Beauty advents 2022 part 3 (so many SPOILERS)

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All your general beauty advent chat, reviews and discount codes.

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I thought it looked a bit TOO natural and not fun but what items appealed to you please ?

@diamondsandrose I've got it too, I agree it's more functional than fun so it's my second calendar. The serums and essential oil (for my diffuser) appealed, plus I've been wanting to try the natural deodorant, shampoo bar and Weleda skin food for ages but not enough to actually go and buy them. This seemed a good way to give them a go

I think Holland and Barrett is quite good for £35.

I've had the shampoo/conditioner bars before and I don't like them, but I wouldn't mind trying the natural deodorant, the shower gel, the Weleda body lotion, the cleansing balm and the face scrub

@diamondsandrose most of my beauty stuff has moved towards natural over last few years.

Fancied trying Vitaskin Vitamin C Cleansing Balm
Evolve Hyaluronic Serum ( I like evolve). The bamboo swipes will be good for me. The body wash I’ll use.

it’s more functional than fun but I’ve never had a beauty advent and the children and hubby always get themed ones.

Cult Beauty has £35 off today with code COUNTDOWN, they must be really struggling to shift these

That’s not enough. If they knocked, say, £70 off and included the glow bag, I’d probably bite.

I wonder if HN will drop? That's the one I was really interested in. Too much at £250 though. CB still not tempting me.

@MyOtherCarIsAHearse same here really, part of me thinks why would I bother just now as they might knock it down further in the next few weeks

I had H&B calendars for 2 years in a row. Found the first one was really good- lots of new and different brands to try! Was disappointed second time around snd ended up with loads of stuff that sat in my cupboard for ages.

Loved the Evolve serum and introduced me to other skincare brands e.g. Sukin that I hadn't previously tried.

I'd definitely recommend if you haven't tried H&B before.

@Couperi I'm interested in whether HN will be discounted too - it's the only other one I'm v tempted by right now.

My Degusta arrived today hooray - in a massive box but not that heavy. Guessing/hoping it's filled with loads of crisps!

CB was so far overpriced to begin with. They'll need to discount it to £150 ish before people start biting imo.

Still dithering over the JL but like a PP I think I'll wait to see if it comes down further.

next year will be very interesting won't it!

just looked at HN - too many vouchers for me, I'm not interested in needing to buy more stuff / shlep into the shops. Just a treat to make december a little brighter and some new / luxe products I wouldn't usually try. Not sure any of them really hit the mark this year.

I’m still waiting for the more expensive Rituals to drop, then that will be me done. I refuse to buy it otherwise.

It's the fragrances that I'm interested in. The vouchers seem wasteful to me as I'm not near a store. Agree about Degusta - It's a huge box!

Macmillan now £38 at Boots.

Me too @MyOtherCarIsAHearse I think the Rituals calendars are overpriced this year but would buy the premium one at a discount (looks like oos on their website though?)

I think Harvey Nicks have really misfired with their calendar. Only 12 full sizes - at 250 quid! - and five vouchers when they don't have many stores, making it a chore or impossible for a lot of potential buyers to use them. Looking at the vouchers, you'd need multiple trips to use them too. It smacks of them assuming a lot of the vouchers won't be redeemed, which is probably the case but feels a bit cynical of them.

I would have considered HN if it was discounted but they've just shut the shop in my city so that's a no now.

Hello another lurker here and have only just seen that the JL calendar has gone down in price. They wouldn't price match me or refund as it's over 35 days so I've had to re-buy it to return the original - will be keeping an eye now if it goes down further!! bonkers. Will be sending an email as it seems to depend on who you spoke to according to this thread :(

Can you return if after 35 days though? They also wouldn't price match me, I might email.

yes but only because of the extended xmas return period

Ah thanks -I've emailed them.

Some of the HN vouchers work in Liverpool but not all. Not sure if I would buy the calendar if heavily discounted.

Oooh I love her make up thanks 😊

What's the best deal on Sephora now?