John Lewis advent calendar opening thread

[virgocatlover]

Join us for day by day discussion of the JL calendar this December.

Please no spoilers before each day.

I got an elemis facial giftcard in today's draw with the bum bum cream, really pleased 😁

Lucky!

How brilliant! Congratulations!

Another retinol worth £52. I would have preferred a different type of serum rather than two the same but this and the luna should keep me going for most of the year.

I'm annoyed by the calendar tbh having seen all of your goodies. I got another entry to a competition...and I really love elemis and sometimes buy it in JL. all my presents have been money off things I don't use apart from the chocolates which I couldn't get in to get. Makes me want to avoid JL rather than shop there!

I like the look of this serum. It says that you can use it twice daily and don't need to ramp it up as you do with stronger retinols. I'll probably only use this at night though as I'm using the vit C one for day

I think mine is missing the pump top. Annoying.

I think you're confused with the JL app rewards advent calendar? This is about the (physical) beauty advent calendar.

Thanks @virgocatlover I am an idiot! Weirdly that has made me feel much better (if a bit of a dick).

Not a fan of REN but never tried a retinoid so might try.

I wasn't sure about today's offering but I've just used it and my skin feels lovely and soft. I like the smell too although that might be because my 14yo has just been wafting the sol de janerio cream from yesterday around the room

Today's perfume is gorgeous. £150 a bottle though! I think it will go on my wish list.

It's lovely isn't it? I'm not surprised we got a small size if that's the price of the full size one! Really nice to get the body lotion too.
I opened the bum bum cream last night and I absolutely love the scent! The description put me off as I thought it would be too sweet and sickly but it's not at all

Whoa - I was going to chuck it in my gym bag, but maybe I’ll save it for something more special!

Nice to have the body lotion too, it's great to get 2 in 1 door

Yes the body lotion is good. It always makes the scent last longer I think. A lovely Xmas day perfume
Be interesting to see how long just the perfume scent lasts on my skin today

This perfume is divine just lovely. Tried the ren one pump and had a horrible reaction to it. Skin red and itchy. Won't be reusing.

I got this fragrance in a Flannels cracker last year and I love it so this is another great drawer

I'm on the fence with this one, trying to like it given the price but not too keen on rose scents. Glad everyone else loves it though

i tried the Sunday Riley sleep oil last night, and agree with others that my face felt lovely this morning

Love this can't stop sniffing my wrist . Had a couple of spots with the Sunday Reilly but going to persevere.

I’m a few days behind but caught up last night.
The Ren serum I’m not sure about, I will try it but it did put me off not having a lid on it.

The perfume and body lotion I’m looking forward to trying. Annoyingly I had this before but got rid of it as I had too many perfumes as it was, I was selling a few things off. I wish I tried it beforehand because I’ve a feeling I’m going to really like it but I now only have 1.

It’s great to see someone getting a gift card in theirs. I often wonder whether anyone actually gets these

Today we have a Bobbi Brown mascara. I knew we would get a mascara at some point, but it's nice to have a brand I haven't tried before.

I've not tried bobbi brown before either & I use mascara most days so not wowed but it won't get wasted so another positive

Last year I got the temple spa calendar which was nice but I'm so more impressed by this. Already excited for next years!

This is a DOD for me. I only use Clinique tubing mascara, so any other mascara is a waste. Plus seem to have loads of these mini mascaras kicking around.