🎄 2025 Style and Beauty Advent Calendar Discussion ***SPOILERS*** THREAD 4

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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

Thread 3: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5396898-2025-style-and-beauty-advent-calendar-discussion-spoilers-thread-3

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/5389635-beauty-chat-freebiesgifts-with-purchaseoffers-thread-four

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

Caved and bought the SpaceNk after deciding last night that I wasn't going to get it 🤣

Don't think they are sending them out for a while. Which is no bad thing!

My SNK email came through, but I am not tempted at all.

I watched an unboxing of the NEXT £99 calendar last night. I thought it was pretty good, (although I maybe preferred GB???)

If it was a bit cheaper I would be tempted. There are a lot of small sizes, but a good range of products.

I do like ‘unboxing with Crystal’ - she seems more like a ‘real’ person than some of them on YT, (iykwim!)

I find MissBoux ok too, although I do tend to fast forward through her comments. Crystal, I actually enjoy listening to!

Cosmetopeia has been a bit slow off the mark this year.

🥲 I haven’t had the White Company email even though I signed up. Does anyone know how much it is?

I’ve bought the £150 Boots AC for DD, I’ll swap out a few of the items, especially the ones I want for myself!

Another one who has bagged SpaceNk this has always been a hard yes for me as I love most of the advent and am confident I can offload the odd day I don't on vinted/eBay. The only temptation for me now is any great beauty boxes or amazing offers on Calendars (although still considering HN fragrance)
Quite relieved as last year I ended up with way too much stuff and am only just getting a handle on it after months of rigorous use, gifting and selling on vinted/ebay

Btw: For the DiYers on here: Boots are offering 25% off with code: SAVE25 on premium beauty today.

It’s time limited and then defaults to SAVE20

It stacks with the Clinique GWP.

I bought some FS Arizona Bloom mist to try as the perfume is currently my favourite and I thought at 25% off I might as well add the mist to my a/c!

I would have bought Boots also this morning if you could use points as part payment like virtually every other retailer. Are you listening Boots? I would buy a lot more from your store and less at SNK/CB if you did this!!!!! 😂

Please applaud my restraint at taking Clinique products out of my basket…

I assume it doesn't work on the BAC?

The links they are sharing don't work - just take you to the advent page but there is no option to add to bag. My slot is 11am. I expect I'll look but not optimistic. Thanks to this group I've discovered Face the Future and that had one of my hero MZ products that was worth more than the box cost.

That's a great box. I'm so tempted but I did just buy SNK so....

Despite the hype I don't think the AC will sell out before 11 or even today. I may have to eat my words but even Harrods fragrance didn't go that fast.

@OvaHere - sadly not😹

I meant to say that was the first thing I tried!

BTW: Non-advent talk, but I have just seen the MN thread on the damage that Mitchum deodorants have been inflicting on users.

It’s horrifying! Thought I would mention it in case anyone uses Mitchum products.

Back to a/c. I think I am going to go and have a sniff at some of the perfumes found in various calendars today.

My master plan is to put that Vanilla Powder perfume I bought in haste straight back on eBay without opening it if I hate it, (assuming I can find a tester to spray somewhere!)

@IlovePond i use Mitchum - off to take a look….thanks

I used mitchum- I’ll take a look.

I selected the delivery pass which said next day delivery and have just had my dispatch email 😂😂
My LF fragrance will probably come tomorrow as well, not sure my husband will be delighted and I can hide both 🫣

I did this too. I thought for an extra £6 I might as well. I also have some credit now so will probably order something else soon 🤣

I'm also tempted by the face the future. I love decree, ab, and wouldn't mind trying allies of skin and the mz skin, which makes it totally worth it. I have just bought the la mer renewal oil and an hourglass lipstick on ebay, so I probably should calm it down a bit before my husband has a heart attack 🤣 even the post woman said something about us getting loads of parcels, seems my husband is almost as bad as me 🤣

Vinted. I put it on at £40 and quickly got two offers at £36.

Oh wow. I guess it is coming quickly then. I was sort of hoping it wouldn't come for a month. Now I have to find somewhere to stash it. At least it will blend in with all DS's moving to uni boxes. Just need to make sure he doesn't take it by accident!

I ordered SpaceNK but happy for it to come in 4 weeks so I can forget what's in it! I'm not going to be selling anything from it - if I were it might be worth getting upraded delivery because it seems the sales go better the earlier you put things up e.g. Liberty advent drawstring bag!

Dithering over Boots for my 2 teenage daughters to share but £150 is a lot more than it was last year. Might stick to GB or LF for them.

I think these are nice for teens. With the caveat I'm not a teen girl so maybe Sephora own brand is embarrassing or something. 😂A lot of their own brand is nice stuff though.

https://beauty-detective.com/sephora-collection-advent-calendars-2025/

My SNK email turned up at precisely 9:01am and I managed to order (under the desk) without any hitches. And breathe 🙂

I've gone for the Boots one! Happy with that, looking forward to opening in December!