If your holiday list isn’t getting any shorter, let Sephora’s rare sitewide sale help whittle it down. The beauty retailer is filled with tons of gift ideas, offering 20% off editor-loved skin care, makeup, hair care and more. Sephora has also bundled many of its most popular brands into limited-edition beauty gift sets and knocked down the prices of its in-house collections by a steeper 30% off.
The discount is available to all Beauty Insider members (and yes — it’s free to join) with code SAVEGIFTS online or by entering your email in store. While the sale takes 20% off entire purchases, I’ve also spotted select items discounted by even more. With the sale ending on Dec. 14, I sifted through the holiday deals to find the crème de la crème this gifting season.
Give yourself feathery, fuller-looking brows with Rare Beauty’s formula that bottles up the laminated brow trend — all for 20% off. It comes in a clear finish so you don’t have to worry about fussing with too-dark or too-light pigments. The gel is waterproof too, meaning all-day hold.
Lovers of Laneige’s cult-favorite lip product can save on limited-edition shimmery shades like Pink Supernova and the all-new Milky Way. Discounted by 20% off, the lip product makes an easy small gift that giftees will love. It’s hydrating like a lip balm but delivers high shine, like a lip gloss.
When it comes to products we use time and time again, our managing editor named this Benefit Cosmetics Roller Lash Mascara a holy grail makeup item. It lengthens and thickens without clumping or wearing off. In fact, she often gets asked whether she’s wearing eyelash extensions when she uses it.
Combine multiple steps of your makeup routine with these blendable cheek and lip pigments. They’re getting special treatment during the sale with 40% off a pack of three, including two pinks and a beige shade. The formula consists of moisturizing vitamin E, hydrating hyaluronic acid and conditioning shea butter.
Use this concealer pen to apply subtle touch-ups around different areas of the face. Our staffers dubbed it one of the best makeup products for people over 50 because of its natural, glowy finish that layers nicely over variable skin textures. For Sephora’s sale, it’s 20% off.
Anyone indulging in the world of professional facial treatments will want to keep these icy toner pads on deck. Our beauty editor, Sophie Shaw, considers them one of her favorite cooling products. The calming ingredients like green tea, ashwagandha and glycerin helped ease side effects from a laser facial dramatically.
Don’t let your skin take a hit this winter. This hydrating face mask features a blend of glacier water, hyaluronic acid and avocado butter to deliver long-lasting hydration even after you’ve removed the mask. Its avocado ingredient promises nourishing benefits while hyaluronic acid helps replenish water loss.
Complete with two of my go-to winter skin care saviors, this First Aid Beauty kit bundles a few sensitive skin-friendly products that’ll better arm you against drying temperatures. It includes a cleanser, a body cream beloved by an editor and a balm — all formulated with soothing colloidal oatmeal.
Hailing from the same line as the editor-loved Instant Firmx Eye Tightener, this lip filler treatment boasts more of the same anti-aging benefits we reaped from the eye product. It’s loaded with a plumping peptide complex designed to smooth lips and make them look fuller.
Hair masks, hand masks, lip masks — you name it, and it’s bundled in this Sephora Collection mask set. It’s discounted by 30% off for the savings event, making it a great, low-lift gift for the beauty enthusiasts in your life.
Envision a tropical vacation with this fruity and amber-infused leave-in hair conditioner. The St. Barts scented version launched in April, refreshing one of my favorite detanglers. Its creamy formula taps panthenol and vitamin E to help condition hair, so there’s less of a fight with your hair brush. Stylists also recommend it for frizzy hair types.
The standard for hair dryers was raised even higher when the T3 Aire IQ hit the scene. It levels up the traditional drying tool with smart technology to adapt airflow to your hair type and needs, sans excessive heat. During the Sephora sale, it gets a steep $100-off discount.
Give hair a little TLC with this best-tested hair mask, now on sale at Sephora for 20% off. It came highly recommended by hairstylists we tapped because of its lightweight formula, which is compatible across hair porosities. It’s made to strengthen and repair your hair while hydrating it, using rice bran extract, the brand’s proprietary BotaniComplex, and rosemary extract.
For years, I’ve been using this hair growth serum intermittently every couple of months, and I’ve noticed little baby hairs growing. Dermatologists we talked to recommended it for its affordability (made even more so today) and its potent formula of peptides, antioxidants, vitamins and humectants that promote scalp and hair health.
Despite running a full week of Cyber Week discounts, Sephora is back with another round of deals sooner than anyone expected — and the savings rival what we usually see during its Semi-Annual Sale. The retailer has quietly marked down gift sets, limited-edition bundles and mini versions of bestselling products, making it an ideal moment to stock up on beauty gifts and grab a few small options with time to spare.
The deals editors at CNN Underscored look out for your wallet daily, scouring sales at the top of every morning. We determine if a deal is worthy of coverage by doing price history checks, searching for available coupon codes and comparing against competitor pricing.
The author of this piece, Jacqueline Saguin, is passionate about unearthing deals we would be tempted to shop. She surfaces deals on coveted items, especially Sephora editor favorites, to help our readers make savvy buying decisions.
