14 Cult-Favorite Luxury Beauty Products You Can Get on Amazon

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Did you know that Amazon has an under-the-radar section of premium beauty products all in one place? Whether you have perused this category before or are looking for the first time, there's plenty to discover. Instead of remembering to place a one-off order at your favorite beauty retailer and waiting for shipping, you can stock up on luxury products just as easily as grabbing groceries and household essentials. Amazon's beauty section features a vast selection of hair products, skin care, and makeup items from brands that used to be exclusive to beauty and department stores. You can find cult favorites from Cosrx, Color Wow, Sunday Riley, and many more — and you can also get fast, free shipping.

To help guide your search, we rounded up the top-rated items on sale from Amazon's Premium Beauty section. To hone in our top picks, we pored over the reviews of the highest-rated products and compiled favorites from our editors, who have tested and reviewed many of these items to offer their honest opinions. Whether you're looking to revamp your skin-care routine or give a game-changing hair tool a try, keep reading to treat yourself to something special; you can't go wrong with any of these selections.

Best Foaming Cleanser
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Best Foaming Cleanser

The Face Shop Rice Water Bright Foaming Cleanser ($12)

This foaming cleanser is made with rice extract, so it's gentle and hydrating. It has a light lemon scent and helps to brighten and smooth skin.

Best Heatless Curling Set
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Best Heatless Curling Set

Kitsch Satin Heatless Curling Set ($16)

If you want to prevent heat damage but love to add body and movement to your hair when styling it, give this heatless curling set a try. All you have to do is wrap your hair around the long hairband, keep it in place with the scrunchies provided, and go to sleep. In the morning, you'll have voluminous curls once you remove the foam curler and scrunchies.

Best Repairing Essence
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Best Repairing Essence

Cosrx Snail Mucin Repairing Essence ($19)

The key ingredient in this repairing essence is the snail secretion filtrate. It helps to clear blemishes, repair dark spots, and moisturize. Our editor tested it out and loved the results. For more details and photos, check out this Cosrx Snail Mucin Repairing Essence review.

Editor Review: "It's been months since I started using the essence daily. I use it after cleansing and before applying moisturizer, and I am a complete convert. Though I was worried the additional skin-care step would clog my pores over time, leading to pimples and what have you, my skin's texture has actually improved, and it feels way more even now." — Kelsey Garcia, associate content director, Balance

Best Eye Mask
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Best Eye Mask

Grace & Stella Under Eye Mask ($19, originally $29)

These bestselling undereye masks have cooling and anti-inflammatory ingredients that help brighten and moisturize the skin under your eyes. Use them to lessen the appearance of puffiness, undereye circles, and fine lines.

Best Undereye Cooling Stick
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Best Undereye Cooling Stick

Embryolisse Radiant Eye Stick ($20, originally $23)

This bestselling cooling stick is the ultimate undereye primer — it instantly refreshes tired eyes, reduces dark circles and puffiness, and delivers a boost of moisture to smooth and decongest the area, all thanks to its soothing aloe vera formula. For an extra refreshing effect, store it in the fridge — it'll leave your makeup area feeling even more depuffed and revived.

Best Cleansing Oil
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Best Cleansing Oil

Bioderma Atoderm Cleansing Oil ($20)

This cleansing oil is perfect for anyone with dry and sensitive skin. It relieves itchy, irritated skin and hydrates while cleansing. It's gentle enough to remove eye makeup and is even kid-friendly, so the whole family can use it.

Best Anti-Frizz Hair Treatment
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Best Anti-Frizz Hair Treatment

Color Wow Dream Coat Supernatural Spray ($28)

Make your hair shine like a disco ball with this treatment spray. The humidity-proof, heat-activated treatment helps block out moisture and, thus, tame frizz. It has more than 95,000 reviews and an average rating of four and a half stars, with reviewers noting that it works especially well for straight blowout styles. One of our editors, who formerly dubbed humidity her "arch-nemesis," found that the treatment worked wonders on her hair. Read her review of the Color Wow Dream Coat Supernatural Spray.

Editor Quote: "Usually, my hair would turn into a giant, frizzy poof, but now, it just became wavier with no frizz whatsoever. I was so pleasantly shocked at the results." — Anvita Reddy, former assistant editor, Shopping

Best Leave-In Conditioner
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Best Leave-In Conditioner

Unite Hair 7 Seconds Detangler Leave-In Conditioner ($40)

This spray is designed to strengthen, nourish, and protect hair against heat while making your strands easy to comb. It's also safe for extensions and chemically treated hair.

Best Brightening Face Oil
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Best Brightening Face Oil

Sunday Riley C.E.O. Glow Vitamin C + Turmeric Face Oil ($40)

If you're dealing with dark spots and unwanted texture, this fan-favorite face oil should be on your radar. It uses brightening vitamin C and antioxidant-rich turmeric root extract to boost your skin's radiance with consistent use.

Best Treatment For Acne-Prone Skin
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Best Treatment For Acne-Prone Skin

Obagi Medical CLENZIderm M.D. Pore Therapy Acne Treatment ($49)

This acne treatment contains two percent salicylic acid, a type of beta-hydroxy acid (BHA) that unclog pores and clears dead skin cells that can cause breakouts. For best results, use it exclusively on trouble spots as the second step in your skin-care regimen after cleansing.

Best Sunscreen
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Best Sunscreen

Image Skincare, Prevention+ Daily Ultimate Protection Moisturizer SPF 50 ($50)

This sheer sunscreen lotion is hydrating with broad-spectrum coverage that's perfect for sports and spending long periods of time outdoors. It has more than 3,000 reviews and a strong 4.6 rating, making it a customer favorite.

Best Retinol Cream
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Best Retinol Cream

Elizabeth Arden Retinol + HPR Ceramide Capsules ($55)

This powerful retinol skin renewing serum helps to smooth fine lines and wrinkles, shrink pores, and even out skin tone and texture. Aside from retinol, the formula also has ceramides that help to strengthen the skin's moisture barrier.

Best Curling Iron
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Best Curling Iron

T3 SinglePass Curl Professional Curling Iron ($170)

This curling iron's barrel is long, so it makes styling long hair much easier. It has a 1.25-inch diameter, making it ideal for creating soft curls and lots of volume.

Best Flat Iron
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Best Flat Iron

GHD Platinum+ Styler Flat Iron ($289)

If you're looking for a premium flat iron, this one is a smart option that monitors heat to make sure that it remains at the perfect temperature without causing damage. Its ceramic plates give hair a smooth and shiny finish.

Additional reporting by Marisa Petrarca and Balim Tezel


Angela Elias (she/her) is a contributing editor for PS Shopping, where she reviews everything from beauty products to kitchen gadgets, curates can't-miss sales, and creates "best of" shopping roundups. In her former roles at PS, she led the relaunch of its Latine identity and family-focused verticals, directed its Home vertical, and hosted shopping segments. She has nearly 15 years of experience working in the lifestyle space as a writer, editor, content strategist, director, on-camera talent, and publicist.



Marisa Petrarca (she/her) is a contributing editor for PS Shopping and has over seven years of experience writing and editing beauty, fashion, and lifestyle content. She was previously the senior beauty editor at Grazia USA and the style and beauty editor at Us Weekly. Now freelancing, her work has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Allure, Marie Claire, and more.


Balim Tezel (she/her) is a shopping updates editor at PS and the founder of Maison des Nus, a New York-based affordable luxury brand. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.