Beauty Advent Calendars 2021 Thread 3 - Decisions Decisions! (Spoilers included)

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Hope it’s ok to have started the thread as we seemed to run out of the last one a bit quickly! And I was really enjoying the thread and reading everyone’s thoughts.

I started reading the first one determined not to buy one this year.

Currently I have the Rituals one and have just ordered the Origins 12 Day one for the 12 days of Christmas!

Let the chat and decisions continue!

Regarding sorting and sorting like others I have my stash sorted into bags of cleansers, toners etc. Now that travel is back on the cards I will use them up that way.

@layby

Code NEW15 takes LF calendar to £72.25.

Yes but the code only applies to new customers.

@HundredMilesAnHour I am not a new customer and it worked on account I had ordered before. I used the app.

Gah, I just bought my Dsis some Estée Lauder perfume for Christmas on the Boots website so I could get £10 worth of points, and ended up checking out the EL Blockbuster set for £69 too. I got a free lipstick as well and over £30 of advantage card points for my £120 spend. Now I need to decide whether to give her the set too or keep it for myself.

@QueefofSheena that EL super set is really good. Boots is amazing atm - they stock so many brands and are just giving away advantage points for everything, they add up so quickly!

Giftwithpurchase it looks like a really good deal. I’ll gift the bits I know I won’t use so I don’t feel so bad about it. I’m still going for M&S and plan to get DM some thermal undies for the qualifying spend, so that’s another thing off my Christmas list. Makes me quite saintly 😇 really 😁

Can't seem to find an image of all the LF ac products this year which is odd. They must be aware that it doesn't look good.

Watched a CB unboxing on YouTube and it looks fab!

@QueefofSheena haha I'm planning on doing exactly the same thing with M&S ... saintly indeed 😇

There is a cath kids on calendar on tk Maxx for £19.99

Not sure if anyone is interested

@QueefofSheena and @Giftwithpurchase - that EL set at Boots looks amazing value. I spent ages yesterday trying to justify it but I just couldn’t. I don’t need it and wouldn’t have anyone to gift bits to really. My mum would have loved it.

I went to Boots today and got some Clinique samples to see if my skin can tolerate them. I got five days worth and if it's ok I might get Clinique calendar. I used their products before without problems.

Net a Porter is back in stock.

Jumping on as I've just been gifted the Elemis calendar as a birthday present. I'm unlikely to wait till December so if anyone wants a review/sneaky peek let me know.

My husband has bought me the Liberty calendar as an anniversary present and I’ve bought my 18 year old dd the glossy box calendar. I got the h and b one last year and really liked it. Looking forward to December the 1st! In 2019 I went a bit calendar crazy and got pretty much every one going apart from cult beauty, my favourite then was beauty expert. Really fab full size products and reasonably priced. Not sure if they’ve got one this year.

Does anyone else think the candle in the CB calendar smells horrendous?

My CB hasn't arrived yet despite it being due today but I'm not going to open it until December anyway, or can you smell it through the box?

@MrsMcCluskeysCat I could smell it through the box I had to remove it 😂

Is anyone going for the Aldi one?

Does anyone know if the value is the same as if you were to just buy the items in store?

[quote ChuddleyCannons]@MrsMcCluskeysCat I could smell it through the box I had to remove it 😂[/quote]
Oh no maybe I will have to do the same!!

Paul & Joe AC here for the cat loving beauty addicts amongst us
m.feelunique.com/p/PAUL-and-JOE-Make-Up-Collection-2021

[quote TracyBeakerSoYeah]Paul & Joe AC here for the cat loving beauty addicts amongst us
m.feelunique.com/p/PAUL-and-JOE-Make-Up-Collection-2021[/quote]
Oh I love that!

What’s Paul & Joe stuff like? It’s a lot to spend on a single brand calendar that I’ve never used or heard reviews of.

Saying that, the sizes are tiny.

[quote TracyBeakerSoYeah]Paul & Joe AC here for the cat loving beauty addicts amongst us
m.feelunique.com/p/PAUL-and-JOE-Make-Up-Collection-2021[/quote]
Yesssss! I thought it wasn't out until November 1st. Got 15% blue light discount and a fiver in my fu rewards so cost £78.

Was excitedly waiting for my cult beauty calendar to arrive yesterday but it didn’t. However, I then woke up this morning to a message claiming it was delivered at 7.32pm to my safe place. It hasn’t, I was in anyway and I haven’t authorised a safe place! Waiting for live chat to open now and hope they sort it out .

@HowToMurderYourLife

Was excitedly waiting for my cult beauty calendar to arrive yesterday but it didn’t. However, I then woke up this morning to a message claiming it was delivered at 7.32pm to my safe place. It hasn’t, I was in anyway and I haven’t authorised a safe place! Waiting for live chat to open now and hope they sort it out .

Mine hasn't turned up either, CB website said it was with Hermes and out for delivery yesterday but it didn't arrive and I've also had no communication from Hermes, they normally text/email to say we have received your parcel from X.

@HowToMurderYourLife noo!!! That's awful!