Holland & Barrett Advent Calendar 2020 - discussion/swap thread

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Thread for discussing the contents of the lovely Holland & Barrett 2020 advent calendar.

Please - no spoilers! Can we agree not to give away what's behind each door before that day?

See you all on 1st December!

Love a serum! No idea if they do anything long term, but have be religiously using Clarins double serum for a few years just in case! Happy to mix it up.

Those that used the BB cream - did you moisturise first or not? Ta

Those that used the BB cream - did you moisturise first or not?

I did but my skin is quite dry. I might experiment tomorrow though, and do serum + BB cream and see how that works.

I also moisturise first too as o don't think you apply enough BB to replace it, IYSWIM? But def worth experimenting to see what works for you.

@Jumbojem

This one looks nice. Hoping it's good as it's £30 for 30ml on they link so it's pricey. Those mentioning the value, we got 10ml of this today which is not bad given the cost for the 30ml. I am happy so far anyway. My door 21 is empty but nothing extra has cropped up in any of my doors yet so still hopeful it's there somewhere!

You are right Jumbo. I'm being a little grumpy

I’ve already opened the whole calendar for, erm, Nadvent, and my door 21 item had fallen into the one below.

I just remembered I had bought myself one of these way back in Sept - so had 3 doors to open.
Pretty please so far, all things I'll actually use. Much better than the Liberty GWP from September which had 5 flipping face washes!!

Wow what a gorgeous smelling product today's is!

I'm never sure if we're allowed to say what the product is or not at 1st but this is lovely.

Yes was really pleasantly surprised this morning with the product. Nice to get a full size item too.

Yay for today!! Full size gorgeous smelling product I will definitely use. Very happy

Meant to say, I have the BB cream on today. I did moisturiser as wearing a mask all day is giving me a dry chin/mouth, so need extra. Looks good though. Since lockdown I'm wearing less makeup so a gentle colour is good.

I'm never sure if we're allowed to say what the product is or not at 1st but this is lovely

I think other threads have agreed to reveal products after 7am on the day - would that be Ok with everyone?

I will carry on putting in product links later on, once I'm "at work"

Definitely from 7. If people haven't opened by then they can avoid the thread. Excellent gift today.

Lovely treat this morning! Also 25% off buying it again!

Very happy with today's I've never tried this before and it smells gorgeous!

Lovely present today, will look forward to using it

I agree 7am is reasonable for discussing too. Todays body wash does smell lovely, I might use this later. Early days but I'm enjoying our calendar so far.

chocolate - what a fab thing to suddenly remember having in the cupboard!

Yea, I wasn't sure either about revealing the product but 7am is very reasonable!

Very happy with this, was wary of Turmeric being in the title, but smells lovely!

Just came on to say I can't find yesterday's item. Did anyone else not get theirs? It doesn't seem to have fallen down the back either like Day 2. A lot of the doors have come undone. Not very impressed with the quality of how the calendar is made.

@Hellofayearsofar - that's a shame! Yesterday's item was a small glass bottle of serum, so I don't think it would have moved around inside the calendar like the sachet did. I hope I'm wrong and it turns up though!

Day 4: Ayumi Turmeric and Argan Oil Body Wash Full size (250ml)

I was also slightly wary of the tumeric but this actually smells gorgeous, very fresh. I've just started a large bottle of shower gel so won't try this out for a while but I'm really looking forward to using it. The 25% off voucher is a nice touch too.

This looks great. Loving the full size.

I like the product and the size. I think next year I will go for a calendar with bath/shower/simple creams stuff only and Origins calendar. I have bodyshop, which I like apart from today's hair bands. I am not so sure about the H&B products on previous days.

Love today’s . Smell divine and I used it as bubble bath . Would buy again definitely.

Day 1 Smells good . Blends in well but not moisturising enough for my mature skin.
Day 2 Used today , went on well and colour is good for me. Would possibly buy again .
Day 3 Used today , a bit sticky . Don’t usually use a serum so not sure what I’m looking for ?

Today's smells lovely! However, I might gift this for Christmas as the bottle is lovely and I only use soap

Yesterday's serum seemed nice but I got a bit of irritation after using it last night. Anyone else?

I'm actually still using up last year's Vitamin C serum from the H&B calendar which I love!

This is the first time I've had a beauty advent calendar and got it due to recommendations on MN.

Loving it so far and really pleased with the full size body wash today. Smells gorgeous.

@XmasLockdown, I really recommend the Rituals one - I had that in November with H&B for this month (what can I say, it's been a crap year), and I was delighted with it - loads of lovely bath and shower stuff.