Save your calories for the holiday feasts to come by swapping your traditional chocolate advent calendar with a beauty-themed one this year.
Here we look at some of the best beauty advent calendars to get you glammed up for holiday parties and other festive occasions in the lead up to Christmas.
Barry M
The advent calender from the British beauty brand features 12 items, including eight bottles of its Gelly Hi Shine nail paints and one each of the Crystal Rock, Green Origin, Hi Vis and Velvet nail paints. It also comes with one nail/cuticle oil product as well as a "surprise" makeup bag and nail accessory. The calendar is available for $38.70.
PrettyLittleThing
This 24-day advent calendar from PrettyLittleThing comes with various makeup and skincare products from lip glosses, a lip mask, eyeliner and mascara to a self-tanning foam and a pillow spray for sleeping. The calendar is priced at $52.50 (reduced from $75).
Buy it at PrettyLittleThing here.
Asos
The Face + Body advent calendar from Asos offers 24 skincare, makeup, hair and body care products (including 15 full-sized items) from several beauty brands including Clinique, Estee Lauder, Elemis, Charlotte Tilbury, Caudalie and others.
The calendar is available for $99. New users of Asos can get a 20 percent discount by downloading the Asos app and making the purchase there using the code "JOINUS" at checkout.
Kiehl's
Get this "limited edition" 24-day advent calendar from Kiehl's, featuring a host of products collectively valued at $245. The calendar includes several popular items from the brand including the Ultra Facial Cream, Calendula Serum-Infused Water Cream and Retinol Skin-Renewing Daily Micro-Dose Serum. Get the calendar for $99.
Rituals
The "3D Advent Calendar" from Rituals offers "24 Days of Merry Moments" with several home and beauty products including various shower gels, shampoos and conditioners, body mists and oils, lotions, creams, an anti-aging serum, fragrance sticks and mini-candles. The calendar is priced at $112.
Atelier Colgone
The 24-day "Discovery Advent Calendar" for men and women from the French perfume line owned by L'Oréal offers several fragrances including Clémentine California, Bergamote Soleil, Vanille Insensée, Rose Anonyme 2ml, Patchouli Riviera and Vétiver Fatal, among other scents. The calendar is available for $108.
Buy it at Atelier Colgone here.
Charlotte Tilbury
Charlotte Tilbury's "Beauty Dreams & Secrets Limited Edition" advent calendar features 12 items, including full-sized versions of the Hollywood Beauty Light Wand in Spotlight and Matte Revolution lipstick in Pillow Talk Medium, as well as travel-sized products, including a lip liner, mascara, primer and other items. The calendar is priced at $200.
Buy it at Charlotte Tilbury here.
Jo Malone
The Jo Loves Advent Calendar offers 24 travel products and a "full size surprise" on the December 25 slot of the calendar.
This year's calendar includes new exclusive items such as a mulled wine scented candle, a cobalt patchouli & cedar bath/shower gel and body lotion, a eucalyptus & cedar woods hand lotion and hand wash product as well as a bottle of the "snowflakes" fragrance, among other items. The calendar is priced at $450.
Guerlain
Spoil a loved one with the Guerlain Beehive advent calendar. The French cosmetics brand's first-ever advent calendar features 25 products, including several scents from its L'Art & La Matière fragrance line, a Abeille Royale day cream and night cream, a lipstick as well as perfumed soap and scented travel candles. The calendar is available for $700.
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