Start playing the Christmas carols because the season of giving has officially dropped. That means our favourite beauty brands have started launching their festive advent calendars, filled with cute-sized bestsellers ranging from mascaras to fragrances. What better way to look forward to December than by opening a tiny treat everyday? Check out this collection we’ve put together that’s perfect for your best friend, favourite cousin or even just for yourself.
British scent specialist Jo Malone offers 25 treats across the categories of perfumes, candles, colognes, soaps and body skincare, with their version of the Christmas advent calendar. This includes many of their most popular scents available in both miniature and full-sizes, including English Pear & Freesia, Lime Basil & Mandarin and Peony & Blush Suede.
Featuring not one but three different advent calendars this Christmas, The Body Shop’s Gift boxes range from $109 to $259 and feature an amazing pop-up construction that showcase ingredients sourced from unique parts of the world. The biggest of the three advent calendars is The Body Shop Box Of Wishes & Wonders Ultimate Advent Calendar, which is filled with 25 head-to-toe treats and several full-sized favourites to keep you pampered all Christmas. There is also The Body Shop Box of Wonders Big Advent Calendar ($179) and The Body Shop Boxes of Wishes Advent Calendar ($109).
Neal’s Yard first-ever advent calendar for 12 days of Beauty and Wellbeing is all about how good gift giving also comes in green packages. Launching Christmas gifts for a greener future, the advent calendar includes six full-size products crafted with ethically and sustainably sourced botanicals and essential oils for a luxurious Christmas countdown.
Somersault into the season of festivities with Penhaligon’s World of Wonder. The fragrance house is bringing its most famous scents and fragrances behind each of its 24 doors. From crowd-favourite scents to specially curated candles, expect a full suite of splurge-worthy self care treats.
Luxurious and indulgent, the 24 Dior Surprises Advent Calendar was meticulously curated to bring Pietro Ruffo’s fairytale reinterpretation of the Dior 30 Montaigne Boutique to life. The advent calendar is adorned with mythical beasts in shades of navy blue and gold, behind the 24 calendar window holds a beauty, fragrance or home decor surprise that is bound to keep you pampered this holiday season.
In its exclusive collaboration with French artist Richard Orlinski, the Lancome X Richard Orlinski collection is a pop art reinterpretation of its symbolic rose. The advent calendar will feature a pop-up Eiffel Tower and a mini cityscape with 24 mini treats including Lancome bestsellers as well as a full-sized bottle of the iconic best-selling Advanced Genifique Serum.
Created in collaboration with Made By Radio, a London-based studio, Kiehl’s is bringing spirited elements and energetic colours of the holiday to its 24-piece advent calendar this year. Featuring iconic Kiehl’s formulas including cleanser, facial serums, moisturisers and more, this collection houses crowd favourite skincare formulas for the ultimate gift that keeps on giving.
Dressed in an opulent finish of gold and black, the YSL advent piece is perfect for the edgy best friends that never fail to set boundaries and live large on their own terms. Within the calendar, there are 17 miniature products, 6 full-sized goods and an additional piece of accessory. If you love a dramatic pout, this advent calendar is filled with 9 unique shades that include lippies from the Rouge Pur Couture and Rouge Pur Couture The Slim.
Have a very merry Christmas by counting down to the holiday with Christian Louboutin’s 24-piece advent calendar. Making its advent calendar debut in its iconic shade of red, the beauty advent calendar is filled with make-up and fragrance formulas that pays homage to the signature red bottoms. Expects tubes of blue-toned red lippies along with scents set by notes of patchouli and cedarwood.
If you’ve often found yourself swooning over the carefully curated vanity of an heiress then you’re probably no stranger to La Mer, the darling of luxury skincare. This 12-piece holiday advent calendar consists of the brand’s signature cleansing foam, renewal oil, eye concentrate and of course – the legendary Crème de La Mer. Add to cart now so that new year resolutions can begin with brighter and more radiant complexions.