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^/ 👈

Sorry you have also been through this - it is really tough. 😞 I identify with everything you say about trying to remain strong for your loved ones while feeling so emotional yourself. We knew he was very unwell but things have escalated so quickly. One day we hear they have kept him in hospital for tests, next day we get the news both his kidneys have failed and it is now end of life and then the next day (yesterday) we find out he will probably only have a few weeks. 😢 He is such a lovely man and is taking it on the chin. So hard to see him so unwell.

Anyway, sorry to bring the thread down as this is a happy place and I know a welcome distraction for others going through tough times. ♥️

@pinkchampagne1 Sending lots of love and virtual hugs. It’s an awful thing to go through and you are not bringing anything down.

You need all of our best wishes, I know how sapping it feels xx

I’m so sorry you’re having such a difficult time @pinkchampagne1, sending thoughts and hugs.

@pinkchampagne1 sending so much love your way.

I hope these threads continue to provide a place of distraction, comfort & support for everyone going through difficult times at the moment. It’s important to hold onto the things that can give you a boost when times are hard. 💜💐

@pinkchampagne1 So sorry to hear you’re going through such a difficult time. It’s so heartbreaking to watch someone you love going through that, and the impact on the family.
I went through similar with my grandma. She was being kept in for observation and seemed okay by the time I left her at night, I was expecting her to be discharged the next day, but instead we were told that she was end of life. I couldn’t get my head around the sudden deterioration, and it was so tough over the following weeks.

The added stress and pain from your gynae issues are the last thing you need to be dealing with. I really I hope your scan brings some positive news for you 💐

Sorry to hear about what you are going through @pinkchampagne1. Sending you best wishes.

Sorry to hear so many posters are going through tough times .
For those people who have received Elle. When did you order? I ordered Tuesday but have heard nothing since. Did you get a despatch notice soon after or did it just arrive.

So sorry you're going through this @pinkchampagne1, sending hugs and the hope that this thread helps bring a bit of a distraction from everything 💐💐💐

@pinkchampagne1 Thats a lot to take on. I wish you strength for the coming times.

I ordered the day it launched, sorry can’t recall when it was but think the week before and yes got an email from Hearst with tracking and was RM tracked 48hours

@pinkchampagne1 Omg! That is so hard and sad. I can't even imagine how he, your husband and family feels to be suddenly given that news.

Please don't apologise, you've not brought the thread down at all ❤️ plus we're on the last few pages anyway 😉 I think that's one of the lovely things about these threads, they're a bit of an escape from everything else going on in life, and there's nothing wrong with talking about the difficult things alongside all the frivolous, fun stuff.

Everything has happened so quickly, that must be so emotional for you all. It was similar with my MIL, we were told on the Sunday and she passed away on the Wednesday. We were waiting for the news a bit though. This was last year, I was particularly lucky in that I'd grieved for her early, she had Alzheimer's and started thinking my husband was her brother, so she was confused when I would say I was his wife. It was upsetting her so much that I decided not to see her anymore. I attended her birthday celebration which was such a happy day but then left my husband to just go with his daughter to see her (she was in a care home and wasn't allowed to come out anymore).

It's so heartbreaking watching someone you love become so unwell 😢 Thinking of you and your family and sending lots of love ❤️ xx

I ordered the day it released (Tuesday) and heard nothing since!

I just checked and I ordered on the 30th August, think it was available before the official launch on the 1st.

I’ve just checked and I have indeed ordered Elle. I ordered it on the 30th and it delivered on the 5th. I was very confused yesterday when I had a Royal Mail notification saying they had delivered a parcel from SP. I was trying to work out which advent I had ordered but it turns out it was Elle. 🙈 still not sure how that corresponds with SP though?

So sorry @pinkchampagne1 for all that you and your family are going through. 💐

@pinkchampagne1 So sorry for all that you and your family are going through at the moment. Don’t apologise for mentioning it - we are here to support each other - if only virtually - take care 💐

@pinkchampagne1 so sorry to hear about about your FIL …hope this thread had been a support and show that we BAC obsessed ladies are there for you and one another x

Evening all. Has anyone heard anything about the Space NK FAC? I loved last year’s

It didn't sell well last year. Ended up discounted by about 30%. I have a feeling they're not going to do one.

oh no, I was obviously in the minority! I’ve not been too taken with any other FACs so far…

Lots of love to your father in law @pinkchampagne1 . x

Thank you. It's in my basket. I'm not very good at treating myself and I'm upset today so not sure emotional shopping is the way to go. I just dropped one of my children at the airport and with them working and others travelling I won't see any of my kids for at least another six weeks. I live alone and I'm feeling their absence today.

Where I now live the shopping is rubbish and I don't think there is anyone qualified to help with colours.

I have never used ChatGPT. Is it easy to do? Not technology clever.

Aww that must be really hard 🩷

If you're not usually very good at treating yourself, maybe this is exactly the time to do it 🥰 there's absolutely nothing wrong with buying yourself something lovely just because it will cheer you up ❤️ sometimes we deserve these little pick me ups.

ChatGPT is really easy to use, you just ask it a question or tell it what you want to discuss. I sometimes get it to design areas of my house, garden etc. You could start it by saying “I'm looking at beauty advent calendars and I'm trying to decide which one to buy. Can you help me?” Then tell it what you like, what you already have, your budget etc and have a chat with it 😀

Take care of yourself @TheSunIsAlwaysThere Be proud of yourself that your kids are able to spread their wings x

Re: Eyeshadow - if you wanted to dip your toe into colours without breaking the bank, I recommend trying either a Boots no7 palette or a couple of ELF eyeshadow sticks.

If you have a Boots no7 counter near you, the ladies on there are usually pretty helpful.

Boots also sell ELF - don’t let the fact that the kids like it put you off - their eye pencils and eyeshadows are very good.

I know you said shopping wasn’t very good where you are, but if you can get to a SpaceNK shop, the staff in there are usually very good, helpful and not ‘snooty’ if that makes sense!

Thank you so much @JoRaRaRa and @IlovePond . Sorry if I've been a misery guts. Just feeling alone today. There is a Boots but no counters, just aisles with make up on. I will see if I can get on with ChatGPT. I am so wary of retail therapy going wrong that I don't buy myself much at all.

I will google to see where there is a SpaceNK but I don't think there is one nearby.

Thanks again and yes, very proud of my children. Just missing them.