the $150 to $300 range these days, the FacialPro Glow would absolutely save money in the long run,” writer Dominique Pariso says. (That’s not even factoring in the current Prime Day discount.)
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