I'm an Amazon-Obsessed Editor—The 36 Best On-Sale Items in Every Category For October's Prime Day

An assortment of toiletries and makeup

(Image credit: @lucywilliams02)

Today marks the arrival of Amazon Prime Big Deal Days, and some would say that this marks the unofficial start to the holiday shopping season. Whether that's your main objective or your just shopping for yourself during Amazon's big two-day sale, I'm here to provide you with a great place to start.

The categories I tend to shop the most on Amazon are fashion, beauty, home, and travel. (The inventory is so rich that it's a big reason I never step foot in actual stores anymore.) So naturally, that's where I gravitate first during each of Amazon's massive twice-yearly sales. I think we can all agree that adding a second site-wide sale event annually is one of the best things Amazon has done in recent memory, and I plan on taking full advantage of it, as it seems to get better each time.

Below, I'm sharing some items (from each of the aforementioned categories) that are currently in my Amazon cart with you, along with some that I've purchased in the past, and then some that simply caught my attention while scrolling through the sale. Read on to fill your cart along with me.

TRAVEL

BEAUTY

HOME

FASHION

Allyson Payer
Senior Editor

Allyson is a senior editor for Who What Wear. She joined the company in 2014 as co-founder Katherine Power's executive assistant and over the years has written hundreds of stories for Who What Wear. Prior to her career in fashion, Allyson worked in the entertainment industry at companies such as Sony Pictures Television. Allyson is now based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a BFA in theater. Her path to fashion may not have been linear, but based on the number of fashion magazines she collected as a child and young adult, it was meant to be.