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The Best Beauty Advent Calendars That Are Already Available to Shop
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Advent calendars are the gifts that keep on giving during the holidays, which is why they’re a great one-and-done early present for your favorite beauty buffs (or yourself). And since beauty Advent calendars are often worth well over the price you’re paying, they’re also a brilliant way to stock up on year-round essentials for a fraction of the price.
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Ahead, we’ve rounded up the best Advent calendars for beauty lovers and fragrance aficionados, from prestige brand best-sellers to ultra-luxurious sets by labels spotted in the vanities of Hollywood stars. So, whether you’re dividing the full- and travel-sized products amongst the makeup mavens and grooming enthusiasts in your life, gifting them as one glamorous package or scoring them for yourself, these options from brands like Charlotte Tilbury, La Mer, Sephora and Benefit are sure to bring the cheer.
Everything is sorted by price, so you’ll find under-$50 sets at the top, followed by the best Advent calendars for $100 or less and pricier picks below. And be sure to check back as we’ll be updating this roundup as new calendars go live.
The Best Beauty Advent Calendars for $50 and Under
Sephora Collection After Advent Calendar
While you certainly don’t have to abide by the rules, Sephora’s After Advent Calendar is intended to be opened after Christmas: between the 25th and 31st. Each day you’ll open up one or two full-sized products to keep the cheer going until the new year.
Lip Smacker Hello Kitty 12 Piece Advent Calendar
Summon childhood with two core memories: Lip Smacker lip balm and Hello Kitty. Enjoy a collection of the brand’s coveted lip balms in flavors like chocolate and strawberry shake, plus hair ties, rings and lip shines.
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The Best Beauty Advent Calendars for $100 and Under
Anthropologie Holiday Collection Beauty Advent Calendar
With a value of $304, Anthro’s beauty Advent calendar is a smash hit every single year, always selling out ahead of the holidays. The 2024 collection includes gifts from Phlur, Elemis, Sunday Riley and Salt & Stone, to name a few.
Le Grande Voyage de L'Occitane Advent Calendar
Start every day with moisturized skin and hydrated hair when you open L’Occitane’s classic Advent calendar, which is stocked with luxurious hand creams, haircare products and skincare in one charming package featuring a hand-drawn floral design by Calicot Paris.
FabFitFun Holiday Advent Calendar
Recipients will unwrap over $350 worth of fashion and beauty goodies when they open FabFitFun’s 12-day Advent calendar featuring brands like Fenty, Tower28, Thrive Causements, Adina Eden, Malin + Goetz, Murad and more. (Members get the box for just $89.99.)
Sephora Collection Premium Advent Calendar
The best-selling Sephora Collection Premium Advent calendar is packed with 24 beauty surprises from its in-house line, including skincare, face and eye masks, makeup wipes as well as hair accessories, lip colors, nail polish and many more holiday beauty goodies.
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Kiehl's Since 1851 12 Mini Advent-ures Gift Set
Everyone loves Kiehl’s, so this gift set filled with 12 of the brand’s best-sellers is a no brainer for anyone on your list. The collection of products will create the perfect morning and evening skin care routine — no thought required. Included in the box is Ultra Facial Cleanser, Retinol Skin-Renewing Daily Micro-Dose Serum, Clearly Corrective Dark Spot Corrector, Rare Earth Deep Pore Cleansing Mask, Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado, Super Multi-Corrective Eye Zone Treatment, Creme de Corps, Ultimate Strength Hand Salve, Lip Balm #1, Ultra Facial Cream, Super Multi-Corrective Cream and Calendula Herbal-Extract Toner.
Clarins 12 Day Advent Calendar
Valued at $216 and available online only, Clarins’ advent calendar is the dream gift for any skin care enthusiast. It includes face, body and lip products in addition to a primer, lash serum and mascara.
The Best Beauty Advent Calendars for $200 and Under
Laneige Manifest Glow: Best of Laneige Set
No one does glow quite like K-beauty brand Laneige. The 2024 advent calendar features six full-size and six mini best-selling skin care products valued at $227. Some standouts include the Water Sleeping Mask, three Lip Glowy Balms and three Lip Sleeping Masks, Laneige’s viral sensation.
Revolve Advent Calendar
If you’re looking for one of the best beauty Advent calendars for makeup and skin-care lovers who follow all of the latest trends, say no more. Revolve’s 24-day Advent calendar boasts over $539 worth of full- and deluxe-sized products from Charlotte Tilbury, Too Faced, Summer Fridays, Agent Nateur Holi(water), Dr. Barbara Sturm, Olaplex, Ouai, Osea, Stila, Tarte, Tower28, Supergoop! and many, many other cult-favorite brands.
Beekman 1802 There's No Place Like Home Advent Calendar
$179 $403 56% off
Known for bringing Schitt’s Creek‘s Rose Apothecary brand to life, New York-based Beekman 1802’s There’s No Place Like Home Advent calendar comes with 24 products valued at over $400, including the brand’s best-selling goat milk soaps and hand creams and skincare.
Benefit Cosmetics Gorgeous Grocer Beauty Advent Calendar
A value of $322, Benefit’s Gorgeous Grocer Advent calendar ensures a holiday filled with travel-friendly makeup surprises. The holiday gift set includes mini and “fun size” versions of its Porefessional Pore Minimizing Primer, Badgal Bang! Volumizing Mascara, They’re Real! Magnet Mascara, Gimme Brow+ Tinted Volumizing Brow Gel, Hoola Matte Bronzer, 24-Hr. Brow Setter Clear Eyebrow Gel and more.
Maison Margiela Replica Advent Calendar
Each of the seven drawers in the monochromatic Replica advent calendar is adorned with numbers embossed in the textured Maison Margiela style. Enjoy miniatures of the brand’s perfumes, candles and body products. Perfect for yourself or your chicest friend.
Nyx Limited Edition Home Alone Kevin's House 24 Piece Advent Calendar
Beauty buffs meet cinephiles with Nyx’s 24-piece advent calendar exploring the McCallister’s iconic house from 20th Century Studios’ Home Alone. The Christmas scene is stashed with full-size products, including lip oils, glosses and pencils, liquid blushes and a six-color eyeshadow palette.
The Best Beauty Advent Calendars for $300 and Under
Charlotte's Beauty Treasure Chest of Love Advent Calendar
Makeup mavens will love Hollywood makeup artist-turned-beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury’s decadent Advent calendar, which promises 12 skincare and cosmetics best-sellers (such as Charlotte’s Magic Cream, Brow Fix, Magic Lip Oil, Beauty Light Wand and more) valued at over $300, all in a glamorous reusable heart-shaped chest.
Typology Advent Calendar 2024
The French skin care brand collaborated with French designer Erwan Bouroullec on a minimalistic advent calendar containing 24 products, including 15 full-sized items, valued at over $500.
The Best Beauty Advent Calendars for $400 and Under
Bloomingdale's 25-Day Beauty Advent Calendar
Score $900 worth of mini luxuries with the Bloomingdale’s 25-day beauty Advent calendar filled with beloved brands such as Diptyque, Charlotte Tilbury, Clé de Peau, Creed, Augustinus Bader, Kiehl’s, SK-II, U Beauty, Laura Mercier, La Prairie and many others.
The Best Beauty Advent Calendars for $500 and Up
La Mer The World of La Mer 12-Day Advent Calendar
It doesn’t get any more luxe than La Mer’s The World of La Mer 12-day Advent calendar set, which is filled with the cult-favorite skincare label’s Miracle Broth-infused best-sellers. (Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian and celebrity ambassador Ana De Armas are among those who have raved about the brand.)
Augustinus Bader The 12 Days of Bader Advent Calendar
For the luxury beauty lover, Augustinus Bader’s 12-day Advent calendar will surprise with mini skin-care favorites — from serums and face masks to hair care and more — infused with the brand’s signature ingredient, TFC8, that supports cellular renewal and moisturizes, protects and nourishes the skin.
Dr. Barbara Sturm Advent Calendar
Not located near Hollywood-beloved skin-care expert Dr. Barbara Sturm? You can still get the #SturmGlow with her luxury Advent calendar, courtesy of the starry skin specialist. The massive box (valued at $1,863) contains two full-sized products (the Hyaluronic Serum and the Super Anti-Aging Serum) plus 22 travel sizes of the Face Cream Rich, Darker Skin Tones Face Cream, Facial Scrub, Glow Cream, Clarifying Mask, cleanser, eye cream and more favorites.
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