🎄 2025 Style and Beauty Advent Calendar Discussion ***SPOILERS*** THREAD 10

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Final one before the opening threads. Who is starting the opening threads and for which ones? Please share the links below. There’ll be Waifs and Strays one, DIY, and possibly Harrods, Space NK, Liberty?

On 1st December, the opening threads start, I’ll ask MN to update this post with links.

If you’re looking to continue the chat beyond BACs there is the Beauty chat thread here by @OvaHere : https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5444855-beauty-chat-freebiesgifts-with-purchaseoffers-thread-six
and the perfumistas thread here by @IDontHateRainbows : https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5443053-scent-of-the-day-part-six-what-will-the-friendly-perfumistas-spray-next
Both threads are quite spendy, be warned!

Waifs and strays opening thread
thank you @AprilLady

Liberty opening thread www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5452449-liberty-beauty-advent-calendar-2025-opening-thread thank you @IlovePond

Empties and beauty hoarders rehabilitation thread www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5441152-cant-stop-buying-hoarding-beauty-treats-youre-in-good-company-here thank you @Experiment627

[New links added by MNHQ at OP's request]

I reckon it’s worth keeping an eye out - the other 2 were sold out earlier and back in stock today

I wonder if someone who’s purchased the HN BAC can tell me which drawer something is in? I seem to be missing something that I wanted to use today so decided to raid it but it doesn’t appear to be in there (I may need to contact CS, but may be a bit late now 🙈)

@wohmum - some I gift to a friend, other bits I put on eBay for peanuts where they languish looking in vain for a buyer.

I have far too much stuff, yet still seem to run out of my essentials!

That’s exactly what I can see happening here @IlovePond ..loads of ‘treat stuff’ but not the day to day … so I still end up buying!
still , I should have GORGEOUS skin by this time next year!

Indeed @wohmum! I do enjoy using it all, though!

I don’t buy it if it has more than 3 DOD (although the Boots did have 5 for me but it was so cheap I got it anyway) so don’t generally have loads to get rid of. I offer things I don’t want to dd or ds’ girlfriend- sometimes my sister but she’s not into beauty products at all. Sometimes I force myself to use something I’m not bothered about then reward myself with a product I’m excited to use afterwards 🤣 I ended up with a surplus of hand cream for quite a while, I do use it but not in huge quantities. Used a couple of tubes up on my legs!
My skin doesn’t tolerate retinol at all so I’m going to have to find a home for a couple of retinol products this year. There was a rehoming thread on here years ago, not sure if it’s still allowed. It wasn’t just beauty products though, was in the ethical living section iirc.

In terms of storing stuff, I have a box in my wardrobe with serums/eye cream/face creams. I’m very strict on myself and only have one of each open at a time (well two because I have day and night ones)

Another box in my airing cupboard has cleansers/toners/masks in. Then a bigger box has shampoo/conditioner/body scrub/shower gel/soap/body lotion/hand cream.

I’ve just moved all the things remaining from last year’s calendars into a wash bag in the bathroom to try to make myself use them before starting on the new lot. It’s travel sizes remaining so should use them up fairly quickly. Actually that’s my reminder for next year; don’t save the travel sizes for travel! I don’t travel enough!

@wohmum previous years I've just used whatever I don't want and just put up with it. This year, I've sold what I don't want on vinted and replaced with things I do want from other ACs. That's how I've now got my Frankenstein calendar 😍💚

@JoRaRaRa I have a mental picture of your Frankenstein calendar absolutely bursting with lovely things 😁

@QueefofSheena Bursting it is! I’m slightly terrified to move it 🤣 I’m not convinced the poor Space NK calendar is structurally sound enough to cope with everything I’ve stuffed into it. One wrong step on the stairs and it’ll be lotions, potions and powders flying everywhere 🙈🤣

An inventory is a good plan @wohmum. With things I won’t use I pass them on to my sisters. Sometimes sell but not often. Mini/travel sizes I keep separately and use when I travel but they are building up now so need to go through those. Some are quite old.

oh that is lovely and great discount. I almost caved just to get the Hello Kitty free lip products!

I had the Trinny missing. I didnt get in touch with customer service as I wouldn't have used it and i couldn't be mithered tbh. Good luck. Such a faff. You just expect everything to be there!
I've not checked my space nk one. I hope everything is there
I dont want to spoil the surprise as they only came this week and I've forgot. X

Vouchercodes, cult beauty, 30% off, £20 Amazon voucher with £50 + spend. Maybe if we wait tomorrow they'll be giving stuff away.

YAAAAYYY It allowed me to check one out just now even though it says it's again out of stock. Fingers crossed it arrives 🤞🏻

So excited 😁 Having dithered on all the cheap make-up advents, this has always been my favourite as I love No7 make-up and use it every day. I was so gutted when it went out of stock yesterday. I only dithered on it as it's a 12-day rather than a 24/25-day calendar. I might now need another 12-day one to even it out 😂

That’s annoying, I know I definitely have the Trinny products so it’s not the same missing in multiple calendars.
I do check all contents when the BACs arrive but with this being something less exciting and more practical, I mustn’t have taken too much notice, only when I happened to want to use it yesterday.
On the flip side, I did get a duplicate La Mer cream in my Harrods BAC so I can’t be too disappointed that there are errors in BACs 😅

Oh I would've loved a duplicate la mer. You lucky thing 💚 did you get it as well as everything else or was there something else missing?

Not long now until Advent calendar opening time 💃✨🥳🎉🩷

🤣 this is exactly what I imagined

I’m still getting to grips with Voucher Codes. Will the £20 Amazon voucher with &50 Cult Beauty spend work if buying sale items do you know?

Check the T&S on vouchercodes usually isn't a problem

Gutted that discounted Jurlique has sold out. Anyone know where I can still get one?

I just saw this and went to order it ... sold out 😥

A bit off topic, but as you are all beauty experts I thought it was a good place to ask.

Do any of you get regular facials? I’ve been feeling generally knackered, old, a bit “grey” and earlier this year I thought that starting a routine of getting facials regularly would really help.

I’ve always been a bit haphazard in my skincare routine … no longer! … and I had a weird habit of getting nice stuff in BAC or similar and then keeping them “for best”. I’ve got better at this, and better at having a proper routine and - would you believe it - my skin is sooo much better. Who knew 😂

so, if I can keep my new found routine up, and use all the wonderful potions I’ve been encouraged to buy from these threads is there any benefit to getting facials as well, or could I put that money towards more BAC?

Facials are a broad term @buzzing what kind of facial are you getting? There’s strong peels like this True Botanicals facial mask https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/p/true-botanicals-at-home-facialist-peel-30ml/15062997. If you’re getting electrical therapy, there’s the NuFace devices and similar ones from other brands to stimulate and tone your skin https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/c/brands/nuface/ . Light therapy you can buy the LED masks. If it’s a massage, you can do that yourself folllwing YouTube lymphatic drainage or facial massages or use a gua sha or face roller.

But a facial is a great time to relax and switch off and I think that does a lot for just looking better!

@buzzing I don't have regular facials but I've tried a few sporadically over the years. If you go for one I would recommend finding somewhere that uses products you have a good idea your face will get along with e.g some places might use Dermalogica products etc.

The last one I had a couple of birthdays ago they used lots of highly scented essential oil type products and I didn't enjoy it at all, nor did my skin.

Not sure if I read this right - is there a code to get a £20 Amazon voucher with a £50 CB spend?