Holland & Barrett advent calendar opening thread

[OchonAgusOchonOh]

This is the thread for daily opening of the H&B advent calendar. As with all the threads, the only firm rule is not discussing a drawer's contents before the day. The usual timeline is no spoilers before 7am but we can agree a different time if people want to.

Let the games begin!!!!

Hello, looking forward to opening the advent on Sunday, thanks for opening the thread

Checking in! I have H&B as my only beauty one this year.

Looking forward to opening, thanks for the thread.

Checking in before tomorrow! Thanks for starting the thread

I’m looking forwards to tomorrow - can’t remember the contents now!

Thanks for starting the thread @OchonAgusOchonOh

Thanks for the thread. I’m all excited for tomorrow.

Shall I start the morning’s chat? I’ll post a photo too as sometimes people who haven’t got the calendar like to read these threads ( I’ll be off to read about Liberty etc in a mo).
it’s a scalp massager today. From the instructions it seems you use it while shampooing your hair. I would never have thought of buying one but I thought that about the wet brush from a couple of years ago and I loved that. Looking forward to giving this a try.

Not a very exciting start, I thought - I have one of these already and it does nothing for me.

Joining as I have this calendar. I agree that it’s not a very exciting start. It’s something that I might use once or twice and then forget about.

I've also already got one of these, which I do use and actually quite like. I'll probably pass this one onto DS who has been having scalp issues.
Not a bad start!

I'm very pleased with this. I have a little bit of psoriasis on me scalp so I figure it will help with that.

I have one of these and do use it regularly, also have a spare from a beauty box.
Will pass this onto a friend, but it's something I would have used.

I’ve given it a go, and it felt nice, but I’m not a 100% sure I’ll remember to use it when I’m in a rush on weekday mornings.

Do you use it when shampooing hair or on dry hair?

Hello! I’ve been enjoying the advent calendar build up threads and bought H&B and M&S. I tried the massager in the bath today, I used it with shampoo @OchonAgusOchonOh. I liked it, it felt nice on my scalp and quite relaxing. A good start for me!

I've put it in the shower in anticipation of tomorrow's shower.

I used it in the shower with shampoo as well.

I think I got one a few years ago in an advent calendar and it got chucked out - maybe I’ll pass this one on!

I also was a bit mehh when i saw this. I hope it gets slightly more exciting!

Well this is useful and I’m interested to try it!

I’m definitely willing to give today’s a go. I have one of the Salt of the Earth mineral stick deodorants, and it’s not bad but a slight faff - the spray might be easier. And DD might use it if it doesn’t suit me.

I've used the Salt of the Earth stick before too and it did work for me but I agree it's a bit of a faff and I also like something fragranced so normally use Wild now but I'm interested to see how this compares. And I love lavender!

It says it’s refillable: do they do the refill at H&B?

I'm currently using the roll-on version of this and really like it. I general prefer roll-on to spray deodorant but am happy with this.

Edited: I missed the refillable bit (my old eyes just about made out the brand). I wonder how that works?