Beauty advent calendars 2024 #3

[virgocatlover]

Have we made our decision(s)?

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

Thread 2 - https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/styleandd_beauty/5156541-beauty-advent-calendars-2024-2

It’s definitely a bit random, @virgocatlover 😹

It's a string bracelet, bright blue with a dangly gold thing. I think you're supposed to put scent on the string. Think it's also associated with a charity they support.

My discounted ASOS box came today whilst I was at work. Luckily it was left in a discreet place and I was able to sneak it in the house unnoticed. Going to open it tomorrow when I'm the only one here.

I think I might also do the spreadsheet thing with my calendars (now I have 3 and counting. 😳Going to work out what I'm keeping, what I'm gifting and what I'm selling.

virgocatlover thank you for the 15% off The White Company...

Why though did they stop doing White Lavender? That was my favourite fragrance of all.

Ok so I think I got a good deal and want to share it with those who will understand my excitement ..

Initially really wanted space nk for myself . DD announces she would really really like it. I say why don't we share and I'll pay for it . No she says , I would want it to myself and therefore happy to have it as part of my Christmas , I'm not wanting much else .
Fair enough , but I really wanted Space NK as I liked the brands plus good value.
But I wasn't about to buy 2!

Cut to today. Someone was selling the recent September space nk GWP on Vinted . The big one with about 30 ish small sizes . It was said to be worth £300 plus and was free when you spent £175.
It's different to advent stuff I know but along the same lines , smaller sizes too but still nice to try.

I just got it for £60 plus postage !!
Am delighted ! That's my Nov or Jadvent sorted for £60 !

@virgocatlover thank you for the code! Much appreciated

I've also just joined TopCashBack - The White Company is on there, they're not on my usual one (Quidco).

Lots of the bits from the Space NK calendar are being listed on Vinted already

That's a good deal @diamondsandrose I wants that GWP but couldn't justify the spend at this point!

I noticed that too @pinkchampagne1 - seems I am not the only one who has absolutely no use for certain items 😹

I really want SpaceNK but keep telling myself that I don’t need it, it’s way over my budget and there are at least four things I would never ever use, (and, according to eBay, I would struggle to sell them for more than a few quid each, regardless of value).

This sensible thinking is not working - I still want it 😿

Me too so was delighted to get it for £60. It's like a mini advent. I'll get DD to put it all in my old flannels advent box

I've noticed this too and it's really disappointing that those people have had their orders fulfilled but some of us who actually want to use the calendar contents are still waiting.

That's a great idea @diamondsandrose

The French Pharmacy Advent Calendar is available, code MERCI takes the price down to £175 + free shipping!

thefrenchpharmacy.co/checkouts/cn/Z2NwLWV1cm9wZS13ZXN0MTowMUo4MFRaWEFGNlhBSERHS1NEQ0c4MldTOA

I created a spreadsheet for the ASOS calendar that arrived. I've discovered I quite enjoy doing that!

ASOS doesn't give you the RRP of individual products so by googling and doing some maths for the sample sizes I made it to be £383.31

Allowing for the variable of retailers doing their own pricing that's roughly inline with the £403 ASOS claim - they will be using the exact RRP in most cases.

I paid £75 using a 20% discount code (the site now says discount codes can't be used on the calendar so maybe that was an oversight on their part the other day?)

I plan to keep for myself and to use as stocking fillers for my (grown) kids £218.23 worth of products.

£54.10 worth of products I've earmarked to be used for gifts/gift sets/or to give away to friends & family.

£86 worth of products I aim to sell. If I got £30-40 back I'd be happy as it would make my calendar cost very cheap. Anything I get back is a bonus really.

@OvaHere 😲😲😲😲😲😲😲!!

I have just gone in the bathroom and used up the last dregs of my favourites instead !

I am smothered in everything tonight...to make room for the new stuff 🤣

Not ever looked into Space NK but browsing Vinted !
Just seen a tiktok unboxing of Look Fantastic and will have a search for that , love Elemis and want to try the Sol De Janero

I've done Lookfantastic in my spreadsheet now. Much easier because they give individual RRP.

RRP of contents £565.88
Keeping for myself £472.89 (only 3 items included for my kids here. Most of it I want)
£76.99 earmarked for gifts
Only 1 product worth £16 for the sell pile.

Conclusion - this is a far superior calendar for someone my age than the ASOS one even though they are a similar price (ignoring that I got the ASOS discounted). There wasn't a lot that I didn't want for me, only 5 things in total.

I might do the SpaceNK one next even though I've not purchased it just to see how much stuff I do actually want after I've looked the product up and considered it. Should help to decide whether I really want to splurge, take a chance waiting for it being reduced at some point or not bother at all.

If anyone can be bothered doing this it's actually really helpful to focus the mind and not be as influenced by unboxing videos that make even mediocre calendars look terribly exciting. 😂

Does anyone have any links or codes for LF then ?

You can save £10 if you subscribe to their beauty box but I don't know of any others at the moment.

There's a code ADVENT10 for the glossybox calendar
https://www.glossybox.co.uk/beauty-box/glossybox-2024-advent-calendar-worth-over-585/15207254.html?

I’ve just had a refund from space nk. No communication regarding it just a notification from Monzo :-/

How strange- they’re still selling the advent now! Do you live abroad?

The money I paid to Space NK is back in my bank account too, but I’m hoping it’s only because they still hadn’t taken it. It had been showing as “processing” before that.

I get a bad feeling about it

Not keen on single brand ACs but the ESPA looks good.

I got introduced to ESPA via an AC last year. It's now my favourite shower gel.
It has that rich, spa smell 🩷

Nope - live in UK! Ordered on 10th before 10am so was one of the first…