Our Favorite Dermstore Black Friday Deals

Whether you’re new to retinol or have dry skin, Dr. Elizabeth Bahar Houshmand, owner of Dallas-based practice Houshmand Dermatology, recommends this retinol from Avène, which is one of the brand’s best-selling products at Dermstore. It’s moisturizing and contains pro-elastin peptides, which Houshmand says help with fine lines, and vitamin E, an antioxidant that protects against sun damage and helps to fade discoloration over time.

When we asked beauty obsessives about the skin care they’re excited to gift and receive, beauty writer and content creator Hajar Mohammed mentioned an Elemis gift set that has seven of the brand’s most popular products. That includes the Pro-Collagen Marine Cream, which uses botanical and marine extracts to firm up and hydrate the skin. It also contains SPF 30, which offers an added layer of protection in addition to your sunscreen. You can snag the full size at 30 percent off, bringing the luxe moisturizer down to $92. If you spend $100 on Elemis, you’ll also receive a Elemis x Rixo gift set from the brand that includes a few of the brand’s most popular items and a custom, co-branded bag.

For soft and supple post-waxing skin, Great Jones Spa’s skin-care manager Mihoko Ninomiya likes to use this deeply hydrating Naturopathica moisturizer that contains skin-quenching and -soothing ingredients like calendula, borage seed oil, aloe vera, and damask rose oil extract.

Despite all of the warnings about what not wearing SPF can do to our skin, many of us fall short, especially with reapplication. Powdered sunscreen is a solve for this, especially if you wear makeup. Stock up on a three-pack of our favorite brush-on option, which uses mineral protection (titanium and zinc oxide) and comes in a few different shades that can be easily dusted on your face, neck, and chest throughout the day. Our experts like that it doesn’t get messy or leave any residue on your fingertips.

Avène is generally known for its soothing, hydrating products that work well for dry and sensitive skin. This mineral-infused thermal water is one of them. It’s a favorite of both Rio and Elle Magazine beauty director Kathleen Hou, who says it “delivers a mist fine enough to water an orchid.”

If you’re already a fan of Skinceuticals C.E. Ferulic but deal with dry skin, dermatologist Rhonda Klein, of Modern Dermatology of Connecticut and PURE BioDerm, recommends this vitamin C serum from Obagi Medical, which contains many of the same ingredients with an added boost of moisture in the form of hyaluronic acid.

Rio first alerted us to the NuFace in 2018, when she tried it after seeing it transform someone’s face shape on Instagram. Since then it’s blown up, due in large part to its popularity on TikTok. It also comes recommended by skin-care professionals. “I have yet to see anything surpass the efficacy and design of NuFace Trinity where you can switch out the applicator so you can target different concerns in different parts of the face, and it only takes about five minutes a day, but you can help define and contour,” says Dr. Corey L. Hartman, who spotlighted it for our story on the best skin-care devices. And if you need any more convincing, Lana Condor’s an evangelist too.

Slip makes some of the softest silk products on the market. I’ve been wearing its scrunchies and sleeping with the sleep mask consistently for the past few years, and can attest that they’re worth the cost. I’m far from alone in this — we’ve been covering the brand since 2017, and it’s popped up periodically since. The silk pillowcases are a standout (we dubbed it the best luxury option), but they’re very expensive (it’s $89 for one), so this sale is as good a time as any to try one out (or stock up).

Celebrity stylist Alexander-Julian Gibbson (whose clientele includes Lucky Daye) discovered this skin-brightening mask back in 2016 while he was working at GQ and stuck with it because it gave him impressive results after just one use. It contains vitamin C, antioxidants, shea butter, and dimethicone — a moisturizing, discoloration-fighting cocktail that will give you facial-like results in just a few minutes. And if you’re a fan of the brand (or in the mood to splurge), you’ll get a complimentary Age Defying Duo gift set from the brand when you spend over $350.

Celebrities (and me) love 111Skin and its fancy masks. Christine Quinn of Selling Sunset fame swears by the Depuffing mask, while former Pussycat Doll front woman Nicole Scherzinger likes the rose-gold one, which now comes in a set with the brand’s eye masks. “I primarily use them to prep my skin and get it in a really wonderful place before putting on makeup,” says Scherzinger. “It’s calming, tightening, and gives me a glow.”

“Addicted,” says Taraji P. Henson of the Peter Thomas Roth hyaluronic-acid-infused gel eye patches. She used them all throughout filming Empire, and has been using them since. “I can literally see the difference: I can see the puffiness shrink in the morning. I’ve even put one on one eye — because I’m a Virgo and I’m crazy — and left the other eye without it, and I could see the difference right away.”

During Prime Day in 2019, this was the top-selling product on day one — and for good reason. It has all the trappings of a good eye gel: firming, depuffing, and fine-line-smoothing. Rio likes to wear them while traveling. “They help hydrate and bring circulation to my under-eye bags, which are always worsened on long-haul flights,” she says.

Rio has likened the Briogeo hair mask to the very popular (and very expensive) Christophe Robin Baby Blonde mask, saying it left her hair smoother, less tangled, and hydrated without any added weight. This twofer includes a full size of the deep-conditioning mask along with the microexfoliating charcoal shampoo, which gets hair squeaky-clean without stripping it.

In our roundup of best dry shampoos, we dubbed Klorane Oat Milk the best overall pick because it’s both lightweight and versatile. Hairstylist Benjamin Talbott said that it’s especially good for very oily hair because the oat milk in the formula acts as an astringent and soaks all that extra grease up.