Beauty Advent Calendars Thread 12 - reeling in the aftermath of SFAC, we soldier on... 💄💋

[LightandBreezy]

Welcome to the 12th thread, we still have 50 days till the daily unboxing officially starts, although I very much doubt any of our calendars will remain untouched until then 😂
Still time for lots more friendly chat, tips and discount codes - to cut down on links as a poster requested, here's link to some very comprehensive run-downs of the calendars https://beauty-detective.com/category/beauty-advent-calendars/
When enjoying those breakdowns please remember that some are OOS already - Harrod's Fragrance, Harrod's Beauty and Selfridges Beauty to name a few.

There are 1154 people in front of me and I'm trying desperately not to get my hopes up....

I’ve got the Elle one too I recall how wonderfully it was packaged for transport but I can’t recall what’s in it so off to have a peak and get all excited again! The great thing about a poor memory is you can relive the excitement over and over again!

I think you could be lucky, keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you 🥰

Mines now at 38k so I think you have a much better chance. My hopes are up for you! Someone on here needs success after the emotion today!

Oh my goodness- they are still letting people join - that’s so bonkers. It’s now 287k people ahead of you 😂

How do I pay? Keep getting Barclays error message

Were you in the queue? If so, maybe they have sold out again.

Can you use PayPal or klarna? Or a different card?

Yes and finally managed to go through but cannot make the payment

Queue is paused again with 542 people ahead of me.... I think that might be it ladies. Well, I tried!

I've now got it in my basket but can't pay, just got the Barclays error message. I don't use Barclays. Have tried card payment and PayPal options, same result.

The queue is paused again.

i got through too but same payment problems. I think there are so many people and bots on there, its messing up massively. I couldnt get any this morning or now.

It's not saying sold out so just stay on. You might get one if they release more 🤞🏻

Sold out!

Aaaand it's sold out.

They released a few to stop the negative chatter on here! ( I’m joking. Swines)

So close and yet so far!

Ah, I succumbed and bought my 2nd calendar, M&S, thanks to a PP who pointed out you can use the £25 off beauty voucher on this item, so it cost just £50. Definitely enough stuff I will use in it to make that price point worthwhile, I don’t even mind the PK elasticiser as it’s useful on holiday!

Be careful with how many times you try. I have 5 booked transactions (processing) for one actual order! I will have to wait 10 days and hope they drop off before having to raise the issue

How did you pay?

And now it's out of stock.

I suggest every single one of us sends offers to all the people reselling the boxes on Vinted for £225! Send offers to all of them from all of us.... that might annoy them.

Is the £25 off in your sparks loyalty? I never have anything in my sparks that’s worth using.

PayPal did not work for me, Klarna took the money but said payment was not processed on selfridges end. I ended up buying a gift card but was not able to use that either. My order was showing processed and then cancelled so it looks like none of the payment methods work.
I am now stuck with £225 gift card I have no need for, minus £225 in my bank balance as Klarna have taken their payment and no calendar to show for 😂😂😂
trying to cancel the gift card although I imagine that will be a ‘computer says no’ 😬