🎄✨ Beauty & Fragrance Advent Calendars – Info/Chat 2026 SPOILERS 🎁 Thread 4 ✨🎄

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Welcome to Thread 4! 🥳

And here we are again! 😂 A huge thank you to everyone who's been sharing spoilers, links, bargains, discount codes and enabling each other over the first three threads. ❤️

As agreed, we're taking it in turns to start each new thread null this year. If this thread starts getting close to the reply limit, please post to let everyone know you're happy to start the next one so we can avoid duplicate threads.

🎅 A few festive housekeeping notes;
🎁 This thread contains spoilers.
🎄 Please be kind and respectful to one another.
💸 No judging anyone for their purchasing choices (or how many calendars they buy... we're all enablers here! 😂).
🎀 Feel free to share spoilers, offers, discount codes, GWPs, delivery updates and stock alerts.

🎁 Available Now

Liberty – £285 (Beauty Drop members receive £25 off). Full contents revealed and available to order.
https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/beauty-advent-calendar

P. Louise – £250. Available to pre-order with payment instalments available.
https://plouise.co.uk/collections/wonderful-world-of-p-louise-advent-calendar/products/what-glows-around-2026-advent-calendar

John Lewis – Available on pre-sale via the app for MyJL members.
https://beauty-detective.com/john-lewis-beauty-advent-calendar-2026/

Harrods Beauty Advent Calendar – Now on pre-sale.
https://www.harrods.com/en-gb/p/harrods-of-london-the-harrods-beauty-advent-calendar-2026-000000000000284475

Harrods 12 Days of Hair & Body – Now on pre-sale.
https://www.harrods.com/en-gb/p/harrods-of-london-the-harrods-12-days-of-hair-and-body-advent-calendar-2026-000000000000284465

Harrods Fragrance Advent Calendar – Pre-sale currently sold out. Expected back in-store during September (date TBC).
https://beauty-detective.com/harrods-fragrance-advent-calendar-2026/

Vogue Festive Calendar – Available to pre-order. https://shop.vogue.co.uk/products/vogue-festive-calendar-2026

Fortnum & Mason Beauty Advent Calendar – Available to pre-order.
https://www.fortnumandmason.com/fortnums-beauty-advent-calendar-2026

Anthropologie 24 Day Beauty Advent Calendar – Available to pre-order.
https://www.anthropologie.com/en-gb/shop/24-days-of-beauty-advent-calendar5

The Fragrance Shop - Available for pre-order
Women's Advent Calendar https://www.thefragranceshop.co.uk/the-fragrance-shop/the-fragrance-shop/gift-box-advent/p/76306
Men's Advent Calendar https://www.thefragranceshop.co.uk/the-fragrance-shop/the-fragrance-shop/gift-box-advent/p/76307

⏳ Coming Soon / Waitlists

Cult Beauty
https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/c/advent-calendar/

Harvey Nichols
Beauty:
https://www.harveynichols.com/harvey-nichols/harvey-nichols-beauty-advent-calendar-2026-75896-258491/
Fragrance:
https://www.harveynichols.com/harvey-nichols/harvey-nichols-12-days-of-fragrance-advent-calendar-2026-75906-258490/

John Lewis Fragrance
https://beauty-detective.com/john-lewis-fragrance-advent-calendar-2026/

Space NK
https://www.spacenk.com/uk/gifts/beauty-advent-calendars/beauty-advent-calendar-MUK200063764.html

Elle
https://beauty-detective.com/elle-advent-calendar-2026/

Fortnum & Mason
Spoilers:
https://beauty-detective.com/fortnum-mason-beauty-advent-calendar-2026/
Waitlist: https://www.fortnumandmason.com/beauty-advent-calender-sign-up-2026

Boots (including the new fragrance calendar) https://www.boots.com/christmas/advent-calendars/advent-calendar-waiting-list

Sephora UK
Spoilers:
https://beauty-detective.com/sephora-uk-advent-calendar-2026/
Waitlist: https://www.sephora.co.uk/c/beauty-advent-calendar-waitlist

Selfridges (Beauty & Fragrance)
https://beauty-detective.com/selfridges-beauty-advent-calendar-2026/
Fragrance https://beauty-detective.com/selfridges-fragrance-advent-calendar-2026/

LookFantastic Beauty
https://www.lookfantastic.com/c/waitlist/advent/?srsltid=AfmBOoovzs9M5Kt8-RM_31Q3_-JOa6N51uGggpe0hglvZbxC5Of7AFTH

LookFantastic Fragrance
https://beauty-detective.com/lookfantastic-fragrance-advent-calendar-2026/

Glossybox
https://beauty-detective.com/glossybox-advent-calendar-2026/

OK! Beauty Box
https://beauty-detective.com/ok-beauty-box-advent-calendar-2026/

Fenwick – Loyalty members null 20 August | General release null 25 August
https://fenwick.co.uk/blogs/daily-muse/fragrance-beauty-25-day-advent-calendar

Next spoilers
https://beauty-detective.com/next-beauty-advent-calendar-2026/

Debenhams – waiting list
https://www.debenhams.com/pages/beauty-advent-calendar

💄 More Calendars & Spoilers

Rather than making the opening post a mile long, here's a brilliant roundup of lots more advent calendars and the latest spoilers, including Charlotte Tilbury, Jo Malone, Elemis, Lancôme, Tatcha, NEOM, Neal's Yard Remedies, Holland & Barrett, YesStyle and many more as they're announced.

👉 https://beauty-detective.com/category/beauty-advent-calendars/ 👈

🎅 Happy advent season everyone! 🎁

Here's hoping for lots more spoilers, bargains, discount codes, and maybe a little self-control (although that's already gone for some 😄)

Well I like the SdJ Delicia Drench so I'm happy to get the shower oil again, although I don't like the smell of the Bum Bum cream and I remember when that was in everything.

I don't live anywhere near a Home Bargains, so I have no idea what they sell, but if anybody spots Augustinus Bader or Elizabeth Sturm in there please do update and I'll find one somehow 😀

That’s outrageous!

@Advententhusiast - yes that makes sense. I was using two products that had actives that I didn’t really realise. Now on a very gentle barrier repair time for a bit.

I now think I just want to get to a solid routine of products that suit my skin, don’t stress it and just work.

Ive just bought an Elizabeth Arden unwrap mystery box at £90 🙈. I find their stuff works really well on my skin. A little bit impulsive given i was meant to be saving for my bacs!

Hmm... not sure about Elle. It’s a bit of a mixed bag. There are a couple of interesting products, like the EGF eye serum which I’ve not seen before in a calendar, but there are also quite a few DoDs for me.

I mean, scalp drops?! I can only assume that’s one of those products that someone is trying to offload. Also not keen on facial oil, Tatcha, Votary, or any of the makeup in this calendar.

Yeah Elle isn't as amazing as I thought it was going to be and the higher price is putting me off. It may end up being reduced down the line and I would reconsider, but for now, the stand out products are the EGF eye which I've never tried, the Sunday Riley is another decent eye product and I would really enjoy trying the Shiseido primer, beauty pie serum and the cleanser would look lovely next to the sink. However, there's plenty I just don't need such as retinol when I'm using tret, and the Zelens and Votary which I already have unopened. I have no interest in abother hand cream or the perfume too, so I'm leaning towards more misses than exciting products for me unfortunately.

Elle isn’t doing anything for me, ditto SNK. I didn’t like SNJ’s in 2025 either. For me, SNK 2024 and LF FAC 2020 were the ‘ones that got away’.

Boots - for me - all disappointing - especially after all the excitement of their first FAC.

Of the big beasts - Harrods looks pretty good. GB interests me the most so far.

Same, thats probably also why I am less bothered with some advents this year.

The Elemis Toner and ironically Paula's Choice barrier creme wrecked havock on my skin. Took me 2 months to calm it down. They discontinued the Clarins cleanser I have always used since my 20s years ago. Still searching for a proper replacement ever since. And once I find it, ill stick to it.

Another reason why I am much more interested in well rounded calendars. Just give me a fancy candle Id never buy myself because it too expensive (Diptique, Trudon, Fornasetti or a Niche Perfume one), some smancy fancy fragrance sticks or roomspray, a nice bodycream/oil/lotion and showergel and a scrub (eff off SdJ and can we actually have a full size..), an eye cream, a day and a night cream, 1 serum, a cleanser, a shampoo and conditioner to try (would be nice for something else than Olaplex or Color Wow) Oribe, Kevin Murphy, Ouai etc...a hairmask or something. Give me a nice rounded niche perfume or a more high end desiger one (no Vogue, thats not Burberry Her.....), some other travel size perfumes that are well rounded instead of 50 shades of vanilla/ gourmet so you smell like an artificial milkshake and some more general shades of make-up (maybe with xmass in mind) and leave the rejected clini clown colors out of it that are left over stock which some are clearly trying to shift... For a decent price instead of a gazillion mini's and travel sizes which are clearly promotional products for extortionate prices (looking at you JL). Now I dont mind travel sizes if the calender is priced accordingly. Most are not.

Sorry for the rant but Im still extremely underwhelmed by most advents.

I've been slightly put off the Sephora calendar...I collected an order from SNK yesterday and tried the Kosas highlighter while I was there. Its an awful blue/green mermaid tail type of colour that's totally unwearable. Any other shade of that product could be used by any skintone but they've picked the shade that screams 16 year-old at their first festival!

Its not a big deal in itself to not like a makeup product but that particular selection feels careless or worse, deliberately giving us crap. They had no Summer Fridays for me to try the blush and it was so crowded in the shopping centre I didn't go to Sephora itself to look.

So I'm still undecided and need to go back and look at Elle properly since it is so popular here.

Ooh yes. Like Inside The Factory (but way more interesting than watching millions of Quavers trundling along a production line then being tossed about in cheesy powder!)

I like those SF blushes. A little bit like Rhode cream blush but different packaging.

https://www.no7beauty.co.uk/p/no7-the-ultimate-beauty-advent-calendar/17967690/?utm_content=hm-d912bd16&utm_source=BAU-Trading-180826-Advent-EA-Elite&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BAU-Trading-180826-Advent-EA-Elite&affil=thgemail&ecrmcid=bkKYpq2A7aoMvZ5bRgZwr9ew85GVLzn4&shae=GpJw9Auu%2BE4RxfgbT%2BzM1AZMuJYRGqwF%2BrYxdniLeOg%3D&enableOpenTracking&sendTime=1787036400

From email so sorry about long link. No7 BAC. 20% off first 250 sold with code ADVENT20

Clarins have launched their waitlist. I often find these calendars over priced and pick them up in the sale. However I would love this years to wow me because I quite like their products and they often form my baseline of what good is.
www.clarins.co.uk/advent-calendar-sign-up/

I first got into skincare with Clarins so I have a soft spot for their products. They still feel expensive though, not sure why.
Clarins' BAC is £165 with a value of £273, that feels quite mean compared to the price / value of the other BACs.

@Beautyfox the single brands that don't have a high value ratio are definitely ones to try and pick up on sale as they rarely sell out. A few places like Jarrolds still had discounted Clarins BACs from last year not that long ago (12 day ones I think).

Hmm, Elle not cutting it for me. Too much skincare.

I bought this a while ago , popped bits of it in my mums Frankenstein advent .

@Advententhusiast - you are so right.

I also like a tool I would never buy myself and I do have a sneaking fondness for a pair of sparkling Xmas earrings!

My best ever a/c buy was when I was quite new to it all and I got the LF 2022 one in the BF sale for £45, (as I had £6 credit). Best a/c ever! It was the one with the mini PMD face tool - I still have it and it’s going strong!

Strong second place goes to H&B from I think 2020 or 21 - I loved the jade roller and gua sha and use them every day! (Was recently gutted when I broke the roller and had to buy a not as good replacement!)

Thinking about these old calendars caused me to look back through the a/c archives - ASOS and LF were brilliant in 2021/22, etc. and were about £70 back then!

I do think I got into a/cs just as the quality began to decline as the costs went up!

I’ve got a huge backlog of skincare, so I’ve went for the fragrance shop this year. I’m excited.

I meant to add

@Beautyfox and @DidILeaveTheGasOn Clarins a/cs often turn up in the Clarins’ outlets heavily reduced.

The year I bought the 12 day one, (2023?), it was reduced in the Clarins site AND I got a GWP!

I didn’t love it - it was just ok - and I noticed that the contents in subsequent years have been almost identical, (which is weird!)

I kept the box - it’s great. It’s currently holding my DIY fragrance calendar contents!

Re: Liberty

I had stuff in my Liberty basket already and the GWP added automatically.

I added the a/c and removed the other stuff. The GWP stayed in my basket and I went to checkout. Fair enough, thought I - I will get the a/c with my points and use some of the GWP to swap out the many many DODs.

I came out of my basket to get my BD drop credit and the GWP was removed from my basket.

I have tried and failed to get the GWP to stay in again.

I am very very unimpressed!

If I had got my BD credit ready in advance, I could have checked out with the a/c and the gift. I know it was a glitch, but I am still miffed!

Early access to the Boots no7 a/c is open.

Code: ADVENTSAVE gives £10 off either calendar today only:

https://www.boots.com/no7-skincare/no7-beauty-advent-calendars-early-access?

They may well have removed it when it was being processed. We'll never know!

I've pre-ordered the Harrods BAC. I loved it when it was first announced, and every new reveal that comes out I just never get that same level of excitement. If one or more of the late runners turn out to be amazing I can always have two (hopefully a slightly cheaper one like GB rather than CB).

Harrods have an offer where if you spend more than £100 you get entered into a prize draw to potentially win the GWP they were giving away in the summer (I think). I already have that, and I don't even know if the BAC is excluded from the promotion (I haven't had any follow up to say I'm the draw), but the pop up on my phone this morning was enough to prod me into action 🤷‍♀️

I'm sure I'll regret it if the BAC is discounted later - I bought it 10% off last year, but I have a nice warm fuzzy feeling now knowing I have a calendar secured 😁