🎄 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

I’m excited about the Space NK reveal tonight. I think this is the best way of doing it, all at once and at a given time, rather than drip feeding or dropping the whole lot without notice. It had better be good though!

@ElizabethG81 I agree looking forward to it. Do you have a wishlist. On my wishlist I am hoping for a Tatcha item (moisturiser would be great) , Medik8, (serum would be great but not retinol) a Lisa Eldridge item (lipstick or eyeshadow), Augustus Bader (eye cream please), a nice body moisturiser and a perfume/candle and the Sisley toner which is in liberty/Harrods
What's the betting I am going to be disappointed and this will be another on my reject pile

I’m looking forward to the reveal tonight as well as none of the multi brand advent calendars really appeal so far - my shortlist is Fortnum and Mason and Liberty. I’m hoping Space NK has got lots of perfume, nice skin and body creams, and maybe toner. I really don’t want makeup, cleansers, or nail varnish.

I’d like the skincare to be great - a really good full size moisturiser (agree Tatcha would be nice) and a luxury serum. Not sure if there’ll be much perfume if they’re doing their own fragrance calendar again? I’d like a nice gourmand or vanilla perfume. I don’t wear much make up so would be happy with younger, trendy stuff that hopefully aligns with my DD’s wish list (so we’re talking SDJ, Summer Fridays, Rare Beauty, etc).

Has anyone any experience of Notino? I came across their K Beauty one from last year and it looks exactly like the sort of thing I want. It's got one lipgloss and one lip tint but otherwise no make-up. A bit heavy on the hair stuff but they're all shampoo and conditioner so that's fine.

This is last year's - https://www.notino.ie/notino/advent-calendar-2024-korean-beauty-advent-calendar/p-16251442/

I haven't personally but I've seen others talk about the site on other threads and give them good reviews.

Thanks. I'll keep an eye on them.

@OchonAgusOchonOhIve used them a couple of times and have found them very good. Delivery has been a bit slow, but not terrible. The last time I placed an order, I realised a few hours later that I’d ordered the wrong thing, and cancellation was very quick and easy.

My wishlist would look similar. I'll sulk in the corner with you when we get dream coat, elasticizer and lash serum.

That's good to hear. Now just to wait and see do they do a calendar this year.

Oooh I luffs Lisa Eldridge - spent liberty credit on that last year instead of calendar…

I am looking forward to the Lucy Eldridge product in the Liberty calendar, which is what I would have chosen to buy myself.

I'm so looking forward to the SpaceNk reveal. My wishlist is a nice night cream, day moisturiser, 2x serums and an eye cream. Then a mix of other stuff. If it hasn't got those in, it's off the list and back to Harrods for me.

Im looking forward to the reveal too. I think the usual brands will be in there like tatcha, laneige, rare beauty. I'd mostly love a good selection of everything like last year, items that compliment each other without double ups. Really dont want any spfs, dont really want mascara either. Would love a Kilian perfume but I imagine it will be Phlur if ther is one. I see Vida Glow is one of their new brands and I'm not keen to try their products either. I think Augustinus Bader is one that really puts me off as it just bumps the value up - and as good as it probably is theres no chance I'm affording it on the regular.

Late! Come Space NK!!!

Taking their sweet time

Liking this so far.

Me too ❤️

I had to stop watching as I did not want to see door by door. I’d much rather she hadn’t said which day the product was - I’ll wait till it’s written down somewhere (hopefully not in order).

I was just about to say the same thing. This is a horrible reveal. I like to know the contents but i never watch unboxings, it spoils it for me

I’m glad I’ve seen it as it’s definitely not for me. I would use maybe half of the products, but I do like the box 😆

Be grateful if someone would let me know if the Medik8 advanced peptides serum was included though!🤗

This is most of the contents - I missed the name of one thing. Written down in non-sequential day order for @Talisin

Medik 8 advanced peptides
Hourglass lipstick in Sahara
Kosas lip liner
Naturium cleansing jelly
Sol de Janeiro Delicia Drench?
Inkey List Ectoin Barrier Serum
Milk Grip and reset spray
Westman atelier blush stick
La Mer Lip Volumiser
olaplex no 6 bond smoother
LAneige cream skin cerapeptides mist
Missed one! some shower stuff?
Glossier lip gloss
DS Durga Debaser ( 7.5ml)

Gisou tinted lip oil
Tatcha vit c Brightening Serum
Lisa Eldridge Mascara
K18 Hair Oil
The bloody colour wow stuff
eve lom rescue mask
CT beauty light wand
Rare beauty eye stick
The ordinary glycolic toner
Caudalie premiere cru eye cream
Summer Friday Lip Oil
Plurr Vanilla Skin ( 9.5 ml )
Drunk Elephant jelly cleanser
Augustinus B Retinol Serum
Fiona Franchimon Hair clip

Just popping onto this thread to say I want the list for Space NK. Not going to watch a video!

I really liked it I think this may be the one for me . At least they have a decent last day as well this year instead of sun cream