The Best Beauty Advent Calendars and More Unique Advent Calendar Ideas
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The word “advent” is Latin for coming. Advent calendars date back to the mid-19th century, where families would count down every day in December until Christmas Eve. Now you can purchase an advent calendar for almost any type of product. Each advent calendar has compartments for a certain number of days, each with a gift inside!
Treat someone you love (or yourself) this holiday season with the fun gift of a holiday advent calendar. We’ve made a list of top beauty advent calendars, along with other unique advent calendar gift ideas including wine, tea, and crystal advent calendars.
111Skin is introducing its first advent calendar for the holiday season. The skincare brand offers a variety of products sealed in a chic black recyclable box. Products include:
Y Theorem Repair Serum
Celestial Black Diamond Eye Mask
Rose Gold Brightening Treatment Facial Mask
Vitamin C Brightening Booster
Rose Gold Radiance Booster
Celestial Black Diamond Eye Cream
Nocturnal Eclipse Recovery Cream
3 Phase Anti Blemish Booster
NAC Y2 Recovery Mask
Microbiome Blemish Mask
Rose Quartz Exfoliating Mask
The Radiance Concentrate (3 count)
The #1 brow brand in the world is bringing back its advent calendar. With a value of $140, you can find a variety of products including 12 bestsellers. The calendar includes:
They're Real! Lengthening Mascara 3 g
They're Real! Magnet Extreme Lengthening Mascara 3 g
Roller Lash Curling Mascara 3
BADgal Bang! Volumizing Mascara 3 g
24-Hour Brow Setter Clear Brow Gel 2 mL
The POREfessional Face Primer 7.5 mL
Hoola Matte Bronzer 4 g
Gimme Brow+ Volumizing Eyebrow Gel(Shade 3) 1.5 g
This mystery crystal advent calendar box adds a little extra excitement when counting down to a special day.
Each day reveals a new crystal and card about the crystal to help you learn and experience the energy that crystal has to offer you.
A mini smudge spray and crystal care sheet is included so you will have everything you need to work with your crystals right away.
Start with the number 1 and work your way up to the last number that holds an extra special crystal to celebrate you and the special day.
Each set is unique and holds a different mix of raw and tumbled crystals
Available in 12 days or 24 days sets
Step into the world of ESPA, away from reality, and experience the magic of the holidays with the brand's highly anticipated 2021 “Hidden Treasures” Advent Calendar (Worth $591). Hidden within each magical drawer, you will find a hand-selected edit of both new and classic ESPA treasures for the skin, body, and mind. The calendar includes favorites such as the Pink Hair and Scalp Mud and the signature blend classics from the Restorative Bath and Body Oil to the Restful Pillow Mist. You’ll also get the new Yuzu & Ginger Cleansing Sorbet and Clean & Green Detox Mask from the Active Nutrients range. The calendar includes the below products and more:
Tri-Active™ Resilience ProBiome Eye Treatment 7ml
Lift and Firm Neck and Décolleté Balm 15ml
24-Hour Replenishing Moisturizer 15ml
Positivity Pulse Point Oil 9ml
Tri-Active™ Resilience ProBiome Moisturizer 15ml
Active Nutrients Clean & Green Detox Mask 30ml
Regenerating Treatment Oil 10ml
Invigorating Body Reviver 50ml
Energizing Bath and Body Oil 15ml
Pink Hair and Scalp Mud 30ml
Nourishing Lip Treatment 5ml
Overnight Hydration Therapy 15ml
Glamnetic’s 12 Days of Glam Calendar (Currently Sold Out)
Get the chance to enjoy Glamnetic’s first advent calendar. The lash and liner brand has a selection of products that can be enjoyed. The 12 products come along with their eyeliner pen and dual lend lash applicator. Here is what to expect for the 12 days:
Day 1: Honey
Day 2: Queen
Day 3: Toasty (exclusive)
Day 4: Hottie
Day 5: Lucky
Day 6: Vibe
Day 7: Virgo
Day 8: VIP
Day 9: Heatwave
Day 10: Lush
Day 11: Verified
Day 12: Hazel (exclusive)
Unpack a special gift in LOOKFANTASTIC’s chest, which holds their advent calendar. The advent calendar from the popular online beauty retailer holds many quality products including, but not limited to:
Hourglass
Elemis
Kevyn Aucoin
Murad
Bring joy to every day with Lush’s advent calendar. You will find a variety of bath products that will serve your needs and spread holiday joy. Some products include:
Cinders Bath Bomb, Kris Mouse Bubble Bar
Merry Christmas Shower Gel
The Christmas Penguin Bubble Bar
Shampoo Bar Cork Pot
Thundersnow Bath Bomb
Sleepy Bath Bomb
Six products and a cork pot are exclusive to this gift. Lush recently announced a partnership with DoorDash, the online ordering and delivery platform, just in time for the holidays! Lush will be offering for the first-time ever same day delivery making holiday shopping easier than ever across the US and Canada.
With this partnership, consumers are able to get the Lush experience delivered straight to their doorstep! All customers have to do is visit the Lush website, add items to the cart, select same day delivery, and a driver will pick up the order from the nearest Lush store.
PAYOT Paris’ advent calendar takes us to the solar system, allowing us to envision magical possibilities. The French beauty brand packs tiny, yet notable surprises in their advent calendar, which are beneficial for travel. From sleep masks to weather protection and skincare, Payot has all the essentials you need this holiday season. These include:
1x My Payot Masque Sleep & Glow (20 ml)
1x My Payot Crème Glow (30 ml)
1x Roselift Collagène Patch Regard
1x Crème N°2 Stick Lèvres (4 g)
1x Nutricia Crème Confort (30 ml)
This skincare advent calendar is perfect for getting that holiday glow. Hidden behind the 12 little doors are 12 of the most popular QMS Skincare Essentials in original and special sizes.
Hydrating Boost Tonic
Deep Gentle Cleanser Cleanser
Antioxidant Day & Night Cream
Active Exfoliant 7% Sensitive
Lip Line Corrector Lip Serum
Epigen Depuff Pollution Shield Eye Serum
Replenishing Protection Hand Cream
Night Collagen Sensitive Serum
Day Collagen Sensitive Serum
Advanced Pearl Protein Day & Night Cream
Epigen Pollution Detox Cleansing Gel
Power Firm Mask
Learn more about QMS and the brand’s popular collagen products here!
Revolution Beauty - You are the Revolution Advent Calendar ($55)
Revolution is bringing on the holiday cheer, featuring new and exclusive products in its advent calendar. Get 25 days of lipsticks, lip glosses, highlights, brushes and more. The specific products are listed below:
2 x Matte Lipstick
· 1 x Jelly Gloss
· 2 x Lip Gloss
· 1 x Lip Liner
· 2 x Cream Eyeshadow
· 1 x Beauty Blending Sponge
· 1 x Pressed Powder Highlighter
· 1 x Pressed Powder Blusher
· 1 x Pressed Powder Contour
· 2 x Brow Crayon
· 1 x Clear Brow Gel
· 1 x Eye Definer Pencil
· 1 x Eye Primer
· 4 x Make Up Brushes (Full Size)
· 1 x Keepsake Mirror
· 1 x Eyeshadow quad
· 1 x Reloaded Palette
Open up a cute winter village stored with luxury products. Ritual Cosmetics “Ritual of Advent 3D” calendar has a variety of products designed to bring cheer to the holidays. The $202 valued calendar offers Ritual Cosmetics best-selling products including the Ritual of Sakura hair and body products along with the Ritual of Karma’s body scrub and soap. With this set, you can also own exclusive products. These include the limited edition of the Amsterdam Collection, the Private Collection and two products that aren’t sold in the U.S yet: The Private Collection Oudh Shower foam and the limited edition Serendipity shower foam. Below more products are listed, all of which are beneficial for self-care:
The Ritual of Karma Body Shimmer Oil 30m
Advent Mini Candle Private Collection (variety of scents)
The Ritual of Namaste Anti-Aging Serum 10ml for Advent
The Ritual of Ayurveda Scrub Glove for Gift Set 2021
The Ritual of Karma Mild Body Scrub Clay 70ml
The Ritual of Jing Mini Fragrance Sticks USA for Advent
The Ritual of Namaste Anti-Aging Serum 10ml for Advent
The Ritual of Sakura Body Cream 100ml
Saje’s wellness calendar comes in 12 and 24 day versions. Each calendar has relaxing wellness products for self-care and pampering. See some of the products below:
Liquid Sunshine Diffuser Blend 5ml/0.17 fl oz.
Muscle Melt Body Butter 50ml/1.7 fl oz.
Peppermint Halo Roll-on 6ml/0.2 fl oz.
Deep Breath Diffuser Blend 5ml/0.17 fl oz.
Safe Hands/Clean Hands Lotion 30ml/1 fl oz.
Stress Release Mist 25ml/0.85 fl oz.
Glow On Face Oil 11ml/0.37 fl oz.
Immune/Fortify Roll-on 6ml/0.2 fl oz.
SeneGence’s holiday advent calendar is a great gift for family and friends or for yourself! The elegant calendar has popular essentials, relevant for different ages. Open the doors to each day of the calendar to unveil your surprise in a winter wonderland. Some of the products you’ll find SeneGence’s calendar include:
Lipsense
Climate Control Anti-Aging Moisturiser
Brightening Multi-Vitamin Treatment
Silk Prime and Pore Minimizer
Spotlight Oral Care’s “All is bright” calendar comes with fun products, also beneficial for your health. Some of these include:
Clinically-effective Teeth Whitening Strips
Lip Masks
Jade Roller
Silk Hair Scrunchie
The 2021 limited -edition Christmas advent calendars from Vahdam feature best-selling tea bags and loose leaf teas. The Big Advent Calendar Gift set ($40, pictured here) packs 5 tea bags for each of 24 best-selling flavors. Vahdam’s Loose Leaf Advent Calendar Set ($63) includes 24 best-selling loose leaf teas. Vahdam also has advent calendar gift sets that come with infusers, Christmas mugs, and more goodies. Some of the teas the calendars feature include:
India’s Original Masala Chai
Sweet Cinnamon Spic Masala Chai
Ginger Masala - Chai Tea
Chamomile Mint Citrus Green Tea
Turmeric Ashwagandha Tea
VINEBOX’s advent calendar is the first wine calendar of its type in the world. There are two holiday boxes going for this year. One of the boxes is “12 Nights of Wine, Women Holiday Makers Edition,” which showcases wines made by females across Europe. The other is “12 Nights of Wine, Holidays at the Gallery Edition”, which presents a modern trendy vibe. Two artists were commissioned to make the boxes.
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Holly is a college broadcast and print journalism major at DePaul University. She is originally from New York City, but has lived in Chicago and is now based in Los Angeles. Currently, Holly works as an Editorial Intern at The Argonaut, where she serves its communities by writing articles on business features, special events, health and wellness, food spotlights, amongst other topics. She’s also a Staff Writer at her university’s newspaper, The DePaulia, and served as a news director at their award-winning radio station, Radio DePaul. Holly has written on a plethora of topics but her favorites are global events, travel, and health & wellness. When she’s not writing, she enjoys swimming, hiking, exploring, and reading. She’s also fluent in French. Follow her on Instagram @holly_jenvey