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

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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.

I don't want to cause mass panic or hysteria 🤣 but Look Fantastic are saying that they have final units remaining. I also noticed that Liberty is shown as Last Chance to buy. So if you're wanting either of these calendars, maybe buy them soon.

Obviously it could just be a marketing gimmick, hoping that people panic buy 🤔

Fortunately I purchased everything I wanted from Liberty on vinted. Maybe fortnums too 😳

It is getting close to discount time I think and I already have one so not going to be getting one over the next few weeks myself....

Yeah, I feel like I've bought what I wanted from the ACs on vinted, so there's not really any that I desperately want. I think I'll only buy if there's an absolute bargain (40 or 50%) that I just can't refuse. That's what I'm hoping anyway. I'm hoping I don't just think f... It and go mad 🙈🤣

I’m so sorry, I’ve already ordered 🫣thanks so much though. I ordered the edit so I don’t ‘need’ to order the JL advent 🤣🤣

No worries ! Enjoy and I’m absolutely not ordering anything else either …

I did this trick with the SpaceNk fragrance ac, I bought sandlewood Temple as that was the one I was most interested in, hoping it would stop me from ordering the ac, but it didn't arrive in time so I ended up ordering the calendar anyway 🙈🤣 luckily I like the fragrance so I don't mind that I have 2.

I really want the Shleep headband from F&M AC have you seen it on vinted? I’ve not seen it appear yet.

I am probably not buying anymore but for the sake of the thread I’m interested in:

• £225 Sephora, I think it has a great mix of products and is at a good price point. The brand range is similar to Cult Beauty where I do most of my beauty shop. Laneige , Glow Recipe, Gisou, Medik8, Summer Fridays. I’ve never tried a Discotheque perfume. https://www.sephora.co.uk/p/sephora-favorites-advent-calendar
• SOLD OUT £265 Fortnum and Masons. This must have just sold out as I was looking at it earlier. Bath stuff, lots of soap and salts, and headband. No real DOD for me but I wish they’d done a sleep time wash rather than morning wash - which is what swung the M&S for me. https://www.fortnumandmason.com/2025-fortnums-beauty-advent-calendar
• £275 Liberty just for the box. No real DOD for me but it doesn’t have the brands they stock that I actually like, like Reome. There’s so many perfume drawers https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/beauty-advent-calendar
• £175 Harvey Nichols 12 day fragrance this has Ex Nihilo Spiky Muse which I love and is getting good reviews from our resident fragranistas https://www.harveynichols.com/harvey-nichols/harvey-nichols-12-days-of-fragrance-advent-calendar-2025-42957-232486/
• £398 Astley Clarke 12 days of jewellery. I really like this brand and would wear everything except the beaded bracelets. https://www.astleyclarke.com/astley-clarke-advent-calendar-2025
• £356 Astrid and Miyu 12 day advent calendar, I love the box https://www.astleyclarke.com/astley-clarke-advent-calendar-2025 All three of their advent boxes are nice www.astridandmiyu.com/search?q=Advent+
• £45 Accessorize Advent Calendar https://www.accessorize.com/uk/24-days-of-accessorize-christmas-advent-calendar-1000918225.html
• £450 Barbara Sturm. Beautiful green velvet box and I mainly use skincare, rather than perfume and makeup. Doing this post with a face mask on. https://www.selfridges.com/GB/en/product/dr-barbara-sturm-2025-advent-calendar-worth-1028_R04532032

@BakeOffRewatch i haven’t seen the headband - sorry!
I have got last years Liberty box I was going to put on vinted - I can pm you my username if interested.
I have got the eye mask from last years fortnums I was also going to put on there.

I have listed my empty Harrods fragrance box and JL house fragrance box on marketplace this evening and both have sold. Now do I put that £15 towards the Selfridges ultimate kit in my basket?

@BakeOffRewatch wow! I really wasn't expecting F&M to be the next one to sell out. I would've lost that bet. I was thinking sephora or JL. Part of me wants the rest to sell out so I can stop thinking about them 🤣

I'd love to be able to afford the Dr Barbara Sturm AC or the augustinus bader one also looks good.

I'm sure someone will send you their HN FAC 25% off. I really like it, I did originally turn my nose up at it, but I'm so glad I ended up buying it, even if it was at full price 😊

Sounds like a good idea 😍

@JoRaRaRaand @BlueLimes 🤣🤣🤣.
Now Fortnums has sold out and if Liberty and Look Fantastic are almost sold out as jorarara said, it’ll be interesting to see what happens with the others!

Having given this sone considerable inward debate (DH lost interest quite sone time ago). The only one I’d now be tempted by is diptyque.

The only one I've got my eye on is the SpaceNK fragrance one. I'd be looking for a decent discount though. I would have considered the HN fragrance one with a discount but they're not shipping to Ireland and I won't be in Dublin anytime soon to get it in store.

I did say Dior after a few 🍹 but I’ve realised I just want the box.

I think it’s a very important part of an AC, you’ve got it on display all month with festive decorations.

speaking of which I really like these Harrods wooden advent calendars and I thought they were a reasonable price https://www.harrods.com/en-gb/p/harrods-gingerbread-house-advent-calendar-000000000007774561 there’s a sleigh one with Santa as well

SNK fragrance is going to stack with tomorrow's gwp. I think that will sell it out.

I guess more people will be thinking about it now and buying them up ready for next month. Hopefully not too many though so we can all get some bargains 🤣

Ahh I was hoping for a discount on F&M. Probably for the best, although I liked it there were also some DoDs (the weird wash bags they put in every year). Now the only two I could be tempted by are Liberty men's and Glamour. If either went to 20% off I'd twitch I think.

These are cute 😍 Hobbycraft also had a wooden house one. It's not as pretty as that one but it's also not as expensive 🤪
https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/wooden-advent-house/6783611000.html

@BakeOffRewatch the headband is on vinted for £20. I only know as i listed last year's Schleep eye eye mask earlier today

https://www.vinted.co.uk/items/7404630933-shleep-merino-wool-jersey-spa-headband-coral-peony-rrp-ps6400

But you have to paint it yourself that’s worth the £50 extra to me 😂. I liked that the drawers open on all sides on the boxes and gingerbread house advent calendars.

Oh thank you! It doesn’t look as nice as the marketing promo photos does it …

The eye mask certainly looks more luxurious than the headband.