Gone are the days of advent calendars with a piece of chocolate behind each door throughout December. 2017 seems to be all about the rise of beauty advent calendars. For all you beauty lovers out there, is there anything more exciting than make-up, skincare, fragrance and even candles to wake up to on a cold December morning? This year, most brands have jumped on the beauty advent calendar bandwagon, making it difficult to choose – but fear not! We have put together a helpful guide to find out which advent calendar you need if you’ve been good this year.
For the avid manicurist
Ciaté Mini Mani Month (£50) is the calendar for you. This features 18 mini polishes plus 1 full sized polish, extra limited edition surprise gifts with 4 new shades exclusive to the calendar. All shades are colours you can wear all year round, and if you’ve tried any Ciaté polishes before, you will know how high quality and long lasting they are. You will never need to pay for a manicure again!
The Best All-Rounder
Feel Unique’s 12 days of beauty while only containing 12 doors, beats the rest in terms of variation. If you want skincare, fragrance, lip products, eye shadows and body products then this is the calendar for you. Including both high-end brands such as Elizabeth Arden and high street brands such as Rimmel, this calendar is is reasonably priced at £35.
For the Lipstick Lover
Nyx Lippie Countdown (£50) is every lipstick obsessive’s dream. In fact, you will probably never need to buy a new lipstick again. Inside, you will find four matte lipsticks, three cream lipsticks, two chubby lip creams, four liquid lipsticks, three matte lip creams, three traditional lipsticks and five creamy lip-glosses inside; all with Nyx’s impressive professional formula. Without ruining the surprise, there are a wide variety of shades from daring bright magentas to everyday neutrals. The only downside? The packaging is far from festive which is why it missed the top spot.
For a luxury treat
The Estée Lauder Companies calendar comes in a dazzling star shape complete with gold, so will be a perfect Christmas addition to your dressing table. At £125, it is something to treat yourself with. Having said that, it is packed with a huge range of high-end products, all under the Estée Lauder umbrella.
In case you weren’t aware, Lauder owns the likes of MAC, Clinique, Bobbi Brown, Bumble and Bumble, GlamGlow and Michael Kors as well as Estée Lauder products. Other luxury calendars include Jo Malone (£300) and Charlotte Tilbury (£150) but as these only feature one type of product, the Lauder Companies win in terms of product variation.
Best on a Budget
For £30, Make-up Revolution has won the student-budget-friendly advent calendar prize. To start with, the packaging is a beautiful black and rose gold with a sparkly Christmas tree design. The calendar inside includes 3 of their famous highlighters, 1 bronzer, 6 lipsticks, 1 eye primer, 1 liquid highlighter, 2 pressed highlighters, 2 strobe balms and 1 full exclusive eye-shadow palette as well as all the tools you might need such as 4 brushes and a travel mirror. At £30 for all of that, you really can’t go wrong. Also close were Soap and Glory (£40) and Benefit Cosmetics (£34.50).
But if you’re anything like me, you’ll probably buy a chocolate one as well…
Edited by Tia Ralhan
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