🎄 2025 Style and Beauty Advent Calendar Discussion ***SPOILERS*** THREAD 3

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Annual Style and Beauty Advent Calendar discussion thread. First AC reveal this year was 23rd June. First luxury reveal was 2nd July.

Thread 1: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5360770-2025-style-and-beauty-advent-calendar-discussion

Thread 2: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5388836-2025-style-and-beauty-advent-calendar-discussion-spoilers-thread-2

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

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

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 did not use TCB card, but did buy gift card though my work rewards app and thankfully it worked

Hi @IlovePond I did exactly that! Used the TCB gift card to pay for my Liberty advent -and also the scent for love kit before that.

@JoRaRaRa I have a big birthday this year so I'm not going to need much of a push to justify the spend, it kind of feels like carefully curated gifts which is ideal for me.

@Hicupping It's the Gold T-bar On Silver Belcher Chain which actually sells for £120 instead of £175
https://tillysveaas.co.uk/shop/gold-and-silver-t-bar-necklace-tsj0805/

Does the Vogue ever get reduced?

Thanks @nearly61 - did the code come through straightaway and did you just put it it in the Liberty gift card code box?

Yes it was really quick. Emailed almost immediately and then you download the e-card and use the numbers as usual.

Thanks @nearly61

I haven't had an email about Boots, has anyone else?

Not the cat 😂

Bag charms have been a 'thing' recently, but not something I've paid much attention to. Moschino just makes me think of the Love Moschino TK Maxx stuff. I'm probably being unfair, but it's not a brand I'd choose to wear.

Liberty men's calendar is very nice actually. It made me take another look at Liberty. But I spent yesterday watching Cosmetopia to de-influence myself and I still think it's too expensive.

Does anyone have a link to the TCB card that would work with liberty AC? I don't want to buy the wrong thing 😊

I’m already up to 4 calendars…but I do love Diptyque 😳

https://top-giftcards.topcashback.co.uk/product/liberty-uk

Out of interest, which 4 have you gone for? I'm currently at 2 and on the hunt for more 🤣

Thank you 😊

I'd be selling my husband's kidneys before the cat.

Me too…x

I’ve got all of the Harrods, fragrance, beauty, and hair/body.
Plus they’ve just dispatched my Liberty.

I've been looking again at the hair and body calendar from Harrods. I have the fragrance and beauty, so I feel like I neeeeed the hair and body one too 🤣

And me! No-one is getting their hands on my Wilfred! 😆😆

oh vogue , vogue , vogue …I was counting on you ☹️…you nearly had me with the jewellery , sleep mask and bio dance product but hair pins and a bag charm for 225? sadly it’s a no ….looks like it’s spacenk for me and Im still on the fence with harrods Bac 🤔

incidentally which of you ladies got the bridal mystery box last year with the ZIIP halo in it ? that was a good buy

That would be amazing.

Just liberty so far as had beauty drop credit to cover it.
I intended getting 4/5 but there's nothing wowing me. 🙄🤣
Edits all the way x

@FredaFox I ended up buying Liberty, as it had more fragrances in than most of the others and there were fewer things that I won’t use. I think I’m going to follow the suggestion that someone made a couple of days ago and buy a few bits from other calendars on Vinted to replace the DoDs. Mr G has now been instructed to buy me the Fortnum and Mason calendar for my birthday/xmas present, and I’ve got last years L’artisan parfumeur calendar tucked away. I’ve also got the Harrods fragrance, but I don’t count that as it’s a 12 days of Christmas calendar and so I tell myself it’s not really an advent calendar 😆

Yes i did the same. £30. I had to laugh. 🤣
Still not tempted to buy ac x