Beauty advent calendars thread 8 for spoilers, offers and stock updates 🎅❄️🤶☃️🎄⛄️🌲✨

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Welcome to Thread 8 🥳

A huge thank you to @OvaHere, @JoRaRaRa and @Thelifeofawife, @solocat

for the previous threads, and to everyone who has been sharing spoilers, information. links, bargains, discount codes and enabling each other over the first 7 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:
www.boots.com/christmas/advent-calendars/advent-calendar-waiting-list
Luxe £150
beauty-detective.com/boots-beauty-advent-calendar-2026/
Fragrance £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). Now on 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 but appears to be completely sold out:
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. Withdrawn due to problems with the ingredients list. When/if it will return is unknown:
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. On sale 1/9:
https://beauty-detective.com/selfridges-beauty-advent-calendar-2026/

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/

Elle £197 or £187 if you joined the waitlist or with MissBoux’s code available on her unboxing video:

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. The calendar is either out of stock or withdrawn. It MAY reappear 21/9, (its original release date):

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

Space NK £275 - available now in-store and online:

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

Oh My Cream £195 with 20% off for new customers with code: WELCOME20:

https://ohmycream.co.uk//products/advent-calendar-lrnce-oh-my-cream?

YESSTYLE: $164.99 5% off with code: PAULAYES

Early access: 29/9 3am GMT
General access: 6/10 3am GMT

https://beautycalendar.com/yesstyle-advent-calendar-2026/

Sephora UK

Sephora Favourites: £235 available for pre order:

https://www.sephora.co.uk/p/sephora-favorites-advent-calendar?

Next £150 available now:
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/

Holland Barrett: £60 - available now:

https://www.hollandandbarrett.com/shop/product/beauty-advent-calendar-6101407249?

Diptyque: £420 - available now:

uk.diptyqueparis.com/en-uk/products/advent-calendar-25-scented-treasures-xm26advent?

Jo Malone: £375 - available now;

https://www.jomalone.co.uk/product/26322/107822/gift-sets/christmas-kist-advent-calendar?

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, and many more as they're announced:
👉 ^https://beauty-detective.com/category/beauty-advent-calendars^/ 👈

I agree @ClutteredPalace - so retailers are - probably - buying thousands of units of, for example, the Sisleya, at about £5 each to pass onto customers in a/cs.

I would expect the buying teams for these large retailers to be well aware that brands are selling at such a low price point to clear excess stock, which may well include items that are short-dated/expired.

The implication is that some retailers - allegedly - just don’t care about how old/fit for purpose the products in their a/cs are, and assume customers will not think to check.

On a related note: I used to buy quite a lot from the various beauty outlets at places like Bicester. In future, I will be checking product codes in these places before purchasing, as it seems likely that some of their stock is also pretty old.

@hollyblueivy - I think if you are new to some of the brands in the M&S calendar and will use most of them, then it’s a solid, good value purchase.

Last year, M&S apparently reduced their a/c in the run up to Xmas, (although it was sold out where I live so discounts can’t be relied upon).

It may therefore be worth holding on for a bit if you’re not bothered either way, but, as with everything else - if you really want it, best to get it asap.

On a positive note, I’ve been using the Sisley lotion for a couple of weeks and it’s amazing. Or maybe that’s not so amazing, considering the price of it 😭

I wanted to buy a few items, REN and MZ Skin amongst them, at TKMaxx. Glad I checked CheckFresh there and then, Ren was 4 years old so I won't be buying anything which has expiry date from them.

On the subject of good old Boots (I promise I don't work for them, just very close to one of their flagship stores), I bought some Dior and Clarins skincare recently, checked the dates - they both were only 2-3 months old! couldn't believe my eyes. Even when I buy directly from Clarins site it's usually about a year old or more, they usually have 5 years shelf life.

I bought mz rich cream from TK Maxx a while ago, loved it. When it ran out I bought one full price (with discount) from SNK and the new one was so much nicer! Just a better consistency and seemed fresher. It hadn't occurred to me to check the date on the TK Maxx one at the time but now I realise a lot of their products must be old or stored poorly, that's why they're so cheap!

Ummmm, not sure whether to admit I almost certainly have it still if it was last year's, as I don't recall using it; I've made a note to have a look at the hidden stash.

Hi all

I've got the LF BAC for my Mum for Xmas. I reckon she'll like everything in it apart from the SDJ spray. What could I replace it with that's the same sort of size and more suited to a 75 yo woman?

Thanks

Do you mean another body spray type product or just anything that would fit that drawer? If the former Saltair body sprays and deodorants are nice and a bit more 'grown up' than SDJ. If the latter perhaps a hand cream would fit nicely in the space.

She's not into body sprays so it would have to be a product that's a similar size to the small SDJ bottles.

I don’t think it’s luck, it’s brands/manufacturers trying to get rid of products that are close to expiry. I had this with Glossybox last year. The sunscreen had a March expiry date, so it didn’t even last until the summer which was useful! 🙄. I won’t buy from them again as I can’t trust that the products will be fresh.

I’ve decided to go for Vogue too. I saw that the Jewellery is currently sold on the Liberty website and it looks really nice, so hopeful that it will be decent quality.

Still tempted by F&M. Has anyone tried the Clive Christian fragrance in this calendar? It’s £650 for 50ml 😮

I meant having so many that have expired or close to expiry in 1 AC. That is unlucky, as most people have had 1 or 2 items that might be close but not most of them. My Sisley is the Jan expiry date, I bought it on vinted to put in my advent calendar but I'm having to use it now. I'm going to go through my Harrods and Cult Beauty acs to check the products in those.

Well if you find it and want to sell it, you know where I'm at 😉

January is bad! Let us know if you find any other short expiry dates. We need to name and shame the companies that are sending us their old products!

Ive not tried this one, but the Clive Christian fragrance from last year’s calendar was gorgeous. I think F&M is the only BAC tjst has tempted me at all this year and I’m starting to waver a bit. Apart from the socks, I woulda probably use everything.

Hmmm… I’m tempted. I was only supposed to be getting one this year, but given that Vogue has lots of accessories and fewer beauty products, I’m wondering whether I can justify another one 😂😬

Revolve 25 and 12 day advent calendars have 15% off with the code REVINSIDER15 - you must tick the box for marketing emails though. I was already tempted by the AoS in the 12 day one but now I've gone for it 😃
Beauty Detective

I did add pictures but it seems MN didn't upload them 🙄 And since I've gone to the effort of a screenshot and crop, you're getting the images 🤣

@Floopsy - maybe some L’Occitane hand cream? Or a 10ml travel size perfume - e.g. lbb ne e of the Floral Street ones?

Ohh I think those are brilliant at those prices!

I agree. I've bought the 12 day one 🥰

I finally received my pre-ordered Harrods BAC today and it is lovely! It is such a nice strong box and I am going to keep it to store all my Christmas decorations in.

This is the first year I have bought beauty advent calendars and I still can’t quite believe what a good deal they are (assuming the products aren’t out of date).
The Harrods calendar is half stuff I am really excited about and half stuff I don’t want, but it’s still such a bargain.

I am planning on putting some items on Vinted later (mostly the hair, perfume and make up). My Vinted name is the same as here if anyone is interested.

I thought about starting a separate thread to discuss fantasy advent calendars.

My ideal would probably have very high end expensive products but in smaller sizes, so I could try lots of things that feel too expensive to buy without already knowing whether I love them.

I would prefer smaller sizes of luxury items rather than having cheaper filler items. Smaller items would also make it fun to use through December to try out different things rather than building up a big stash.

I would also like more make up variation (again it can be in sample sizes) eg. interesting colours of eyeshadow or eyeliner or something made specifically for the calendar like a miniature Guerlain Meteorites or mini Cle de Peau luminising powder compact.

For brands I would want things like Cle de Peau, Sisley, Shiseido, Tatcha, Murad, Chantecaille, AB, Dior, Chanel, MZ Skin, Victoria Beckham.

I’d love a Chantecaille AC. Mind you, given the price of their products you’d probably need to take out a mortgage to buy it!