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sephora sale 2026: an ex-employee’s guide 🤍
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Simona Mirigello
after 4+ years at sephora and testing more products than I can count, here's my curated list of favourites I reccomend to my best friends. some over-hyped and many underrrated, these products are worth knowing about before you spend your money!!!!!
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Makeup

 
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I use this everyday before my makeup as my all in one skin prep product, nothing else works as good and I don’t need to layer 100 products
Great Skin Instant Glow Serum with Niacinamide and Hyaluronic Acid - MERIT | Sephora
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If u have combo leaning dry skin & get flakey at the end of the day! Aka me
Studio Radiance Moisturizing + Illuminating Silky Primer - MAC Cosmetics
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I use shade sand in the summer and oak in the winter! This has become my most used complexion product for everyday i use it all over the face and im ready in less than 2 mins
Merit The Minimalist Perfecting Complexion Stick | Sephora
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This replaced my beauty blender skin tint (if ukuk). She is very sheer/light coverage but I love her
Sheer Skin Tint with Hyaluronic Acid + Squalane - Summer Fridays
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Obsessed with the new formula. Works so well for my combo leaning dry skin. I use shade 5.3 (light medium) and it’s olive friendly!!
Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation
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My every day concealer and never have to worry about how it looks on my skin
Swipe All-Over Hydrating Serum Concealer with 18-HR Wear - Tower 28 Beauty
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For full glam! Only! Xx
Hourglass Vanish Airbrush Concealer
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Favourite loose powder ever <3
SurrealSkin® Talc-Free Soft Blur Setting Powder - MAKEUP BY MARIO | Sephora
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Favourite powder for people that don’t like the look of powder (me)
Light Reflecting Pressed Setting Powder - NARS | Sephora
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Dupe for the Nars light reflecting powder and the hourglass powder!! Works the exact same just wayyyy cheaper
Cloudlight Soft Glow Veil Finishing Powder - Morphe
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I use shade coco as a blush!!! Gorg formula and worth the splurge with the discount
Face Trace Contour Stick - Westman Atelier | Sephora
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The only gift set that is tempting this year. I bought it without a discount and would buy it again without a discount.
Major Headlines Double-Take Crème & Powder Blush Duo & Lip Balm Makeup Gift Set - PATRICK TA
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This is my most worn powder blush of all time I love that it works for all seasons and majority of skin tones & doesn’t pull orange
Luminous Matte Powder Blush in Rosy Beige - Gucci
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If you love a radiant cheek this is for you
SuperSuede™ Radiant Talc-Free Baked Powder Blush - Saie | Sephora
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It’s actually tea and I’m a rhode hater
Pocket Bronze Long-Wearing Cream Bronzer - rhode
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The best powder bronzer overall, love that it’s not flat matte and I’d only buy it during a sale tbh
Ambient Lighting Bronzer - Hourglass | Sephora
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Sooooo this is perfect to me MOSTLY because of the shade. it’s neutral and slightly green which is perfect for my olive skin
Anastasia Beverly Hills Bronzer - “golden beach glow”
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The best brow gel on the market period
Fluff & Fix 12HR Brow Wax for Lamination Effect - SEPHORA COLLECTION | Sephora
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Best brow product for reallllyyyy perfected brows
MicroStroke Brush Tip Eyebrow Detailing Pen with 24-Hour Wear - Anastasia Beverly Hills | Sephora
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The most used eyeshadow palette in my collection and of all time.
Ethereal Eyes™ Eyeshadow Palette: The Original - MAKEUP BY MARIO
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10/10 mini sized and formula is top tier
Mini Eye Sculpt Eyeshadow Palette - NATASHA DENONA
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One and done one and done
SuperSuede™ Baked Eyeshadow with 16hr Wear - Saie
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Top 2 mascara and it’s not 2
Better Than Sex Foreplay Waterproof Mascara Primer - Too Faced | Sephora
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Makeup isn’t done til its on the tip of my nose, on my cheekbones & under the brows
Merit Day Glow Highlighting Balm
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You have to believe me. I use this every single day without fail
Wonder Blading All-Day Lip Stain - Wonderskin
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Long wearing and will be 30% off for everyone! Soft suede, Frappuccino, and perfect beige are the bessstttttt
Colorful 8HR Longwear Transferproof Lip Liner - SEPHORA COLLECTION | Sephora
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1. Toasty 2. Smokey Pink 3. Almond 4. Hugh 5. Travis
Ultra Suede Sculpting Lip Pencil - MAKEUP BY MARIO | Sephora
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Okay something new something different. I love that it adds variety in my large collection and it looks soooo beautiful in my lip combos
Prism Lite Metallic Lipstick & Lip Liner Crayon - KJH.brand by Katie Jane Hughes
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Hi if anyone that loves me is reading this can you buy me this shade it’s my fav lipgloss please please. And if u don’t love me, now u will after u buy this and love it and remember it was me who put you on
Hydrating Plumping Lip Gloss - Gucci
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Randomly can’t live without her
Lip Liner Sharpener - Glossier
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Not technically makeup but I have 2 of these and use it for everything
F4 Dual-Ended Foundation and Face Brush - MAKEUP BY MARIO | Sephora
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The only dry shampoo I use
AirWash™ Dry Shampoo - K18 Biomimetic Hairscience | Sephora
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Glossy sleek hair for days
Drybar Liquid Glass Instant Glossing Rinse - Sephora
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Actually the most insane hair mask I’ve ever used.
Rich Moisture Hydration and Anti-Frizz Hair Mask for Dry or Medium to Thick Hair - Olaplex | Sephora
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Honestly I wanted to hate this but after I bought it i realized I was missing out and my hair can air dry without getting frizzy and it speeds up the dry time so much which is life changing for me
The Hair Towel - Crown Affair | Sephora
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Like a boar bristle brush but doesn’t get as dusty and need to be cleaned as often
Vegan Detangle + Style Brush - dae | Sephora
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The best hair waver for the most natural and long lasting waves
Wave Wand 3-Barrel Hair Waver BondiBoost | Sephora
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Game changer if you love a blowout but don’t have the time
Infrared Heated Thermal Hot Round Brush - BondiBoost | Sephora
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Every single night
Nutritive 8H Magic Night Hair Serum for Dry Hair - Kérastase
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Skin

 
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Great multi use skincare product and whenever I have texture or bumps I use this and the next day I’m baby smooth again
Daily Microfoliant Exfoliator - Dermalogica | Sephora
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Classic and the jumbo pack is the best value especially during the sale!
Cleansing + Exfoliating Wipes - SEPHORA COLLECTION | Sephora
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Love this lightweight hydrating moisturizer and works well under makeup
Rice Lipids + Ectoin Microemulsion Moisturizer for Soothing Hydration & Reduced Redness - The Ordina
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My holy grail skincare product. Helps irritation, texture, redness, literally all my problems are gone
Azelaic Acid 10 Hyaluron Redness Soothing Serum - Anua | Sephora
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MY BABY!!!!!!!!!!!
Instant Angel Lipid-Rich Firming Moisturizer - Dieux | Sephora
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Favourite sunscreen
SOS FaceGuard SPF 30 Mineral Sunscreen - Tower 28 Beauty
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Never need to buy another pack of eye patches again after this one
Forever Eye Mask Reusable 100% Silicone Patches - Dieux | Sephora
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Thick and juicy. Better than laneige and all the others tbh
Peptide Lip Boost Plumping Lip Mask - rhode | Sephora
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Basically my life hack for lazy skincare
ATOBARRIER365 Hydrating Milky Cream Mist - AESTURA | Sephora
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I have an addiction to body lotion, and this formula is by far the best and this smells divine
...In Bed (Whipped Vanilla Milk + Cashmere Musk) - Whipped Argan Oil Refilllable Body Butter Jar - J
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My girl my girl!!!!
Almond Smoothing and Beautifying Supple Skin Oil - L'Occitane
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