Sephora Summer VIB Sale Picks: The Best Skincare and Clean Beauty Products to Buy Now

If you're a loyal Sephora customer, rejoice—because you can score some major deals this month!

From now through August 27th, Rouge and VIB members get exclusive access to the Summer Bonus Event. Nearly everything in the store is on sale, with savings up to 20 percent off!

So now's the time to pull the trigger on any skincare splurges like a microcurrent or microneedling device, a new copper peptide serum or a natural retinol alternative (to name a few of my suggestions). 

Ahead, I've got all the sale details you need to know, plus my top product recommendations.

Sephora Summer VIB Sale Details

Here's the lowdown on the discounts, coupon code, eligibility and restrictions.

If You’re a Rouge...

• Get 20 percent off purchases both in-store and online
• Use the code SUMMERSAVE to redeem online
• Flash your email to redeem in-store
• Offer is for unlimited use
• Shop between August 19th-27th

If You’re a VIB...

• Get 15 percent off purchases both in-store and online
• Use the code SUMMERSAVE to redeem online
• Flash your email to redeem in-store
• Offer is for unlimited use
• Shop between August 20th-27th

If You‘re a Beauty Insider or Non-Member...

• Unfortunately, you won't be eligible for this sale unless you gain VIB status before the sale ends 
• To become a VIB member, you need to spend at least $350 at Sephora during one calendar year
• Non-members can sign up here to become a Beauty Insider (it's free) and be eligible for the next sale (usually in the fall)

Restrictions and Exclusions

• No more than one Dyson product per transaction
• No more than three Drunk Elephant products per transaction
• No more than three Tatcha products per transaction
• No more than five Morphe products per transaction
• The Ordinary products are excluded 

Sephora VIB Sale Picks

Makeup Removers, Cleansers and Toners

• Best makeup removers: BIOeffect and Caudalie
• Best gel cleansers: Indie Lee Brightening, Indie Lee Rosehip, Youth to the People and Drunk Elephant 
• Best foaming cleansers: Omorovicza, Caudalie, Dr Roebuck's, Consonant and Go-To
• Best cream cleansers: Dr Roebuck's, Omorovicza, First Aid Beauty and Naturally Serious
• Best face wipes: Consonant
• Best toner: Indie Lee 

Exfoliators and Peels

• Best powder exfoliators: Tatcha, Dermalogica and Farmacy
  
• Best AHA exfoliators: Youth to the People, First Aid Beauty, Go-To and The Inkey List
• Best BHA exfoliators: First Aid Beauty, Caudalie, The Inkey List, Dermalogica and Juice Beauty
• Best AHA-BHA exfoliators: Tarte, Omorovicza, Moon Juice and Dr. Dennis Gross
• Best peel: Omorovicza

Mists, Essences and Serums

• Best mists: BIOeffect, Tatcha, Youth to the People, Caudalie, Dr Roebuck's and Tata Harper
• Best essences: SK-II, Tatcha and Caudalie
• Best serums: Indie Lee, Consonant, Caudalie, StackedSkincare, Drunk Elephant and Moon Juice

Moisturizers, Eye Creams and Face Oils

• Best moisturizers: Dr Roebuck's Stoked, Dr Roebuck's No Worries, Dr Roebuck's Nuddy, LXMI and Tata Harper
• Best eye creams: Dr Roebuck's, Drunk Elephant, Biossance Cream, Biossance Gel, Caudalie and Indie Lee
• Best face oils: Indie Lee, Biossance, The Inkey List, Herbivore Lapis, Herbivore Orchid, Drunk Elephant and Kopari

Sunscreens

• Best face sunscreens: REN Clean Skincare, Drunk Elephant Umbra Sheer, Drunk Elephant Umbra Tinte, Naturally Serious, Supergoop! Smooth & Poreless, Supergoop! CC Cream and Juice Beauty
• Best body sunscreens: Supergoop!, Shiseido and Juice Beauty
• Best powder sunscreens: Supergoop!, ILIA, Peter Thomas Roth and Tarte

Skincare Treatments

• Best vitamin C treatments: Omorovicza, Kora Organics, Youth to the People, Skin Inc Supplement Bar, Tatcha, Farmacy and Drunk Elephant 
• Best retinol treatments: The Inkey List and Drunk Elephant
• Best niacinamide treatments: The Inkey List, Alpha-H and Skin Inc Supplement Bar
• Best copper peptide treatment: Dr Roebuck's
• Best bakuchiol treatment: Herbivore 

Face Masks and Sheet Masks

• Best clarifying mask: Indie Lee
• Best exfoliating masks: Tata Harper, Herbivore Blue Tansy, Herbivore Brighten and Omorovicza
• Best hydrating masks: Dr Roebuck's, Naturally Serious and Lano
• Best sheet masks: SK-II and Go-To

High Tech Tools

• Best cleansing brushes: Foreo Luna 2 and 3 and PMD
• Best microneedling tools: BeautyBio, StackedSkincare and Nurse Jamie
• Best microcurrent tools: NuFace Trinity, NuFace NuBody and ReFa
• Best light therapy tools: Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare and LightStim
• Best other tools: Dermaflash Pore Extractor and StackedSkincare Ice Roller

Primers, Foundations, Concealers and Powders

• Best primers: REN Clean Skincare and ILIA
• Best tinted moisturizers: Omorovicza, bareMinerals and Juice Beauty
• Best foundations: RMS Beauty and Guerlain
• Best concealers: RMS Beauty and ILIA
• Best powders: ILIA and RMS Beauty

Blushes, Bronzers and Highlighters

• Best blushes: RMS Beauty Pressed Blush and Lip2Cheek, Bite Beauty, ILIA, Cover FX and Antonym 
• Best bronzers: RMS Beauty Buriti Bronzer and Contour Bronzer, Lawless and Cover FX
• Best highlighters: RMS Beauty, ILIA and Kora Organics  

Lip Balms, Lipsticks and Lip Liners

• Best lip balms: Lano, Bite Beauty and Herbivore
• Best tinted lip balms: Lano, Lilah B., Tata Harper, Kosas, Bite Beauty and Kora Organics
• Best lip colours: RMS Beauty, Kosas and Bite Beauty
• Best lip liners: RMS Beauty

Bath & Body

• Best shower gels: Dr Roebuck's, REN Clean Skincare and Consonant
• Best body scrubs: Herbivore Coco Rose and Crushed Amethyst, Kopari and REN Clean Skincare
• Best bath soaks: Herbivore Detox and Coconut Milk 
• Best body moisturizers: Dr Roebuck's, Kopari, REN Clean Skincare Body Serum and Body Cream, Lavanila and Lano
• Best deodorants: Consonant and Kopari
• Best hand creams: Lano Everyday and Intense and Consonant

Are you shopping the Sephora summer sale?
Which products are on your wish list?