The end of summer is always bittersweet, but the best Labor Day beauty sales of 2022 can help make the transition easy. Plus, a new season is the perfect time to switch up your makeup, hair-care, and skin-care products. Plenty of our favorite retailers (Ulta! Sephora!) and beauty brands are serving up discounts for Labor Day Weekend, from sitewide offers to steep cuts on select items. And if you were planning on clearing off space in your vanity anyway, now’s the time to stock up on cream cleansers, nourishing conditioners, and velvety moisturizers ahead of autumn’s cold weather.
With so many major Labor Day sales happening right now, there’s no doubt you’ll find something (or some things) worth adding to bag—so take advantage. To help, we’ve culled through the sale items to find the best discounts on beauty products ahead of the long weekend. From coveted microcurrent tools to the internet’s coolest sunscreen, shop all the best Labor Day beauty sales at Ulta, Nordstrom, and more.
Psst: There’s more where that came from. Don’t sleep on even more sweet Labor Day deals on fashion, mattresses, home, and all things Amazon.
Best Labor Day Skin-Care and Makeup Deals 2022
The retail giant may have just wrapped up its Anniversary Sale, but Nordstrom’s sale section has some major beauty deals up for grabs, including some sweet discounts on K-beauty skin-care brand Sulwhasoo and value kits from Olaplex.
Ulta’s 21 Days of Beauty sale is happening right now, so keep your eyes peeled for the daily deals you want in on. In addition to those discounts, you can shop markdowns at the site’s stacked sale section, which is full of brands like Clinique and Foreo.
Amazon Prime Day? Never heard of her. Really, though, the retailer is offering some steep discounts on extremely choice products, including a best-selling hair dryer brush from Drybar as well as dermatologist-loved tinted sunscreen. Maybe even better? It’s just the tip of the iceberg of the ’Zon’s LDW offerings.
Planning a skin-care switch-up for fall? Need a new body lotion? Open a new tab for SkinStore. The retailer is offering 25% off a ton of merch with no minimum spend when you use the code LABOR at checkout.
The two sexiest words in the English language might be free shipping, but Sephora just took its Labor Day sale up a notch by also offering up to 50% off select skin-care, hair-care, and makeup products. From September 2 to September 5, you can also use code FREESHIP at Sephora to unlock complimentary shipping on your order.
Clean-beauty buffs—or budding clean-beauty buffs—are in luck, thanks to savings on the entire site (with some brand exceptions) between September 2 and September 5. That said, this is a buy-more, save-more situation, meaning you can get 10% off when you spend $100 and 15% off when you spend $150, no code needed.
Stock up on your seasonal skin care with Paula’s Choice, which is featuring a 20%-off sitewide sale between September 1 through September 5 (no code necessary). It’s never a bad time to snag some SPF—or spring for a full-size bottle of the brand’s best-selling toner.
If you haven’t yet tried Pangea Organics, now is the time to familiarize yourself with the brand’s potent skin- and body-care products, which come in sustainable packaging (think elegant glass bottles that will level up your kitchen-sink game). Not only are the plant-based ingredients gentle on skin, but the scents are delicious—and between August 26 and September 5, you can save 40% on hand soaps, hand creams, and body lotions.
K-beauty brand The Creme Shop is your one-stop location for cute (yet highly effective) makeup and skin care. You can score 20% sitewide between August 29 and September 7, no code needed.
Calling all Gen Z’ers (and the people who love them)! Between September 2 and September 5, you can save 20% sitewide when you use the code BYESUMMER. Try their cult-fave sunscreen for a formula you’ll actually look forward to wearing.
Best Labor Day Hair-Care Deals 2022
Whether you’re big into beach waves or in dire need of a new straightening iron, you’re in luck: Drybar is offering 20% off tools, with up to 30% off select products (including tools and accessories. Some limited-edition items will be 30% too, and you can score an additional 20% off kits—just in case you want to restock your entire hair-care regimen in one fell swoop.
This is not a drill: Tracee Ellis Ross’s best-selling hair-care brand is holding a sitewide sale. From September 2 through September 5, take 20% off everything. If you miss the boat, no sweat—the brand will also have a 20%-off flash sale on September 9 for stragglers.
While Sephora’s not having an official sale, you can still score 25% off select hot tools from Bio Ionic via the retailer between September 2 and September 5, no code necessary. If you were thinking of replacing your stylers, consider this your cue.
Best Labor Day Fragrance Deals 2022
If you’re into clean fragrances—or just really good scents—head over to By Rosie Jane, known for its nontoxic fragrances. Between August 31 and September 5, you’ll get a free full-size bottle of the brand’s super-soothing Calm the F*ck Down Body Oil when you spend over $70—which, incidentally, is the amount the fragrances go for anyway.
Feeling fancy? Good: Through September 6, you can get 35% off rollerball fragrances as well as 25% off select products, including the Stella hair fragrance (ideal for date night) and the Tuscany hand wash, which makes even the most boring task feel indulgent.
Best Labor Day Nail Deals 2022
If you’re still riding the at-home mani train, now’s a good time to stock up on all things nail care. Celebrity manicurist Deborah Lippmann’s eponymous line is featuring 20% off orders of $65 or more. Just plug in the promo code LABORDAY22 at checkout.
