The 29 best beauty advent calendars of 2024, including 21 you can buy now
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As Christmas creeps closer, so does the annual fight to grab the best beauty advent calendars as soon as they go on sale. It’s no wonder: brimming with exclusive, limited edition minis and often full sized products, most of the best make-up advent calendars work as a Christmas gift in their own right.
If last year is anything to go by, the Liberty, Jo Malone, Charlotte Tilbury, MAC, Cult Beauty and Harrods calendars are likely to sell out fast, so it’s worth registering on their websites right now. Sometimes it still pays to wait, though: the famous Marks and Spencer beauty advent calendar was worth £340 online last year but could be bought for just £45 if you spent £35 at M&S. You have to take your hat off to whoever came up with that marketing ploy.
Read on to find out everything we know about 2024’s advent calendars, including those already on sale, those available for pre-sale, those with waitlists open and even those that have already sold out. If you’re in a rush, here are our predictions for this year’s best beauty advent calendars, based on last year.
Which is the best beauty advent calendar? At a glance
Best beauty advent calendar overall – Liberty London
Best value beauty advent calendar – Look Fantastic
Best beauty advent calendar for products – Fortnum & Mason
Best beauty advent calendar to buy as a gift – The White Company
Best make-up beauty advent calendar – Charlotte Tilbury
Which brands have a beauty advent calendar?
Most big beauty brands sell their own beauty advent calendar these days. For those wanting to splurge, Liberty’s is the ultimate treat, containing beauty gifts worth around five times its sale price – which is why it always sells out almost instantly. If you’re looking for a budget option, try Look Fantastic or The Body Shop.
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How I chose the best beauty advent calendars
To choose the best beauty advent calendars of 2024, I primarily considered the stated value of each one – how much you’re getting versus how much you’re paying. Some are worth hundreds more than their cost, while others are similar in value and price. I also looked at the variety of products, how many full-size or travel sizes were included in a box and whether there were any limited edition goodies.
Read on for reviews and previews of all this year’s best beauty advent calendars.
Best beauty advent calendars already on sale
1. Liberty London Beauty Advent Calendar
Best multi-brand beauty advent calendar
We like: the beautiful box, based on Liberty’s tudor home on Regent Street
25 days, 28 products worth £1,205 (saving of £945)
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next day for £7.50
Our product highlight: Skin Rocks The Moisturiser (50ml)
Liberty London is the original multi-brand beauty advent calendar, having debuted in 2014. Now on their 10th rendition, the 2024 calendar is already one of the most hotly anticipated Christmas buys anywhere. Liberty’s beauty advent calendars are known for their excellent value, often containing products worth four to five times more than the price.
This year isn’t set to disappoint, with products including skincare, makeup and fragrance from Augustinus Bader, Byredo, Skin Rocks, La Mer, Lisa Eldridge and more.
£260
Price at
Liberty London
2. Bobbi Brown Dazzle and Glow 12 Day Advent Calendar
Best single-brand beauty advent calendar
We like: the inclusion of such a high quality make-up brush
12 days, 12 products worth £223 (saving of £63)
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next day for £6.50
Our product highlight: Long-Wear Cream Shadow Stick in Golden Bronze (full size)
Bobbi Brown’s Advent Calendar contains 12 skincare and make-up products packed with shimmer, perfect for creating day-to-night looks during the holiday season, all housed inside a golden box.
Inside you’ll find the Tiktok sensation, the Vitamin Enriched Face Base, along with a full-size Smokey Eye Mascara, one full-size Long-Wear Cream Shadow Stick, a lip tint and other bestsellers.
£160
Price at
Bobbi Brown
3. The Harvey Nichols Beauty Advent Calendar
Best high-end beauty advent calendar
We like: there are a whole 42 products inside
25 days, 42 products worth more than £1,000 (saving of at least £750)
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next day for £8
Our product highlight: 111 SKIN Y Theorem Bio Cellulose Facial Mask
Harvey Nichols’ advent calendar will contain an entire 42 items from 31 brands, making it one of the best value buys on this list - based on saving. It’s obviously still quite an outlay, at £250, though that’s far from unusual in the world of beauty calendars.
Inside, you can look forward to a 111SKIN Face Mask, Augustinus Bader The Rich Cream, Bamford Body Lotion, a mini Harvey Nichols hairbrush, a couple of mini Maison Francis Kurkdjian perfumes and a Silk Scrunchie from Slip, to name just a few.
£250
Price at
Harvey Nichols
4. 12 Days of Liz Earle Beauty Advent Calendar
Best budget skincare advent calendar
We like: it includes all the classics, like the Hot Cloth Cleanser
12 days, products worth £178 (saving of £99)
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next day for £4.95
Our product highlight: Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser (full size)
A great purchase for yourself, your mum or grandma, Liz Earle’s advent calendar is already on sale with a selection of 12 full size and travel sized products. It includes the famous Cleanse and Polish cleanser, a rich and nourishing cream containing chamomile and rosemary.
Also inside, you’ll find full sizes of the Orange Flower Body Cream and Body Wash and Eyebright Soothing Eye Lotion. Travel sizes include a face exfoliator and cream.
£79
Price at
Boots
5. The White Company 2024 Advent Calendar
Best beauty advent calendar to buy as a gift
We like: the range of scents
25 days, 25 products
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next day for £7.95
Our product highlight: Winter Signature Candle
The White Company brand is becoming pretty synonymous with Christmas and this year’s beauty advent calendar is stuffed full of signature goodies. Expect five full-size products, including an eau de toilette, candles in three scents, hand creams, lotions, body washes and more. The contents are worth more than £300.
As well as The White Company’s well-known fragrances, there’s also products with the Amalfi Lemon, Tuscan Grove and Santa Rosa scents. But traditionalists will be pleased to know there’s also a Winter Signature Candle, a Fir Tree Mini Reed Diffuser and Seychelles Bath & Shower Gel inside.
£195
Price at
The White Company
6. ESPA Wellbeing Advent Calendar
Best beauty advent calendar for a spa-like experience
We like: the clean minimalist packaging
25 days, 25 products worth £488 (saving of £313)
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next day for £5.95
Our product highlight: Isotonic Hydration Mask (55ml)
ESPA’s 2024 beauty advent calendar is full of all the holistic and aromatherapy products the brand is known for, designed to bring the spa experience home. If you’re a bath a day kind of person, this is the advent calendar for you.
Inside is Pink Hair and Scalp Mud, Nourishing Lip Treatment, Energising Bath and Body Oil, Super Nourishing Conditioner and a Winter Spice Votive Candle, among lots more.
£175
Price at
Espa
7. Next 25 Days of Beauty Advent Calendar
Best highstreet beauty advent calendar
We like: unexpected amount of top brands
25 days, 25 products worth £383 (saving of £293)
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next day for £4.95
Our product highlight: Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine Moisture Essence (100ml)
Don’t dismiss Next as a highstreet offering - almost every item in its 2024 beauty advent calendar is from a luxury beauty brand. Inside are 25 products worth £383 and it costs less than £100. It’s worth noting that most products are travel sized, rather than full-size, although I still think it’s excellent value.
The products include an ICONIC London mascara, Aromatherapy Associates Bath and Shower Oil and Benefit Porefessional Super Setter Setting Spray. Next will also sell a Luxury Beauty Advent Calendar this year, which costs £170 and is worth £768.
£90
Price at
Next
8. Clarins 12 Day Women’s Advent Calendar
Best plant-based beauty advent calendar
We like: even the inks used to make the calendar are plant-based
12 days, 12 products worth £162 (saving of £67)
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next day for £5.95
Our product highlight: Moisture-Rich Body Lotion
Clarins markets their 12 day advent calendar slightly differently to others. The Parisian brand says it’s to be opened during the 12 days of Christmas, known as Twelvetide, which typically begins on December 24 and ends on January 6.
The calendar includes full sizes of the Beauty Flash Balm and the Lip Comfort Oil in the shade Honey, a Gentle Exfoliating Cleanser and Hydra-Essentiel Face Mask.
£95
Price at
Clarins
9. The Body Shop Advent of Wonders
Best beauty advent calendar for stocking up
We like: it’s full of staples for your face, body and hair
24 days, 24 products worth £119 (saving of £64)
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next working day for £4.99
Our product highlight: Avocado Body Butter
The Body Shop’s advent calendar is always popular and a good midrange option. This year’s is packed with 24 own brand products inside a stylish baby blue box.
Inside you’ll find the Avocado Shower Cream, Shea Body Butter, British Rose Facial Mask, Vitamin E Sheet Mask and a Hair Claw, among others.
£55
Price at
The Body Shop
10. Elemis The Ultimate Skincare Advent Calendar
Best skincare advent calendar
We like: the nutrient-packed formulas behind each product
25 days, 25 products worth £537.50 (saving of £338.50)
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next working day for £5.95
Our product highlight: Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm (20g)
Elemis is back with another 25-product skincare beauty advent calendar. As with last year, there’s a twist: 15 calendars sold will also include a golden ticket with a voucher code for £1,000 to spend at Elemis.
As with last year, the products include a full size Pro-Collagen Marine Cream, a travel size Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm, a Pro-Collagen Eye Revive Mask, and an Elemis cleansing cloth and headband. This is one of my favourite single brand advent calendars every year, and definitely my favourite for skincare only.
£199
Price at
Elemis
11. Charlotte Tilbury - Charlotte’s Beauty Treasure Chest of Love
Best make-up advent calendar
We like: the mini setting spray is perfect for travelling
12 days, 12 products worth £243
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next day for £5.95
Our product highlight: Magic Lip Oil Crystal Elixir (full size)
Charlotte Tilbury’s beauty advent calendar of 2024 is here, and we finally know all the details. Inside the 12 drawer calendar are 12 bestsellers including three full-size products and nine travel-sizes.
The products include full sizes of the Beauty Light Wand in Pinkgasm, full size Hyaluronic Happikiss in Pillow Talk, full size Magic Lip Oil Crystal Elixir and minis of the Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray, Lip Cheat and more.
£170
Price at
Charlotte Tilbury
12. John Lewis Beauty Advent Calendar
Best beauty advent calendar with prizes
We like: the amount of heritage, trusted brands
25 days, 32 products worth more than £900 (saving of at least £705)
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next day for £7.50
Our product highlight: Living Proof Full Shampoo and Conditioner (both 60ml)
All the big names, with all the best products. John Lewis has again rounded up the best of its beauty department with a familiar edit of full size and deluxe bestsellers along with a few new entries to warmly welcome the festive season. Prizes hidden inside include 10 £500 John Lewis gift cards, 30 Elemis facial vouchers and spa breaks.
Its 32 gifts - one more than last year - include a Laura Mercier Caviar Stick, Sunday Riley Luna Sleeping Night Oil, Bobbi Brown Smokey Eye Mascara, Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Lip Protectant and a OUAI hair mask. 20 of the 32 items are full size.
£195
Price at
John Lewis
13. Nuxe Advent Calendar
Best bodycare beauty advent calendar
We like: the minis are great for holidays
24 days, 24 products
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is up to two working days for free
Our product highlight: Prodigieux® Floral Scented Shower Gel
Parisian cosmetics brand Nuxe has launched a 24 product beauty advent calendar this year, packed with the glittery body oils, shower gels and moisturising creams it’s known for. Everything is packed inside a sparkly pink and gold cardboard calendar.
It’s worth noting that this calendar contains travel sizes only, hence the sub £100 price, but it’s fun to have a small taste of Nuxe’s range of products, whether it’s the Huile Prodigieuse Florale, the Rêve de Miel Lip Moisturising Stick, the Merveillance Lift Concentrated Night Cream or the Prodigieux le parfum.
£82
Price at
Nuxe
14. Augustinus Bader The 12 Days of Bader Advent Calendar
Best anti-ageing beauty advent calendar
We like: the scientifically backed formulas
12 days, 12 products worth £659 (saving of £214)
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next day for £5
Our product highlight: The Rich Cream (30ml)
Augustinus Bader was founded by its namesake, a German biomedical scientist and physician who specialises in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. All that is to say that these formulas are supremely scientifically backed, focusing on reawakening aged cells without surgery. Think amino acids, vitamins and peptides.
Inside this 12 day advent calendar, you’ll find Augustinus Bader’s Cream Cleansing Gel, Essence, Rich Cream, Face Oil, Eye Patches and Serum.
£445
Price at
Space NK
15. Acqua di Parma Beauty Advent Calendar
Best luxury fragrance advent calendar
We like: the scent of Italy at Christmas
25 days, 25 products
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is 1-3 days for free
Our product highlight: Colonia fragrance (12ml)
Acqua di Parma’s beauty advent calendar is hotly anticipated each year. Inside this year’s are 25 handcrafted Italian inspired fragrances behind 25 doors, for each day of advent and Christmas day.
You can look forward to the scents from the Signature of the Sun range, the Blu Mediterraneo collection and the Classic Colonia Collection as well as candles, shower gels, lotions and soaps.
£457
Price at
Acqua di Parma
16. Molton Brown Advent Calendar
24 products worth £313 (saving of £88)
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next day for £7.95
Our product highlight: Rose Dunes Eau de Parfum travel case refill
A favourite of the late Queen, Molton Brown is known for its luxurious bath and body products. This year’s limited edition calendar was designed by marble artist Natascha Maksimovic.
It includes classic scents like Orange and Bergamot, Fiery Pink Pepper and Heavenly Gingerlily along with deluxe sizes of the Mandarin and Spice collection.
£225
Price at
Molton Brown
17. Jo Loves 2024 Advent Calendar
Best designed beauty advent calendar
We like: the box will make an excellent Christmas decoration once empty
25 days, 25 products worth £769 (saving of £394)
Available to buy now
Free delivery
Our product highlight: Black Cashmeran and Tonka Fragrance Paintbrush
Jo Loves produces the best designed beauty advent calendars every year. Last year the calendar was housed in a giant bauble, made in partnership with Warner House. In the years preceding that, there’s been a house of cards, a wreath and a star. This year it’s a giant ski chalet, inspired by Jo’s own family ski trip to Whistler in Canada.
Packed with home fragrance, perfumes and body mists, the Jo Loves 2024 calendar includes 25 products, including a gift voucher for a 100ml fragrance of your choice. There’s also an exclusive Salted Caramel Candle, a new Black Cashmeran and Tonka Fragrance Paintbrush and an Amber Lime and Bergamot Bath and Shower Gel.
£375
Price at
Jo Loves
18. Bamford Twelve Days of Joy
Best sustainable beauty advent calendar
We like: everything is useful - nothing will go to waste
12 days, 12 products worth £270 (saving of £75)
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next day for £7
Our product highlight: Geranium Hand and Body Wash (250ml)
For the first time, Bamford is launching an advent calendar this year, focused on bath, body and home rather than makeup, perfect for a home bird. There’s Geranium Body Wash, Lip Balm, Bath Oil and a Sky Fig Candle.
Everything is packaged inside an illustrated green and white box made from FSC certified paper, so you can recycle it or hold onto it as a keepsake.
£195
Price at
Bamford
19. MAC Gift of Gold Advent Calendar
Best beauty advent calendar for full-sized products
We like: 18 of the 24 products are full-sized
24 days, 24 products worth £445 (saving of £265)
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next day for £6.50
Our product highlight: MACstack Mascara in Black Stack
MAC’s advent calendar this year is bursting with surprises. You can expect both familiar favourites and impressive newness for all contours of the face. Its 18 full-sized gifts include six lipsticks and lip glosses, a lip primer, eyeliner, mascara and there’s also a mini lip pencil. This is a great advent calendar both for full-size and limited edition products - not currently available elsewhere on MAC’s website.
£180
Price at
MAC
20. Ted Baker Toiletries & Grooming Advent Calendar
Best beauty advent calendar for men
We like: the range of products, from cleansers to masks and moisturisers
24 days, 24 products
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next day for £4.95
Our product highlight: Firm Hold Hair Clay
Beauty advent calendars aren’t just feminine focussed. This Ted Baker Toiletries and Grooming Advent Calendar, sold on Boots, has a great range of products more directed to the male market. There’s beard wash, beard balm and shaving soap as well as hair clay, cleansing bars and body washes. The scents lean towards woody and musky: think fig leaf, cedar patchouli and vetiver.
£46
Price at
Boots
21. Boots 24 Days of Luxury Beauty Advent Calendar
Best skincare advent calendar
We like: half of the calendar contains full-size products
24 days, 24 products worth £365.87 (saving of £266.87)
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next day for £4.95
Our product highlight: Sol de Janeiro Cheirosa 76 Perfume Mist
Every year, we count on Boots for a well-priced but equally well-packed advent calendar and as usual, they haven’t disappointed. This 24 Days of Luxury Beauty Advent Calendar contains 24 products - half of which are full-size - but costs just £99, making it one of the cheaper options on this list.
The impressive 14 full-size products include a Fenty Beauty Icon Velvet Liquid Lipstick, a Huda Beauty Lip Blush Creamy Lip Stain in Rosy Kiss and a Sol de Janeiro Cheirosa 76 Perfume Mist. Other familiar brands include Philip Kingsley, Urban Decay, No7 and bareMinerals.
£65
Price at
Boots
22. Diptyque Advent Calendar
Best candle advent calendar
We like: as expected from the Parisian brand, opening every drawer is an experience
25 days, 25 products
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is up to three working days for £5.95
Our product highlight: Sapin candle (70g)
Diptyque’s long awaited beauty advent calendar has finally been released and unsurprisingly, it’s mostly packed with candles, although you can expect eau de toilettes, eau de parfums, solid perfume, cleansing hand and body gel, interior spray and even Christmas tree decorations. Scents include Sapin (pine tree), Étoile (star) and Friandise (sweet treat). Everything is packaged inside a box in the shape of a sewing box, which can be reused after Christmas. At £390, it’s certainly a luxury, but aren’t all advent calendars?
£390
Price at
Diptyque
23. Manucurist Let It Glow Advent Calendar
Best nail polish advent calendar
We like: the range of nail polish, nail care and accessories
24 days, 24 products
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is up to four days for free
Our product highlight: Active Glow all-in-one treatment
Eco-friendly nailcare company Manucurist are selling a “Let It Glow” advent calender this year with 24 full-size products. As expected, there’s a range of nail polish, but there’s also active treatments like oils and nail masks, plus nail care tools like nail files and cuticle pushers.
The colours include Hortencia, a pale pink, Dune, a beige colour and Crème, a milky off-white. There’s also hand cream, a base coat, top coat and a corrector pen. The nail polishes are all non-toxic and made from mostly natural ingredients, including potato, corn, cassava and cotton.
£139
Price at
Manucurist
24. Sephora Advent Calendar 2024
Best beauty advent calendar for choice
We like: the fact they’ve managed to squeeze 40 products into 24 days
24 days, 40 products worth more than £1,000 (saving of at least £801)
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next day for £4.95
Our product highlight: Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Tinted Lip Oil in Happy (full size)
Still fairly new to the UK, this is only Sephora’s second multi-brand offering but don’t let the lack of experience put you off: this advent calendar is packed to the brim with 40 products - yes you heard that right - 24 of which are full-size, all packed into 24 days. That means most days you’ll have two products in each drawer.
Inside is a selection of Sephora’s bestsellers. There’s a full-size of Rare Beauty’s Soft Pinch Tinted Lip Oil in shade Happy, a full-size Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant, MoroccanOil Treatment Oil, Olaplex No.9 Bond Protector and a Glossier You Eau de Parfum Rollerball. You can really expect a range of products in this one.
£199
Price at
Sephora
25. Jo Malone Beauty Advent Calendar
Best fragrance advent calendar
We like: the chance to try so many different Jo Malone scents
25 days, 25 products
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next day for free
Our product highlight: English Pear and Sweet Pea (9ml)
This year, Jo Malone London’s 25-drawer calendar is housed in an festively decorated case, filled with miniature colognes, travel candles, bath and body products and one 30ml cologne.
As far as we know, products include Wood Sage and Sea Salt Body Cream, mini colognes of English Pear and Sweet Pea and Myrrh and Tonka and a Lime, Basil and Mandarin hand cream.
£360
Price at
Jo Malone
26. Cowshed Christmas Hamper Advent Calendar
Best beauty advent calendar for stocking fillers
We like: the excellent accessories - a sleep mask, scrunchie and a button gua sha
12 days, 12 products worth £483 (saving of £233)
Available to buy now
Quickest delivery is next day for £6
Our product highlight: a button gua sha
Cowshed’s Advent Calendar will be packed with skincare essentials to take you from morning to night. Whether it’s a body wash, exfoliator or candle, there’ll be everything you need for gifting, stocking fillers and overnight stays.
But it’s the packaging that makes this advent calendar stand out. Each product is individually boxed with an easy peel sticker so you will be able to regift anything you don’t love, and the boxes will be presented within a wicker basket.
£250
Price at
Cowshed
Best beauty advent calendars available to pre-order
27. Fortnum’s Beauty Advent Calendar 2024
Best beauty advent calendar for products
We like: not just skincare and make-up, also a make-up bag and eye mask
25 days, 27 products worth more than £1,080 (saving of at least £265)
Available to pre-order, dispatch after October 21
Our product highlight: Creed Aventus For Her (10ml)
This is only the sixth beauty advent calendar from the 316 year-old department store, but it’s already leading the pack. Their 27-product calendar is available for pre-order and is worth over £800 more than what you pay, thanks to each product being full-sized.
It has one of the best ranges of any we’ve seen yet, with skincare, haircare, fragrance, home accessories, a makeup bag and eye mask. The curated selection includes Aromatherapy Associates De-Stress Bath and Shower Oil, Cult51 Molecular Hydration Elixir, a Charlotte Posner Hair Scrunchie and a Fortnum & Mason Votive Candle.
£265
Price at
Fortnum & Mason
28. Look Fantastic Iconic Beauty Advent Calendar 2024
Best value beauty advent calendar
We like: so many of the products are full size
27 products worth more than £565
Available to pre-order now, dispatching until October 31
Our product highlight: Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine Cream (full size)
Last year, we considered the Look Fantastic beauty advent calendar to be the best value out there and this year looks set to top it. Products this year are worth £565, despite it being one of the few beauty advent calendars to cost just £100.
Inside are 27, yes, 27 products from Look Fantastic’s most luxurious brands including Sol de Janeiro, Estee Lauder and Elemis. There’s full sizes of Sol de Janeiro’s Delicia Drench Perfume Mist, Medik8 Press and Glow and Mac Lustreglass Lipstick plus useful travel sizes of Estée Lauder’s Night Repair Serum, First Aid Beauty’s Pure Skin Face Cleanser and Ultrasun Face SPF30.
£100
Price at
Look Fantastic
Best beauty advent calendars with waitlists open
29. Selfridges Beauty Advent Calendar
Best beauty advent calendar for products across the board
We like: the edit feels very hand-picked
25 days, 25 products worth £1,024 (saving of £774)
Waitlist open now, on sale October 8
Our product highlight: Gisou Wild Rose Hair Fragrance (50ml)
Including 22 full sized editor-approved products and 38 overall (six more than last year), Selfridges’ 2024 calendar allows you to delve into its famous beauty hall in your bathroom and beyond.
Among the 38 gifts are a Neom Luxury scented candle, Refy Lash Sculpt, Charlotte Tilbury Magic Water Cream, Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb and a Selfridges Concierge gift card.
Join the waitlist nowat Selfridges
Beauty advent calendars we loved (but have sold out)
The Harrods Beauty Advent Calendar
Was £250, Harrods
Best luxury beauty advent calendar
We liked: every day of advent will be a taste of Harrods’ beauty hall
25 days, 25 products worth £1,599 (saving of £1,349)
Sold out
Quickest delivery was next day for £12
Our product highlight: Dr. Barbara Sturm Face Cream (20ml)
Unsurprisingly, the ever-popular Harrods beauty advent calendar was the first to sell out this year. Housed in its iconic moss green, Harrods’ beauty calendar is always the most luxurious gift and festive centrepiece in the run up to this year’s big day.
Its 25 gifts included the Clarins Super Restorative Day Cream, a 111SKIN Rose Gold Face Mask, Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine Oil – and 22 other full sized products. Harrods are also selling dedicated Fragrance and Hair and Body Advent Calendars this year.
Check for newsat Harrods
SpaceNK 2024 Beauty Advent Calendar
Was £250, Space NK
Best beauty advent calendar for trying new brands
We liked: the majority of products are from luxury brands
25 days, 34 products worth more than £1,200 (saving of at least £950)
Sold out
Our product highlight: K18 Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask
This year’s curated collection offered everything Space NK is known for: products from Paula’s Choice, Summer Fridays, Olaplex and Drunk Elephant. It was worth more than £1,200 - that’s £200 more than last year’s version - which made it one of the best value options on this list.
In terms of products, you could find a personal favourite of mine, the Medik8 Hydr8 B5 Intense, plus an Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush and Color Wow’s Extra Strength Dream Coat. Of the 34 products, 23 of them were full size.
Check for newsat Space NK
Cult Beauty 2024 Advent Calendar
Best beauty advent calendar for number of products
We liked: there’s more than one product inside each door
25 days, 40 products worth more than £1,100 (saving of at least £865)
Sold out
Quickest delivery was next day for £5.95
Our product highlight: Saie Sculpt Multi Use Cream Highlighting Blush in ‘Mauve Glow’
Having released four sold out calendars, Cult Beauty has yet to disappoint. This year’s set included beauty expert-approved products (including 20 full sizes) and on day 25 there were no fewer than six beauty products, for the ultimate Christmas pamper day.
The 40 gifts included a Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm, BYOMA Moisturising Rich Cream, Amika Soulfood Nourishing Mask, Gisou Honey Infused Hair Oil and mini Sam McKnight Shampoo and Conditioners.
Check for newsat Cult Beauty
Beauty advent calendar FAQ
What to look for in a beauty advent calendar
The key thing to look for in a beauty advent calendar is a good price which offers value for money. Look at how much the products in the advent calendar are worth compared to the price you’re paying to figure out how much you’re saving compared to buying each product individually. I’ve listed the worth under each calendar above, where I can, to help you out.
It’s also worth looking at how many products are inside as some have multiple behind each door – but beware the difference in value between travel and full size products. Finally, it always helps to choose a stylish calendar like the Liberty London or one that can be reused like the Cowshed.
When are most beauty advent calendars released in the UK?
The majority of popular beauty advent calendars will be released in September, although a few won’t be released until early October (last year these included Sephora, No. 7, John Lewis and Fenwick) and an even more select few aren’t available until early November.
What is the price range of beauty advent calendars?
The best beauty advent calendars can cost anywhere between £40 and £600, with the upper end of that populated by designer brands like Dior. Last year, you could buy a decent advent calendar for less than £100 thanks to Look Fantastic, Next, M&S, Boots and ASOS although the majority cost around the £200 mark.
