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It's November, which means it’s officially the perfect time to snag a beauty advent calendar. Traditionally, advent calendars are made of chocolate, but you shouldn’t sleep on beauty advent calendars this holiday season.
For beauty aficionados, beauty advent calendars — whether they contain skin care products, body care products, haircare, makeup, perfumes, nail polishes, or a mix of them all — are a great way to tap into brands that you have been eyeing but have not had a chance to support and test new beauty products and goodies. If you love you are a frequent traveler, they are also a great way to stock up on much-needed minis and travel-sized faves, not to mention a great gifting opportunity if you have any Secret Santas or holiday gatherings on the horizon!
As we begin the countdown for December — whether you celebrate Christmas or not — we can all indulge in a cheery advent calendar to brighten up each day. Below, we have rounded up the best beauty advent calendars (and that includes a handful of skincare advent calendars) that you can buy in 2024 and that are actually worth your money. If something catches your fancy, act quickly and get ready to checkout because you want these to arrive on time so you can open them on December 1!
🎁 Advent Calendars Under $100
🎁 Advent Calendars Under $200
🎁 Advent Calendars Under $300
🎁 Luxury Advent Calendars
Best Under-$100 Beauty Advent Calendars
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $80 | ≈$115 |
If there's a brand that knows how to consistently deliver when it comes to beauty advent calendars, that's L'Occitane. Available in multiple retailers like Sephora and Amazon, the French brand offers some of the most affordable gift boxes of the season. If you want to stay under the $100 mark, the classic advent calendar features 24 beauty products with four full-sized products. Some of the highlights include both a travel- and a full-size version of the brand's viral shea butter hand cream plus mini body milks, shower gels, shampoos, and more.
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $24 | ≈$48 |
If you are lip balm enthusiast, then Burt's Bees' Christmas gifts should be on your radar this year. The cruelty-free brand is offering a ton of limited-edition bundles featuring lip products in flavors galore that will take your or your friend's lip care stash to the next level.
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $79 | $139 |
If you are looking for an advent calendar that doubles as a full skin care set, look no further than Paula's Choice 7 Days of Glow offering. For almost half their regular prize, you get seven of the brand's bestsellers including the viral 2% BHA exfoliant, a pro-collagen multi peptide booster, a full-size foaming cleanser, SPF, and more.
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $98 | $225 |
Greek skin care and beauty brand Korres is having fun with its 2024 advent calendar, which includes 24 KORRES products in 24 boxes that can be assembled to form four different puzzles. Some of the products are a black tea eye mask, a nail polish, a yoghurt gel-cream, anti-fatigue eye mask, body cream, eye cream, and more. The best part? You save more than double the products' regular prices.
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $99 | $169 |
If you are a fan of Kiehl's, you don't want to miss out on this 12 Mini Advent-Ures, featuring the brand's Ultimate Strength Hand Salve (i.e. my favorite hand cream ever) plus mini versions of their bestsellers.
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| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $95 | $216 |
If you are on French pharmacy TikTok, the Clarins beauty advent calendar skin care set is the one for you. For more than half the products' regular price, you get a cleanser, a toner, a body scrub, an eye cream, a primer, a hand cream, lip oil, mascara, and so much more. No full sizes but a full routine for sure!
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $99 | +$150 |
If you are in the market for wellness products, Truly's 10 Days of Luxury Care Advent Calendar might be what you are looking for with 10 mini products including body polishes, shave butter, shave oils, multiple serums, and even a surprise fragrance.
Best Under-$200 Beauty Advent Calendars
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $140 | ≈$240 |
L'Occitane's premium advent calendar this year features 24 beauty products, including six full-sizes, ranging from their viral shea butter hand cream (in its chic silver packaging) to sheet masks, eye patches, soaps, oils, and even a full-size delight body balm which will replace the lotion you hate to put on.
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $195 | $299 |
Can'r decide between makeup or skin care? With Bobbi Brown's advent calendar, you don't have to. This little gift box features everything from eyeshadow sticks and mascara to cleansing oil and serums, including three full-size products.
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $110 | +$175 |
If you are all in on makeup, however, the NYX x Home Alone advent calendar is for you. No minis here, just 24 full size products!
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $145 | $285 |
Colleen Rothschild's advent calendar features 12 beauty essentials inlcuding, mascara, vitamin E lip moisturizer, cleansing balms, and, if you are a matcha lover, a matcha tea hydrating balm and toner.
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $135 | $381 |
Who wants a 24-day advent calendar when you can have a 31-day advent calendar? Featuring everything from body scrubs to body lotions and even shower oils, Sabon's got your pampering leading up to 2025 more than covered.
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $164 | $322 |
If you are worried skin care calendars might not sit well with your skin type, you need Benefit's The Gorgeous Grocer Holiday Beauty Advent Calendar, featuring all of the brand's bestsellers.
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| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $175 | $700 |
If you thought Alo was just cute work out clothes, you thought wrong. The brand truly has it all and so does its advent calendar, which has everything from candles and claw clips to a nourishing deodorant, a pouch, a headband, socks, a giftcard, a membership, and more.
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $199 | $250 |
If you are a fan of Kylie Cosmetics and go through the brand's products like water, you can restock on some bestsellers with a $51 saving.
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $120 | $118 |
Lush also offers a 12 Days of Christmas Set, with bath bombs, lip scrubs, soaps, gels, and jellies. The value per product is actually the same as buying it separately, but it makes for a great gift with the box, so bear that in mind.
Best Under-$300 Beauty Advent Calendars
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $295 | $1200 |
If you have the $295 to invest, this calendar is well worth it for its value. It features 25 producst from brands like Sisley Paris, Le Labo, Diptyque, Guerlain, La Mer, Charlotte Tilbury, Byredo, Dr. Barbara Sturm, La Prairie, and many more.
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| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $300 | $777 |
British brand Elemis's advent calendar offers over 50% in savings for everything you could ask for when it comes to skin care. Per the brand, the box includes “25 of our most-loved products for face and body.”
Mantle's The Advent Calendar
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $240 | $375 |
Mantle's advent calendar features five full-size products that serve as the perfect introduction for the brand, for a fraction of what it'd normally cost you.
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| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $275 | $275 |
If you are more into bath bombs than face masks, look no further than Lush's advent calendar. Featuring 25 of the brand's wellness treats (including nine advent calendar exclusives), the refill is meant to be used with your previous years' boxes if you still have them or on their own for a more sustainable approach to advent calendars. (There's also a brand new calendar for $210, though with fewer exclusives!)
Best Luxe Beauty Advent Calendars
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| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $325 | $435 |
In the luxury realm, Armani offers the most affordable advent calendar with eight full-size products and 15 minis — plus a gift box is meant to be reused. The offering includes My Way and Sí perfumes, lip products, mascaras, a luminous silk blush, moisturizing cream, and more.
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $600 | ≈$840 |
La Mer is probably one of the luxury brands everybody wants to try once in a lifetime. While this advent calendar is definitely on the pricier side, if you and your friends like different products it definitely offers the chance to pitch in and share the lot while treating yourself to some luxe. The box comes with 12 products, including a cleanser, a lotions, a serums, an eye concentrate, lip balm, etc. And, of course, the famous bestselling anti-aging moisturizer, Crème de la Mer. (If you can't justify the price, Sephora also has an essential set for $180 (with a value of $262) without the advent calendar format.
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $585 | $868 |
Augustinus Bader's 12 Days of Bader Advent Calendar features everything from hydrating moisturizers to eye patches, a serum, a gentle cleanser, en essence, a face oil, boy cream, lip balm, retinol serum, and more with an almost $285 saving.
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $560 | $1863 |
With over $1300 in savings, Dr. Barbara Strum, a celeb favorite, has thee skin care advent calendar of the season featuring a complete firming skin care routine in minis.
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| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $750 | N/A |
If you are luxury fan and looking for anything from eau de parfum to trending makeup, Dior's limited-edition Le 30 Montaigne Advent Calendar might be for you.
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $495 | N/A |
In a collectible box made in tandem with artist Lucy Sparrow, Diptyque's 2024 Advent Calendar features everything from limited-edition candles to solid perfume, room spray, body lotion, and eau de parfums, perfect for long-time fans of the brand.
| Price | Value |
|---|---|
| $465 | +$2000 |
British Vogue are here for all your luxury needs – with a gift box featuring +$2000 worth of goodies from Burberry, Foreo, K18, Murad, Tatcha, Loop, Laura Mercier, and more. Whats more £75,000 of sale proceeds from the calendar will be evenly split between charities Sistah Space, akt, and Women for Refugee Women.
