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 debated whether to post this, as I know some people object to them, and they're not revealing the contents - but you're all adults so can just scroll by if not interested 😂

Tropic Skincare BAC is available to pre-order. I assume only through ambassadors until it goes on sale properly?

£299, worth £668
25 items, including exclusives to the AC

Ooh I'm not that familiar with Tropic stuff, what is it like? Luxury, mid range?

Also can anyone help me make a decision quickly on the Cowshed BAC? It's £299 but somehow two discounts have stacked in the Shop app and brought it to £254. It must be an error, I can't see the discount codes anymore but I remember trying two that they emailed me and only one worked at a time. £254 is tempting. I've never actually tried any of their products, am I just falling for the marketing?

Tropic is an MLM (hence PP alluding to the fact some people object to it). I think the stuff is actually okay, I remember the founder from when she was on the Apprentice. But it's a lot of money for a single brand calendar that doesn't represent a significant saving, especially if it's not a brand you know you love.

Ditto Cowshed tbh. I think of Cowshed as a Boots 3 for 2 brand, not a luxe one, although maybe that's a totally wrong perception.

Thanks for the sanity @owlpassport! When the calendar was released, I saw a few videos of influencers tapping the products with their nails in a ‘I’m obsessed’ way and it put me off. I think I’ll put the cash towards Selfridges instead.

I like the Cowshed products I've used (shower gel and a bit of body lotion) but like @owlpassport I think of it as a Boots brand, bit like their Champneys Spa range, and not as nice as say, Rituals. I might pick up their advent if it was very heavily discounted but personally, I wouldn't spend Liberty or Harrods-type money on it.

That’s really helpful, thank you @CinderellaParker.

Does anyone else feel that this year’s calendars aren’t selling that well, Glossy box have theirs on TikTok shop already I wasn’t bothered with it put I bought it there this morning for £63.50 plus free shipping it full of fillers but worth that price for the commodity milk perfume, the Medik 8 serum, the Huda primer and Patrick Ta blush and the 19/99 Beauty cream highlighter stick

For anyone waiting for the French Pharmacy advent calendar the page on their website has been updated with new images, although still showing as £195 and out of stock. I haven’t had an email about it despite being signed up for updates so not sure if it has come and gone in a blink of an eye or if it is being prepped for release shortly.

Sorry, I’ve tried to share a screenshot of the website but image is under review for the moment

ETA: as soon as I posted this the image was visible 🤦🏼‍♀️ I was too eager

Thanks @Thatsjustnotcrumble , the website is showing contents now and the calendar launches tomorrow - Avec Amour | French Pharmacy Advent Calendar 2026 - Value £700 – The French Pharmacy

That’s great news @owlpassport, thank you.

I was tempted by this one, but think I’m going to stick with my Frankenstein calendar for this year

@hellesbells Can you help me get it for that price on TikTok? It’s showing up as £90 for me.

I was just about to ask 😂 CB is also on there but for full price

That looks interesting. It has 2 SC Ptiox items which are on my wishlist to try. I was planning to try and get the serum in a Black Friday deal. They're only minis though so do I want to spend 195 just to get a couple of minis I'm interested in? Some of the other stuff looks nice too but nothing else jumps out.

I genuinely dont know how to, i saw a girl talking on there about getting it for that price so i went in and tiktok shop gave me vouchers to discount it to that.price, i think maybe if you keep going in and out of tiktok shop i am no expert on it but if i find out anything more i will come back and update

The French pharmacy always looks beautifully presented, although not for me this year.

Has anyone bought the Yepoda advent calendar and if so would you recommend it? I’ve never tried their products before but love the idea of the travel case and the burgundy colour.

Got an email from Tatcha for their advent calendar so had a look. £278 says a value of £287, im assuming a typo otherwise not really a saving. Cult keep emailing to apologise for not yet receiving my calendar (it came and week ago)

Although Tropic is an MLM, you can also buy directly on their site as well. But I do get why people may not want to buy from them.

I do like some of their products, and they don’t contain any nasty ingredients. I have a friend who sells it, and the thing I do like about it is you can try the products before buying, so can avoid some costly disappointments! However it’s a mixed bag, and I wouldn’t personally buy an AC at that price if I didn’t know the contents. However if someone wanted to buy it for me I’d be very happy 😂

I actually really like Tropic stuff ... I just wouldn't pay £299 for a single brand calendar.

I think they are nice and I’ll happily use but I wouldn’t call them luxe. I also hate the feel of the labels. They have a roughness to them that gives me a nails down the blackboard feeling but I am aware that this is a me thing.

Thank you @Beautyfox

What would folks consider a luxe, or above mid range company in this category - Rituals? Are there others? Liz Earle maybe?

Im not really brand loyal so use lots of different body products from across lots of different ranges. This is my favourite shower gel atm. It’s just wonderful. Annoyingly my DH, DS &DD have all decided to use it in the shower and comment how lovely it is so I now hide it!

https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/mandarin-shower-gel-250ml-000565270.html#pos=2

I would probably consider clarins mid range and are often my comparative products as they are often really good. So for me luxe has got to be better than clarins to be worth the price point.

@DidILeaveTheGasOn - I couldn’t believe the price of the Cowshed a/c. My exact thoughts were: ´Oh, Cowshed - interesting. Maybe £50 or so…’

Put it this way, it’s a good job I was sitting down when I saw the price!

I agree with @Beautyfox and @CinderellaParker - the products are nice enough but they are just everyday items imo - I don’t know where they have got that price from!

This is my personal view on a/c ranges with examples:

’Budget’ (relatively speaking):

MacMillan, (with the 50% discount)
Soap and Glory
Holland & Barrett
Guruum
Ted Baker

Budget to Mid:

M&S
GlossyBox
ASOS
Boots

Mid-range:

Rituals
YOU
Look Fantastic
Yepoda
Style Korean
Stylevana
PureSeoul
Clarins

Mid to Luxe:

Elle
John Lewis

Luxe: (In their own heads, anyway):

Cult Beauty
SNK
Harrods
Liberty
Selfridges, etc.

I’m keeping an eye on the cowshed one because I expect it to be heavily reduced.