Savvy skincare shoppers, beauty bargain hunters and haircare couponers - assemble. The next 48 hours provide the perfect opportunity to stock up on your cosmetics and bathroom cupboard staples as major retailers launch epic savings across a range of categories to rival Amazon’s Prime Day event for 2023.
Shoppers at the likes of Boots, LookFantastic and more can snap up some epic offers this week, with thousands of products reduced at Amazon, too. We’ll be picking out the biggest and best offers that will get you the most bang for your buck, including tried and tested products, and our beauty editor’s top picks.
Some of the biggest brands we’ll be taking a look at throughout the day as Amazon’s Prime Day even commences (July 11-12) include the likes of Elemis, Olay and Embryolisse, with hair tool offers from the likes of Cloud Nine, Dyson and Remington, as well as limited edition buys.
And so that you know you’ll only find the best deals here on Dublin Live, we’ll only be sharing offers on products that we genuinely care about, have tried ourselves, or would spend our own money on.
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Get 35 per cent off Molly-Mae Hague’s favourite Elemis cleanserIn a recent Instagram video, Love Island star Molly-Mae revealed that she ‘swears by’ the Elemis Pro-Collagen Rose Cleansing Balm.
The product has been reduced to just €36.24 in Amazon’s Prime Day sale - so it’s the perfect time to try the cult cleanser if you haven't already.
The popular product is formulated with English rose oleo extract to gently cleanse your skin, removing stubborn makeup, excess sebum and daily pollutants while soothing your skin - think of it as a facial in a pot, dreamy right? It can be used at the end of the day to remove both eye and face makeup - or as a nourishing face mask once a week.
Molly Mae said : "This product is absolutely incredible to remove my makeup. Just take two fingernails of the product and I just massage it into my skin. I used to use makeup wipes but so many people told me, 'you don't not realise just how bad that is for your skin', but once I started using this I've never gone back to using wipes."
Save €19.89 on Molly-Mae's favourite cleanser.
Elizabeth Arden’s cult-loved 8 Hour Skin Protectant is a fave among beauty fans - and it’s currently reduced to €16 for Amazon Prime Day, down from €33.57. However, shoppers say that the Revolution Pro Miracle Balm is a dead ringer for the iconic skin healer - and it’s now under €7.
The Revolution Pro Miracle range is basically never reduced and always excluded from offers on the Revolution Beauty website, however, at LookFantastic, it’s currently up to 50 per cent off, making the balm just €6.95 - but you can use the code EXTRA10 to get it for €4.22.
Here’s what we thought when we pitted them against one another: “When you open up the products and squeeze them out side by side, there’s no denying that the Revolution balm wanted to rival the high-end brand. Both offer a beautiful amber balm that looks almost identical on the skin - the only difference is that the Revolution product is slightly runnier.
“After squeezing both products onto the back of my hand, it was clear that they felt uncannily similar. Both are quite sticky formulas, so it may not be for you if you don’t like that texture, but they do immediately hydrate chapped, dry skin and leave it feeling so much better. They also work incredibly well as a cuticle oil and flyaway hair tamer, and I tend to keep one at home and one in my handbag for on-the-go.”
More of the Revolution Pro Miracle range is also reduced on LookFantastic, with the bestselling Miracle Cream - which rivals Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream - now only €8.45. Boots have also reduced the cream to €9.37, or €7.91 with the code SKIN10 - however, it’s cheapest at Amazon, where it’s €7.95 on Prime Day.
A Korean serum that claims to repair the skin's moisture barrier is almost 50 per cent off - and costs €16 less than it does at Boots. COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence - a 100ml bottle - is now €14.27, 46 per cent cheaper than its €26.35 RRP. If you get the same product from Boots, it costs €31.
The product contains snail secretion filtrate, which supposedly 'improves the skin's vitality by reducing dullness and soothing dehydrated skin with snail mucin'. It's said to 'leave your skin hydrated and with a healthy glow" and is recommended for "dehydrated and damaged skin”.
Would you try it? Now’s the best time seeing as it’s almost half price - try it for less here on Amazon.
A limited-edition collection of MAC favourites has been made available on LookFantastic for less than half price. The four-piece edit features everything you need to create an iconic glam look, with products for the eyes, lips and face worth over €100.
Presented in a reusable makeup bag, the MAC Loves Edit costs €58.45, but shoppers can bag it for €52.60 when they use the code EXTRA10 at the checkout.
The set contains the all-time favourite Matte Lipstick in ‘Velvet Teddy’, as well as the Love Island-approved MACStack Mascara, seen being used by Molly Marsh in the latest season, alongside the Extra Dimension Skinfinish in Whisper of Guilt and Fix+ Magic Radiance 100ml.
Shop the MAC Loves edit here - and don’t forget the discount code!
If you've been looking for a pain-free alternative to shaving, waxing or plucking, but don't have thousands to spend on laser, there's a device which shoppers say gives 'just as good' results - and you can get €175 off it right now.
Originally priced at €527.27 , the Philips Lumea 8000 Prestige IPL Hair Removal device has been dropped to €350.84 in the Amazon Prime Day sale which works out less than you'd pay for two sessions of laser hair removal if done in a salon.
The device boasts Philips innovative IPL, short for 'Intense Pulsed Light' technology which destroys the hair at the root and breaks the cycle of hair regrowth - over time leaving your skin hair-free and super smooth.
It's received plenty of glowing reviews on the Amazon website too, with shoppers calling it 'life-changing' and 'worth every penny.'
Read more about the device here - or head straight to Amazon to shop the hair removal beauty buy.
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