Beauty advent calendar chat and spoilers thread 7 🌸⛄️🌸❄️🎀🎁🎄❄️🧣

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Welcome to Thread 7 🥳
A huge thank you to @ilovepond @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 6 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.

🎁 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

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^/ 👈

I’ve order oh my cream. I was a little disappointed there wasn’t any AB in it this year but overall there are quite a few products that I would like to try and the GWP also sold it to me.

i haven’t had an email from SNK and the app says to click for more details because I’ve secured early access but it just says coming soon….. oh well it’s a sign.

Advent calendars and current GWPs are not surplus stock though and I would have thought any staff discount would be for personal use only. Has anyone asked him?

Anyone knows if the Harrods 12 days of fragrance will come back in stock?

Well technically youre not allowed to sell on Vinyed or Ebay if the item is "used" but Vinted is a lot more strict. With ebay you can select 'used other' and then in the description yiu can say yiu open ed it to test and decided it wasnt for you.
You can almost definitely get MORE if uts unwrapped but I wasnt after a profit and trying them all is the fun part.

@IlovePond

sigh ! I was hoping oh my cream was going to be great for me , and I like Niche but not at that price . I ordered Elle in the end as there is more I can use even though I was still looking at Harrods all the time !

I do hope Harrods do the home fragrance .

I’ve given up with Liberty as the men’s wasn’t doing it either . So I am hoping for a great edit or I might use it for a nice bit of jewellry in the sales Oooooorrrrr I am going to carry on and use it for next years 😂😂😂😂 which is indeed crazy but it could be our year !!!

Well the exclisif is selling in Vinted and Ebay at a fraction of the retail proce after the Harrods calendar. Stock up!!

The GWP they are currently selling isn’t current stock, I’m sure I saw people selling them on Vinted several months ago.

As I said, my friend used to get great staff perks on current stock at L’Oreal.

Ah okay, I thought you meant you took them out of the wrapper to photograph them.
I generally don’t need to test them as I try them in store, but great to know I can test any that I can’t get hold of and still sell if needed

Thank you guys re: Selfridges BAC. Lots of excellent points. Thanks for the swatching and feedback @SavageGarden23, sounds good. @OvaHere I think you're right, by the time I've attempted to only order the bits I want I'll have spent more than the cost of it.

Regarding the bee venom stuff, I've got the Rodial bee venom eye cream already and that's been fine so should be ok. I think it's a super negligible amount in there, it's last on the ingredients list and is surely there so they can emblazon 'BEE VENOM!!!!1' on products. Should go and check the ingredients of the Rodial dragon's blood products, now that I think of it 😄

Me neither. ❤️
Nothing floating my boat. I also have a lot of stuff from last 12-18 months so trying to be sensible x

Same @Doglover73and @MiaN

I just re-checked Space NK again, and I definitely don’t want it.
If some of them go as low as 20% off, which is highly unlikely, I would reconsider

Hopefully we’ll get a nice edit or beauty cracker.

This is the first year ever that none have appealed to me. It’s the makeup shades that have really let them down.

Sephora just posted this on their insta…I must stay strong… probably safer that I’m in the office tomorrow.

I nipped in selfridges today and advent display. There was a lipstick that looked a nice shade but the other make up stuff would be too dark for me. Tbh I really dont need another lipstick 🤣❤️

Would you have a link to the Fairy website? Can't seem to find it by googling

I’m all for pushing the boundaries of science, but beauty products should not come with a side of EpiPens.

So do we think they are going head to head with SpaceNk tomorrow? Why do they always launch stuff on a Tuesday?

How popular do we think Sephora will be? Do I delay driving to work, or try and fake a step out of the office emergency or chance it and wait until I get home? 😂

They've never sold out first day before but it's a particularly decent calendar this year with the MBM palette.

This is what AI has to say. It's not looking good based on this @JoRaRaRa so someone probably needs to call them and ask the question.

Brown Thomas does not accept Parcel Locker or Parcel Motel addresses for deliveries.
While they do not explicitly list all mail forwarding services in their general restrictions, the specific exclusion of Parcel Motel addresses (which are mail forwarding services) and Parcel Lockers suggests that standard mail forwarding or P.O. Box addresses are not accepted. Their delivery partners, including An Post, DPD, and Wheels Couriers, typically require a physical street address for delivery.
Accepted Regions: Delivery is currently limited to the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland only.
Restrictions: No deliveries are made to Mainland UK, Parcel Lockers, or Parcel Motel addresses.
Furniture: Large items like furniture and BBQs are delivered via specialized couriers and also require a physical address.
For specific forwarding services other than Parcel Motel, it is recommended to contact Brown Thomas customer service directly, as their policy strictly enforces physical address requirements for their courier partners.

Has anyone else noticed the distinct lack of Drunk Elephant products in the advent this year? It felt like you couldn’t move for them a few years ago. What happened? Have they gone out of business or are the calendars being wary that everyone’s already got a stash?

Same. I might not get one although am going to Harrods soon, which might make me waver.

@LagoLady totally agree.

Well my fellow beauty lover, if you don’t want their BAC, with Liberty credit you can also buy a nice bag if you fancy one. Their range is not the best but there are occasional good releases and promotions. From Strathberry, Demellier and Coach all the way up to Mullberry and Loewe. They also sell Barbour jackets, and Adidas shoes 😉

Definitely not the calendar curators being wary otherwise they wouldn't keep forcing Elasticiser, CT wands and La Prairie cleanser on us all. 😂(I do like the latter but it's starting to make a too frequent appearance.

I may be wrong but I think they lost customers by targeting tweens through social media adverts. I watched a YouTube video ages ago that explained it well. They ignored their core customer and suffered for it as they found alternative brands that catered to their skincare needs and didnt look to be moving back to them when they realised the tweens werent going to be loyal customers. Greed. 🤔

@Doglover73 I've seen loads of influencers reviewing a new skin tint they've released so they're still around but definitely not as popular now.

It's a loss for me not having any drunk elephant, it gets on so well with my skin!

This happened to me! I feel like i want to buy it, it’s huge..but then i realise I don’t actually need another 20 lip products, or do I 🤔