In addition to a long weekend, the start of summer brings some of the year’s best Memorial Day makeup and skin-care sales. Whether you’re on the hunt for that perfectly shade-matched foundation, a new trusted sunscreen, or beauty tool for at-home spa treatments, now is a great time to transition your beauty wardrobe to fit your summer and reemergence beauty needs.
But with so many great options—especially in the beauty world, where tons of new products are hitting the market daily—feeling overwhelmed is to be expected. To help you cut through the noise, here we’ve compiled the best Memorial Day makeup and skin-care sales—from a facial-sculpting tool to a caffeine-infused concealer.
Are matte lipsticks and hair dryers on your summer-essentials list? Look no further than Bobbi Brown’s Luxe Matte options, and T3’s ionic hair dryer to keep blowouts intact all season long.
Let’s face it, we all need a good pick-me-up every now and then. For those tired days, Marc Jacobs’s Extra Shot Concealer Foundation brightens eyes with the de-puffing benefits of caffeine. Milk Makeup’s Holographic highlighter stick is great for a subtle glow, whether via Zoom or over dinner.
Violet Grey is offering 20{2f36692215c92488191f15c49f485bc8da437d4cca01014075d40c79880301cc} off on some of the cleanest and chicest items out there. Barbara Sturm’s sought-after hyaluronic acid serum is infused with purslane extract, an antioxidant that shields the skin against free radicals.
Speaking of sculpting, NuFace’s Trinity Complete Facial Toning Kit uses microcurrent technology to deliver the best at-home results possible. And for effortless summer beauty, ILIA’s Limitless Mascara is a great clean option that nourishes lashes with shea butter while also lifting and curling them.
Charlotte Tilbury’s Airbrush Flawless Foundation comes in a trio to ensure it will last you throughout the months ahead. And to keep up your five-minute pre-Zoom makeup regimen, Charlotte Tilbury’s Bigger, Brighter Eyes and Fuller-Looking Lips Kit—equipped with a rose gold eyeshadow palette, mascara, and glitter lipstick—won’t steer you wrong.
Luxuriate at bedtime with Eve Lom’s Retreat Intensive Night Cream. Ingredients like aloe vera, hyaluronic acid, and shea butter work together to provide optimum hydration each night. The brand’s Rescue Mask provides a mixture of almond, honey, and kaolin clay to cleanse the pores, while camphor extract reduces skin’s inflammation.
You can’t do summer properly until you’ve got your hands on a protective sunscreen—this one is activated by both heat and water, to ensure a strong barrier between your skin and the sun. The Ultimune Power Infusing Concentrate strengthens dull skin and smoothes fine lines with reishi mushroom, while iris root helps the skin to form a protective barrier against damage.
