My Entire Skincare Routine Is On Sale For Prime Day
July 8, 2025
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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.
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.
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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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The daytime alternative, the brand’s lightweight, glossy balm, is also on sale.
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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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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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When I chatted with RuPaul’s Drag Race season-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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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.
Read more: The 23 Very Best Sunscreens for Your Face
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And for the entire body, there’s the lotion, which is fast-absorbing, is 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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Our favorite eczema-fighting itch-relief balm contains ceramides and colloidal oatmeal, which helps to soothe skin and support the skin barrier.
Read More:The Very Best Eczema Treatments
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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.
Read More: 15 Cult French Pharmacy Products You Can Buy On Amazon
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This scrub contains tiny pumice beads to exfoliate skin along with 10 percent AHA (a blend of glycolic and lactic acids). The combination of physical and chemical exfoliation smooths skin and even though it’s marketed for keratosis pilaris, writer Brenley Goertzen says it works well on the bikini line and butt acne too.
Read More: The Very Best Body Scrubs
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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.
Read More: Finally, A Mineral SPF for Brown Skin
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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, its 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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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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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.
Read More: The 8 Best Pimple Patches
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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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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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Kelly Ripa swears by this spray for covering her grays. “When I don’t want my white roots popping through, I use this,” she says.
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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
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Our favorite “clean” mascara for lengthening is also on sale. It’s two steps: primer, then mascara, which work together to create definition and lift.
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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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Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star 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.
Read More: What Lisa Barlow Can’t Live Without
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