Hey loves! Ulta is starting their “Love Your Skin” event this weekend on Sunday, Jan. 8th so I wanted to bring you this post sharing all the info you need about the event plus my picks & recommendations from the sale! First off, if you haven’t already you MUST read my post here sharing all my tricks + tips for saving money & getting freebies @ Ulta 😉
SHIPPING: Platinum Ulta Rewards members get Free Shipping on all Beauty Steal items to all Platinum Members. Otherwise, shipping is free once you spend $50.
PROMO CODES: Take 20% off your entire order of non-prestige brands with code 403174
FREEBIE: With any purchase from Ulta, you now get THREE DELUXE SAMPLES FREE! First, get the Urban Decay Primer potion shown above ($10 value) by clicking here and adding this to your cart. Next, get a free Drybar Hot Toddy Heat & UV Protectant ($10 value) by clicking here and adding this to your cart. Finally, get an It Cosmetics for Ulta Mini Foundation Brush ($10 value) by clicking here to add this to your cart, then check your email from this morning (Jan 22nd) for the unique code they sent you to make the item change from $10 to Free! With any purchase of $70 or more, Ulta is giving you a free 27 piece skincare sampler including some great products! See the photo below for all the items & click here to add this item to your cart. It will become free when you add $70 worth of merchandise. You can stack all of these together!
HOT BUYS: The main Hot Buy items of this sale are 2 skincare kits I think will be very popular! I totally recommend buying both, even possibly multiples! Both kits are only $15 (retail value of $62.) Here are what they’ll contain:
Kit #1: “Clean Slate” kit comes with 3 Dermadoctor Kakadu C Masks (excited to try!), sheet of Skyn Iceland Blemish Dots (love these!), Juice Beauty Hydrating Mist, Mario Badescu Enzyme Cleansing Gel, & Murad Advance Radiance Serum, Peter Thomas Roth 24k Gold Gel Eye Patches (excited to try!), StriVectin Advanced Tightening Neck Cream, & a $5 gift card towards any $25 purchase of the brands in this kit.
Kit #2: “Fresh Start” kit comes with a Pore Gone For Good Mask, Mario Badescu Enzyme Revitalizing Mask (excited to try!), First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream, Philosophy Renewed Hope In A Jar, Algenist Anti-Aging Vitamin C+ Serum (excited to try!), Skyn Iceland Hydro Cool Firming Eye Gels (love these!), Clarins Total Eye Concentrate, & a $5 gift card towards any $25 purchase of the brands in this kit.
Pur is offering 25% off all skincare as well for what looks like the entirety of the sale.
BEAUTY STEALS: Below I will list the Beauty Steal for each day of the Event, with bold + details noted for the ones I am particularly recommending you pay attention to. There is a limit of 2 per person, but you could buy 2 online then 2 more in store or travel to different locations if you’re really determined! Some of my top picks are in this photo:
Jan 8: Algenist Genius Vitamin C+ Serum (now $59, orig. $118) or Eye Cream (now $37, orig. $74) + *ONLINE ONLY* the “Meet Dermalogica” Kit (now $15, orig. $30)
Jan 9: Skyn Iceland Hydro Cool Firming Eye Gels 8 count (now $15, orig. $30; in photo above) *These are amazing for waking up the under-eye area after a big night out or if you’re sleep deprived. They feel so refreshing and are great for under eye bags! Plus, with this purchase you’ll see below in the “Deluxe Gifts” section that you will also get a free eye cream with this purchase 🙂
Jan 10: Dermadoctor Kakadu C Serum (now $47.50, orig. $95) *I have been using the Dr. Brandt Vitamin C serum, and I’m curious to see how this one compares! Leave a comment if you’ve tried it! + *ONLINE ONLY* Pur Dirty Girl Detoxifying Mudd Masque (now $14.50, orig. $29)
Jan 11: Peter Thomas Roth Un-Wrinkle Peel Pads (now $22.50, orig. $45) *I’ve heard great things about these and would definitely recommend if you’re looking for a new peel! + *ONLINE ONLY* Julep Night Shift Sleeping Mask or What Your Skin Needs (now $17-19, orig. $34-38)
Jan 12: Leaders Masks (Buy One, Get One Free- orig. $5-9)
Jan 13: Tarte Maracuja Oil Travel Size (now $7.50, orig. $15; in photo above) *this is one of my favorite face oils! Click here to read my full review/details
Jan 14: Benefit It’s Potent Eye Cream (now $17, orig. $34)
Jan 15: Juice Beauty Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Night Cream (now $36, orig. $72)
Jan 16: Mario Badescu Glycolic Acid Toner (now $9, orig. $18; in photo above) *I use this toner daily and have been loving it! In the past, others have not worked well for my skin.
Jan 17: Peter Thomas Roth Instant FirmX Eye (now $19, orig. $38) + *ONLINE ONLY* Nip+Fab Dragon’s Blood products are 40% off
Jan 18: No7 Protect & Perfect Intense Advance Serum (now $15, orig. $30)
Jan 19: Dermalogica Clear Start Kit (now $20, orig. $40) + *ONLINE ONLY* Patchology Lip or Eye Gels (now $25 for 30, orig. $50) *I am obsesssed with these eye gels too! Definitely recommend if you didn’t buy the Skyn Iceland ones earlier in the sale!
Jan 20: Exuviance Cleansers (now $17-18, orig. $34-36)
Jan 21: SeroVital-hgh or UniLastin (now $55-69, orig. $79-99) + *ONLINE ONLY* Perricone MD Cleansers (now $22.50, orig. $45)
Jan 22: BareMinerals Pure Plush Cleansing Foam (now $11, orig. $22) + *ONLINE ONLY*: Colorscience Mattifying Perfector Primer (now $24.50, orig. $49) and Hey Honey Come Clean Facial Scrub (now $14.40, orig. $24)
Jan 23: Exuviance Age Reverse Day Repair SPF 30 (now $36, orig. $72)
Jan 24: Juice Beauty Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Eye Treatement (now $24, orig. $48)
Jan 25: StriVectin Skin Favorites Set (now $44.50, orig. $89)
Jan 26: Murad Acne Cleanser (now $15, orig. $30) *I heard this is a great one!
Jan 27: Clarisonic Mia 1 Sonic Cleansing System (now $99, orig. $129)
Jan 28: Clinique 3-Step Intro Kit (now $9.75, orig. $19.50)
DELUXE SIZE GIFTS W/ PURCHASE: Below I’m listing, by brand, the free gift offers. Again, I will bold + note details for the ones I recommend to you:
Algenist: Reveal Primer free with ANY Algenist purchase
Clarins: Cream & Mask Sachet free with ANY Clarins purchase
Dermablend: Setting Powder free with ANY Dermablend purchase
Dermadoctor: Kakadu C Peel free with ANY Dermadoctor purchase
Dermalogica: Flawlessly Smooth Skin Set free with $60 Dermalogica purchase
Dr. Brandt: Exfoliator free with ANY Dr. Brandt purchase (love this! photo below)
Exuviance: Treatments free with ANY Exuviance purchase
First Aid Beauty: 4 Piece Set free with $35 First Aid Beauty purchase
Juice Beauty: Moisturizer free with $50 Juice Beauty purchase
Mario Badescu: Bag with Samples free with $35 Mario Badescu purchase *I love any and all Mario products, so this would be super good. In the past I got 3 free eye cream packets like this and they seriously lasted me an entire month!
Meaningful Beauty: Creme de Serum free with ANY Meaningful Beauty purchase
Murad: 3 Piece Set free with $75 Murad purchase *Love Murad products too!
Perricone MD: Night Treatment free with $49 Perricone MD purchase
Peter Thomas Roth: Mask free with ANY Peter Thomas Roth purchase (love this! photo below)
Philosophy: 5 Piece Set with Bag free with ANY 2 Philosophy skin or bath items purchase
Shiseido: Ultimune TreatmentsUltimune Treatments free with $55 Shiseido purchase
Skyn Iceland: Eye Cream free with ANY Skyn Iceland purchase *Haven’t yet tried this, but will be purchasing th eye gels so I get it free! Full Skyn Iceland review coming to the blog soon 😉
StriVectin: 2 Piece Set with Bag free with $89 StriVectin purchase
OTHER DEALS TO CONSIDER:
Buy One, Get One 40% off: SheaMoisture, Nip + Fab, & Tony Moly products
Buy One, Get One 50% off: Aveeno, Burt’s Bees, Cetaphil, Derma E, RoC, L’Oreal, CeraVe, No7, Olay, Biore, Lumene, & The Body Shop Tea Tree products (great for acne prone skin)
Buy Two, Get One Free: Neutrogena Light Therapy Mask, Eye Makeup Remover Lotion, Acne Wash, Makeup Remover Wipes, Gentle Cleanser, & Oil-Free Makeup Remover (If you’re a fan of these cult faves, now is the time to stock up!)
Garnier Micellar Water Travel Kit: This micellar water is one of my new obsessions! Over the past month I’ve loved using it to clean my face and/or remove makeup without the harsh rubbing of a face wash. This $11.49 kit includes a regular and travel size bottle.
It Cosmetics Confidence In a Cream Kit: This is one of my very favorite night creams! The regular price is $48, so for just $1.50 more this kit ($49.50) includes a full size, travel size, & sample packet of the CC+ Cream which is also amazing! Plus, you get a free mini Hello Lashes 5-in-1 mascara with any It Cosmetics $35 purchase. Also, check your emails because on 1/6 Ulta sent one where you can click to activate 5x points on all It Cosmetics purchases made between now and 1/14!
Hope this post was helpful to you all! Thanks for reading thru & be sure to comment if there is anything I didn’t comment on that you think I need to try out! xoxo, Nicole