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've bought 2 of the body creams on vinted 🤭

How much did you get them for?
Don’t get me wrong, I like a body cream but can’t get my head around what would make a body cream worth nearly £100! 😐

Thanks. I just watched it. She’s fantastic, very honest and seems very genuine. Funny, too

I don't like this body cream. I've been hate panning one of those tubes for a year as hand cream. 😂

I wouldn’t mind trying the Medik8 serum in SNK but there isn’t much else that stands out

Oh have you got the AB body cream already?

I paid £22+p&p for one and £17+p&p for the other. Quite pleased with those prices. I've had a few small sizes of it before and really like it. I've also bought the Phlur perfume, hourglass blush and the medik8 serum.

Yes. I bought a set of the rich cream + body cream over 12 months ago. Long since used the rich cream but I find the body cream too thick. I've worked out I prefer serums and lotions.

I do feel slightly sad I won't have SNK this year because the box is lovely but there's always next year.

The blush looks quite pink when Miss Boux swatched it. I bet it's similar to the PT in CB.

You’ve done well! Did you get a good deal on the Medik8 serum? The few I have seen listed were quite pricey

I would rather have a nice face cream or serum.

I agree that the box is lovely - I saw it in store yesterday. My BIL has bought the calendar for my sister as she enjoyed SNK last year. I hope she isn’t disappointed

The Medik8 site rewards scheme is pretty decent. As is SNK especially if you're a deluxe member and of course they do 20% off regularly. So I'd caution against paying too much on Vinted for the serum. I'd probably want to pay around £30 for it but suspect it's mostly listed for £45 + (haven't looked)

I wouldn't be disappointed if someone else paid for it. I'd be very happy. I just don't want to part with my money for it. 😂

Probably 🤣 I saw it listed for £10 and bought it. I think it might be similar to the Chanel blush that I received in the little basket set and only used once 🤦🏻‍♀️

I paid £40+p&p for it. I sold the medik8 serum from the Harrods BAC for £45 so I allowed myself that much to spend on the pdrn serum. I think it'll go cheaper as more people receive their calendars but I'm too impatient to wait 🤣

That's not too bad. I think between xmas and new year there will be a new flood of items too. So worth waiting a bit. I have the serum already so I need to try it before the end of the year. No point chasing another as I don't even know if I like it compared to the Advanced Peptides one.

I have the SNK advent, the inside boxes are not sturdy and it’s not a calendar you can reuse easily.
The Hourglass blush is quite a bright pink, a little goes a long way and reminds me of the lawless one and Summer Fridays one that was in an edit - can’t remember the name now.

Are there any advents left to reveal now other than the will they/won't they Harvey Nicks?

It's feeling slightly anti-climatic now. I love high energy of the reveals bit. 😂

My mind is wandering to xmas sets and edits.

To reuse it you'd have to re-buy one of those giant Naturium pump bottles - what else would go in that huge drawer and not look swamped by the space! 😄

Hi all, I've been lurking for a bit and thought to say Hi! 😊 and thank you for all the updates
Last year I had both SpaceNK calenders and liked especially the beauty one, I feel like I used most things in it.
I wanted to get Harrods fragrance this year but I missed the online preorder and I could not queue in the store to get one later, so I guess I'll try harder next year.
I thought I'll get liberty because I have credit from the drop box but I'm really disappointed that it looks like they are putting very old products in the calendars. It really put me off getting one so I hope to get the John Lewis and Selfridges fragrance calendars if I can, before they sell out.

Did anyone receive an order for the JLFAC from when it was messed up and released? I put my name on the waitlist they had and now online it’s saying it’s no longer available. I kept my bookmark on the page, now wondering if they’ll actually release or not.

Sorry if this has already been shared, I’m a little behind on the thread. Just seen on the John Lewis app members have early access to order the scented candle advent calendar, in case anyone is waiting for this.

Thanks to everyone for the recommendations for advent openings, some new beauty ones to try too.

I finally got around to trying the Lisa Eldridge kitten lash mascara, which I presume came in one of my BACs last year.
For someone who struggles with mascaras these days (the dreaded panda eyes), I was really impressed by this one. I have been out shopping, moved the lawn/tidied (I’m unfit so was sweating a bit 😅), did some housework and cooked a Sunday roast in my tiny kitchen 🔥, and it didn’t budge!

Catching up after a few days offline. Still considering the BT BAC, which is looking more and more likely because a friend has offered to bring it over for me! @JoRaRaRa i did ask if she’d be up for bringing 2 but apparently that’s not happening!!

Edited to add: @SoloCat yes, I got mine. I paid with vouchers - given they cancelled some orders, I suspect that it was easier for them to fulfil it than to cancel!