19 Beauty Advent Calendars to Gift Yourself or Someone You Love
by Tatyana Ehrenberger
As a child, counting down the days until Christmas with an advent calendar was a cherished ritual, with a small surprise to open each day. In recent years, adults can partake in the festive tradition, with advent calendars having turned into an exciting experience for adults too (often with a luxury twist). Beauty advent calendars in particular—ones filled with travel-sized or full-sized coveted makeup, makeup tools, skin-care products, and fragrance items—are often generously sized calendars ideal for pampering or indulging before the holidays.
Also a great way to discover new products, opening each door of these advent calendars reveals a must-have or holy grail skin-care, makeup, fragrance, or lotion product daily—a special treat to give a beauty fanatic, yourself, or someone who is feeling nostalgic.
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Dior Le 30 Montaigne Advent Calendar
A luxurious collection of makeup, skin-care, and fragrance products from the renowned French maison, 24 miniature versions of iconic products are inside the calendar, designed to replicate the façade of the Dior boutique at 30 Avenue Montaigne in Paris.
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Jo Malone Advent Calendar Twelve Days of Ornaments
Each scented item in this advent calendar doubles as a charming Christmas ornament to hang on the tree, with each mini-size cologne, candle, and item for the body and bath wrapped individually.
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Babor Advent Calendar Gift Set
For all types of skin, German-made Babor’s limited-edition 24-day collection features ampoules of formulas for hydrating, rejuvenating, and firming the skin.
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Bobbi Brown Dazzle & Glow 12-Day Makeup + Skincare Advent Calendar Gift Set
Covering every step of a skin-care routine and makeup ritual, this set has mini-sized versions of the most popular products plus three full-sized ones (cream shadow stick, lip serum, and mascara), ideal for the person on the go this holiday season.
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Maison Margiela Replica Fragrance Advent Calendar
Uniquely crafted in a Bianchetto overpaint design, this seven-day calendar has miniature perfumes, candles, and body products in each drawer, embossed with a signature Maison Margiela-style number.
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12 Days of Glow Advent Calendar
Glow Recipe offers 12 skin-care products in a mix of sizes for all skin types to help skin glow over the holiday season, including the ever-popular Watermelon Glow items and a depuffing eye roller tool.
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Liberty, the renowned department store in London, England, has created another advent calendar specifically for the dapper man’s grooming routine. Its 25 drawers contain products ranging from cleansers and treatments to an eye mask and votive candle.
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If there is such a thing as a couture advent calendar, Armani has designed it, with a mix of 24 fragrance, makeup, and skin-care products from the Italian house. Free of plastic, the box was designed with reusing it in mind.
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An advent calendar for indulging or discovering new products, with 12 miniature-sized serums, creams, cleansers, and more, for every step of cleansing and hydrating the skin.
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Augustinus Bader The 12 Days of Bader Set
Twelve days of creams, serums, oils, and gels (tailored to a day and night routine) are included in this boldly coloured midnight-blue advent calendar gift box.
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Iconic fragrances such as Black Opium, skin-care products, and bold-coloured lipsticks are hidden in the 24 drawers of this advent calendar with a gold lattice pattern and large edelweiss motif.
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Dr. Barbara Sturm Advent Calendar
Covering every possible step of a skin-care regimen, this 24-day advent calendar has essentials from scrub to serum to makeup remover to toner to cream. Inside are 22 small-sized products and two full-sized items.
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L’Occitane Le Grand Voyage Premium Advent Calendar
A scented journey for 24 days, the design for the Provence-inspired calendar dotted with citrus fruits and florals, reflecting travel and the French region, was hand-drawn by Calicot Paris.
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Saje Well Wishes Advent Calendar
Looking for a gift around natural wellness? Try this calendar, filled with 12 essential oils, blends, aromatherapy, and other products that promote relaxation through natural ingredients.
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Another collection of naturally derived ingredient skin-care items, this limited-edition advent calendar from the French brand has 24 vegan products (15 are full-sized) in a tasteful design by artist Erwan Bouroullec.
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A 24-day advent calendar ideal for the person who wants to preview new items from the French brand, there are four samples of limited-edition products along with bestsellers, six full sized and 14 travel sized.
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Drawn to British artist Fee Greening’s romantic, delicate works, Sisley commissioned the artist to design the 2024 calendar, containing 25 iconic products behind an eye-catching illustration.
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Clarins 24-Day Advent Calendar
This calendar was curated to accommodate five types of beauty routine (face care, body care, hydration, makeup, and aromatherapy). The Parisian-style design on the box is a nod to the brand’s French origins.
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Acqua Di Parma 2024 Advent Calendar
Italian style and architecture meet in this luxury advent calendar, designed by architect and designer India Mahdavi. It features 25 products from signature lines such as Colonia and Blu Mediterraneo, and the Sun and Home collection.
