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Every time Sephora runs a sale, my cart looks almost exactly the same — and honestly, that’s the point. Over the last few years I’ve slowly swapped my routine toward cleaner, non-toxic beauty products that actually work, and the sale is when I restock the ones I truly use up. No hauls, no impulse buys I’ll forget in a drawer. Just the staples.
If you want the whole list in one place, I keep it updated here: Sephora Favorites: My Sale Restock List. Below are the highlights, grouped the way I shop them.
My Clean Beauty Favorites (The Merit Edit)
Merit is the brand I recommend most when someone asks me about clean makeup, because it’s the rare line that’s genuinely minimalist and performs. Everything is Clean at Sephora and cruelty-free, and the whole routine takes about five minutes — very much my speed as a mom of two littles.
- Great Skin Instant Glow Serum — This is my no-makeup makeup base. It’s a skincare serum that just makes your skin look like your skin on a really good day. I wear it alone most days.
- Flush Balm Cream Blush ($30) — The cream blush that melts in and is honestly impossible to mess up. I use it on cheeks and lips, and the color looks like a real flush, not makeup sitting on top of your skin.
- Shade Slick Tinted Lip Oil — Hydrating, sheer, and the easiest way to look pulled together on school-drop-off mornings.
- Brow 1980 Volumizing Gel-Pomade — Soft, brushed-up brows in about ten seconds.
Also in my clean beauty rotation: the ciele tint & PROTECT SPF 50 serum foundation — tint and sunscreen in one step — and ILIA’s In Frame Clear Eyebrow Gel for days I want zero color, just hold.
Skincare & Body Restocks
- Youth To The People Superfood Cleanser — The gentle antioxidant cleanser I’ve reordered more times than I can count. It takes everything off without that tight, stripped feeling.
- Nécessaire The Body Retinol — Body care is where I notice the biggest difference from a retinol. This one is a staple in my nighttime routine.
- Salt & Stone Santal & Vetiver Body Lotion and the Lily & Yuzu Body Wash — If you’ve followed me for a while you know I’m particular about scent, and these two smell like a boutique hotel in the best way. The Mini Deodorant Discovery Set is how I found my favorite clean deodorant scent — it makes a great gift, too.
The Brow & Makeup Staples
My everyday makeup is minimal, but brows are non-negotiable. The sale is when I grab my Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze Gel, Brow Powder Duo, and the Dual-Ended Angled Brush #12 — tools like the brush basically never need replacing, but the gels and powders do, and this is the cheapest they’ll be all year. I also restock my lip liners — the MAKE UP FOR EVER Artist Color Pencil and m.ph by Mary Phillips Overliner — plus Bobbi Brown Beach, my forever summer perfume, sale or not.
Hair Care I Use Up to the Last Drop
- amika Soulfood Nourishing Hair Mask — My weekly treatment, especially through Austin’s dry winter air.
- Crown Affair The Leave-In Conditioner ($48) and The Non-Aerosol Dry Shampoo Powder — Clean hair care that doesn’t weigh my hair down. The dry shampoo powder is the one I reach for on day-three hair before client meetings.
How I Shop the Sale (So It Actually Saves Money)
- Restock first. If a product will run out in the next two months, it goes in the cart. Everything else is a maybe.
- Buy the bigger size of the sure things. Cleanser and body lotion, in my case.
- One fun thing, max. A new blush shade or a fragrance — that’s the treat, not the strategy.
The full list — all 19 products with my notes on each — lives here: Sephora Favorites: My Sale Restock List on Benable. And if you’re new here, I’m Kristin — an Austin interior designer sharing cozy, boho organic homes and the cleaner swaps I actually live with. You can see my design work over on my projects page.
Prices and discounts vary by Beauty Insider tier and change during the event — check Sephora for the current price before you buy.