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!

Today's product smells amazing. I do a hairmasks weekly so this will gladly used. Lovely product.

I got 2 items today - the hair mask and also a face mask - think it may have fallen down from no. 21?

@lovetheweekends it's probably the gift from 21 it seems keen on wandering about the calendar 😂

Yep - the face mask is day 21...worst kept secret ever as it keeps popping up all over the place!

Day 7 is Natura Siberica Natural Hair Mask (30ml)

I've had to link to the product on Natura Siberica's site as, weirdly, H&B don't actually seem to stock this.

Unfortunately, this is going straight into my swap/gift pile. I follow the Curly Girl method and this contains silicones so it's a no-go.

Hoping the hair mask is good as the hand cream from this range was lovely last year!

I didn't get the rogue face mask this morning and my no 21 is empty so let's hope it turns up somewhere else in the calendar

Hi all! I'm really impressed by the calendar. I'm another who normally has the M&S one but this one has been great. However, I tried the soap last night and thought it was really, really abrasive and made my face feel really tight, even after using loads of night cream to try to soothe it. I'm not brave enough to use it again I don't think! My cheeks were red for hours after. Really looking forward to using the hair mask though, and loving the shower gel.

That's strange NoNeedToArgue, I found the opposite with the soap. Left my skin feeling really soft, will definitely buy again.
Think I will use the hair mask on dd. My hair is quite oily and this is for dry hair so I'm worried will leave it a bit lank.

Yet again I have no item in my slot. That's two days in a row. I even went out to the recycling shed where I keep the boxes from deliveries to hoke through them all and there were no items at all in the box or lying around. Looked everywhere. I'm going to email H&B. So disappointed.

Oh bloody hell, @AllTheDogsIveLovedBefore - that's so rubbish!

As I said, I won't be using this so if you PM me your address, I'd be happy to pop it in the post to you.

Freaky that is so kind of you. Thank you so much.❤️ I will email them now and see what they say. I can't believe TWO consecutive items missing.

No problem! Do send me your address and I'll get it in the post.
It's so bad that you've had two items missing and we're only 7 days in!

I will try the hair mask tomorrow. I don't really have any specific mask I use so maybe I find a new one. The bodyshop had a washing puff, which I gave to dd again. I think she is getting most of the bodyshop stuff.

@tonsattingforbjudes that milk bottle tip is great! Going to try it. Pleased with the last two items I think this is a really good calendar, especially for the price. Also with less going on getting new false lashes/ lip gloss would be a bit sad. I got a good soap tray for the shower, it’s long and high up so might put the cleaner bar at the dry side of this. Got the soap tray as trying to reduce plastic and use more soap although I must admit having gone back to some shower gels for a bit of luxury, I have cut down so that is an improvement. Must admit we had lovely snow this week and my daughter enjoyed it so much. The weather predictions for now more snow today made me think again should try to do more...

I have a couple of these soap dishes and they are excellent. They are unobtrusive and drain the soap really well so it doesn't get slimy. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/143809034010

Wow! Todays is just lovely!! I'm keeping this as a boxing day treat. I love that natural herby scent as well.

Very happy with today's! I love the smell. Didn't sleep brilliantly last night so am contemplating a morning bath with this to perk me up

How frustrating about your calendar @AllTheDogsIveLovedBefore I'm 😤 on your behalf! Hope customer services sort it out for you 🤞🏻

Today's is lovely, I love Weleda products, but I don't enjoy baths, lying there looking at the decorating jobs the room needs isn't very relaxing! Think I'll offer this one up to friends to see if anyone fancies it as a shame to go to waste.

Not that keen on baths, but think I might try today’s as a shower cream. Smell very strong but very lovely.

I love baths. Had a nice one last night but will have another one soon to use this

Day 8: Weleda Arnica Muscle Soak Bath Milk

I love this! The packaging has a very retro vibe, with the green glass bottle, and the Olbas Oil smell reminds me of my Gran. This is definitely the type of product she would have used

I used to do boot camp and this would be absolutely perfect to use after that. Unfortunately, I knackered my knee last year so I'm not quite up to boot camp at the moment, but it's almost worth going for a run in the rain to use this when I get back. A lovely product for the winter.

Yes, I'm really pleased with today's!

This is my second year of H&B and I think it's such great value with so many really useful things.

Love today's. The bottle looks like medicine! Smells divine. Excited to try this. Been pleased with this calendar overall, excellent price point and I love trying new products. This and Birchbox will see me through the next year happily!

Today's looks fab, smells amazing...my number 21 is empty too!