Beauty advent calendars....

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For those interested there's already some info coming out on this years beauty advent calendars... plenty of time for us all to debate and neurose about it all:

www.reallyree.com/?s=Advent%202018

I've been putting £5 away a week since last Christmas for this so I can purchase guilt free and as I organise the whole of Christmas for everyone then I think I should get a treat to look forward to. Personally I think I like the look of Harrods this time.

What do you all think?

What about L'Occitane ?

Oh pizza eater have you checked the reviews for £50 I would be returning it

Is the Benefit calendar out yet? I bought some for friends last year and was going to get them again.

For anyone who is interested, the Diptyque advent calendar can now be pre ordered from the Selfridges website. It says it's not available until Monday15th October, but you can pre-order it now and it will be shipped/ready to collect from Monday. I've just ordered mine! 😁

Liberty on sale in the morning :) who's going for it???

Tempted... I had LF last year and lots of people on here reckoned that was better but I get the boxes now and there's a lot of duplication with those so wanted to try something different. Need to decide today - this is my birthday present! How does John Lewis compare to Liberty, anyone?

The M&S one is £280!! Does it normally have an offer on nearer Xmas?

I am poised for the liberty one, loved it last year!

emma I can't remember the exact details but last year the M&S one was £35ish If you spent £60ish in store on certain stuff like beauty and clothing.

It's £35 for the M&S calendar plus £34 spend. No one is paying £260! Also I seem to remember people realising that you could just return your £35 spend and keep the calendar.

@maddjess I am because the inside matches our bedding and our wedding stationery so I will refill it each year for dc. Also getting the jo malone one as need a treat after a tough year. Will share it with DH!

So so tempted by the liberty one. Could order tomorrow morning... I don't think I will. Will go for something cheaper this year. The rise to near 200 just feels too much.

Liberty was on the site early - have just ordered. If anyone's still up - get over there now!

Liberty has gone live, just got mine and one for my best friend.

Got it :) I was gonna treat myself to jo loves too but it's gone for got liberty and Yankee candle 🤣

I ordered the Liberty one online. Quite excited! It's my first ever advent calendar since I was a kid (and I'm now in my 40s). It's been a rough year - and about to get rougher I think - so hoping the Liberty calendar will cheer me up through the dark days of December.

I’ve splurged on this again. Baby 3 is due at the end of November so I figured I should treat myself!

The EU delivery charge has gone down from £15 to £10 which was a nice surprise - I know lots of people were moaning about it last year.

Annoyingly Liberty is advertising a 10% discount on your first order if you sign up to their mailing list. I did it a few days ago intending to use it for the calendar but now they’ve cheekily excluded it being used for the calendar!

I really want the liberty one. But close to £200 and then postage on top seems very steep. But it's got such beautiful things in it!
I've had such a hard year and just given birth to Dc3 that I would love a treat. But it seems a bit indulgent.

I also wanted the elemis one but dithered and it's sold out now :(

Wondering whether to go for a cheaper one but I don't know what! I don't really want much make up - something with loads of skincare would be good!

I’m passing on the liberty. It’s a repeat product for product from the last 3 years. There’s so much fig candles I can take abd I grew up between fig trees. I know it’s their best selling items but it’s a no from me.

littlepooch what about Decleor? My mum got it for me last year and I’m hoping she’ll do so again! It’s all skincare - mainly face and some body care. It’s lovely and indulgent and great for some daily pampering after DC3!

Argh, I'm so back and forth on this. Was all set to get Liberty after watching the unboxing of Harrods on YouTube and thinking there were too many travel sizes, but there's quite a few things in Liberty I just don't want (Bobbi Brown clear lipgloss, aromatherapy associates rollerball, the lipstick -not my colour, the Dermatologica cleansing gel, pixiglow tonic, Eve Lom kissmix), seeing that list of 6 things has cemented it. Now thinking of the Space NK one as lots of things I haven't tried in there and lots of skincare which I like but the packaging looks a bit rubbish for such a high end calendar and again lots of little sizes. Will pop into Space NK tomorrow hopefully and have a look. In the meantime I keep checking if Liberty has sold out, and when it does I'll be sad, weirdo I know!

I loved Liberty last year and said id get it again. But its just the same brands and different product or scent. I dont even want it, but i keep looking at it Even though i have the Elle and John Lewis one, then waiting for Jo Loves, i feel like i need another one. I dont know what it is about opening little doors, but it excites me! If some of these products were bundled in a little box i wouldnt care, but the behind little doors, ill have them!😂

Waiting on jo loves? I assumed it had sold out?

I've got the Diptyque one and the White Company one and am so excited about both. I love the white company brand and it has loads of mini versions of products I've tried and loved, but not many candles- whereas the Diptyque one is mainly candles. Anyone else have either of these? Haven't opened them yet but the packaging is beautiful ❤️

Chloe Chloe that's a good idea about decleor - I'll have a look!

I think it had been available to pre-order, but i never recieved an email to do so! It says on the website it will be available again to order in November!