’Twas a beauty bonanza this week, with Dermstore, Nordstrom, and, starting today, Ulta offering sizable discounts on everything from our Best in Class sunscreen to Maison Margiela candles and perfume sets. Dermstore’s sale is especially good: Nearly everything is 20 percent off until next Thursday night, which is a deal the retailer offers only once or twice a year. I’ve included some of my favorites from each below. But today’s megasales roundup includes plenty of fun non-beauty things, too, such as a floral sheet set, tactical Crocs, and even Levain cookies.
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Until Thursday night, just about everything is 20 percent off at Dermstore with the code REFRESH. Strategist beauty contributor Rio Viera-Newton loves this hair mask: She noticed her double-processed hair was smoother and less tangled, and it air-dried beautifully after just a few uses.
This Strategist best seller (and our best overall sunscreen for your face) goes on sale only occasionally, so don’t miss the chance to snap it up at a discount.
I zhuzhed up our megaguide to all the best beauty on sale this week and found that this Strategist-approved hair towel for curls is 31 percent off.
I also spotted Whitney Cummings’s favorite face mist — which I’ve tried and like — for nearly 30 percent off. “I’ve never done cocaine, but if you’ve seen someone sniffing cocaine, that’s me with this stuff,” she says. “I use it at least three times a day. It’s just like heaven on earth.”
Ulta’s 21 Days of Beauty starts today. If you’re unfamiliar with the sale, a rotating selection of skin care, hair care, and makeup is half off for 24 hours only — and it looks like Sephora is price-matching several products each day. I’m thinking of finally trying out Benefit’s brow gel now that it’s only $14.
Olaplex No. 8 is particularly good at reviving and strengthening hair due to its damage-repairing, bond-building technology.
If you’re a die-hard for NARS’s iconic Orgasm blush, here it is in liquid form.
Ulta also has weekly deals; this week’s run through next Thursday night. This is a really good deal on the peach-scented version of our favorite scrub for treating keratosis pilaris and strawberry skin.
Glossier is having a “surprise sale,” where a selection of best sellers is 20 percent off at checkout. I’m thinking of finally trying out one of the brand’s new perfumes, but you can’t go wrong with stocking up on Boy Brow or Balm Dotcom, if perfumes aren’t what you’re after.
This handsome Dopp kit happens to be the best deal I’ve seen on anything from Barbour.
Huckberry’s having a sale-on-sale, and most items are over 60 percent off — like this comforter-esque quilted coat.
Science says that buying a summery tank top actually makes warm weather arrive faster.
These Lululemon sweatpants — that don’t look like sweatpants — are over 40 percent off. They’re the cropped version of junior writer Brenley Goertzen’s favorite Lululemon Softstremes, which she says are equally suited to lounging at home or running errands. They’re in stock in sizes 0 to 14 in black, and just a few sizes in light brown and white.
I also spotted these Lulu sweatshorts that are still available in black and light gray in sizes 0 to 18.
Discounts vary by color on these cotton-and-recycled-polyester shorts from the Gap. My favorite is this clover-green pair, which just so happens to be the cheapest.
A nice transitional-weather mini in of-the-moment leopard print.
Here’s a very cute track suit for toddlers and little kids that’s now over half off.
And for babies, organic-cotton footie pajamas printed with images of elephants, pandas, turtles, and more.
Deals writer Alexandra Polk tipped me off to these nice running shoes from On that are 20 percent off at Shopbop (a rare find in white).
This black pair is also on sale, though only in sizes 5 to 9.5.
Even cheaper On sneakers, this time for trail runners and in men’s sizing.
Glove ballerina flats ride higher on your foot, so there’s no fear of toe exposure. These are over half off and come in several colors including cherry red and crinkled silver.
I encourage you to pick up some tactical Crocs before your start making your summer plans.
A cheery umbrella to add a little color to the rest of the rainy season.
So many of Barefoot Dreams’ fluffy throws, recommended by celebrities and beloved by teens, are over half off at Nordstrom Rack.
Our best (less expensive) fast-drying bath towel — now just $34 each when you get a set of two.
A handful of Dusen Dusen products are on sale at Design Within Reach, including its super-absorbent towels that are both delightful to look at and great for drying off after a dip in the ocean.
This eye-catching pillow — insert included — would look great on a couch or accent chair.
Only two colors are on sale — the dark green pictured here and a light gray — but this is a really good deal for Parachute bedding. (Thirty percent is really the best we ever see Parachute discount.)
And a seasonally appropriate sheet set from the Company Store, which makes plenty of our favorite bedding.
Our best overall high chair is 20 percent in all colors at Nordstrom. According to Dave Jacobs, the owner of Mini Jake, a children’s store in Williamsburg — as well as a dad himself — it “provides modern seating for an infant but also can turn into a chair that suits a teenager,” because it can hold up to 300 pounds.
Looks like some gear from Sur La Table’s spring sale, which ended Monday night, is still on sale. Kitchen and dining writer Emma Wartzman says these kitchen scissors can handle both intense tasks, like cutting through smaller chicken bones, and delicate ones, like snipping herb leaves off their stems.
Orders of $79 or more are $15 off with our exclusive code, STRATCOOKIE15. That’s the price of a 12-pack of any of the bakery’s iconic cookies, making each just over $5 apiece. And shipping is free!
Associate editor Jeremy Rellosa says these inexpensive headphones actually work: “The Q20is drown out the noise around me — such as office chatter and subway sounds — very well, but they also provide deep bass and clear, brilliant treble,” he writes.
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