Beauty Advent Calendars 2021 Part 2: The Curse of the Drawers of Disappointment *Spoilers included*

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As you were everyone!

I'm still waiting for Rituals to appear in Boots but treated myself to a Bonne Maman jam advent calendar in Costco last night, it was only about £17 I think
I know it's not beauty but it's quite stylish (and delish!)

www.underthechristmastree.co.uk/selfridges-2021-exclusive-beauty-advent-calendar/

The Selfridges one looks nice!

@ajandjjmum though speaking to Selfridges customer services sounds grating!

I think that I might order the rituals one. I won't use it as a calendar - it just seems like a good way to try out their different products. I had a body scrub of theirs in the look fantastic calendar which I really like, so am be interested to try out some of their other stuff.

Net-a-Porter and Latest in Beauty… launch date, does anybody know?

Got fed up with Look Fantastic last year; what would you recommend in the region of £100? Early Xmas present for my nieces, need to buy 2 or 3, so £100 each is maximum budget. I had bought LF for the past two years but delivery last year was a nightmare.

@LaBrujaPiruja Feel unique had an AC around £120. Might manage to find some discount codes to bring it in budget.

The beautyadventcalendar website is brilliant (has an A to Z index) for sourcing info.

beautyadventcalendar.net

Latest in Beauty says 'coming in October...' so far, but I have signed up to be alerted when it goes on sale so will post when I hear.

It sounds like Latest in Beauty will just be doing a 24 piece beauty box again this year rather than an AC. They're going to release some spoilers this week.

Any views on the Niche beauty calendar (newly posted on @LizzieMacQueen’s link above). I rather like the contents and the bag of bags presentation. Also only two really bad DoDs - the AB cream and the laundry detergent .

But at £270 the costs seems really out of line with the other similar calendars, so another no for me.

I got an email from Latest in Beauty 4 days ago saying that the first spoilers for their advent calendar would be released in 3 days - but then nothing.

N-a-P were due to release their calendar yesterday and then didn’t. I wonder whether the broader supply chain issues are having an effect? Liberty have already announced one substitution in their calendar due to supply issues.

Thanks, all.

What is the substitution in the Liberty AC?

@LaBrujaPiruja, the hair oil has been replaced by a £15 Liberty voucher. Perhaps an improvement?

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There's an unboxing for rituals on YouTube if it helps. I was thinking of ordering it, but slightly put off by the fact that the items all seem really small, particularly for body products. Also there are 4 miniature candles, 3 body sprays (is this the 90s?), and one door contains a nail file.

The YouTuber is over the top enthusiastic about everything (including the nail file!), which makes it hard to judge how good it actually is. I've only ever tried one rituals product (which I did really like) so not being able to smell the stuff, I'm still on the fence about whether it's actually worth it.

M&S are hiring in my city...........
wonders if I should go undercover & apply to find out more about their elusive advent calendar 🤔😂

@TracyBeakerSoYeah

M&S are hiring in my city........... wonders if I should go undercover & apply to find out more about their elusive advent calendar 🤔😂

🤣🤣🤣

Thanks @AprilLady
Now desperate to get the Net-a-Porter AC. DH always buys Liberty for me, but this year is boring. I also got Space NK last year but I like NAP best this year.

@TracyBeakerSoYeah

M&S are hiring in my city........... wonders if I should go undercover & apply to find out more about their elusive advent calendar 🤔😂

Please do!

Degustabox is available: lp.degustabox.com/advent21orgfb/

I decided to order rituals to give it a try.

Was going to get next but changed my mind as it's mostly minis.

Now waiting impatiently for NAP.

Net a porter launch date of 4 October. According to the BAC website. Race you to it ....🏃‍♀️

Brill - thanks @LizzieMacQueen. Good to finally have a date!

@wheresmyshoe thank you for the link ..
I've just bought for my other half .. now I can get NAP for me haha

@LizzieMacQueen am putting NAP release date in the calendar now .. hopefully enough of us will get it we can have an opening thread 😊

There wasn’t any delay - my Space NK arrived today

Just ordered Degustabox! DD will be pleased. H&B arrived last week: I may get M&S but won't get any others apart from DD's beloved Haribo.

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