🎄 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

My Liberty is on the way. Supposed to be Monday, but I’m in the office so redirected to arrive Friday. Exciting!

Oooh when did you order ? I ordered around mid July I think 🤔 so hopefully it shouldn't be too long.

Same day that it came out.

Sephora spoilers - the calendar is out on 3rd September.

Thanks for sharing, I like the look of this one and will be interesting to see what is in Space NK tomorrow night.

I think this looks nice so far. A bit better than CB but for various reasons most of the reveals so far are not for me.

I have the Merit blush in a different shade and I don't find it lasts very well. I like the Kayali perfume but already have a 10 ml of that one. I can't use eye products with retinol. I've had loads of the Glow Recipe drops in beauty boxes but always sell them as I don't have a use for that product. The Tarte palette and Sephora lip stain look fine but I'm hardly in need of them.

I'm waiting very impatiently now for the SpaceNK reveal tomorrow.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DNfWEztNPTW/?igsh=MWNlOWJlbWE4YzF4Nw==

Sephora preview

https://beauty-detective.com/sephora-uk-advent-calendar-2025/?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwMP15FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp6Ad_7Y3_5YJZ3081aWZe6pUflX0dqcG5NZu7xxGkrivQ41qKdiHhSlQaxDE_aem_fVKp8jcq2mm5MxecAUTDWA

Convinced I’m cured now. The Liberty travel edit is way more appealing than any of the recent reveals.

Hmmm, not very interested in Sephora from the spoilers.

I think the festive edits are really good across the big players too.

Not at all tempted by Sephora going by the spoilers. Just waiting on Space NK and JL now.

I am hoping our Harrods advents might be dispatched this week.

I've had a £30 off when you spend £150. Not enough to make me buy 2 advents tbh. £20 off one would be good. X

Still trying to hold out on advents - the ones that most appeal so far are, unexpectedly, the Boots ones. The £70 skincare one might introduce some affordable options (Harrods is fun to try - but I don't think Valmont is ever going to make my regular buy list). The £150 Beauty ones has some nice products (if a little small).

Also not tempted by Sephora spoilers. I’ve ordered Liberty. Might get Space NK too. I’ve bought Space NK 5 out of the past 6 years, so it seems to be my most frequently bought calendar!

I’ve seen a couple of spoilers for the M&S one today. Insta I think it was…

Not wildly exciting so far.

My MiL likes the sameness of M&S - it has brands she likes and sees as a treat. I wonder if this is more the case for regular buyers of the M&S calendar than other multi brand calendars?

I agree. I had kind of planned to get JL plus H&B but I'm now thinking that I might get the Boots £150 one instead of JL, depending on the full contents of both. It's the first one that's really interested me, tbh. Boots have really upped their beauty box game this year, they've had some really good ones.

Sephora holds no appeal - anything containing dry shampoo AND a retinol product is a no no for me. I am betting there’ll be a lash serum in there too, (and I wouldn’t be surprised by face powder and brow gel as well!)

I really should focus on reducing my horde and not go buying calendars! I had a look through my stuff today and was quietly appalled 🙀

I know I will still get one, though. But the only one so far that appeals is Liberty and it’s soooo expensive!

None of them have appealed to me much so far, maybe Boots.
Looking forward to Space NK’s big reveal tomorrow PM.

I will probably get the EL Xmas blockbuster set, (even though it’s been pretty rubbish the last couple of years), as I use the ANR serum every day.

I will only get it when/if they drop the spend requirement, (which they have had to do for the last couple of years, because, well - see above 😹)

I'm not sure what I'll do if SpaceNK doesn't live up to expectations. Sensible me says I shouldn't buy a £250+ calendar just because I like the idea of having one.

There's definitely stuff in a few of them (Harrods, Liberty, Fenwick) I would like but realistically it's maybe only around a third of the products. Really I should be liking upwards of 50% to justify the cost.

Like others I may end up just looking to LF or Boots for a more affordable option if none of the lux ones hit the mark.

I didn’t get a high end one last year and I did really miss it but…not worth wasting money if they’re not worth it.

there are a tonne of edits coming oct/nov and can build your own.

I agree @OvaHere - I have so much stuff already. I am finally starting to use my Shiseido stuff from my calendar last year. It came in useful today when I realised I didn’t have much eye cream left.

It’s a mystery to me how I have industrial quantities of body creams/cleansers/lip products/primers, etc. but always seem to be running out of eye cream and moisturiser!

I'm actually interested in the Sephora calendar but am waiting till the full reveal before I make a decision. I have discounted Cult beauty (i think) as the makeup colours just wouldn't work for me and that was partially what I was looking forward to. I'm not ruling out getting a few calendars in the lower priced bracket like Lookfantastic, Glossybox, Boots, Next or M&S instead of a more luxury one but it's hard to say as we are still waiting on reveals. I missed out on SpaceNK last year and regretted it so will be tuning in for the reveal tomorrow. I did really enjoy my JL one last year but they reveal that one later and it really depends on what I've purchased by thay point. There's a lot of eyebrow, eyelash serums about in calendars so far.