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

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New thread!

Oh well, maybe it is for the best. I don’t really need any more moisturisers, eye creams, perfumes or lip products. I just get carried away with beauty bargains!

I'd read that it opened between 12am and 2am and hoped it would be nearer midnight. Then I worried if I did go to sleep they might have a load of Estee Lauder offers or something. I ended up with a hairbrush and a Boots men's gift set in the end - not terribly exciting, but still money saved on things I actually need to purchase.

My Liberty arrived today, its gorgeous. I don't know what to use the bag for, what are others doing with it?

I haven't tried many on that list (which might make it a good purchase for me)
, but I do love Sana Jardin Sandalwood Temple. I haven't met a SJ fragrance I didn't like actually, even though they barely last until lunchtime on me.

@keepincool
I wonder if the Estée Lauder was a one off?

Im loving Vinted for picking up bargains atm! Bought Eve Lom cleansing balm from JL AC £9. Then scrolling through ive now ended up buying the Diptyque candle from SNK Frag in a bundle with the Glossier Doux. Think ill slip them in some random door numbers in an AC for extra treats on the day😂

Space NK doing a beauty stocking https://beautyadventcalendar.net/space-nk-best-of-beauty-2025/
I love that it matches their advent calendar. They also have a really nice looking gift with purchase for hair care. I have ordered both 😳

When you so but things from Vinted, do you use the initial price, or the actual price i.e. including the Vinted fee and postage, to compare value? It's often a £3-4 difference.

@ByeByeThyroid This is my view too! Although SNK has some bigger fragrances I prefer the range in HN.
I went to both stores to try them all and see how many I’d want (or gift) out of them

That should be, when you buy things

So, after convincing myself I don’t need the JL beauty box, I might have suggested it as a Christmas present idea for DH and I think he has ordered it for me 😁

Great purchases 😍 the Glossier perfume is really nice

@HolidayInCambodia25 I go by the intial price. Depending on how long an item has been listed for, its worth putting in an offer to get it £3/4 cheaper and most accept. I get most of my Vinted stuff delivered to a shop to make it even more cheaper🤣

Is the Glossier Doux quite like Glossier You? My soon to be 16 year old loves You so I may try and pick up a Doux for her birthday

Tik tok has just offered me the Sephora advent calendar for 49.99 , has anyone else come across this ? It seems to have all the right products in it. It is not on Tt shop , it takes you to an external website and you buy via shopify ? Surely very dodgy but why am I tempted anyway 😂

https://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-beauty-heroes-box/p113842744?s

Here's the link to the JL heroes box for those who haven't got the app.

Very dodgy. If you were a Youtuber I'd say see what happens 'for science' and film it but as a MNetter nope, way too scammy sounding.

Totally! I think it would probably just not turn up

Even if it takes you to Shopify it can still be a total scam. Shopify can be set up by anyone. Was recently scammed this way buying something harmless such as coffee, entered in all my card details and paid. If something is too good to be true, be very wary. There's no way the Sephora calendar could be £49 at the moment.

There were a lot of advent calendar scams last year, I reckon this is one and they'll use tiktok more this year 🙈

If anyone was interested in the Flannels cracker or fragrance edits, they are listed on House of Fraser website and the code FF20 is taking 20% off.

@Stowickthevast i have both. I feel you is very fresh and clean, I actually can’t wear it because the pepper is very strong in it for me but liked that I could actually smell it on myself whereas doux to me is warm yet clean it’s my favourite perfume thought I don’t feel it lasts on my skin but people do often say I smell nice. I’m sure your daughter would love it for winter xx

@Twinsandsome thanks so much - I'll try and snag a bottle on Vinted.

I refuse to buy from HoF since they charge you a fiver even for collecting from store. HoF has been ruined since they were bought out, the Manchester store used to be my favourite place to shop years ago, now it's depressing and empty and no longer on my radar.

But the offer seems good - dont let me put anyone off 😄