The First Wave of Black Friday Sales Is Here
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Now that November is here, the Black Friday sales bonanza has begun. Nordstrom’s having a shockingly early sale — it actually wraps up on the 11th, so make sure you shop this weekend. The Sephora Savings Event also ends soon, which may be your last chance of the year to get a discount on everything on the brand’s site. Gap’s Holiday Kickoff Event is a good place to go for sweaters, flannels, coats, and CashSoft. And a few toy deals are starting to trickle in, in case you’d like to get some gifting squared away well before the holidays.
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Organic-cotton leggings for $20.
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Best in Class drinking glasses you’ll be glad you have during hosting season.
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Women’s fashion
Lots of cozy winter staples are up to 60 percent off for Gap’s Holiday Kickoff Event. I’ve got my eye on this all-cotton cable-knit sweater.
Nordstrom’s extremely early Black Friday sale is here. It only runs through the 11th, so shop quick — we’re not sure these deals will return once actual Black Friday arrives. For all our recommendations, deals writer Cassie Hurwitz has rounded up the best of the best here.
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Men’s fashion
Grab a cuddly new flannel or car coat while hundreds of items are up to 60 percent off at Gap’s Holiday Kickoff Event.
If you’re shopping the men’s section of Nordstrom’s very early Black Friday sale, shoes (and the rogue sweater or two) are your best bet.
Beauty and wellness
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This K-beauty skin-care treatment can be used alone or with your all-over retinal. You can apply it to specific problem areas, like crow’s feet, smile lines, or a patch of enlarged pores. It has a micro-particle ingredient 16 times smaller than a pore that gets into the skin and boosts absorption of the active ingredients. It also contains the wrinkle-smoothing peptide Matrixyl 3000 and skin-calming niacinamide.
The biannual Sephora Savings Event is on, running through November 9. In case you’re unfamiliar, to access the deals, you have to sign up for Sephora’s loyalty program (it is free but does require an email). The entire site is then on sale with discounts varying depending on which level you’re at. Rouge members get the best — 20 percent — VIB members get 15 percent off, Insider-tier members get 10 percent off, and every level gets 30 percent off Sephora Collection products with the code ALLONSALE.
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There are quite a few nice deals in the beauty section at Nordstrom. Lots of pricier fragrances are 15 percent off — which isn’t the lowest discount, but meaningful for those $200+ perfumes you’ve been coveting.
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Perfect for saving counter space, our top-recommended water-flosser brand’s small cordless model is 40 percent off. (This is the cheapest it ever gets.)
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If the marathon inspired you to take up running, just get our best overall fitness tracker. It’s simple and unobtrusive, tracks a ton of activities, and doesn’t need the user to be tech-savvy to operate it.
Home and kitchen
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A super-simple stick vacuum from Shark for under $100.
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And for messes on carpeting and upholstery, the heavy-duty version of our beloved Bissell Little Green is $30 off.
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Fashion designer, culinary creator, and lifestyle expert Peter Som has been using these as his everyday drinking glasses for years. “They are super clean with a delicate rounded rim,” he says. “I love that the glass is thin but not so thin that you think you’ll break them if you look at them wrong.”
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One of our favorite colanders (part of our Kitchen Hall of Fame) is just $20.
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Usefule for anyone with an office job, this self-heating lunch box can warm up leftovers in minutes.
Some nice find for hunkering down at Nordstrom’s sale: a fuzzy throw, an elegant candle, and an Advent calendar filled with tea.
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Writer Ivy Pochoda is known as the “person with the pink tree” in her neighborhood. This inspired her to go down a rabbit hole for vintage Christopher Radko and Kurt Adler ornaments. “It relished each ornament, coloring it with a rose glow,” she says.
Kids
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From the popular animated TV show Numberblocks, Blockzee the monster is on a mission to find the biggest number. When you place the blocks in either of the scales Blockzee’s eyes and mouth move toward the bigger number, helping young children understand math concepts such as greater than, less than, and equal to.
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A set of recycled-plastic construction trucks that’s half-off right now.
Nordstrom is price-matching Primary’s early Black Friday sale; and there are plenty of good gifts like LEGO ornaments and UGGs.
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