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

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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!!)

its Latest in Beauty. Sorry, it is a bit like Lib for Liberty. Here’s the link: https://www.latestinbeauty.com/collections/boxes/products/the-menopause-beauty-kit-26

Ah Thank you. Still very new to this. I was hoping it was liberty:)

They had both FAC and BAC in store last night. I saw them myself and bought one BAC! You can buy the FAC at the perfume salonreception on the 6th floor, and the BAC at the beauty reception on LG floor.The staff said they should still have some if you go today.
And @IlovePond your info were actually correct! They were still saying it was unavailable yesterday morning, then suddenly had stock in the afternoon. No idea why — maybe they’d gathered up a batch of returns or found some extra stock.

I just realised you were asking about the GWP. Might not be relevant to you now, as it’s not for liberty, but I think the Latest in Beauty GWP was mentioned on tik tok. I’ll try and find a link. Sorry for all the half info everyone 🤦🏽‍♀️

I'm about to order Liberty, got all excited then

I wonder if a couple of HHFC will turn up as well? 🙏

Sorry for the early morning panic everyone. For clarity, the GWP is for the Latest in Beauty BAC. I should know better as I get this mixed up with the other myself.

Soz everyone.

Please don’t hate me.

https://www.jubbas.com/products/harrods-london-the-12-days-of-home-fragrance-advent?variant=56972578783618&country=GB&currency=GBP&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&device=m&20361351721=20361351721&=&=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20356979462&gclid=Cj0KCQjw6ObWBhDDARIsAFdfcUh5e8uzz-wcJL0UsLO0zV584DeOF1A3hBMj9XwUy_7zoVA2N8wxShIaAm5CEALw_wcB

The price??? 🤔🤷🙄

Morning, was having a scroll through Vinted this morning and was amazed at the number of Thameen Rivières and the low prices. I wonder if the perfume companies are annoyed with Selfridges as it seems to devalue the brand with so many being bandied around at £27-30!

also update on the LFAC ordered on the 13th arriving today hoorah 😁

so impressed with the reviews on the Home Fragrance Harrods it looks amazing, thank you for the photos and reviews.

I’m in the Netherlands for a few days and have caved and bought the Skins advent calendar and Skins fragrance set. I think both look excellent value with a good set of perfumes.

I was also very impressed with the Skins shop itself. Probably helpful that I was there early on a Thursday so it was not busy but lots and lots of Niche brands and fragrances, all beautifully set out, all with testers, lots of testing strips, and staff pleasant and helpful if you asked, but otherwise content to just leave you to browse and test. Perfect for doing perfume shopping.

Thanks @annxie I am glad you managed to get one.

I pivoted away from the Dr Hauschka BAC to buy 3 beauty boxes instead, and got this pretty fab free GWP, worth £63

https://www.drhauschka.co.uk/face-serum-ampoules/regenerating-oil-serum-intensive/ www.drhauschka.co.uk/face-serum-ampoules/regenerating-oil-serum-intensive/

...and 4 samples of other products.

Not a BAC, but I've enjoyed opening my order this morning

Thameen Riviere was in the 2025 Harrods fragrance advent too so that won't have helped.
Its nice enough but I don't want a second bottle so I'll probably sell my Selfridges one too when I open it. Luckily the Thameen boxes are plain from Harrods so I can offer it with this year's Patiala box.

If you have the fragrance set, there is a voucher in there that gets you 25 EUR off from a purchase of 75 Eur plus on their perfumes

I think that's more on Thameen. Last year they put full size Riviere in two advents plus this year's SFAC. So there are a lot floating around and it's not an overly popular scent either. All this has pushed the price way down. Huge bonus if you're a Riviere fan though.

Yeah I was at the beauty reception last time and they told me they were out. Must be some overlooked or gathered stock then. They also told me the Fac was completely sold out. Such a shame that it seems so random but glad you managed.

This BAC season is exhausting

They really overfloaded the market. Even if its different scents, if you put full bottles in 5 or 6 different advents you are just telling me that you cannot sell at full retail price. Im not inclined to pay full price for your stuff. Ever.

My favourite Thameen is the Bravi, not sure if it was in a Liberty edit ages ago. I still have some left and it’s the one I’ve had compliments on the most.

I haven't tried the Riviere, but I also love Bravi - I wear it when I go out for a nice evening somewhere. Tempted to try Riviere while it's readily available.

Have bought the Gruum calendar as a household AC. DP loves their stuff and I've seen enough of the reveals to know we'd get £50 of use out of it at least.

I had bought him the LiB men's one, but that's not an AC - just 25 products in a box. So we will have this to open together (as the ones I bought myself have already been unpacked and stashed away/ already being used 😂)

@annxie thank you so much my daughter just managed to get me the Harrods Fragrance calendar! I love this forum so much and am literally a little shaky with excitement. She went up to the sixth floor as advised and they said they had three left but they had to check if they were reserved for personal shoppers but they handed her over one hurrah 😁 worth a try for the last two if any one wants one and is in the area x

Wondering if the Space NK GWP will stack with the advent. It would probably tip the balance for me if so and if the double points still exist even more so 🤔 credit to @MaryBD

Bravi was in the first Liberty scent edit I ever bought and I loved it. Unfortunately my bottle dropped and smashed. I'd forgotten about it but I must look for another on ebay/vinted - I'm not in the market for full price!

Wow, well done DD ,and congratulations! I'm sure you'll love it. How wonderfully exciting!

Now, could you please get her to pop back and ask for a spare HHFC that must be knocking around somewhere for Botanique? S'il vous plaît, merci

Is sfac stock coming today or did I miss it again????

Spotted the 20% off the HN BAC on Mary’s page, so Mildred and I sat down and considered it for about a minute and a half. We decided not to buy it 😂