Beauty Advent Calendars Thread 13 - lucky for us, unlucky for Ryan the Bot

[SheilaFentiman]

Welcome to Thread 13 and happy unboxing to all who sail (sale??) in her as we swap tips, tricks, frustrations and joys of the BAC/FAC journey.

Not too long until Black Friday discounts so keep your fingers crossed and some room on your credit card

Key link for all the calendars via the very lovely MaryBD of the calendars https://beauty-detective.com/category/beauty-advent-calendars/

Though lots of ACs are out of stock already, so beware (and extra double beware of anything Selfridges Fragrance related!!)

Thanks all, it is a little extravagant but still a way off the price of Diptyque. And I’ll never buy that due to the sizes. I missed out on BT so it’s my alternative to that one. I shall probably go on the waifs and strays thread for opening on alternate days in December so can update on the scents.

@hattie43I’m sure your friend will be thrilled and hope you enjoy too. What a wonderful gift for a friend, I’d be blown over!

That’s so pretty @Noeggsontoast

also I love your wallpaper!

I will cave too. Eventually, I have no doubt. I’m just concerned about the transport tho?. One journey to some recipients has resulted in broken bottles and torn insets. Will it survive two? To Ireland as well?, so ferry or air transport? I’ll take the risk eventually I am sure. Psych myself up. Haha

That is stunning @Noeggsontoast

Thank you so much I am so so excited for mine!!! I’m going to be naughty and start burning mine from 1st November otherwise I’ll never get through them all this winter! I need to clear some space for it somewhere….

Wow @Noeggsontoast that's a beautiful calendar! I know which calendar I shall be obsessing about next year now. I'm going to have to start saving in January for everything I want 😂

@SheilaFentiman it’s inherited wallpaper, I like it too but it’s tired and a bit scuffed in real life. This is the last room to do but will be next year. We’ve nearly done everywhere else - two rooms are in progress now and will be finished by December.

wow that’s stunning ! thanks for the pics (very jealous ! )

@Theresalotgoingon if you ask ChatGPT it will give recommendations on when and what to use over a few different weeks through winter etc and room recommendations for each one. Which for during the week and the weekend. I had a bit of fun looking at that. Enjoy!

That’s a good point actually. I guess we will be in this together ? 😂🤝

@Noeggsontoast wow what a clever thing to ask I never would’ve thought that!

Don’t forget that @HardyJadeTurtle mentioned a potential third drop this week. Do check in case you can buy direct.

That's a fabulous idea.

I'm going to unload my candle and diffuser cupboards tomorrow and get AI to take a look.[ I might not follow the advice, but since my current system is to simply dive in and grab something that seems suitable, I have little to lose

20% off Harvey Nichols Advent Calendars with code FF20.

I think I'll wait and see if a better discount comes up 😊

Solidarity! Absolutely. Waiting for the price to go as low as possible. Less of a loss if it all hits the fan 🙈

now that would be amazing.hopefully the scalpers have twigged that the market is saturated and not worth the hustle. You never know! Fortune favours the brave. Lol

Thinking of getting this but still hoping for another Selfridges drop. Would also like a bigger discount but unsure if that is likely or not, don't shop at Frasers group and unsure if they do offer bigger discounts.

lol. Just reading posts re.Brown Thomas customer service agent Siobhán. Chuckling! Gosh- You can’t half tell that Selfridges and BT are sister organisations now. It’s a shame. BT was always used to be pretty good CS-wise. Don’t join Selfridges in a race to the bottom!!!

Really impressed with ASOS - I only ordered the BAC late last night and it already got delivered today. I wanted to mess with it and put it in the Glossybox box as it's so pretty and pink, but now not sure if I should mess with it or just leave it as is. It's for my teen daughter who loved the ASOS calendar last year, but I don't know if I should replace the products that are a bit samey as last year? Is anyone else doing anything to the ASOS calendar if it's for their teen?

Ooh thank you @JoRaRaRa . So pleased I held off ordering the HN FAC now 😊

Double points on the SNK Luxe calendar as well.

Still blt tempted tbh

Even with the double points I'm not. But shows how desperate they are getting to shift these.

I saw the Dior Christmas sets in Boots yesterday, , they look really lovely

Agree @IDontHateRainbows I’m not sure I’d be interested at half price.

I'll hold out for a bigger discount and wouldn't be upset if they sold out first.

Their main FAC rival was SNK but this year they're competing with JL and Boots which are much cheaper. Even the Liberty scent kit I bought yesterday is more appealing to me.
I think around £120 feels right for this one.

I need to go back and look at the HN BAC contents to decide what price would tempt me.

I’ve recieved an email from the White Company this morning, early access to 20% off. I know some of you wanted the advent calendar. I’m tempted but I’m still holding out for a SFAC…