Beauty advent calendar chat and spoilers Thread 6 🎄🌲🤶🎅❄️🎁☃️⛄️✨🍭🍬

[IlovePond]

Welcome to Thread 6 🥳

A huge thank you to @OvaHere, @JoRaRaRa and @Thelifeofawife
for the previous threads, and to everyone who had been sharing spoilers, information. links, bargains, discount codes and enabling each other over the first 5 threads. ❤️

As agreed, we're taking it in turns to start each new thread 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.

Disclaimer/Pathetic excuse from Pond!

Apologies in advance for any mistakes or broken links, which are down to me and not the previous authors!

Thread 5 is almost full so I have done this very quickly, mostly just adding to the good work that has gone before!

🎁 Available Now:

Boots launch 01/09 for waitlist then 2/09 for general sale
www.boots.com/christmas/advent-calendars/advent-calendar-waiting-list
Luxe £150
beauty-detective.com/boots-beauty-advent-calendar-2026/
Scent £90
beauty-detective.com/boots-12-days-of-scent-advent-calendar-2026/
Skin £70
beauty-detective.com/boots-24-days-of-skin-advent-calendar-2026/

Liberty – £285 (Beauty Drop members receive £25 off). Full contents revealed. Beauty Drop member pre order has closed and those advents are being dispatched. The advent will go on general sale soon (BD members still qualify for the discount during the general sale)
www.libertylondon.com/uk/features/beauty/beauty-advent-calendar#
Unboxing
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 – £250. Available on pre-sale via the app for MyJL members.
^https://beauty-detective.com/john-lewis-beauty-advent-calendar-2026/^

Harrods Beauty Advent Calendar – £270. Now on sale online and in-store
^https://www.harrods.com/en-gb/p/harrods-of-london-the-harrods-beauty-advent-calendar-2026-000000000000284475^

Harrods 12 Days of Hair & Body – £99. Now on sale online and in-store
^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 – £225. Pre-sale sold out. Went on sale in-store 1/9.
^https://beauty-detective.com/harrods-fragrance-advent-calendar-2026/^

Vogue Festive Calendar – £355. Available to pre-order
^https://shop.vogue.co.uk/products/vogue-festive-calendar-2026^

Fortnum & Mason Beauty Advent Calendar - £275. Available now
^https://www.fortnumandmason.com/fortnums-beauty-advent-calendar-2026^

Fenwick 25 day beauty advent calendar - £250. Available now
https://fenwick.co.uk/products/fenwick-fenwick-beauty-25-day-advent-calendar-2026

Anthropologie 24 Day Beauty Advent Calendar – £98. Available now
^https://www.anthropologie.com/en-gb/shop/24-days-of-beauty-advent-calendar5^

The Fragrance Shop - Available for pre-order £120 members, £150 non-members
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^

Selfridges
Beauty & Fragrance £250. Went on sale 1/9, but appears to be ‘sold out’ at present.

^https://beauty-detective.com/selfridges-beauty-advent-calendar-2026/^

Elle £197 or £187 if you joined the waitlist
^https://beauty-detective.com/elle-advent-calendar-2026/^

LookFantastic Beauty. Available for pre-order:

https://www.lookfantastic.com/p/beauty-box/the-beauty-advent-calendar-worth-over-665/17691363/

LookFantastic Fragrance. Available for pre-order:

https://www.lookfantastic.com/p/beauty-box/the-fragrance-advent-calendar-worth-over-530/17691405/

Glossybox. £90 or £75 for subscribers. Code: KAREN5 may give £5 off the £90. Available now:

https://www.glossybox.co.uk/p/beauty-box/glossybox-2026-advent-calendar-worth-over-645/17691528/

OK Beauty Box advent/Hannah Martin. Available now £109:

https://www.okbeautybox.co.uk/products/the-ok-beauty-box-advent-calendar?srsltid=AfmBOoppTH5x1vrf3PT8oCWpKiUj111T5PdA8IBPKCjA9SYOpugUFCBJ

⏳ Coming Soon / Waitlists
Cult Beauty £245 - £20 gift voucher back when buying at launch 03/09 early access.
^https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/c/advent-calendar/^

Harvey Nichols
Due to the recent takeover, it’s unclear if these a/cs are still going ahead for 2026. Details TBC.
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 £99 - appeared briefly for sale 1/9 online but this seems to have been a glitch.
^https://beauty-detective.com/john-lewis-fragrance-advent-calendar-2026/^

Space NK £275
^https://www.spacenk.com/uk/gifts/beauty-advent-calendars/beauty-advent-calendar-MUK200063764.html^
Unboxing video

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

Fragrance - current thinking is that this will cost £225 and launch around 30/9-1/10
^https://beauty-detective.com/selfridges-fragrance-advent-calendar-2026/^

Next £150 launching 3/9:

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

Debenhams £120
^https://www.debenhams.com/pages/beauty-advent-calendar^

PURESEOUL £140 (first year they are doing an advent)
beauty-detective.com/pureseoul-advent-calendar-2026/

Jo Malone Waitlist:

www.jomalone.co.uk/advent-calendar-signup?

Jo Loves Waitlist:

https://www.joloves.com/pages/a-jo-loves-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, 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^/ 👈

Can you see if any of them fancy being our fairy? 🤣

I think you will get it (and hope you do!). I think they're just struggling with properly processing the initial dispatch of a large quantity of large and heavy boxes!

BT calendar - love it! Very envious of anyone who can get it (not that I need another 😂). And it has my fave Sisley toner in it! It's a great selection.

Now that I’ve seen BT I’m having buyers regret about going for CB the other day. In my head with the code it made more logic buying the whole thing and using all the stuff I didn’t want for nieces Christmas presents and birthday presents but I had a quick look on eBay and the 4 key things I really wanted i assumed would be pricey on selling sites but I can see adding up it’s actually approx £80 and with the same seller hopefully combined postage so I’d have an extra £100 left over to go towards BT! Is it difficult to return CB does anyone know like can you return because it’s beauty even if not opened? I haven’t actually recieved it yet x

@JoRaRaRa I can but try! If I can get one I’ll be having to use hold luggage instead of my usual carry on. It’s the best AC I’ve seen for a long time

I know technically I’d have all the other stuff I could use for nieces but equally they are grateful for £20 and there’s only 2 of them that are old enough for the stuff.

AOS 29
patrick ta 11
vieve 19
mascara 20

v lots of stuff I know already I don’t want and it would be going towards the BT which now that I’ve seen I know I would love. I was sucked in by the code

I know one of my ebay customers uses a resending service as they live abroad, that's uk based but surely there must be a similar one in Ireland? Off to investigate...

It’s lovely reading all your excitement 😍 I’m shockingly still advent free. I would have purchased CB with the code. Also love the look of BT.

me too. In fairness I did spend some money on perfumes and that will keep me happy for some time

I received both my Cult Beauty Special Edition calendars today. Opened one, and immediately returned the other via Evri. I just don’t have the headspace for listing and selling at the moment. @JoRaRaRa @IDontHateRainbows It was quite easy to return, just generated the return label and then used the code customer service gave me to make it a free return.

The Cult Beauty advent calendar box is beautiful. Lovely colours, a golden ribbon. Opens like a book and can stand open. I don’t know what they were thinking with the eyes and newspaper cut out style last year.

I used Philip Kingsley elasticiser for the first time on holiday, the only time I’d have to spend 20min with stuff in my hair. It was great for my sea bedraggle hair! I really like it!

Unboxed. I cannot believe this is a serious product from Gucci. I've sold mine with the nars eyeshadow which was fine but I've loads of eyeshadow sticks.

My CB advent (with code) has just arrived and I have just been through it . The deal with myself was I would only keep 10 items and gift/sell the rest . This is not going well . So far I have 26 items I can’t part with .
5 items I can part with but only because I already own them.
Leaving an additional measly 7 items I possibly could sell although I have just picked up one of them the Maria Nila soothing serum and that looks quite interesting , make that 6 items I can sell
I think it is going to be a very expensive advent😂
@TreesinthePark could you also send me a list of the sellers names if you get time (although I really don’t need any more temptation) . If I bring myself to part with my measly pile and put them on Vinted I will send you my details too

I know, it’s random! But looking on Gucci website it’s no longer available! Out of interest how much did you sell it for please? Thanks

I've never ordered the Libery BAC before and about to do so. Is there any benefit to waiting? Are there any pre-Christmas discounts or freebies I should hang out for? I'm signed up to BD, if that counts for anything

I'm fuming! I've spent most of the morning hovering round the front garden only for my dpd delivery time to have been and gone. Just checked my tracking and found both my Selfridges BAC and a jellycat I ordered have been marked as delivered and handed over to me! I know my neighbours don't have them as the van has to drive down our shared drive to get to them. There's no photo attached either so I've no idea where to start looking.

Not usually no. Make sure you add in any loyalty voucher codes and beauty drop code separately if you want to use them

Problem with that is you will pay Irish VAT and then pay UK VAT/duty etc. I used to use the redirection services regularly to get stuff from the GB (NI usually shipped to Ireland) but post-brexit it became prohibitive when you added in the collection fee. It isn't as bad if you buy from a seller who removes VAT before shipping abroad and you ten pay taxes but they generally won't do that if it's sent to an Irish address where it will be forwarded on.

I think BT ship to NI. If you know anyone up there, they could send it on to you.

Can I ask, is anyone ordering more than 3?
I have ordered the boots luxe one. I want to order SpaceNK & Sephora when they are released.

I was even tempted by the Cult Beauty too!
I feel ridiculously extravagant ordering 3 - please someone tell me others are as guilty or even worse?

£15 for both of them

So CB advent, got 20% off, got £20 voucher, got £10 cult status points and now they've just sent me £15 credit for it being late. Plus used some cult status credit. So far it's sort of cost me £120.

@MrsE1 I have ordered (so far):

Harrods
Fortnum and Mason
Cult Beauty
Elle
Avant

I’m considering Space NK. I was very tempted by Glossybox, Cowshed and others but I have somehow abstained. I have never bought any BACs before so I have gone mad and may go berserk before the year is out. I am making up for a damp squib of a Christmas last year, where I received many pairs of socks.

Is the 20% still available? And the £20 gift card? I could be tempted to add a forth!

Sorry no idea voucher shows on check out page so you'll know before hitting pay.

@MrsE1 I’ve got 3, liberty CB and Vogue which hasn’t been delivered yet. I’m contemplating Elle, Selfridges BAC, JL FAC and Selfridges FAC if I can get them. I think I have a problem.

Count me in! Hartshead Moor works for me.

Meanwhile I haven't got mine, just... 🤣