fiive minutes 5 Best Advent Calendars
It's Christmaaaaaaaas! OK, it's not but 2020 has been so absolutely rubbish we've decided to bring it forward and if you're at all interested in getting your hands on one of the sell-out, coveted beauty advent calendars this year, you might want to start your research now.
Last year the Cult Beauty calendar sold out in under two hours, while the launch of Liberty’s now iconic calendar, typically sees people queueing round the block from 6am. And to think when we were growing up, a postage stamp sized picture of a red candle surrounded by a holly wreath was enough to set us up for the day.
With lockdown beauty sales going up, up, up, we're pretty sure the demand for these calendars is going to be even bigger this year - after all who doesn't deserve a big, huge treat?
Whether you buy it as a cheeky pre-christmas present to yourself or you bribe someone into buying it for you - it will add joy to your December in so many ways!
As a relative beauty calendar newbie ( I bought the Feel Unique one last year) I have to say this is such a fantastic gift for a beauty geek. The joy of opening a gorgeously packaged product every day through the madness of December was such a pick me up and I got to try lots of brands and products that I had never heard of or thought of buying before. And yes, they're pretty expensive but if you're a die-hard beauty fan you can sit back and think of the savings - the Liberty calendar might cost a whopping £215 but you will save over £500 on products. You can see where I'm heading...
Some brands have already opened up their pre-orders and waitlists so it really is time to start planning your modus operandi! Here's a round-up of FIIVE'S favourite calendars for 2020.
Happy browsing and Merry, Merry Christmas! Xx
By Kit
The Liberty Beauty Advent Calendar, £215
The creme de la creme of beauty advent calendars. Â A beautifully curated edit that is housed in an even more beautiful calendar adorned with an iconic liberty print.
19 of the 25 products are full sized and include amazing high end brands such as Diptyque, Hourglass and Le Labo as well as fresh brands new to the store.
With savings coming in at over £500, we’re thinking our accountant might write this off for us…
Cult Beauty, £199
A relative newbie to the world of beauty advent calendars, the Cult Beauty calendar doesn’t disappoint.
Chock-full of incredible products, this 32 piece jaw dropping edit contains amazing brands such as Charlotte Tilbury, Milk, Summer Fridays and Votary to name but a few.
Housed in a beautifully art deco inspired calendar, not only will this look stunning on your dressing table, Cult Beauty will also donate £15 from the sale of each calendar to Beauty Banks (a charity set up to help the homeless to access hygiene products).
PS did we mention you’ll save over £700! Kind of.
Glossy Box, subscriber price £80, no subscriber price £99
Containing a plethora of amazing brands such as Fenty Beauty, Huda Beauty and Pixi, this box contains beauty treats worth over £390 including 14 full size products and 11 minis.
Packaged in a lovely box that won’t look amiss on your dressing table, opening a little surprise every day in the lead up to the 25th will certainly help banish Stressmas.
Feelunique Beauty Advent Calendar, £89
For the fifth year running, Feel Unique have collated a fabulous beauty calendar featuring so many amazing brands. Charlotte Tilbury, Huda, Nars and Elemis all feature plus many, many more.
This carefully put together edit is housed in a beautiful calendar created by artist Lydia Sherriff which won’t look amiss on your dressing table.
Beauty bonus – box 25 contains not one, not two, but three goodies for you to enjoy on Christmas day – if you can wait that long!
Space NK, £195
As you would expect from Space NK, this calendar contains an impressive array of products, mainly focussed on wellbeing and self care rather than a night on the tiles.
It features iconic brands such as Diptyque, Dr Barbara Sturm and Malin and Goetz to name but a few and has contents worth over £480.
Called the Beauty Anthology II, it contains four volumes. Â Each volume contains a poem by writer, poet and health care ambassador Charly Cox to aid you on your self care/wellbeing journey.