Beauty advent calendars 2024 #2

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With just under 3 months to go until 1 December, there are some big decisions to be made! Thread to discuss advent calendars while we wait for more content revelations and release dates.

Thread 1 - https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/styleandd_beauty/5108657-beauty-advent-calendars-2024

Fenwicks, Elle and OK I think?

Full Spoilers for OK are here with a photo so you can get a feel for sizes. Too much makeup for me but I think with the offer it will be £90 which is not too bad

Thanks @Puravida23 . Some items are ok but I agree about make up. Is that 4 lip / eye liners?

Yeah it’s very stick heavy . I must admit when I saw Hannah holding the box I thought it looked quite small now we know why

Just seen the spoilers for thr MAC advent. Very disappointed with the selection, pretty much the same as last year, too many lipsticks in very similar shades. Will be giving this one a miss.

@SoloCat @Puravida23 @Branster
Fragrance number 3 was cancelled due to my address.
Order number 4 placed this afternoon, there is no longer an option 5 to select!
This time she drilled down into my address and Guernsey was selected not UK that they had been trying to send number 2 and 3 too.
Payment made and maybe it will get dispatched, it better be worth it!

Not impressed by OK, not a fan of many.of those brands.

Waiting it out for John Lewis and Selfridges.
Have pre ordered the House of Fraser advent box.

There was a recent Elle article on best advent calendars and they didn't mention their own, so I don't expect they'll do one this year.

I do hope you get it - they have messed you around so much. But it sounds a bit more hopeful now. N

In that case Fenwicks may be the last one to come, if it does.

Decisions decisions decisions...

Elle and Fenwicks don't usually seem to sell particularly well, so it wouldn't surprise me if, like NAP, they've given up. Beauty is such a competitive market now.

I've noticed that a number of calendars appear less generous than they've been in the past (M&S, Boots and CB, I'm looking at you). I wonder whether it's just becoming unaffordable for brands with rising costs, and beauty advents are now on the decline.

Some others will probably need to offer discounts to shift stock (e.g. Harvey Nics and Selfridges) so may also give up in future years.

I've just watched a Boots unboxing and it's full of minis. More like a good gwp might have been a few years ago, rather than something you pay £100 for.

That's true, M&S used to be SUCH a bargain when it was around £25-35 and full of good full size products.

That’s one big nightmare. Hopefully you’ll receive it soon, the stress of all the chasing is not exactly a great experience. I’m sure all of that will dissipate once it arrives though. 😊

That said, the lipstick shades look good in Boots

I really liked the Fenwicks 12 day advent last year. It had lots of full sized good products, but I only bought it as they were offering a good gwp. I already had the JL calendar so opened the Fenwicks one between Christmas and New Year.

I liked the look of Selfridges too. I messaged them on Instagram to ask the release date and apparently they don't know!

There's a store near me... thinking I can get down there on release day. I'm sure I saw on their website it was an October release

Good Luck @Isabelle70 . Hopefully fourth time lucky. It’s is definitely worth it. but Harrods have made it very hard work

Decisions made .. Harrods for me and Space nk for DD19 .
We might do the odd swap if we get any DoD's / things the other one prefers !

Was hoping OK would be better as Hannah Martins Christmas box last year was fab. This year why all the pencils .. and the brands are boring.

Might get LF or Sephora in the unlikely event of any reductions.

I do like a Jadvent ...even a beauty box would do I just dip in like it's an advent . Will follow this thread for bargain spotting !

I have a blue light card but don't think Sephora or Cult beauty are including their advents and as far as I know they are the only beauty retailers on blue light.

I don’t know how I missed niche beauty one but there’s actually loads of new interesting things in there and a lot of really good sizes too x

Blue light works for Flannels making it £166.50

Hi,

Someone was asking about the ESPA advent calendar. Allbeauty are selling one for £157.50:

https://www.allbeauty.com/

They are also selling a William Morris a/c and a couple of others.

This code takes 15% off orders over £100:

VCUK15

It works on the a/c bringing it down to £133.87

Last year I bought Sarah Jossell from latest in beauty for my DD and she loved it - bargain price under £50 from TikTok shop. And grooming one for DS. Can't see similar this year though.

I saw a preview of Fenwicks somewhere, IIRC it has a circus themed box. It looked quite good so if it stacks with a GWP I may go for it.