Christmas Calendars under £50
Lottie London 12 Days of Slay £14.99
An affordable beauty calendar full of Lottie London's bestsellers. These include 11 mini sized products and one full sized transforming liquid lipstick. Other products that you'll find inside are two Shadow Swatch eye shadows, three Shimmer Squad highlighters, a duo-chome lipstick, three matte metallic liquid lipsticks and two Eye Foil metallic eyeshadow toppers. Also available from ASOS /Pretty Little Thing/ Feel Unique from 14th Nov.
ASOS 12 days till Christmas Calendar £25
This calendar includes skincare, makeup and hair care items. Brands include Pureology, Eyeko, Starskin, Caudalie, Sand & Sky and Dr Gross. This is a pretty good deal especially if you compare it to a beauty box which often contains fewer items.
Sleek's Can't Wait Another Day Calendar £35
I love the pun on East 17's Christmas hit 'Stay Another Day.' This is a 24 day calendar that contains four Matte Me Lip Creams, three twist up eye pencils and four twist up lip pencils. It comes with an I'M Conditional Mascara, a Glitter Eyeliner in Steel, a
Dip It Eyeliner and a rose gold Blush. There's also 3 eye palettes included: All night Long, Storm (one of my favourite palettes as it's so versatile) and Gleaming in Gold.
Marks & Spencers Beauty Calendar £35 In store & online
If you spend £35 in store then this calendar is £35. In total it's £70-but stocking up on winter necessities such as socks, gloves, scarves or a dress for a Christmas party means you can spend £35 fairly easily. I bought this calendar last year and it's actually really good value. This year the calendar leans towards skincare, a handful of hair care items from Percy and Reed and Ben Kingsley, and a Shay and Blue Black Tulip fragrance. Skincare products include the sought after PRAI Ageless Throat and Décolletage Crème, L’Occitane immortelle divine cream, PIXI rose tonic rose & elderflower nourishing toner and The hero Project Hyasoft Instant Moisture Boost. The make up items include a Stila smudge stick waterproof eye liner, an Eyeko lash alert mascara, a Diego dalla palma eye pencil, an Autograph blusher blush, Studio 10 lip perfecting balm gloss, Autograph luxe multi bronzer and Leighton Denny high performance nail colour.
This calendar has 24 mini products including Clean On Me shower gel, Scrub of Your Life Body Buffer and The Righteous Butter Body Buffer. Make up treats include five Crazy Sexy Kohl liners, three Pillow Plump Lip glosses, three sexy Mother Pucker lip glosses and a Thick and Fast Mascara.
Nails Inc 12 Days of Beauty Gold Advent Calendar £41.65
Nails Inc are known for their nail polishes but there are a few other make up items contained in this 12 day calendar countdown. As well as four nail polishes, there's a 45 second top coat, nail polish remover, two face sheet masks and a glitter lip topper. Also available at Nails Inc £49.
Christmas Calendars £50 & Over
Ciate Mini Mani Month £50 VEGAN, PARABEN & GLUTEN FREE
The packaging of Ciate's Mini Mani Month 2018 is absolutely stunning! It contains 20 mini sized pigmented gel-wear GELOLOGY™ nail polishes including 9 new and exclusive shades as well as one full sized. There's a GELOLOGY™ top coat for longer wear and plenty of shine. Also inside is a mini treatment and a mysterious limited edition surprise! Can be bought at Very .
NYX Sugar Trip 24 Days Of Beauty £50 CRUELTY FREE
NYX's calendar contains raved about NYX Soft Matte Lip Creams alongside their Butter Lip Glosses, eye shadows, highlighters and blush. The calendar doesn't look very Christmas like, but it looks fun and has more variety that last years lip only calendar. Also available at ASOS / Very/ HQ Hair / Look Fantastic
ASOS The Face + Body Advent Calendar £55
This calendar features 24 products for the face and body. Skincare does dominate the calendar and makeup items are mainly highlighting products - if that sounds perfect for you then read on. Skincare goodies includes Sand & Sky Australian Pink Clay Mask, 111SKIN Rose Gold Brightening Facial Treatment Mask and GLAMGLOW Glowstarter Mega illuminating Moisturiser. As for makeup there's Iconic London Illuminator, Benefit Hoola, MAC Strobe Cream Hydrant Lumineux. The lone hair care product is Coco & Eve Like A Virgin Super Nourishing Coconut & Fig Hair Masque.
Paul & Joe Advent Calendar Make up Collection 2018 £56
If you are a cat lover this Paul and Joe's 12 day calendar will be right up your street. The cats pictured inside are two pet cats of Sophie who is one of the designers behind the brand. There are 12 limited edition surprises, including lipstick, powder and hand lotion.
Latest in Beauty Advent Calendar £60
This calendar has 24 products worth £255 in total. The calendar is geared towards skincare with a handful of hair care and make up items. Highlights include Prai Ageless Throat and Decollete Cream, Murad Renewing Eye Cream, Morrocan oil, Sukin Foaming Facial Cleanser, Balance Me Hyaluronic Plumping mist, Ciate Fierce Flicks eyeliner, Sally Hansen Gel nails and a full sized beauty blender! Hair products include a full sized wet brush, and Charles Worthington Go Strong, Longer and Stronger Treatment.
Debenhams Ultimate beauty Advent Calendar Now £59.50
This calendar contains 24 beauty products and is worth over £150. Make up has a equal balance with skincare and there's only one hair care product (Ouai Leave-In Conditioner) and fragrance (Paco Rabanne Lady Million Eau de Parfume.) Makeup items include a few primers as well as Kat Von D Tattoo Liner, NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Antwerp, Benefit BADgal BANG! Mascara and Make Up Forever Artist Crème Rouge Lipstick. Skincare highlights include Glamglow Youth Mud, Murad AHA/BHA Exfoliating Cleanser, Elemis Pro-Radiance Cream Cleanser and Lancôme Advanced Génifique Youth Activating Serum. There's also a Parks Candles Vanilla Scented Candle and a Debenhams Beauty £5 gift card!
Green Regime Beauty Calendar £75 CRUELTY FREE/ORGANIC/SPOONIES
This is the first calendar from Green People and is suitable for Spoonies or those with allergies because these products are free from SLS, SLES, methylisothiazolinone (MI), methylchloroisothiazolinone (MCI), parabens, lanolin, phthalates, propylene glycol, alcohol (ethyl alcohol, ethanol), harsh foaming agents, irritating emulsifiers, synthetic fragrance, PABA-sunscreen, gluten, colourants, petrochemicals, urea, DEA, TEA or PEGs. This makes it a good choice for those prone to eczema and psoriasis.
The £150 worth of natural products include a velvet matte lipstick in Damask Rose, an illuminating eye shadow duo, Damask Rose Facial Oil and Moisturiser and Age Defy+ Soft Buff Exfoliator, Day Solution cream SPF15 and fruit scrub. (Note: This calendar is not vegan)
Lush 12 Days of Christmas £75 VEGAN
This year's Lush Calendar is full of 12 bath and shower products for an indulgent bathing experience. Products include four Christmas inspired bath bombs, two shower gels, two bubble bars, a pretty golden pear soap, a body conditioner a bath melt and bubbleroon.
The Little Beauty Parcel Feel Unique £75
There are £250 worth of beauty products inside this calendar, most are skincare items but also are more hair care products present than in the other calendars. These include a Living Proof Restore Mask Treatment, Percy & Reed Quite Frankly Flawless Finishing Polish and KMS Moistrepair shampoo and conditioner. Skincare highlights include Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream, Murad Retinol Youth Renewal Serum, REN Ready Steady Glow Daily AHA Tonic. The make up items include Lime Crime Diamond Crushers in Heirloom, Inka Mineral blush, Ciate Wonderwand mascara, Revlon Super Lustrous™ Lipstick in Bombshell, the popular Sleek MakeUP Highlighting Palette and a Sigma P82 - Precision Round™ Brush.
Look Fantastic Advent Calendar £79
This calendar contains 25 products in total worth a whopping £300. Skincare items include GlamGlow Gravitymud Firming Treatment, Omorovicza Moor Cream Cleanser, Emma Hardie Brilliance Facial Oil, Caudalie Vinoperfect Radiance serum and First Aid Beauty Repair Cream. There's also a well timed This Works Stress Check Breathe In if you find Christmas stressful! For makeup there's a Blink Bar Brow pencil, Ilamasqua Beyond Powder in Deity a holographic green gold colour and a Lipstick Queen Frog lipstick which reacts to your pH levels and changes to a rose bud colour. As for haircare there are products from Percy and Reed and Mane & Tail. There's a bonus free beauty box when purchasing the calendar.
Luxury Calendars Over £100
John Lewis & Partners Beauty Advent Calendar £140 reduced from £171 (approx.)
This calendar has 25 full and luxury trial sized skincare, makeup and fragrances. Make up items include the cult classic Hourglass Ambient powder, Lancome Custom Strobing Drop Liquid Highlighter, Charlotte Tilbury Wonderglow and Benefit Cosmetics Bad Gal Bang mascara. There are also primers from Laura Mercier and Becca's First Light primer. Skincare items include Elemis Pro Collagen Marine Cream, REN AHA Tonic, Omorovicza Rejuvenating Night Cream and Sisley Sisleya L'Integral Anti Age cream. It contains fragrances by Aqua Di Palmer, Hermes and Guerlain.
There are also other bonuses to buying this calendar- Lancôme, Elemis, AVEDA and Clarins invite you to receive a complimentary gift or service at one of their John Lewis in store counters, with Fresh offering a unique code unlocking an exclusive online gift with purchase offer. You can also win £100 of beauty vouchers hidden inside 20 calendars.
This year's calendar contains £196 worth of Charlotte Tilbury goodies in total. These include a mini Full Fat Lashes mascara, mini Rock 'N' Kohl pencil, Eyes to Mesmerize cream eye shadow in Jean (travel size) and Colour Chameleon in Amber Haze (travel size.) There are two full sized lipsticks: Matte Revolution Lipstick in Pillow Talk and Hollywood Lips in Screen Siren. Skincare and base products include multi Miracle Glow (travel size), Goddess Skin Clay Mask (travel size) Charlotte's Magic Cream (travel size) and Take It All Off (travel Size.)
Estee Lauder The Beauty Countdown (Estee Lauder Companies Calendar 2018 ) £150
Inside Estee Lauder's calendar are beauty treats from brands owned by Estee Lauder. This means that you get a variety of all high end beauty goodies! In total the calendar is worth £283. It seems to have the balance right with eight makeup products, two fragrances, four hair products and the rest skincare and bodycare products. There are several makeup removers and primer products in this calendar. Highlights include GLAMGLOW SUPERMUD® Clearing Treatment, Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex II, Cliniques Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm, Origins High-Potency Night a Minis and luxury Darphin Vetiver Aromatic Care Stress Detox Mask. It also includes a full sized MAC Cosmetics Liptensity lipstick in Fire Roasted, MAC Prep + Prime Fix +, MAC Strobe Cream in Pinklite, Smashbox Photo Finish Primerizer and Smashbox Always On Matte Liquid Lipstick. You'll also find inside Micheal Kors Wonderlust Eau Fresh and Estee Lauder Beautiful Belle while hair care comes courtesy of Bumble & Bumble and Aveda. Also available using the following links: Clinique, Bumble & Bumble, Smashbox, MAC Cosmetics Glam glow Darphin and Estee Lauder.
Fenwick Beauty Advent Calendar 2018 £150
Inside you'll find classic favourites MAC Cosmetics lipstick in Twig and Nars Blush in Orgasm alongside Nails Inc Special effects nail polish and Estee Lauder Pure Color Envy Mascara. Skincare products include Dr Sebagh Repair Hyaluronic Acid, By Terry hand cream, Pixi Retinol Tonic, Clinique Smart SP15 Custom Repair moisturiser and Clarins Extra Firming Nuit Regenerating Night Cream. It also contains a Neom candle which you can light while you're pampering yourself with the other beauty products!
