The Best of Beauty Advent Calendars
As we gear up for the holiday season, the excitement of counting down the days gets a stylish twist with beauty advent calendars. In this roundup, we’re diving into the best beauty advent calendars of 2023, spotlighting the ones that offer the most bang for your buck, the most luxurious finds, and the most diverse range of products.
Whether you're into makeup, skincare, or looking for a mix of both, we’ve got you covered. Our selection encompasses a range of price points and brands, ensuring there’s something for everyone. So, let’s dive into the world of beauty advent calendars and discover what makes each one of these curated collections a must-have this holiday season. Each day of December can bring a new beauty surprise, making the wait for Christmas morning even more delightful.
SpaceNK Beauty Advent Calendar
Price: £235, worth £1,000
Number of products: 33
Every year, the SpaceNK beauty advent calendar comes out with a bang and sells out early. This year it is home to 33 lust worthy beauty products from bestselling Space NK brands, including Charlotte Tilbury, Hourglass, Rare Beauty, Rose Inc, Tatcha, Augustinus Bader, Olaplex, JVN, and more. All 25 boxes are fit to bursting with on trend makeup, luxury skincare, salon-grade haircare, and the stuff bath & body dreams are made of.
Now sold out at SpaceNK.
ESPA Wellbeing Advent Calendar
Price: £175, worth £419
Number of products: 25
Take a walk in a Wellness Wonderland this Christmas, discovering harmonising gifts for the skin, senses and spirit with ESPA’s highly anticipated 2023 Luxury Wellness Advent Calendar.
Inspired by mother nature’s finest ingredients, ESPA’s Luxury Advent Calendar comprises of a collection of naturally powerful products, for the mind, body and spirit, allowing you to recreate a blissful and beautiful spa experience at home. Housed within luxurious packaging, ESPA’s unforgettable Advent Calendar is the perfect accompaniment to embrace a well-earned moment of mindfulness.
Available at ESPA.
Lumene Advent Calendar 24 Nordic Beauty Treasures
Price: £94.90
Number of products: 24
Celebrate the holiday season with Lumene’s luxurious Nordic Beauty Advent Calendar that delights daily with its 24 vegan must-haves. The colourful design, inspired by unique Nordic light, wraps our most exciting novelties and timeless bestsellers; 18 skincare and 6 makeup favorites. The calendar surprises with 6 full-size products, 5 serums and with a new, limited-edition blush shade only available in this calendar. Count down the days with Lumene’s reusable and recyclable calendar.
Available at Look Fantastic and John Lewis.
MAC Frosted Frenzy Advent
Price: £170, worth £487
Number of products: 24
Beneath its elegant silver exterior lies a festive pop-up of snowflakes and 24 meticulously curated surprises, 21 of which are full-sized products—a deviation from many advent calendars with mini-sized offerings. This calendar is a haven for lipstick lovers, boasting a variety of products from continuously buildable Macstack Mascara, lustrous Lustreglass Lipstick to smudge-resistant Colour Excess Gel Pencil Eyeliner, and hydrating Mini Mac Hyoer Real Skincanvas Balm Moisturising Cream. The neutral shades ensure a fit for a variety of skin tones.
Available at Mac Cosmetics.
Sensai Advent Calendar
Price: £308
Number of products: 24
What does the countdown to Christmas look like with Sensai? Well, it starts with a beautifully presented advent calendar, the design of which is inspired by Kirie, the Japanese art of paper-cutting, here articulated through traditional patterns that capture that magic of the season. Then, behind each of the 24 doors is revealed one of the brand’s innovative and indulgent products, from silky skincare to covetable make-up. Relish in Sensai’s limited edition advent calendar and celebrate twenty-four days of beauty with skincare, body care, and makeup items (including full-sized and charm-sized) from Sensai’s most coveted products.
Available at Sensai.
Rituals Premium Advent Calendars
Price: £185
Number of products: 24
Featuring 24 miniature houses, each day of Advent reveals a new surprise. From cosy cottages to bustling flagship store House of Rituals, every building is beautifully crafted and intricately detailed, creating a magical winter wonderland scene in your home. As a daily reminder and moment of holiday cheer, each house in the village and every window of their iconic flagship store House of Rituals holds a luxurious gift for you or somebody you care about.
Available at Rituals.
Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Lucky Chest Of Beauty Secrets Beauty Advent Calendar
Price: £160
Number of products: 17
Charlotte’s viral advent calendar is back and better than ever! Discover makeup magic and glowing skincare in every jewel-handed drawer of Charlotte’s Lucky Chest of Beauty Secrets! Unlock a selection of travel and full-size icons to make you look and feel like a star – from Charlotte’s award winning Magic Cream (travel size) and the social media sensation Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray (travel size) to a full size Hot Lips 2 Lipstick and many more.
Available at Charlotte Tilbury.
Lookfantastic Beauty Advent Calendar 2023
Price: £99, worth £565
Number of products: 27
This year's calendar includes over £565 worth of beauty treats to discover and holds a higher worth value than ever before! Packed with 27 products that spotlight some of the most highly acclaimed and luxurious brands in LOOKFANTASTIC'S beauty collection, such as NARS, MAC and Elemis, as well as editor's favourites such as Disciple, Coco & Eve and GRANDE Cosmetics. From beauty classics to exciting new discoveries, this year's calendar is brimming with beauty surprises to take you all the way to Christmas day.
Now sold out at Lookfantastic.
OPI Terribly Nice Mini Nail Lacquer 25 Day Advent Calendar
Price: £69.90
Number of products: 25
This year’s Advent Calendar features 25 mini nail lacquers including all 14 holiday collection shades, 10 popular iconic colors, RapiDry Top Coat and Start to Finish. Each mini is packaged behind a little door in the luxe gift box, offering 25 days of surprises. This is the ultimate OPI gift for beautiful nails all year long!
Available at OPI.
Paul & Joe Advent Calendar
Price: £86
Number of products: 24
Highly sought after every year, the advent calendar makeup coffret returns for its sixth incarnation. Faithful to the quintessentially PAUL & JOE feline theme, this year’s box boldly features designer Sophie’s beloved cats Gipsy and Nounette—by now well-loved by all of us, too! Guaranteed to boost the joy of anticipating Christmas, the calendar contains 24 flaps, one for each day of Advent.
Available at Sephora.
BEAUTYPRO ChristMASK Advent Calendar 2023
Price: £39, worth £56
Number of products: 12
Featuring 12 of BeautyPro’s award-winning, best selling sheet masks, the BeautyPro Advent Calendar is back for another year, due to popular demand! There’s a surprise behind each door, every day you will receive a full size BeautyPro product - including treatments for the Face, Eyes, Hands and Feet.Whether you’re looking for a present for a loved one, or fancy treating yourself this festive season, the 12 Days of Christmask Calendar provides everything you need for a pamper a day.
Available at BeautyPro.
Gaia Skincare Advent Calendar
Price: £175, worth £300
Number of products: 24
GAIA Skincare has launched their first ever Advent Calendar. Offering recipients, a luxurious selection of 24 skincare products, to surprise and delight every day until Christmas. The contents of the advent calendar has been carefully curated by GAIA’s team, to include a range of face, body and bath products; including full-size retail products, such as GAIA’s supportive Strengthening Fitness Gel, retinol-rich Eye Serum and soothing Sleep Balm.
Available at Gaia Skincare.