Amazon.com Launches Black Friday Deals 2016 – Holiday Gift Guides

Amazon.com today announced the launch of its Black Friday Deals Store and more than a dozen curated holiday gift guides, officially marking the start of the holiday countdown. Customers can enjoy tens of thousands of deals this holiday season on Amazon.com, with new deals as often as every five minutes on everything from HD TVs to stylish kitchen staples to some of the most popular toys of the year. In addition, Amazon offers curated holiday gift guides to help take the guesswork out of shopping for loved ones and make it easier for customers to find the perfect gift for everyone on their list.

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“Customers love discovering the best deals on the most sought-after products, and our Black Friday Deals Store and curated Holiday Gift Guides offer them a place to do just that – plus enjoy the most convenient shopping experience with tons of super-fast shipping options,” said Doug Herrington, Senior Vice President of North American Retail at Amazon. “This holiday season, we’re offering more deals than ever before and – for the first time ever – giving Prime members an opportunity to use Alexa voice shopping for purchasing their holiday gifts hands-free. They can make purchases simply by asking Alexa-enabled devices, like the new Echo Dot, while relaxing at home with family and friends.”

Black Friday Deals Store

Available at www.amazon.com/blackfriday, the Black Friday Deals Store is the leading deals destination for customers with tens of thousands of deals, and new deals as often as every five minutes, now through December 22. Customers can enjoy more deals than ever before this holiday season, including low prices on top gifts such as electronics, toys, clothing, jewelry, kitchen items, and more. In fact, Amazon is offering up to 20 compelling Deals of the Day in a single day. Some examples of the great deals Amazon customers can take advantage of this holiday season include: $20 off the Kindle Paperwhite, savings on an LG 55” 1080p Curved Smart OLED TV, and up to 40% off select Magformers toys.

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Electronics Gift Guide

Available at www.amazon.com/electronicsgiftguide, the 2016 Amazon Electronics Gift Guide features more than 500 of this year’s hottest technology products all in one convenient location. Enthusiasts can explore new releases such as 360-degree cameras and buzz-worthy gifts like virtual reality headsets and 3D printers. The Electronics Gift Guide also features innovations from up-and-coming startups in the Amazon Launchpad program. Customers can browse more than 10 categories, including smart home, home entertainment, music, wearables, photography, gaming, gadgets and gizmos, and more. The Electronics Gift Guide also includes expert reviews and product demonstration videos to help customers find the perfect gift. And shoppers looking for budget-friendly gift ideas can find top gifts under $100.

Home Gift Guide

Available at www.amazon.com/homegiftguide, the 2016 Amazon Home Gift Guide is a curated list of more than a thousand of this season’s must-have products for the home. Filled with gift ideas for indoors and outdoors, customers can easily discover presents for everyone on their list, including cooks, bakers, home decorators, arts and crafters, smart home tech lovers, pets, backyard enthusiasts, kids and more, curated by experts in the industry such as Smitten Kitchen and Design*Sponge. Holiday decorators and party planners will find everything they need to set a festive scene at home. Customers can also shop the latest trends in the Home Gift Guide, including copper appliances, rose gold cutlery, and handmade ceramics, as well as browse products that are new this holiday season, including the KitchenAid MiniNEST Fragrances Classic Candle (Hearth)Petcube Play Wi-Fi Pet Camera, and Bissell 1650A Pet Hair Eraser Vacuum.

Handmade at Amazon Holiday Gift Guide

Available at www.amazon.com/handmade, the Handmade at Amazon Holiday Gift Guide offers customers curated lists of genuinely handcrafted items sold directly by artisans. Featuring products for her, for him, and for kids, as well as handcrafted stocking stuffers for friends and family, the Gift Guide makes finding the perfect holiday present easier than ever. Heading into this holiday season, Amazon customers visiting the Handmade at Amazon store will see hundreds of thousands more handcrafted items, thousands of which are eligible for Free Two-Day Shipping with Amazon Prime. For shoppers looking for a personal touch, over half of the items listed on Handmade have options for customer personalization. With handcrafted items in categories from toys and games, to home décor, handbags and accessories and kitchen and dining, Handmade at Amazon is a one-stop-shop for artisan-crafted gifts this holiday season.

Shop from Anywhere, Anytime

The easiest and fastest way to shop – no matter where customers are – is with the free Amazon shopping app. Find out “where’s my stuff” in seconds, quickly use visual search to find anything and track the hottest deals by setting Watch-a-Deal alerts all season long. Plus, new this year:

  • Package X-Ray: Beginning November 15, customers who own an iPhone can use Package X-Ray to see what’s in a box that has been delivered without opening it and spoiling the surprise. Customers simply scan the barcode using their camera icon within the mobile app and the items that are inside the box will pop up on their screen.
  • Search Anything: Previously limited to barcodes and a few types of products, customers can now use the camera icon to search for almost anything. For example, point the camera at a pair of boots and the app will pull up a list of similar items.
  • Fling: Customers can quickly and effortlessly click into saved items, compare two items, or simply add items to a Wish List by flinging them into their tray. Simply hold down on an item while in the app and the tray appears, fling the item into the tray, and it will be saved for easy navigating later.

More Perks for Prime Members

New this holiday season, Prime members can use their voice to order tens of millions of products – including many of the items featured in the 2016 Amazon Electronics Gift Guide – just by asking Alexa on their Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, Amazon Tap, Amazon Fire TV, or Fire tablet. In fact, there will be hundreds of exclusive deals just for voice shoppers this holiday season – simply go to www.amazon.com/alexadeals to learn more. Prime members receive an additional 20% discount on pre-order and new release video games. Members can also shop thousands of Lightning Deals with 30-minute early access and enjoy unlimited fast, free shipping options, including Two-Day Shipping on more than 30 million items, Prime FREE Same-Day Delivery on more than one million items available in 27 cities, and Prime Now where customers can find tens of thousands of products – such as select Black Friday deals and Holiday Gift Guide items – available for one- and two-hour delivery in more than 30 U.S. cities.

About Amazon

Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit www.amazon.com/about.

Oojra Makes Gifting an Experience for the Senses

This holiday season, add a touch of elegance to family gatherings with the beautiful reed diffusers from Oojra.  Oojra is the premier lifestyle brand of home fragrances that tell a story through the careful arranging of aromatic essential oils.

Science has proven there is a close connection between scent, memory, and emotion. Oojra has simply perfected the experience so its customers can perfect the feel of their homes for their family and friends.

“Our fragrances provide a final layer of decor to strike the right ambiance for relaxation, romance, focus and balance,” states CJ Lemky, founder. “We aim to satisfy a little wanderlust in our customers’ lives by wrapping their spaces in a scent that is delicious and exotic and reminiscent of a place they’ve traveled, or want to travel.”

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From a five-star spa in Thailand to a Serengeti Safari, each exotic fragrance takes its users off the beaten path, opening up a whole new world they’ll never forget.  Currently, Oojra is offering three distinct fragrances at a limited time price for the holidays.

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The French Provence Lavender Diffuser transports guests to a sunny hillside where frosted purple flowers exude their calming influence on the mind and body.

The Loas White Tea and Ginger Diffuser brings explorers to untouched misty waterfalls and lush tea plantations while exuding an uplifting aroma.

The Thai Jasmine Bamboo Diffuser, Oojra’s most sought after fragrance, inspires romance and relaxation while conjuring up images of fresh green bamboo and garlands of flowers sweetly swaying in the breeze.

Oojra scents curate a luxurious first impression and experience within the home. Give the gift of luxury and versatility to clients, executives, and friends. The sleek glass bottle will stylishly accent any room and exude luscious scents, leaving a lasting impression.

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At Oojra, they strive to put a little piece of paradise in every bottle. Since their launch in July 2015, they’ve traveled the globe and listened to the stories and photography of their followers, in order to create unique fragrances that satisfy their customers’ wanderlust and bring the most luscious exotic fragrances into their homes. All of Oojra’s products are crafted from quality essential oils and are phthalate and paraben free.

 

Budget Friendly Beauty Stocking Stuffers – Holiday Gift Guide

When it comes to selecting the perfect stocking stuffers for friends and family this holiday season, skin care and beauty solutions are always a safe.  Consider products from Retinol Skincare, MoodMatcher and Altchek MD. With all of their products priced under $30, these budget friendly buys are perfect for every price point.

  • Retinol Skincare – an affordable range of multi-benefit products formulated to improve skin texture through exfoliation, while minimizing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
  • MoodMatcher – lipsticks and glosses that are smudge-proof, fade-proof and kiss-proof, as well as hydrating and vitamin enriched
  • Altchek MD – preventive and corrective skin care products that are formulated to reduce the visible signs of aging

Gifts Under $30

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Altchek MD Starter Kit Anti-Aging Starter Kit ($25)

This starter kit contains the four key products in the Doctor’s skincare regimen:

  • Daily Exfoliating Cleanser (2fl oz / 60 mL)
  • Daily Moisturizer Broad Spectrum Sunscreen SPF 30 (0.5oz / 15 g)
  • Glycolic Renewal Pads (15 Treatment pads)
  • Night Treatment Restorative Serum (.5fl oz / 15 mL)

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Retinol Anti-Aging Facial Oil (1oz – $26.00)

Retinol Anti-Aging Facial Oil delivers an ultra-light, non-greasy facial oil that utilizes nine rich essential oils plus Vitamins A, C and Argan Oil (Vitamin E) to promote anti-oxidant protection and multiply the effectiveness of daily skincare regimens. This facial oil infuses African Marula Oil and Sea Buckhorn’s Omega 7 & 9 Fatty Acids to hydrate and protect skin and supply key nutrients to combat wrinkles, dryness and loss of elasticity.

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Retinol Anti-Wrinkle Facial Serum For Men (1fl oz – $22.00)

Anti-Wrinkle Serum is an effective Retinol formula that focuses on giving you a youthful appearance by targeting the visible signs of aging. Helps to soothe razor burn when applied after shaving.

  • Exfoliates and smoothes the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
  • Improves the appearance of firmness and tone
  • Moisturizes to improve skin texture and clarity

Gifts Under $20

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Retinol Anti-Aging Starter Kit ($20)

The Anti-Aging Starter Kit contains smaller versions of 3 of our skincare products to help you become familiar with our Retinol-based skincare line:

  • Anti-Aging Cream Cleanser (2fl oz / 60 mL)
  • Night Cream (0.7 oz / 20 g)
  • Anti-Wrinkle Facial Serum (0.5fl oz / 15 mL)

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Eye Gel Pads (10 pairs – $20.00)

Eye Gel Pads help reduce the appearance of fine lines and puffiness while hydrating the sensitive and fragile skin under the eyes. It is a perfect treatment before a night out.

  • Immediately refreshes and revitalizes fatigued eyes
  • Retinol Palmitate helps renew and improve skin’s resilience
  • Smoothes to minimize the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles

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Doctor’s Skin Remedy (1.7oz – $14.00)

A multi-purpose cream that protects, softens, soothes and calms the skin—perfect for combatting winter dryness and chapped skin.

  • Soothes, calms and helps relieve minor skin irritations
  • Softens rough or dry skin on hands, feet or cuticles
  • Relieves chapped or burned lips
  • Helps minor sunburn and calms dry, irritated or sun-exposed skin

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Retinol Daily Moisturizer For Men (1.7oz – $20.00)

Multi-action, non-greasy Daily Moisturizer reduces the signs of aging while improving skin texture, firmness and tone. Retinol (Vitamin A) works to renew skin and smooth the appearance of fine lines while it improves firmness, so your skin looks healthier and more youthful. Your skin will appear more hydrated and feel protected.

  • Exfoliates and smoothes the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
  • Moisturizes and helps to improve texture, clarity and tone

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Retinol After Shave Balm (2.4oz – $12.00)

Retinol Men’s After Shave Balm’s dual action formula works as a lightweight moisturizer and a calming aftershave, restoring hydration as it soothes irritation and razor burn. Enriched with Vitamins A, C & E, Allantoin, Provitamin B5 and Green Tea Extract, it softens your skin and helps reduce the visible signs of aging.

  • Hydrates and nourishes
  • Calms skin and reduces post–shaving irritation
  • Revitalizes skin and promotes a healthy look
  • Protects against environmental aggressors such as climate, wind and pollution

 

Gifts Under $10

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Moodmatcher Twist Sticks – ($8.00)

A collection of 6 vivid, hi-definition long-wear lipsticks with 12 hour staying power. The lipsticks react with your lips to create the perfect shade that matches your vibe.

Moodmatcher Moodgloss – ($10.00)

A collection of youthful, long-wear glosses that change according to individual body chemistry and temperature for a personalized pink shade. The glosses are enriched with soothing Aloe Vera and moisturizing Vitamin E.

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Retinol Anti-Aging Cleansing Towelettes (30 Towelettes – $8.00)

Gently cleanse, tone, and remove make-up and impurities trapped within pores. Dual-action cleansing towelettes blend Retinol & Vitamin E, Ginseng, Green Tea, and Aloe Vera to carefully resurface skin texture, lift away dead skin cells, and restore pH balance, for softer, smoother, and more radiant skin.

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Altchek MD – Daily Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF30 (1.5oz – $10.00)

Vitamin C Ester, Panthenol, Vitamin E

Improves the texture, moisture and luminosity of your skin as it targets fine lines and wrinkles. Sunscreen protects against the damaging effects of UVA/UVB rays. Preventive anti-oxidants shield against environmental stressors replenishing and smoothing the skin.

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Altchek MD – Daily Exfoliating Cleanser (2 oz – $5.00)

Alpha Hydroxy Acids, Vitamin C, Calendula Extract

Cleanses as it treats blocked pores, impurities, dullness, uneven texture and tone. Micro-polish particles reveal clean, smooth skin that is radiant and ready for the next step in the regimen.

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