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The New Year beauty sales just got even better
We're talking half-price skincare, make-up and fragrance.
Oh, how we love Christmas. It's a time for friends, family and, er, sneakily ordering that half-price palette on your phone during dinner.
Ok, fine – it's probably not cool to spend your entire festive break scrolling the sales, but we'd be lying if we said we won't be indulging just a little bit. (Maybe when everyone else is having a post-dinner nap.)
To ensure that all-important bargain hunt doesn't dominate every minute over the festive period, we've rounded up every Christmas and New Year beauty deal worth seeing here, from Boxing Day blockbusters to the January steals. We know – we're total angels.
Rodial
Bee Venom Day Cream SPF30
WAS £130 NOW £25
Rodial.com
Rodial is having a secret sale, and the savings are *major*. We're not kidding: think up to 85% off the brand's most iconic skincare and make-up.
This hard-working day cream ticks all the boxes: a quickly absorbed texture, proper sun protection, and collagen-boosting extracts.
Herbivore
Moon Fruit Superfruit Night Treatment
WAS £48 NOW £24
Cultbeauty.co.uk
Cult Beauty just amped up its annual sale, and there's some incredible bargains to be bagged. Herbivore's skin-refining night treatment is currently half price.
Diptyque
Florabellio Eau de Toilette 50ml
WAS £70 NOW £49
Spacenk.com
Tempered by a top note of aquatic sea spray, this is the perfect grown-up floral scent.
GHD
Original Styler Professional Hair Straighteners
WAS £109 NOW £83.99
Amazon.co.uk
Let's face it, your straighteners are a little on the creaky side, aren't they? Snap up the OG with 23% off now.
Herbivore
Self Love Body Ritual Kit
WAS £38 NOW £19
Spacenk.com
You know that friend with a January birthday? Get her this. It's perfectly un-Christmassy (and she'll never know it was on sale).
Tom Ford
Shade and Illuminate in Scintillate
WAS £62 NOW £41.50
Selfridges.com
The most luxe cream contour kit, with a very welcome reduction.
Urban Decay
Naked Honey Vault Gift Set
WAS £99 NOW £59
A full-sized Naked Honey palette, alongside all four of the supporting acts...This is a real no-brainer.
bPerfect X Mmmmitchell
Sub Zero Highlighter Palette
WAS £31.95 NOW £22.37
Beautybay.com
Because a blinding highlight isn't just for NYE.
Nip + Fab
Huda Beauty
Desert Dusk Eye Shadow Palette
WAS £56 NOW £36.25
Harrods.com
The annual Harrods extravaganza has now begun, and there are plenty of brilliant buys to be found in the beauty department – including all of the best Huda eye palettes. We'll race you for Desert Dusk.
Jeffree Star
Jawbreaker Supreme Frost Highlighter
WAS £30 NOW £15
Beautybay.com
There's up to 40% off Jeffree Star on Beauty Bay right now, including the super-coveted Jawbreaker collection. Run, don't walk.
Milk Makeup
Luminous Blur Stick
WAS £30.50 now £22.88
Cultbeauty.co.uk
If you're yet to try Milk's brilliant scribble-on-and-go sticks, now's your chance. We're heading straight for this pore-blurring, glow-giving primer.
Revolution
HD Palette Amplified 35 - Socialite
WAS £15 NOW £7.50
Revolutionbeauty.com
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Here it is: your new everyday eye palette, for less than a tenner.
Nuface
Mini Supercharged Collection
WAS £219 NOW £153.30
Net-a-porter.com
Run, don't walk: Nuface's A-list approved microcurrent devices just hit the Net-A-Porter sale, and there's an incredible 30% off. Consider this your skin-tech hero for when all the mulled-wine fuelled nights start to show up on your skin.
Tom Ford
Lips & Boys Lipstick – Ellie
WAS £29 NOW £20.30
Net-a-porter.com
The prettiest shimmering mauve shade, in the sassiest packaging on earth. It's an essential.
Illamasqua
Lip Vault
WAS £80 NOW £40
Net-a-porter.com
That friend you still have bought a present for? Get her this half-price hero. You're welcome.
Anya Hindmarch
Coffee Scented Candle
WAS £150 NOW £105
Net-a-porter.com
Anya Hindmarch crafts the coolest (and most coveted) candles around. This warming, coffee-scented option is sure to upgrade your living room.
Beauty Bay
Coral Me Back Eyeshadow and Face Palette
WAS £12.50 NOW £6.25
Beautybay.com
Meet your new everyday make-up palette, at a price you won't believe.
Rodial
Smokey Eye Kit
WAS £40 NOW £10
Rodial.com
We're frankly baffled by the price of this Rodial set, which features three full-sized products alongside a sharpener. A tip: the Instaglam eye-brightening pencil will be your saving grace on those bleary post-party mornings.
Roberta Schroeder is the Senior Ecommerce Editor at Harper's Bazaar and ELLE, overseeing shopping strategy and content across fashion, beauty, and travel. She has more than 15 years of experience in the luxury sector, spanning personal shopping, editorial consultancy, trend forecasting and journalism. Over the years, she has worked for global brands including WGSN, Farfetch, Chanel, and Vogue.
When not testing beauty products, trialling trends and curating content that spotlights the very best in fashion and beauty, Roberta can usually be found trawling resale sites and vintage stores for a long-coveted designer find. Follow Roberta on Instagram at @roberta__schroeder
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