Fortnum & Mason beauty advent chat for December (1)

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Welcome lucky advent calendar holders!!

I've opened mine but look forward to chatting on the proper days during advent.

Please no spoilers xx

@LoveLabradors oh what a shame. Might be worth an email to F&M - you never know and it can’t hurt to ask for a replacement

I’m missing the gold eye mask. Will definitely contact them in the morning, as it is too expensive to ignore it! Plus it might be the magical cure for my tired looking eyes

@LoveLabradors I thought I might have yours but it's the illuminating one I got two of do sigh of relief. 🤣 I'd definitely be letting them know if something was missing. I've kept well awake

Not well aware, (posted too soon) well away from the contents list on the bottom as I don't want to spoil the Suorise. It was a very unexpected gift So I hadn't researched the contents beforehand.

I've been rubbish and need to catch up.

Happy with today's drawer

Another hit for me too today. I first used one of these after getting a little bottle in last year's Liberty and loved it so much that I bought the chest with 10 mini bottles, so I could try a load. They say to use quite a lot but I've found I hardly need any. A little goes a long way, so they last quite a while.

Very happy with the AA oil today. Love a bit of AA 😊. Got 2 masks yesterday as well so all good

Meant to add that F&M appear to be giving a nod to COVID with the hand sanitizer and this Support Breathe bath/shower oil. Lovely that thought has gone into the contents of this calendar, unlike another I could mention that appears to be a cobbled-together accumulation of leftovers (looking at you Liberty........)

The reviews for this are great, so looking forward to trying it. Apart from my missing eye mask grrr I am delighted with the calendar. Going to try customer services today.

I tried the facial scrub earlier - it's DIVINE! Really gentle but extremely effective. The bath oil (I used it in the shower) was great too but I am going to save it for occasional use, like if we get coughs or need a bit of a pick me up.

Love AA products @Fleecy I have the mini chest sitting under the Xmas tree and can’t wait to try more but this looks fab. Love eucalyptus so very pleased. Thought the Espa scrub was a body scrub so thanks @JemimaPyjamas I need to read the instructions properly 😂

It wouldn't last long if you used it as a body scrub!

Very true!

Pleased to try the Bum Bum cream, but slightly disappointed it’s so small.

I love the Bum Bum cream but yes, it is a shame it isn't a more generous size. The smell is very summery and I find it lingers well, so I don't wear perfume with it.

Not tried this before so pleased to see it. But agree on the size, the hair one was much bigger.

I’m not a lover of the bum bum cream, I’m not keen on the smell. So for me this the most (and only) disappointing item so far and it is very small.

Jury is out on todays room spray.

It is supposed to smell of ‘a sublime combination between the sweet and fruity notes of grapes and berries, the soft notes of violet and magnolia, and tannin invoking birch wood. The scent of a Tuscan red is perfect to provide a relaxing atmosphere to living spaces’ but initial impressions are that it’s a bit fruity and sickly.

I’ll try it again later though as I might change my mind.

Oh, I used the Bum Bum last night and LOVE it!

Agree on today’s - I definitely preferred the ginger and lime version. A little too sweet for me today.

I like the room sprays, they were the contents I was most looking forward to actually. I do like a sweet smell though. The Bum Bum cream is really tiny, it is disappointing for a body cream. It'll be gone in no time.

Well I'm very glad to have tried today's room spray in a calendar - not impressed but that's where calendars are good, saved myself a much pricier mistake on this scent!

I loved it - but then I like the sweetness of the Bum Bum cream. I prefer it to the previous spray but will use both quite happily.

I like both sprays (and I've really enjoyed using them and the Bramley pillow spray too) but I think todays is best in smaller amounts. I left it at one spray and it's plenty, but that means it'll last a while

I already use bum bum cream regularly, so I thought the little pot will be handy to refill and use as a travel size if I'm going anywhere for a couple of days.

I can imagine I'd be a bit disappointed in the amount if I'd never had it before, but I think there's enough there to decide whether or not to RP?