🎄 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

Not to enable, but I just thought it looked really pretty in pink and I do love Oribe, plus I’ve never had the SDJ in that fragrance mist! I think I’ll use most things in it and I’ll gift what I won’t use. 🥰
Plus I forgot to use my rewards points, so I had £20 discount.

Can someone please help me. If the Liberty AC is now out on general release then I can't fathom why it still takes me to the wait list. The link provided earlier this AM takes me to the mens one OK, but it's the main calendar I'm after. Can anyone post a link please. Ta

Does the Liberty usually sell out quickly? Just wondering if it'll still be around in a months time? The points vouchers aren't sent out until October 1st, I'd like to use that towards it

I was one of them, it was a big risk as was over £200 and it was at the time when they had had some issues and the customer service was shocking.
I ended up selling the ziip as used it a bit and knew I wasn’t disciplined enough to use it, bit like the LED mask that is in a drawer somewhere.

BTW, Mr Darcy (the cat) is not amused at my suggestion of selling him. Even he's in on the AC action though as DD has been going through the wooden ones we have so he's positioned himself in front of them (attention seeker!)

I got it from Argos. It’s getting delivered directly to him. Quidco, BLC and nectar points.

I have always fancied a Diptyque AC but never bit the bullet. I dont think id ever go for it as i think id rather spend the £££ and pick my favourite perfumes, room spray and candles out.
Is anyone going for the Cult Beauty one tomorrow? Think it is priority sale, not sure when the rest will launch.

They may have sold out of immediate stock, but not sold out completely so there will be a second release?

I love oribe and champo too. But I do wonder if I should put the £100 towards either a cult beauty or SNK calendar 🤔

thanks @MrsBnow12 …I ended up buying the ziip halo as a result of the threads about that box last year 🤣….must say I love it …it’s been one of my fav buys ever …so keen to keep an eye out for the BB mystery box this year …when did they do it last year seem to remember it was november time (or am i wrong ? )

@RainbowZebraWarrior I’ve just bought the liberty calendar with this link
https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/beauty-advent-calendar?utm_source=libertystatic&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=250902-WK31-TBD-BAC-Early-Access&S2REF=7772507157&mi_u=15d32a8be0d154d378674d64001b0833&mi_ecmp=250902-WK31-TBD-BAC-Early-Access

I got the liberty this morning. I get the beauty drop so with girls maths it cost me £131. Saved - 25 discount, £100 beauty drop, £9 top cash back and £10 loyalty points. Totally legit maths.

Sadly, Vogue is a no from me. I loved the first one but the 2 released since don’t come close.
I have Liberty as I had Beauty drop vouchers & a voucher from last year’s candle refund & the beauty drop discount. So didn’t actually pay anything extra for it 🙂. Struggling to pick another. Harrods looks interesting or I may try Elemis this year?

Thank you ❤️

can you stack the liberty calendar with a gwp?

Nope.

That’s a very beautiful cat ❤️@RainbowZebraWarrior

Having used up one of my 10ml FS Arizona Blooms today, I opened the storage box to get another. To my horror I was confronted with several ‘bargain buys’ from last year that I had completely forgotten about 🙀

I have therefore left GB and Liberty in their respective baskets, and I am NOT buying either!

My reduced price purchases from allbeauty have just arrived and I have very virtuously handed them straight over to DH for my DIY calendar. I still have to pick up my bargain Gisou lip oil from Harrods to add to it, but the remaining drawers are up to him to fill!

On a related note: I always seem to need eye cream, so was tempted to go for Clinique to get the GWP, but am not loving the foundation I have atm so will be giving that a miss too.

Edit: Boots online have the Clinique GWP with a min spend of £55, (doesn’t have to be foundation).

@IlovePond advents are awash with eye creams this year (don't forget John Lewis has 3 in their advent including Clinique) pick one up off vinted/eBay cheaply

I will keep a lookout @Puravida23 - I will only buy if sealed, though and so many in a/cs come unboxed and unsealed 😿

The eye creams in the SNK let it down for me. Not as much as the make up colours in CB which made it no though.

To be honest…I really don’t need anymore beauty stuff, but I’m not sure any of this is based on need..so I say, why not get them all 😁
Resistance is futile ☺️

I've decided on Liberty and SpaceNK. Final method- I did this by items I really wanted and what's the ebay price (although Spacenk will go down further when shipped) then what's better value ebay or buying the whole thing. Certain things I would not get from ebay such as Summer fridays lip because most are fakes, it's ridiculous. This is after numerous columns trying to narrow it down and lacking any decision making capability.

Ooooh I do not love vogue!

They've repeated the votary serum (found it very claggy) and the eye mask (still love my silk one from 2023).

Is anyone seriously paying that much for a hair clip?! Bum bum cream?!

Well, that's made my mind up for me!