🎄 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

Agh I've hit go and ordered the Liberty one before preorder finished. Feels insanely extravagant but I had 45 pounds off between a voucher and the BD discount.

Does anyone happen to have the lineup for the LF fragrance calendar please?

I don’t think that Liberty sold out until November last year because I remember wondering whether it would get reduced in the Black Friday sale. It doesn’t usually sell out until at least mid-late October.

I do think it’s better this year than it has been for the past few years, but that’s down to personal preference. It’s also had stronger competition in previous years. Last year, Harrods blew Liberty out the water.

Thanks @MidnightMeltdown

100+ posts today in the thread! Baby wasn’t sleeping and I said to DH can you please take the baby I want to catch up on AC chat 😂really is better than the soaps. Well until RHOBAC is released! I think a series would be a stretch and we’d be a Emily in Paris themed episode with @OvaHere as the leader of the BAC-horde at one of Emily’s events… there was that Augustinus Bader episode! “Embrace the grey area”

So out of the main luxury ones what are we waiting for? Just CB?

Cult Beauty - partial reveal so far beautyadventcalendar.net/cult-beauty-advent-calendar-2025/
£265 Fortnum & Mason - full reveal www.fortnumandmason.com/2025-fortnums-beauty-advent-calendar
£250 Fenwick - full reveal beautyadventcalendar.net/fenwick-advent-calendar-2025/
Flannels - only a cracker so far beautyadventcalendar.net/flannels-beauty-cracker-2025/
£250 Harrods - full reveal www.harrods.com/en-gb/p/harrods-of-london-the-harrods-beauty-advent-calendar-2025-000000000007826118
£250 Harvey Nichols - full reveal www.harveynichols.com/harvey-nichols/harvey-nichols-beauty-advent-calendar-2025-42956-232485/
John Lewis - later in the year probably October
£275 Liberty - full reveal https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/pre-order-liberty-beauty-advent-calendar-2025-000839831.html
£250 Selfridges - full reveal cloud.mail.selfridges.com/beautyadventcalendar25
£260 Space NK - full reveal beautyadventcalendar.net/space-nk-advent-calendar-2025/
Vogue - later in year probably September issue, £350 last year

My Harrods fragrance has been updated with a tracking link, but hasn’t been shipped yet.

@BakeOffRewatch

Theres a full CB reveal: https://beauty-detective.com/cult-beauty-advent-calendar-2025/

Has there been a Space NK reveal yet does anyone know?

I’m trying to read the threads to check, but i’m late to the party and there’s a LOT of posts 😂

EDIT - ignore me, just seen it!

I’m wondering if JL will be any good this year, (I haven’t rated it previously), as I have some credit to use up.

Liberty is currently in my basket, but I really shouldn’t!

I’m annoyed that the last time I almost bought the Liberty a/c it let me add my new customer code, but codes aren’t valid nowadays!

If JL has a Neom candle then I’m not willing to entertain it

I’m not sure between Liberty and Space NK. Liberty hits the spot with me for skincare, hair care and body but I’d be giving away all the fragrance which would be disappointing to open. Basically all great except fragrance is all DOD for me and that’s 8 items. Only two fragrance in Space NK and some exciting make up, Liberty is pretty boring on the festive front this year. I enjoyed the Byredo lipstick day and Lisa Eldridge lurex sparkly eye shadow days a lot last year.

Thank you for link @MidnightMeltdown to CB reveal I don’t think that’s official or full though, the perfumes are listed as TBC and it’s not on any other website yet. So I’ll wait for full reveal.

@BakeOffRewatch there's still Sephora to come. Launch 03/09
https://beauty-detective.com/sephora-uk-advent-calendar-2025/

I’ve spent my BD credit on other things so that’s Liberty definitely out for me. I got the GWP so I may save that for Christmas week

Yes I have £100+ vouchers and trying to decide if I should buy the BAC and wait or buy stuff I really want and the GWP which I really like. I prefer the Liberty bags to any other wait bags by the other retailers they’re really good quality sturdy and good zips, spacious too. I actually use them.

@BakeOffRewatch what you need is a twin - someone who wants all the Liberty fragrances & doesn't want the bits in their SNK calendar that you want, and is happy to trade.

Bit like a BAC dating agency 😂

I made a liberty order today and got the gwp. I've asked my dd to fill my old vogue calendar with it, when it arrives, she said "yeah OK but don't pretend you won't end up with several more calendars" 😳

Any hints as to why I can’t get my liberty beauty drop voucher to work? Thought I’d order before preorder finishes and the bloody thing won’t work.

@Christmaschatalready
😂🤣😂 your DD knows you so well!

@Annie1290 daft question but are you using the link from the Liberty pre order email?

Probably better than I know myself

The discount doesn't show until the check out page. It confused me aswell. I think the presale has ended now, I really hope you managed to get it to work

Thank you for this.

It's not clear yet what will be in each calendar for the international version v the UK fragrance version.

It doesn't represent great value for me. There are 4 products that I total at £364 so about a quarter of the value. It's the AB Brow/Lash Serum, Dr Levy Eye Booster, K18 mask and True Botanical Serum. I'm not excited about any of those to be honest and would prefer a repeat of Bioeffects EGF. I love that EGF stuff.

A very easy no for me so I'm sticking with my Liberty and Harrods fragrance I've ordered so far. I need to smell the Jo Malone Wood, Sage and Sea Salt perfume this weekend as I'd be tempted by LF fragrance if I like it. Waiting on Sephora, JL and M&S now as the final temptations!

@BakeOffRewatch
You are a super hero, having a baby and being a full-time member of this thread!
Thank you for your list. I’ve just dropped DD off to get the coach to the Reading Festival so needed some soothing.
Perusing the contents of the BACs is my favourite hobby.

M&S is out 9th October. It’s £60 but you have to spend £35 on fashion, home and beauty.

I couldn't get the Liberty last night either. None of the links via the email would take me to anything other than the waitlist register. I was logged in to my account with BD.