🎄 2025 Style and Beauty Advent Calendar Discussion ***SPOILERS*** THREAD 7

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New thread!

Oh wow, it worked for me this morning. I did think it was a really good deal considering the astronomical cost of usual BACs.

I’m a bit gutted as I quite like the calendar and really think I need another one. Discount no longer working tho so I’ll just have to hold out for something else…..

I’m still holding out for Jarrold’s!

I really want them to let me know sooner rather than later so I can make my choice and just calm down a bit!!

Oh, I'd forgotten about Jarrolds.

I'm waiting to see if Fenwick will do a GWP which could be stacked against their BAC - hopefully Jarrolds will announce something soon so I can weigh up my options.

I've just started getting rid of a few bits from the Jarrolds and Liberty edits on vinted, which is off setting some of my spend. I hadn't thought of selling beauty products on Vinted before this thread.

Anything in my AC's that I won't use or re-gift will need to wait before being sold, I'm one of those who likes to keep my AC's for 1st Dec so each day is a surprise 🙂

Luckily I have a terrible memory so by the time I come to open each AC drawer I’ve forgotten what’s in there. There will be some products that I distinctly remember but won’t know which day, and others I completely forget they are in there. It’s the only time I’m glad of having a bad memory 😅

The RANDOM code on ASOS works on the Charlotte Tilbury advent and Pillow Talk Vault. 25% off takes it down to £131.25.

The CT BAC's are always overpriced IMO but they are nice if you're a fan or know someone who is. So if it was one you liked the look of this is a more reasonable price.

https://beauty-detective.com/notino-advent-calendars-2025/

Notino Advents. Their k beauty one has a good selection, prefer it to any of the other korean ones so far but it is quite a bit more expensive.

That’s a good k beauty AC - I use quite a few of those products. I’m pretending I’ve not seen this 😆

Thank you ☺️ I've just used the code to get the CT one as I don't think it's worth it at full price but better value with the discount and my daughter is a big fan. I'll keep it for Xmas day. 💝 Sadly, this time it only gave me a 22% discount rather than the whole 25% but still better than before.

So I shouldn't tell you that the code ALL gets 15% off it?

Gosh darn it

That’s a good price. It’s a bit cheeky that it states the size of everything except the face cream and elixir - I’ll assume smallest size

This is the one I've been waiting for. Last year they had no make-up and it's only two pieces of make-up this year. I'm having second thoughts though given the amount of stuff I have in my stash plus I have the Boots skincare and am seriously thinking of the SNK fragrance.

Hmm. Decisions, decisions. I'll have to go though it carefully.

Sorry😁

I can’t get the code to work with it - I think discount codes might hate me 😆

Maybe it's just on the Irish site?

Yeah could be!

Yes. Much of it is minis including the lipsticks which is why I don't feel it's ever worth the full price. The mascara is full size, the eyeliner, one of the lip pencils, the beauty wand and the lip bath. Every else is travel or mini size.

I've got it in my basket with 25% off and toying with whether I should get it for DD. She likes CT but her make up style isn't pink so some of the make up won't be her thing but she would like about 3/4 of it.

On balance I feel I should probably leave it. I think I'm partly projecting because I would love getting it as a gift.

If she would like the majority of it it’s worth considering, the pinks can be layered with another colour, I’m sure they wouldn’t go to waste…or maybe she would gift to her DM…win/win 😁

That explains why all my parcels have been Evri recently. I prefer InPost; it's closer.

fenwick AC arrived, it has a good mix of stuff but some of them are a bit weeny, when a lot of the ACs now pride themselves on lots of full sizes. I was expecting more somehow, possibly I've just got a bit greedy so maybe that's a cue to stop.
Also the delina was broken, this was one of the best things for me but I've reported it to Fenwick and hope they'll send another one.

Jarrolds is available for pre- order now. Its a pass from me, thankfully for my 👛

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I quite like it. Not going to buy it but there's a nice selection of stuff.

Did they make it look like a giant packet of cereal on purpose, do you think?