🎄 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 thought it was a brand yet to launch or maybe a very new brand. Kulfi Beauty is one of their most recent acquisitions but it has launched already.

Glossier balm is clear sparkles, Kosa lip liner is bright red. Gisou is a nice red, Hair pin it's got gold logo on and it's purple, pass. Westman Atelier is a universal shade, Rare beauty is a nice universal taupe, La mer also colourless. SF is a nice neutral pink. Hourglass is a sienne brown which is such a shame. So 2 colourless lip. So not as bad a CB some nice colours, not keen on clear though.

Maybe it will be Kay Beauty. Maybe another lip product. 🤣

The Space NK is an another really good one, good sizes and exciting products I think, rather than a “stock up” calendar. So it fits that it doesn’t have a moisturiser.

sometimes I think these ACs work as a showcase. I’m interested in the Space NK Caribbean Shores body lotion. https://www.spacenk.com/uk/bath-body/body-moisturiser-oils/body-lotion/caribbean-shores-body-lotion-MUK200038330.html described as “juicy mandarin, creamy coconut and exotic jasmine, warmed by a sensual trail of sandalwood and caramel”. £4.40/100ml Is it a smell dupe for Ouai St Bart’s? Which is coconut with “notes of tuberose, dragon fruit, orange blossom and Baltic amber” www.spacenk.com/uk/travel-minis/body-creme---st-barts-UK200054244.html £16.90/100ml

SNK does appeal to me more this year as I like nearly everything in it except I hate vanilla perfumes & the Hourglass lipstick shade wouldn't suit me.
I already have the La Mer lip balm & it is lovely.

Though like other pps have said would have preferred more perfume in it.
I'm also surprised that they didn't put a VB eye liner pencil in it or a lid lustre.

The new brand launching at Space NK - Fenty Beauty or Trinny London?

Or seeing that ULTA bought SNK in July maybe it will be one of the brands that sells there but not yet with SNK?
www.ulta.com/investor/news-events/press-releases/detail/208/ulta-beauty-announces-acquisition-of-leading-british-beauty

I love the Hourglass lipstick shade is the texture nice? It’s similar to the Byredo one I had in Liberty last year. I like things I wouldn’t buy myself in an AC www.spacenk.com/uk/makeup/lips/lipstick/unlocked-satin-creme-lipstick-MUK200037130.html

@TracyBeakerSoYeah I didn't realise they'd been bought out by Ulta. That's a shame. We may get more brands but there may be other not so great changes.

I like the shade. Not sure it will suit me but I like it. 😂

Other possible brands new to Space NK: Haus Labs, r.e.m. beauty or Pat McGrath LABS, although it could be a body or fragrance brand 🤔

id forgotten that pin thing @OvaHere 😂

does anyone know if vogue are doing a calendar this year ?

ReallyRee has done the SpaceNk reveal video and I managed to get this screenshot of the mystery product with the Milk setting spray. Any guesses? Maybe an eye pencil? Or, dare I say it, a lash + brow serum?

https://www.businessoffashion.com/news/beauty/katrina-kaif-kay-beauty-space-nk/ www.businessoffashion.com/news/beauty/katrina-kaif-kay-beauty-space-nk/]]]]
If it is Kay Beauty I reckon we'll get an eye product. Hopefully a palette rather than a pencil.

@OvaHere I hope they keep the SNK name & also hope that they don't make too many changes!

@Housewife2010 good sleuthing!

Found a swatch video of the HG lipstick. It's actually more red than I thought. Outside of my usual shade range but I like it swatched.

@JoRaRaRa looking at the size of the box my guess is some sort of make up. I hope it's not lash serum. A brow product would be my guess - gel or pencil.

Or any eyeliner. I don't think there was one and what advent calendar is complete without eyeliner?

I'm thinking it could be REM Beauty - at the borderline eye liner 🤔

There's quite a few red-y shades, I like a good lipstick, but I'm not sure I'll wear any of them 😔

Thanks for the SNK info and it’s been great hearing everyone’s thoughts - it’s definitely not for me, though.That Phlur vanilla smells vile on me and I loathe retinol. The Ordinary and Inkey are two brands I don’t use and what the heck is setting spray???

I suppose I should be glad I am not tempted!

Edited to say: Colour Wow x2 and Olaplex🙀 All three are absolute DODs for me.

Atm I am genuinely pinning my hopes on M&S, (their summer beauty bag was seriously good!)

I’m really torn. Felt like Space NK was the one that got away for me last year but this one doesn’t feel as compelling. Like others I’m not convinced by some of the brands like Olaplex The Ordinary and Glossier, and definitely not a purple hair clip, or lip liner so a few DODs for me, but maybe I can sell/gift The La Mer lip was in last years Liberty calendar too.
Saying that though, I love Lisa Eldridge, and Tatcha and really keen to try the serum plus the Medik 8. I’m glad it’s not got lots of perfumes, I’ve ordered the Liberty one which does. I need to have a think as well, none of the calendars are wowing me this year!

Just watched the SNK unveiling. Pretty good I thought? Some underwhelming things but feel like I’d give everything a go at least

@JoRaRaRa I think I would wear that one. It looked quite wearable on the lips in that video. Might be a bit warm toned on me. We'll see if I buy SNK.

I think I will but my inner battle now is not which calendar but should I buy a £260 AC at all? I would like it but I don't need it. 😈

Maybe (hopefully) the Look Fantastic one is going to be amazing and we can all save £150 🤞🤣