M&S Beauty Advent Calendar 2023 Opening Thread

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Roll up, roll up, there doesn't seem to be an M&S thread that we can find yet, so please join in to discuss here!

General rules: please don't disclose what the product is until after 7am on the day that it's due to be opened. No spoilers, if you want to open in a different order then go ahead, but please only discuss the product on or after its specific opening date here!

Happy opening everybody, enjoy!

I use a lot of hand cream, so am happy to get another one 😍

Another hand cream today but I love hand cream and use loads of it so I'm happy with this. Not opened it yet as I have about 6 hand creams already on the go!

I was pleased to get the hand cream - was just tidying the bedroom so I put it in my bedside drawer with my tweezers and my magnesium (how to say you are peri without saying you are peri....).

But it smells a bit manly for me maybe. I'm not a terribly girly girl and hate sweet sickly smells but I thought dh had come back from the gym early.....

I had an apothecary hand cream last year and it was brilliant so happy with this. I use a lot of hand cream too!!!

I'm loving the handcream as well, as I use a lot of it, and I really like the Apothecary range. Haven't opened it yet but looking at the ingredients it looks like it will have the sort of fragrance I like - woody and warm.

I am pleased with today's too.

I use a lot of hand cream & it's good to try a new one.

I can't believe how quickly the days have gone and we only have 3 boxes left to open

Disappointed to get another hand cream. Happy to send this as a swap if anybody wants it.

@SgtJuneAckland thabknyou,thats a good idea, I'll keep an eye out!

I like the smell of today's hand cream, it's quite wintery and warm I think.

Anyone else expecting something much more dramatic with all the extra tissue paper? It does smell nice, much better than the pink blossom L'O one!

I've been away a few days so a bit behind.

Not excited by the red nail varnish as I don't paint my nails often, and when I do it's never red. Might do them for Christmas though.

Very happy with the shower gel.

Hand cream not great for me as I'm drowning in it already. May add it to a Christmas gift.

My initial enthusiasm for the Dr PawPaw has worn off as it's annoying me how much effort is needed to get any product out (not surprised to see someone's burst out the bottom 😁).
Also finding the REN cleanser too runny for my liking. It's fine but I won't buy it.

Hoping for some good items to finish 😊

@Buster27 same here on the Dr PawPaw front! I quite liked it at first even though my tube split so I was squeezing it out of the bottom, but after a few nights of using it I feel like my lips are dry so I've gone back to my Nuxe!

Hmm, not sure about today...

I have opened the last few due to Christmas organising. What was today’s again?

Apothecary clay mask today, will give this a try!

I love masks and have been hoping for more skincare items so looking forward to trying this over Christmas.

I'm liking the look of this mask too, I rarely use face masks but I'll def try this.

I've chucked my Paw Paw out cos it was split at the bottom and when I tried to apply it from that end it was just all big globby bits! Doesn't even feel nice or smell of anything. So I've gone back to my Hotel Chocolat lip balm I got in their AC last year. Far better and smells of chocolate.

I’ve cut my nails really short and put the red polish on and really pleased with it, very Christmassy.

I’m another drowning in handcream but it will get used eventually, I used to have to use it all the time but since I had patch testing for eczema and switched to bar soap at home I don’t really use it as much, it’s only at work where we have harsh liquid soaps that I use it regularly now, but I still keep buying it if I see a nice one!

I like the look of the clay mask, I haven’t used that type for years, I have had one or two hydrating types from Boots advent calendars but they have always stung my face.

I've given the Pawpaw lip stuff to ds, whose lips are really cracked and sore.
I'll use today's if dd doesn't want it, as I quite like a clay mask and have stopped buying sheet masks for environmental reasons.

I've cheated and opened the last couple, as we're having a tidy. 25 is the best, and the reason I bought the box. The bag is total shit, but I'll use it to store fabric scraps, as it's not even good enough for the charity shop and I don't just want to bin it.

Overall, I think 25 plus the shower gel and the Leighton Denny stuff has made it worth it for me.

I love a clay mask and my one has just run out so this is excellent.

I have painted my toes alternate gold and red like the child I am and very festive they look too

I tend to steer clear of masks as a rule as they usually irritate my face. However, I'm going to give this a try after Christmas - a nice long bath and a relax when DH is watching the footie.

Just tried the Shay and Blue (?) perfume from earlier. Oh it's really not nice and I've been trying to wash it off 😷

I love a clay mask so happy with today's.

Oh I do like a good clay mask. Might stick this on later in a desperate attempt not to look like a dishevelled gremlin come Xmas morning!

Would you swap for the brow gel as that's something I won't use?

Sorry, @MrsWidgerysLodger but I won't really use the brow gel either.