Scoop Up the Savings at Ulta's Summer Beauty Sale

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There are plenty of good reasons to love holidays, but some major sales might just be one of the best parts (though, we'll never complain about a day or two off from work). Ahead of the Fourth of July, the Ulta Beauty Summer Beauty Sale is one we're confident you won't want to miss. From Monday, June 28 through Sunday, July 4, you can shop 23 pages of beauty products for up to 60 percent off. The deals are as refreshing as a mojito on a hot summer day — aka, very.

To help narrow down the vast selection, we've called out a handful of our favorite products from each category (skin care, makeup, and hair care) to cut down your browsing time in half. Don't worry about any codes at checkout because Ulta has done all the work for us and provided us with adjusted prices already set in place.

Skin-Care Deals

Mad Hippie Vitamin C Serum

Bondi Sands 1 Hour Express Aero Aerated Self Tanning Foam

Garnier SkinActive Micellar Cleansing Water

Mad Hippie's Vitamin C Serum features vitamin E and ferulic acid for a powerhouse combination of antioxidants that fights discoloration and reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles with diligent use.

Bondi Sands' Best of Beauty-winning Aero Self-Tanning Foam lends your skin a coconut-scented tan that never looks streaky or unnatural. Be patient and rub it in well (as it could stain otherwise) and in just an hour you'll be left with a gorgeous glow.

Just a few swipes of a cotton pad soaked in the Garnier SkinActive Micellar Cleansing Water (which has picked up multiple Best of Beauty and Readers' Choice Award wins) is all it takes to remove dirt, oil, and even the toughest waterproof makeup — without stripping the skin or causing irritation.

Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Sunscreen SPF 100+

Foreo Luna Mini 2

Armed with hygienic silicone touchpoints in three sizes, Foreo's Luna Mini 2 pulses 8,000 times per minute to get into every nook and cranny of your skin to deeply cleanse it of dirt, oil, and makeup. You can even take the waterproof device, which lasts for a whopping 300 uses on a single charge, into the shower for your convenience. It also comes in three hues: baby pink (pictured above), aquamarine, and magenta.

Slather up with Neutrogena's Readers' Choice-winning Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Sunscreen SPF 100+, a lightweight, sweat-resistant formula that's perfectly safe for sensitive skin. And, as a bonus, this lotion-like formula doesn't feel greasy or pill underneath makeup.

Pixi Glow Tonic

Tonymoly Moisture Boost Hydrogel Eye Patches

Every peachy-pink bottle of Pixi Glow Tonic is spiked with five percent glycolic acid to effectively resurface skin and even out discoloration for a baby-smooth complexion. Sensitive skin won't experience any irritation either, thanks to a soothing blend of aloe vera and glycerin. No wonder editors and dermatologists swear by this product.

In 10 to 20 minutes, Tonymoly's lavender Moisture Boost Hydrogel Eye Patches will deeply hydrate your undereye area, evening out discoloration and fine lines in the process. They're spiked with radiance-boosting spirulina and plankton for a cooling morning wake-up call.

Makeup Deals

Perricone No Makeup Foundation Serum Broad Spectrum SPF 20

KKW Beauty Black Mascara

IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Breakout Full-Coverage Concealer

When you're aiming for a minimal, woke-up-like-this look, the Perricone MD No Makeup Foundation Serum is the equivalent to hitting the jackpot. The peptide-packed serum offers SPF 20 and just enough coverage without making your face feel heavy or sticky. Plus, it's a full 50 percent off.

A few swipes of the KKW Beauty Black Mascara will dramatically boost the fullness of your lashes without a primer in sight. And even if you coat on additional layers, the ultra-creamy formula won't clump.

IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Breakout Full-Coverage Concealer pulls double duty as a drying lotion and concealer in one. The big doe-foot applicator makes dotting on this pimple-zapping and scar-concealing formula — hello, oil-absorbing zinc oxide, kaolin clay, and witch hazel — a foolproof process.Shades seem to be selling out rather quickly, so check out Dermablend Cover Care Full Coverage Concealer and Kylie Cosmetics Skin Concealer for more marked-down options.

Maybelline New York Fit Me Matte + Poreless Liquid Foundation

Juvia's Place The Festival Eyeshadow Palette

Let's keep it real. Maybelline New York's Fit Me Matte + Poreless Liquid Foundation doesn't need an introduction at this point. The two-time Readers' Choice Award winner has proved its worth over the years, thanks to its near-magical blurring properties and lightweight yet matte finish.

It's no secret that Juvia's Place makes some of our favorite palettes — after all, the Warrior III Palette picked up a Best of Beauty Award last year. But if you're balling on a budget, The Festival Eyeshadow Palette is marked 50 percent off right now for those who favor bold reds, oranges, pinks, blues, and gunmetals in matte and shimmer shades. Vaxxed girl summer is looking hot.

Morphe 2 Hint Hint Skin Tint

Becca Cosmetics Hydra-Light Plumping Lip Balm

If you haven't discovered them yet, skin tints are very in right now. Morphe 2's Hint Hint Skin Tint provides impossibly lightweight, sheer-to-medium coverage for a hydrating, long-lasting, and water-resistant base. In other words, it's the ideal summertime base.

While we mourn the impending shutdown of Becca Cosmetics (it's not just us, right?), we'll use every sale opportunity to restock on some of our favorite products, like this buttery, hyaluronic acid-infused Hydra-Light Plumping Lip Balm. It instantly drenches dry lips in a moisturizing blend of mango butter, jojoba seed oil, and the flavor of juicy mango and leaves a pretty, subtle tint in either Spray (pink fuchsia) and Surge (warm coral).

Hair-Care Deals

Redken All Soft Conditioner

Hot Tools Professional Black Gold One-Step Detachable Blowout

Color Wow Dream Coat Supernatural Spray

This tried-and-true Redken All Soft Conditioner (and multi-year Readers' Choice winner), gets its good reputation for bringing dry and damaged hair back to life — mending frayed ends, managing frizz, and adding gloss and shine. Don't worry, the matching shampoo is on sale, too.

In the same vein as the Best of Beauty-winning Hot Tools Professional 24K Gold Charcoal Infused One-Step Blowout, the Black Gold Detachable One Step Round Brush Dryer saves you precious time by drying and styling your hair all at once, working its magic in smoothing frizz, adding volume, and cutting down on heat damage.

Summertime frizz is no match for Color Wow's Dream Coat Supernatural Spray, which won a Best of Beauty Award for its serious waterproofing and smoothing abilities. Allure contributing editor Jessica Chia recommends letting your hair air-dry a bit (she waited 20 minutes) before spritzing your damn strands and activating the product with a blow-dryer. The heat sets the "cross-linking polymers" that act as a humidity-blocking cloak for each hair strand. 

GHD Helios Performance Hair Dryer

Matrix Total Results Keep Me Vivid Sulfate-Free Shampoo

GHD's Helios Performance Hair Dryer is the real deal. Need proof? This chic tool with gold detailing blasts an airflow speed of 75 miles per hour for lightning-fast, whisper-quiet drying via an ultra-slim, precise nozzle. Think fewer flyaways and more shine.

Is your color fading? Not if Matrix's Total Results Keep Me Vivid Sulfate-Free Shampoo has anything to say about it. The gentle cleanser, which lathers into a lovely, milky foam, functions like a laminate to maintain the vibrancy of your color for up to 21 washes when you use the entire Keep Me Vivid system, which also includes a conditioner, leave-in treatment, and lamination spray. Plus, if it's good enough for Laverne Cox, it's definitely good enough for us.

Ouidad Curl Quencher Moisturizing Conditioner

Eva NYC Spectrum Far-Infrared Dryer

Formulated with a strengthening and moisture-boosting team of panthenol, algae, wheat amino acids, and glycerin, Ouidad's Curl Quencher Moisturizing Conditioner seals your cuticles so it's much harder for humidity to penetrate your curls and cause unwanted frizz. Let it sit for three minutes while you're in the shower or leave a small amount on your ends as a leave-in treatment.

Eva NYC's Spectrum Far-Infrared Dryer isn't your average blow-dryer. This pastel pink hot tool uses something called "red beam far-infrared spectrum technology" to heat your hair from the inside out in order to protect your outer cuticle. Smart, right? It also comes with a removable lint filter, concentrator, diffuser, and hanging hook for easy storage.

While we hope you love our recommendations, feel free to check out the rest of the deals over at ulta.com right now through July 4 — and start clearing space on your vanity and bathroom cabinet shelves for the newness.

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