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It’s back in stock in time for Black Friday.
If you’re looking for Black Friday/Cyber Monday beauty deals, one of the best sales is not happening at any of the mega-retailers, but at a IYKYK brand, Dermelect. It’s having a sliding scale sale: 15 percent off purchases, $50-plus with the code BF15, 20 percent off $100-plus with the code BF20, and 30 percent off $150-plus with the code BF30. The products are effective, shopper-, and editor-loved. You could, metaphorically speaking, close your eyes, throw at the dart board, and walk away with a great skin or nail care product.
I have had at least a dozen Dermelect products rotate through my beauty routine over the years—something I can’t say of (probably) almost any other brand. But it would be irresponsible and unreasonable to recommend you add the entire website to your cart, so although it was difficult, I’ve whittled it down to five products.
(P.S. If you find yourself a little shy of the $50 minimum to qualify for discounts, I recommend loading up your cart with any of the nail care products.)
Dermelect Nail Recovery System
$70 Buy Now for $50
In the opinion of this jaded beauty editor who has tested thousands of products, the nail category is where Dermelect shines. I have and use all of its nail products; I find them layer-able and useful. As such, I recommend going for the Dermelect Nail Recovery System—it includes the Rejuvenail Fortifying Nail and Cuticle Treatment, Makeover Nail Concealer, Launchpad Nail Strengthener, and High-Maintenance Nail Thickener.
If you’re whittling it down to an individual nail care product, go with the Makeover Ridge-Filler Concealer. It’s my first love and quickly transitioned me away from nail extensions and gel polish. With one or two coats discoloration is neutralized and white spots are less obvious. My nails also grow faster, longer, and stronger.
Get Lifted Instant Face Lift Treatment
$49 Buy Now for $42
This moisturizer is also a very potent anti-aging treatment. It can amp up your routine and/or even simplify it by streamlining several products into one. The manuka honey, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), and eight-peptide complex formula packs a strong punch. The benefits include, but are not limited to, fading dark spots, increased hydration, lessened wrinkles, tighter skin, and increased elasticity.
A 52-year-old shopper said this Dermelect product’s name is accurate, adding, “This is truly like a facelift in a bottle,” and made a “huge improvement” in their “jawline and jowls.” The shopper called it “the next best thing” to surgical results.
Smooth Upper Lip Perioral Anti-Aging Treatment
$49 Buy Now for $42
I like the wrinkles known as laugh lines, which, to me, are markers of a life well enjoyed. But as I see mine coming in, I do understand the desire to, well, prevent them from becoming more and/or lessened from their severity.
Dermelect’s Smooth Upper Lip Perioral Anti-Aging Treatment targets these wrinkles through a combination of retinol, hyaluronic acid, peptides, and arbutin. In sum, they plump skin, fade wrinkles and fine lines, and brighten dark spots.
A shopper in their late 60s was “pleasantly surprised” to see this treatment “soften deep lines” and make “fine lines disappear” completely.
Confidence Crease Concentrate Serum and Primer
$78 Buy Now for $66
This product is a truly unexpected mixture of ingredients and purposes; it’s a retinol and hyaluronic acid formula that functions as a moisturizer, targeted wrinkle treatment, and pore-erasing primer.
One reviewer said this “diminished the deep creases” on their cheeks and jawline that were giving them a “marionette look.” Another shopper said it gets the job done as a primer, “My face is smooth, plump, and makeup looks flawless.”
Empower Anti-Wrinkle Treatment
$75 Buy Now for $64
There are at least three types of wrinkles: dynamic, static, and folds/creases. Dynamic ones are especially unique to each person since they form from repeated muscle movements and expressions. These are difficult to tackle, yet Dermelect’s Anti-Wrinkle moisturizer manages to do it.
This moisturizer is formulated with Matrixyl 3000, peptides, retinol, collagen, hyaluronic acid, and ceramides. The Matrixyl 3000 is like a conductor that tells your skin to create more collagen and elastin, two things that make your skin plump. The other ingredients are popular for their intense hydrating, wrinkle-filling, and dark spot-reducing benefits.
“It mutes the lines around my jaw, helps make my skin color look more uniform, and feels like an energy boost for the rest of my face,” one shopper wrote.