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!!)

Happy birthday @Seahorses12 🥳

Hope your birthday has gone well @Seahorses12 and your lips are better!

happy birthday @Seahorses12

I’ve sold a few bits on Vinted so I want to use these funds to buy a SFAC. This tool “sold two already…” blocked and reported 💩

Happy birthday @Seahorses12, hope you've had a lovely day.

Happy birthday @Seahorses12 . Hope your lips have recovered !

You would be better taking the funds out and buying on eBay, they are cheaper on there.

Thank you all for your birthday messages! I did have a lovely afternoon and night, was spoiled with gifts and had a great meal out. My lips were better by the evening thankfully!

Morning. Im currently in Spain and heading to Amsterdam tomorrow and just wondering if there are any Europe calendars i should be looking out for?
Thanks 😃

Skins is the one that comes to mind but @Advententhusiast may have some other suggestions

Well, the one to get is sold out everywhere. Was gone within a weekend but De Bijenkorf also has a beauty edit if you want to try some new stuff.

https://www.debijenkorf.nl/d/de-bijenkorf-beauty-box-t-w-v-220-2153060000-215306000098090

Douglas has one for 80 EUR.

https://www.douglas.nl/nl/p/5012122085

And Skins has a plethora of Advents and Fragrance edits. My tip is to go to De negen straatjes store. Do NOT go to the Conservatorium one. They are Scrooges and act all hoity toity. Have a look st them and see what you like

www.skins.nl/skins-boxen/

I reported this last night, but Vinted said it didn't violate their standards?!

Ive reported thst letdown several times. They’ve removed a couple of listings, but Ive had to appeal at least one decision saying it doesn’t violate their standards.

Yeah I reported that one too, it seems advent calendars are sometimes allowed, sometimes not - like my listings that they sometimes don’t show to anyone!

Thanks this is so helpful, I will definitely check Skins out. The other ones look a great price too! Looking forward to checking them out tomorrow 😃

Very happy with this!

Oh no @peanutbutterlife it looks so pretty and it’s one of the few I haven’t ordered. Must remain strong…

That’s a pretty calendar @peanutbutterlife I will not go and look….

Anthropologies home fragrance AC has been reduced to £149.

www.anthropologie.com/en-gb/shop/holiday-in-the-city-home-fragrance-12-day-advent-calendar?

That’s a lot of money for tea lights

Yes, I went over to look at the Anthropologie FC, and think it looks really nice - esp as I think the reduction stacks with a new account code - but then I clocked that it's all tiny candles! Not one single regular sized candle. Crazily overpriced. What a shame!

I’m not sure why they haven’t used better photos to fully represent the contents. The candles are small burn times between 3-15hours. However the vessels are beautiful mainly ceramic and glass (a couple of tin ones). One is in the shape of a Christmas tree. They are also coconut wax candles which I prefer.

I think may be one to watch for bigger discounts as we get closer to BF.

Very vague and lacking in detail for sure. I make beeswax candles, and have done for 30 plus years. As much as I love Anthropologie stuff (I buy their BAC every year) their candles are utterly awful. Very smoky and overpriced. Even if it was reduced to half the price, I wouldn't buy it. I feel like they are hoping folk jump on this due to the huge uptick in festive home fragrance. I also don't rate coconut wax / rapeseed oil candles.

Never tried a beeswax one. We have a soy allergy in the house so have to be careful with candles as most are either soy or chemicals. Do you sell yours? Do you have a website?

Elemis offer , 1st Nov presale QVC , 4 scent options . Price not released but usually around £69.99
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