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

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New thread!

I did, and I'll be making it my life's mission to make sure I get that tenner back! It's not so much the waiting another day (if it even is that) it's that I had planned to be in today, and tomorrow have plans to go out so it will probably come when I'm not there and they will take until Monday to try and deliver it again when I'm at work.....

@Evergreen21 so far none of the kbeauty ones have appealed this year. Last year I really wanted one (but didn't get) so they were high on my wish list but they don't seem as good. Not sure if that really is the case or it's just because last year I was looking at them with newbie eyes and I've since tried out quite a bit of kbeauty.

All the couriers seem a bit fkd at the moment - Yodel/In post are a joke following the merger and probably the increased traffic on other networks as a result isn't helping - and it's not even anywhere close to black friday!

I would've liked it next day, but I couldn't justify the £10 when I mostly wfh so I'm here most days. They best give you it back 😡

That's the kinda thing that happens to me though, even though I'm in most of the week, big deliveries end up coming at the weekend when I've got plans 🙈🤣

Another mostly lurker here who so appreciates everyone’s insights and help. Sorry to all of those going through tough times, and hope the BAC chat and openings bring a little bit of joy into your lives!!

Thanks @OvaHere - it’s so lovely and I know I would have been upset to have missed out.

I can’t buy anything else, though!

@IDontHateRainbows Thanks for the heads up re dpd. I had ordered flowers from M&S for my parents 40th wedding anniversary. Fingers crossed they do receive them today.

@OvaHere I feel the same. I think i might just look out for a Korean product that is good for hyperpigmentation. I have some dark spots on my nose that felt like they came out of nowhere after having my youngest. They are covered with foundation but I like to go makeup free when I'm not at work.

@NeitherStylishnorBeautiful I think that's the 2022 Lumene calendar. I personally probably wouldn't want such an old calendar, as the products will be at least 3 years old now.

I'm sure that this year's Lumene will see reductions as it is usually reduced.

On the beautybay app the code APP10 gets you 10% off their advent bringing it to £108. There are unboxings on both YouTube and tiktok.

@KeffertYou mentioned that you wanted an empty Diptyque calendar. I know this year’s box is lovely but I’ve just seen a 2020 one on vinted which is really nice. It’s listed as ‘Diptyque 2020 advent calendar’. But be quick before it gets removed as Vinted don’t allow advent calendars to be sold.

Oooo that one is lovely, I just went for a nosey 😍

So sorry to hear of the tough times people are going through. Life can be very cruel. 😢♥️

Just to add i only joined a few months ago but love the build up and chat and beauty in general. Also love the beauty gwp,etc page.
Its my favourite part of xmas as its a very stressful time for me personally. And I'm glad when its over but listening to everyone's tales does bring a smile to my face. So thank you.
I also loved hearing about the harrods event. I felt like I was there with you 🤣

These threads have saved me a fair few pounds listening to everyone's views and dropped me rushing buying stuff.

If there's a good offer on liberty advent I'll buy another. I need to try the ab eye cream but don't like opening before advent 🤣
If I love it I want to have another in stock and its very expensive.
Take care everyone ♥️

My HNF is getting delivered this afternoon, woohoo 🎊💃🎉

Could you maybe get the AB rich eye cream on vinted or ebay? I bought the AB rich eye cream from someone on ebay, it cost me £40. There's some others priced similarly, or there's one on vinted at £38. Then you can try it without needing to buy the calendar again 😊

My HN fragrance has just arrived. Fortunately Mr Growly was in the kitchen and didn’t hear the doorbell, so I tucked it away upstairs after a quick check that nothing had leaked and that there was something in every drawer. That’s me finished for this year now 😆

That's exciting!! 🎉💃🎊 So you didn't have a quick little sniff of each one then? 🤣

No, I was very good and it’s gone away in the wardrobe in the spare room now. 😆

There is a god! HN out for delivery. Fenwick still stuck so must have come a different route.

Probably it will eke out the excitement getting them on different days.

@Growlybear83 that is very good! As I've previously confessed, I have the same self control as a raccoon on meth, there's going to be cellophane and cardboard everywhere when mine arrives 🤣

@IDontHateRainbows Yayyyy!!! That's exciting 😍 and yes, definitely getting them on 2 separate days is better and prolongs the excitement. I just hope for you that Fenwick BAC doesn't arrive when you're at work 🤞

15% off Harvey Nicks beauty advent calendar with code HNBEAUTYX
https://www.harveynichols.com/harvey-nichols/harvey-nichols-beauty-advent-calendar-2025-42956-232485/

I think that ASOS have excluded the advent from the discount code now, so maybe it wasn't supposed to be for the advent?

Am looking forward to that one, but should stop now as I've ordered ASOS, M&S, Korres and Lumene!

Am not even a tiny bit sorry either! 😂

I've really enjoyed the chat on here, and sorry to those who are going through tough times ❤️

I had avoided the threads as I wasn’t planning on getting a calendar this year and wanted to try and avoid temptation but then I got the Boots one so stuck my head back in to this thread.

These threads have always been a lovely part of the Christmas build up for me. Yes some people may seem to go a bit over the top but then not actually spend anything else through the year. Some people sell bits. Some use bits they don’t want as gifts etc. It’s all part of life’s rich tapestry.

Hugs to those going through hard times and those grieving. It’s a tough time of year for lots of people. @Keffert - I’m sorry you lost your Mum - I first came across Beauty Advent Calenders in M&S in November 2016 after my mum died as I was in buying clothes for my son to wear to my Mum’s funeral. The assistant asked if I wanted one and I initially said no as it felt wrong to buy something frivolous while buying clothes for a funeral. And then I remembered this was my Mum’s funeral and she would have bloody loved a Beauty Advent Calendar! She loved skin care and make up and always had a list of new lotions and potions she wanted to try. When we cleared out the house after my Dad died we were still finding snippets she had cut from magazines about various products. Opening it that year made me feel a bit connected to her still. And still does each year. I hope you have the same feeling every year when you get an advent calendar.

I’ve been reading these threads since 2019 when I bought my first BAC, and even then, it was not uncommon for people to have 4 or 5 calendars. I even remember one poster, several years ago, who left it really late to buy a calendar, and then came on the BAC to complain that people on the thread had bought multiple calendars while she didn’t have any!

If you are going back further than 2019, then I expect that people where buying fewer simply because there were fewer available. Cult Beauty and F&M for example, didn’t launch in 2019 I believe. I also don’t think that there was HN or any fragrance calendars back then.

It’s very strange that you seem to have an issue with how many calendars people buy and what they do with the items. Why on earth does it matter? Personally, I didn’t buy any beauty products at all between January and August this year. Not even a shampoo or shower gel. This time of year, I like to stock up on things.

I should also add that calendars typically launched later in the earlier years. I remember M&S coming out on Halloween for example. People are now buying them earlier because they are available earlier 🤷🏻‍♀️

I just tried to buy this with the code but it says it’s not included in the discount.