🎄 2025 Style and Beauty Advent Calendar Discussion ***SPOILERS*** THREAD 9

[BakeOffRewatch]

New thread! Will this be the last thread? I think it will last two weeks and we’ll finish on a round number 10. Though Black Friday deals may mean we burn through this and 10 onto 11 and 12!

I’ve started getting Black Friday early access emails for 25% etc.

@BakeOffRewatch I agree with @OvaHere you should get it 😊 you did really want it and was going to get it when they were offering a £20 voucher with it. Your £5 credit would take it down to £187. Do you have any points you could convert to also put towards it?

I just can’t believe you’ve been so active on these threads and not bought anything! You must have willpower of steel! Or are you a bit jaded by it all? Embarrassingly I had an email telling me my cult beauty order was being dispatched and couldn’t even remember ordering anything 😳

My stash is slowly going down, I definitely don’t need to buy much next year though, it’s at a point where it could build up if I keep getting tempted by edits.

I do really want it. But I’m not like you guys I have to be 100%. I am just reviewing my value list now.

Classic Curation advertised value £1100
https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/c/advent-calendar/

Below is done on the Classic Edition

Skincare £510.21

1. Krave Oil La La 15ml (£28 for 45ml) £9.33
2. Medik8 C-Tetra Advanced 30ml FULL SIZE £69
3. Summer Fridays Jet Lag Skin Soothing Hydration Mist 50ml FULL SIZE £21
4. Laneige Bouncy & Firm Serum 15ml TRAVEL SIZE £19.50 (£39 for 30ml)
5. True Botanticals Phyto-Retinol Anti-Aging Sleep Serum 30ml FULL SIZE £75
6. Elemis Pro-Collagen Toning Mist 30ml TRAVEL SIZE £9 (£45 for 150ml)
7. Paula’s Choice Resist Barrier Repair Advanced Moisturizer 50ml FULL SIZE £41
8. BYOMA Phyto-Mucin Glow Serum 40ml FULL SIZE £14.99
9. Augustinus Bader The Eye Patches £19
10. Dr Levy Intense Stem Cell Eye Booster Concentrate 7ml £82.50 (£165 for 15ml)
11. U Beauty Resurfacing Flash Peel 5ml DELUXE SIZE £29.67 (£178 for 30ml)
12. Sisley Paris Black Rose Cream Mask 10ml £23.67 (£142 for 60ml)
13. By Terry Travel-Size Hyaluronic Hydra-Powder 8HA 4g £20
14. Kate Somerville ExfoliKate Intensive Exfoliating Treatment 60ml £72

Makeup

1. Make Up For Ever Artist Color Pencil Extreme – Limitless Brown FULL SIZE £20
2. Natasha Denona Eyeshadow Palette – Mini Xenon FULL SIZE
3. Patrick Ta Cream + Powder Blush Duo in ‘She Knows Who She Is’ FULL SIZE
4. Gisou Honey Infused Lip Oil in ‘Cherry On The Cake’ FULL SIZE £24
5. Huda Beauty Faux Filler Extra Shine Lip Gloss in ‘She Flirty’ FULL SIZE
6. Hourglass Unlocked Instant Extensions Mascara in Ultra Black DELUXE SIZE
7. SAIE SuperSuede Radiant Blush Powder in Bella FULL SIZE
8. Charlotte Tilbury Beauty Light Wand in ‘Spotlight’ FULL SIZE
9. Augustinus Bader The Eyebrow and Lash Enhancing Serum 8ml FULL SIZE
10. Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dewy Flush in ‘Watermelon Flush’ FULL SIZE £22
11. Danessa Myricks Beauty Linework Eyeliner in ‘Onyx’ FULL SIZE
12. RMS Beauty Legendary Lip Oil in ‘Lucia’ 1.6ml
13. Vieve Skin Nova 5ml
14. Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare DermInfusions Plump + Repair Lip Treatment 4ml FULL SIZE

Bath and body

1. Sol De Janeiro Delicia Drench Body Butter 75ml (£48 for 240ml) £15
2. Byoma Hydrating Body Wash 100ml
3. L’Occitane Almond Shower Oil 75ml

Fragrance £0

Haircare

1. Sam McKnight Love Me Do Nourishing Oil 50ml FULL SIZE £32
2. K18 Leave-In Molecular Hair Repair Mask 50ml FULL SIZE
3. Philip Kingsley Overnight Scalp Barrier Serum 60ml FULL SIZE

@Keffert I've been on maternity leave and it’s been an active hobby. I’ve honestly really enjoyed reviewing the releases and chatting with you all. It’s been an absolute pleasure, thank you.

I really want to see this!

Well I for one have really appreciated your breakdowns and reviews so thank you

I'm invested now in whether you buy this @BakeOffRewatch you are the penultimate episode cliff hanger before the RHOBAC season finale. 😂

So last time I did a late night Cult Beauty impulse (in my terms) purchase they did the fragrance GWP the next morning so I don’t know!

I don't think the AC has ever stacked with a GWP. Doesn't mean they won't do it but previously I think it's always been excluded.

How much of what's in it do you want and would use?

Thank you for your dedication to the cause BakeOff. You've been an absolute superstar.

I've not bought any further BAC's since Anthropologie, Glossybox and M&S as I found a load of other beauty box stuff under the bed. So when I say I'm done, I really mean it. I was watching Next, Vogue and Fenwick, but I now realise that it's largely about the acquisition for me, so I'm learning to hold back.

@BakeOffRewatch I think, if you wanted the Cult Beauty advent when it was on sale before and were really gutted when it sold out, then you need to get it 😅 Now it’s magically back in stock, it feels like the universe giving you a second chance! 🤣

I really don’t think they’re going to throw a GWP on the advent itself and it might not be still in stock in the morning anyway. The value is amazing and there are some seriously good products in there, and if I hadn’t already bought a chunk of them on Vinted, I’d be all over it 🤣

If you wait for “100% certainty,” you might miss it again, and then you’ll be doubly kicking yourself, which isn't very Christmassy 😕🎄

I say grab it while it’s actually there! The beauty regret of NOT buying is always worse than the regret of buying 🙈✨

I think CB is now gone...

@JoRaRaRa I’m sorry to be such a disappointing RHOBAC episode but I don’t get the regret, gladly! I did the maths and it’d need to be £175 for things I’d consider buying anyway - done by adding up price and taking 75% as they always do 25% off for Gold accounts.

Do you all wear makeup everyday? The other stuff that I would have liked to try if I’d bought it at release, I have now purchased. I’ve bought my blusher, highlighter, lip liner, lipsticks and lip glosses to see me through winter now. They’re all the right colours for me too. I have loads of lipsticks and lip glosses on the go in each handbag. I have a pack of eye patches from Liberty GWP or edit. At one point I had no body moisturiser and now I have three, and expecting more I think in M&S BAC.

If anyone is interested here’s my narrowed down list of CB BAC items:

1. Medik8 C-Tetra Advanced 30ml FULL SIZE £69
2. True Botanticals Phyto-Retinol Anti-Aging Sleep Serum 30ml FULL SIZE £75
3. BYOMA Phyto-Mucin Glow Serum 40ml FULL SIZE £14.99
4. Make Up For Ever Artist Color Pencil Extreme – Limitless Brown FULL SIZE £20
5. Danessa Myricks Beauty Linework Eyeliner in ‘Onyx’ FULL SIZE £20

Total is £198.99, £149.24 with 25% off. I think I must have added some travel sizes to the value above.

Things I would have liked but now don’t need include the eye patches, all the blush products especially the Glow Recipe one, all the lip products especially the Gisou one, some of the hydrating serums and mists but I have all those now.

Maybe I should get it and open it in March when I start to run out and looking to buy spring stuff.

CB seems very repetitive. If it were me, I’d be a tad disappointed by the time I got to the second lip product never mind the 4th. Same for moisturisers and 2 eyeliners.

It’s an odd choice to not include any fragrances and so few hair products yet repeat so many others.

@BakeOffRewatch I thought we were going to get a happy ending for the RHOBAC series. I guess they never script it like that 🤣

It has been a while so it's understandable that you've picked up other things now. That's how I feel now about the Elle and next premium ACs. I don't actually think I'll buy anymore unless there's a ridiculously amazing deal, which I don't see happening.

I managed to get the danessa myricks eyeliner on vinted for £3, I've added it to my Frankenstein so I can't comment on what it's like yet. I also bought the True botanicals serum for my Frankenstein 😊 I only remember these because you've listed them, I actually can't remember what else I bought for it, it's been so long 🙈🤣 I did pick up the Patrick ta blush and have been using it.

I work from home, so I don't wear makeup every day, only when I have to go into the office, have plans after work and at the weekend.

I think SNK Fragrance calendar is now sold out. I tried to purchase, but wont let me check out it with my card, managed to complete purchase via PayPal but just got a refund notification.
thankfully I only mainly wanted Byredo from it so can pick it up on Vinted

That’s when I moved my main obsession to perfumes - easier to get sample / travel sizes and store them

still have boxes under my bed full of beauty stuff!!

Haha @LetitSnowball i read your post and thought “my perfect AC! Repeats of stuff I use lots and none of what I don’t!”. Anyway not buying it tonight. Still moves to checkout and pay option for me, I assume it shows as out of stock when people have in basket. Though I guess we’ll really know when @MrsBnow12 is dispatched or if.

Let’s move on to the pet special episode of RHOBAC - has anyone got their cat or dog a treat or toy advent calendar? I saw some cat and dog crackers last year at a craft stall made in a way your pet could play with it and it would open and a treat comes out. I am thinking of doing a stocking for our pet but it would be more for the kids to have new things to play with pet.

@BakeOffRewatch I’ve got a cat treat advent calendar And cracker for my Wilfred, and he’s got a stocking with toy mice in as well. Not surprisingly, they’re hidden in the wardrobe in the spare bedroom with my advent calendars 😆😆

Oooh do you have links?

These threads have made me feel so much better over the last few months. I thought I was the only one with things stuffed under the bed and in wardrobes 😆😆

Just a normal day one - I’m on an Aveeno oat one at the moment. I’ve got some retinol for night use, fortunately…

Ooh, thanks @BlueLimes! I shall hold firm!

I've got the pooch and mutt pigs in blankets one for my dog. She's old now though and hasn't got many teeth left so I'm not sure how she'll get on with it 😔 last year, they did a cheese one and she loved it so I was hoping to get that one again. I wish one of them would do a soft treat ac for dogs 😕

I've also got my chocolate one. Does everyone else still get a chocolate one? 😊

New thread https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5449154-2025-style-and-beauty-advent-calendar-discussion-spoilers-thread-10

@JoRaRaRa could you please add your wonderful list of sold out and in stock?