🎄 2025 Style and Beauty Advent Calendar Discussion ***SPOILERS*** THREAD 2

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Link to thread 3 added by MNHQ - www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5396898-2025-style-and-beauty-advent-calendar-discussion-spoilers-thread-3

Annual Style and Beauty Advent Calendar discussion thread. First AC reveal this year was 23rd June. First luxury reveal was 2nd July. Thread 1 here: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5360770-2025-style-and-beauty-advent-calendar-discussion

The regulars on the thread mainly discuss luxury BAC and this dies down by September when everyone has purchased and forgotten the contents. Then it goes into discussion on what’s selling out, what hasn’t and what deals and discounts to be had on ACs in the lead up to December. Then in December we move onto AC opening threads!

There’s a separate thread for GWP, discounts and other deals here: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5338957-beauty-chat-freebiesgifts-with-purchaseoffers-thread-three

A thread for the Liberty Beauty Drop here: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5253698-liberty-beauty-drop-spoiler-from-the-despatch-date-part-9

MN has a great Christmas board for deals and early gift buying here: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/christmas

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LUXURY MULTI-BRAND
Brown Thomas
Cult Beauty Classic Curation and UK-Only Limited Curation with more fragrances https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/c/advent-calendar/ 3rd September
F&M £265 https://www.fortnumandmason.com/2025-fortnums-beauty-advent-calendar Pricing by category post here https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5360770-2025-style-and-beauty-advent-calendar-discussion?reply=146293148
Fenwick £250 https://www.fenwick.co.uk/blogs/daily-muse/beauty-advent-calendar
Flannels
Harrods £250, £99 www.harrods.com/en-gb/c/beauty-advent-calendar pricing by category post here https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5360770-2025-style-and-beauty-advent-calendar-discussion?reply=146296157
Harvey Nichols £250 https://www.harveynichols.com/stories/beauty/harvey-nichols-beauty-advent-calendar/ 4th September
John Lewis
Liberty £275 https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/pre-order-liberty-beauty-advent-calendar-2025-R641279006.html_ pricing by category post here https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5360770-2025-style-and-beauty-advent-calendar-discussion?reply=145402406_
Selfridges £250 https://cloud.mail.selfridges.com/beautyadventcalendar25
Space NK £260 https://www.spacenk.com/uk/gifts/beauty-advent-calendars/beauty-advent-calendar-MUK200055896.html
Vogue https://shop.vogue.co.uk/pages/british-vogue-festive-calendar-2025

HIGH STREET
Anthropologie
ASOS
Beauty Bay
The Body Shop https://www.thebodyshop.com/collections/beauty-advent-calendars
Boots
Elle
French Pharmacy
Glossybox
Holland & Barrett https://www.hollandandbarrett.com/info/beauty-advent
Jarrolds
LIB Latest In Beauty x Stylist
Lush £125, £179, £205, https://www.lush.com/uk/en/c/christmas-advent-calendars
L’Occitane
LookFantastic £105 https://www.lookfantastic.com/c/waitlist/advent
M&S
Next
Revolution Beauty £50 https://www.revolutionbeauty.com/uk/en/gifts/advent-calendars/revolution-beauty-makeup-advent-calendar-2025/1868648.html
Sephora https://www.sephora.co.uk/c/beauty-advent-calendar-waitlist
Ted Baker
The White Company

BUDGET
Aldi
Sainsbury’s

SINGLE BRAND BEAUTY
Arran £85 https://arran.com/products/advent-calendar
Charlotte Tilbury
Elemis https://uk.elemis.com/advent-calendar-2025-sign-up
e.l.f.
Gruum
Jo Malone
Liz Earle
Lumene
Neom https://neomwellbeing.com/pages/neom-wellbeing-advent-calendar-sign-up-page
Shisheido https://www.shiseido.co.uk/gb/en/newsletter-advent-calendar.html

BATH & BODY
Ciaté
Cowshed
Rituals

JEWELLERY
Oliver Bonas
Liberty
Accessorize

FOOD
Bonne Maman jam
Degusta
Paxton and Whitfield cheese
Fortnum & Mason Tea and Biscuits

MEN’S
Liberty

FRAGRANCE
Acqua Di Parma
Diptyque
Fragrance Shop
Harrods fragrance
Harvey Nichols fragrance
L’Artisan Parfumier
Jo Loves https://www.joloves.com/pages/advent-calendar
Jo Malone
Penhaligons
Perfume Shop
Sniph
Space NK fragrance

K-BEAUTY
Stylevana
Yesstyle
Stylekorean

Just seen a sneak peek of a few things in the Glssybox calendar. It looks like there will be another big eyeshadow palette, a MediK8 product and a Rituals diffuser included.
Looks quite nice for a lower price option.

The palette is the Natasha Denona glam face light, I am
tryibv to wait patiently for both Glossybox and Lookfantastic to compare to Elle and try decide on one in that price range and will put Boots in that category but am secretly hoping they do a k-beauty one even if just a 12 days one.

Oh the natasha denona palettes are really good. May consider the glossybox too depending on the full reveal.

@Georgieporgie29 Someone had the Treatbox one on the Waifs and Strays opening thread last year. She was very happy with it. If I recall, it had the same sort of mixture of things as their other boxes, but seasonally themed. I would search for it, and see what you think.

There’s the Bonne Maman a/c too.

My younger dd loved the bonne maman advent calendar last year / she’s never met a bonne maman jam she didn’t like.

I will do, thank you.

There's a full reveal of the CB calendar on tiktok.

I got the following items from Cult Beauty that we’ve not already seen:

Summer Fridays Hydration Mist full size
Laneige Bouncy and Firm Serum 15ml
3 Creed samples
Philip Kingsley Overnight Scalp Barrier Serum
True Botanicals Phytoretinol Sleep Serum
A Dr Dennis Gross product
Elemis Pro Collagen Mist
Kayali Vanilla Candy Rock Sugar 10ml
Byoma Phyto Mucin Glow Serum
Glow Recipe product (dewy flush? Couldn’t read it properly)
Natasha Denona pastel palette mini
Kilian Paris perfume
SDJ 59 90ml
plus I’ll add a photo for a few items from one day

Ooh CB is looking good. Thank you @ElizabethG81 ! I really like Glow Recipe, LaNeige and Summer Fridays

A few photos if other people can identify more products.

I think it looks good. Not keen on the make up shades at all though.

Thank you @ElizabethG81

I agree, not a fan of the shades.

Hurry up, Space NK!

Struggling to think of a demographic over the age of 5 that would like that palette. Very strange choice.

I think that ND eyeshadow palette was released a couple of years ago and it must have been far less popular than all the more neutral ND mini palettes, so they are probably offloading old stock.

Yes I'm not sure I'd get much use out of the green pastel eyeshadow! Based on the TikTok the rest of CB does look decent though, although probably not as good as last year's.

Selfridges is okay, I probably wouldn't pay full price but I think this is their best in a few years.

Think CB is a no for me. I have a couple of ND mini palettes and they're a nice formula but I wouldn't be using those shades. My guess is there will be plenty going on Vinted for under a fiver after the calendar is dispatched.

First Boots Spoilers are out, the premuim is £150 and skincare one is £70.

https://beauty-detective.com/no7-advent-calendars-2025/

No7 calendars announced. Quite a lot of their new range Future Renew. I have the peptide cream cleanser in the shower at the min and find it to be very similar to the Skin Rocks cleanser.

Thanks for the CB info @ElizabethG81

It’s not for me - fortunately!

It’s early days, but the only one I am tempted by, (if I was going to spend that kind of money), is Liberty.

Waiting with bated breath for M&S and SNK, (although not expecting the latter to be as good as the one I didn’t buy last year!)

https://beauty-detective.com/sisley-paris-advent-calendar-2025/

Also Sisley calendar. I have a secret hankering since last year for one of these but I will never buy it. £640.

Not even looking at that one @OvaHere 😹😹😹

My link didn’t post but it’s Beauty Calendars on YouTube

Same @IlovePond - I really like Sisley but not £640 much.

I’m still waiting for a nosey at vogue too. I was so disappointed by that last year- not expecting much at all this time.

Full Cult Beauty Advent spoiler here
https://beauty-detective.com/cult-beauty-advent-calendar-2025/

What’s inside:

• PATRICK TA Major Headlines Double-Take Cream and Powder Blush Duo in She Know Who She Is Full Size worth £34.00
• Gisou Honey Infused Lip Oil 8ml – Cherry on the Cake Full Size worth £24.00
• Huda Beauty Faux Filler Extra Shine Lip Gloss in She Flirty Full Size worth £19.00
• Hourglass Travel Size Unlocked Instant Extensions Mascara – Ultra Black Travel Size worth £16.00
• £20 Cult Beauty Gift Card
• Saie SuperSuede Radiant Blush Powder in Bella Full Size worth £24.00
• Medik8 C-Tetra Advanced 30ml Full Size worth £69.00
• Augustinus Bader The Eye Patches Single Sachet worth £19.00
• Augustinus Bader The Eyebrow and Lash Enhancing Serum 8ml Full Size worth £120.00
• Sisley Paris Black Rose Cream Mask 10ml worth £22.00
• U Beauty Resurfacing Flash Peel 5ml
• Dr. LEVY Switzerland Eye Booster Concentrate 7ml worth £99.00
• K18 Biomimetic Hairscience Leave-in Molecular Repair Hair Mask 50ml worth £70.00
• SUMMER FRIDAYS Jet Lag Skin Soothing Hydration Mist 50ml worth £21.00 Full Size
• LANEIGE Bouncy & Firm Serum 15ml worth £19
• Creed Sample x3
• Philip Kingsley Overnight Scalp Barrier Serum with Triple Balancing Action
• True Botanicals Phyto-Retinol Anti-Aging Sleep Serum 30ml worth £75.00 Full Size
• Dr Dennis Gross Skincare DermInfusions Plump + Repair Lip Treatment 4ml
• Elemis Pro-Collagen Toning Mist 30ml
• Paula’s Choice Resist Barrier Repair Advanced Moisturiser 50ml worth £41.00 Full Size
• KAYALI Vanilla Candy Rock Sugar 42 Eau de Parfum 10ml worth £28.00
• Charlotte Tilbury Beauty Light Wand worth £30.00 Full Size
• BYOMA Phyto-Mucin Glow Serum 40ml worth £14.99 Full Size
• Natasha Denona Mini Pastel Palette worth £24.00
• MAKE UP FOR EVER Artist Color Pencil Extreme 1.2g, worth £20.00, Full Size
• Danessa Myricks Beauty Linework Eyelinerworth £20.00 Full Size
• RMS Beauty Legendary Lip Oil
• Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops 15ml worth £18.00
• Kilian Perfume 10ml
• Sol de Janeiro Cheirosa 59 Perfume Mist
• BYOMA Hydrating Body Wash 100ml
• Fenty Skin Plush Puddin’ Intensive Recovery Lip Mask 15g worth £20.00
• By Terry Hyaluronic Hydra-Powder 8HATravel-Size worth £20.00
• Kate Somerville ExfoliKate Intensive Exfoliating Treatment 60ml worth £69.00
• Color Wow Travel Dream Cocktail – Coconut Infused 50ml worth £10.00
• VIEVE Skin Nova 10ml, worth £14.00
• L’Occitane Almond Shower Oil 75ml worth £8.00
• Kosas DreamBeam Sunscreen SPF 30 40ml – Original worth £37.00 Full Size

Edit: Excuse all the links as just did a copy & paste