32 Best Beauty Sales to Shop and 8 Best Places to Sell Makeup Online
Finding the best beauty sales on your favorite makeup brushes, foundations, face moisturizers, and more is easier than ever if you pay attention to the upcoming markdowns. Whether you’re a skin-care or makeup enthusiast (or better yet, both) you know that replenishing your stock and trying out new beauty products isn’t exactly budget-friendly. And with so many beauty brands nowadays, it can be a little intimidating (not to mention overwhelming) if you’re a beauty novice and don’t know where to start—even seasoned pros miss a good discount every once in a while. It’s never a bad idea to have a backup of your favorite beauty product. Affordable options on foundations, lipsticks, and more are available this week, and you’ll want to hit checkout on these products ASAP before they all sell out.
Top Beauty Sales: Ulta, Sephora, Nordstrom, and More
This week, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to list the must-know sales that include popular best-selling products from brands such as Benefit, La Mer, Foreo, and more. With discounts from Ulta, Sephora, Amazon, and more, it’s also your chance to stock up on holy grail skin-care products you wouldn’t want to spend a day without. Now that it’s spring it’s the perfect time to try out that bold red lip from Yves Saint Laurent you’ve had your eye on.
Ulta, Nordstrom, and Sephora Discounts
As one of the major beauty retailers, Ulta’s 21 Days of Beauty event is particularly exciting with 50% off sales including must-have skin-care and makeup. Until April 2, you’ll find daily deals that you won’t want to miss. Luckily for us, Nordstrom has sales that will make adding quality foundations into your stock less painful for your wallet. Another huge retailer who is having major discounts on their site is Sephora, offering 50% off select products every day with free shipping using the code FREESHIP.
- Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Face Base Priming Moisturizer (Ulta): $32 $16 (50% off)
- Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Volupte Shine Oil-in-Stick Lipstick Balm (Nordstrom): $199 $169 (15% off)
- Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Pro Filt'r Hydrating Longwear Foundation (Sephora): $28 $20 (29% off)
- StriVectin SD Advanced Plus Intensive Moisturizing Concentrate: Check Ulta daily deals.
Affordable Brand Sales
If you want high-quality makeup and skincare without the luxurious price tag, ELF Cosmetics and Burt’s Bees should be checked regularly. Peach and Lily also offers Korean beauty products to help achieve your dream glass skin. When it comes to brows, Benefit has long been in charge of specializing in all things eyebrow products, from pencils to gel to powder.
- ELF Cosmetics Makeup and Skincare: $4 $3 (25% off)
- Burt’s Bees Lip Balms and Body Oil: $9 $7 (22% off)
- Peach and Lily K-Beauty Products: $25 $21 (16% off)
- Benefit Cosmetics Eyebrow Products: $24 $17 (29% off)
8 Best Places to Sell Makeup Online (Even If It’s Used)
Have you ever purchased a really expensive eyeshadow palette, tried it out, and then realized you actually hate it? To make things worse, you waited too long and now you can’t return it for a refund. But it’s not too late to get your money back. You can sell makeup online, even if it’s used. In fact, selling used makeup is not only legal, it’s a welcome practice on many websites and in many online communities. Makeup classifieds allow users to get money back -- and sometimes even turn a profit -- on makeup that is no longer needed.
1. Poshmark
Poshmark is an incredibly popular app known for being one of the best places to sell clothes online. Many people don’t realize that you can sell new makeup on Poshmark, too. Poshmark doesn’t accept liquids, like perfume, and makeup has to be brand new.
2. Reddit
You can find a couple different Reddit groups, known as subreddits, that revolve around buying and selling makeup. The most popular one is called MakeupExchange. Though it’s not a traditional marketplace, the subreddit has a long list of rules and several moderators to ensure things run smoothly.
3. Glambot
Glambot is another popular website to sell new or used makeup. It only accepts specific brands and has some restrictions on the type of makeup you can send. Glambot provides a lot of information to buyers, like how much the product has left.
4. Instagram
What’s nice about selling makeup on Instagram is you don’t have to pay for website hosting or give commissions to third-party sellers. Items with good photos sell best on Instagram, so take more time to prep your items and research hashtags.
5. Facebook Marketplace
Facebook Marketplace is another great spot because there’s a large customer base. However, Facebook has a specific set of rules on what you’re allowed to sell. If you are meeting a buyer in person, make sure you meet in a well lit and highly-trafficked area.
6. Mercari
Mercari is similar to Poshmark and is another app to list your items for sale. Mercari has fewer rules than Poshmark. It doesn’t seem to prohibit used makeup items and the fees are 10% of the listing price.
7. eBay
For decades, eBay has been one of the best marketplaces for selling almost anything. Bundles do well on eBay too, so consider putting a couple of similar items together if you want to increase your chances of a sale.
8. MUABS
MUABS stands for Makeup Addict Blog Sales, and there are many listings for new and used items. MUABS takes a 10% commission of all sales, which is lower than Poshmark (20%).
