The 10 Best Beauty Advent Calendars 2023 | British Beauty Blogger

[unpaid/affiliate/ad] If you’re wondering which is the best beauty advent calendar for you, my top ten should help you choose. Apparently, the popularity of beauty advent calendars is on the wane but you’d never guess from the luxury offerings for 2023.

Beauty Advent Calendars, as well as being a wonderful pre-Christmas treat, are such a good way to discover new products so never be shy to buy your own – you’ll make all sorts of discoveries.

The Best Beauty Advent Calendars 2023 is a smart edit so you only head for the best from the hundreds available. I’ve added a link at the end of each product list should you wish to buy, and I’ll update regularly – many sell out very quickly, so I have a line-up of replacements should that happen (Selfridges has reportedly sold out already).

MAC Frosted Frenzy Beauty Advent Calendar 2023

Best beauty advent calendar 2023 for: the colour curious cosmetics fanatic.

MAC Frosted Frenzy Beauty Advent Calendar 2023. This is 100% for the make up lover – the white and chrome packaging make it full on Christmassy and will be on everyone’s wish list. It’s a good blend of mini and full sizes as well as some limited edition products that you won’t find anywhere else.

MAC Cosmetics is a very popular brand loved by all ages and this is a thoughtful edit that includes skin care, brushes and a mirror – everything the make up lover could possibly need.

It’s £170 with contents worth over £485. It’s the one advent I would suggest buying and splitting up to give as individual gifts – it’s not at all in the spirit of advents but worthwhile if you are on a budget and tend to give skin care or make up as presents.

Buy the MAC Frosted Frenzy Beauty Advent Calendar 2023 HERE.

1. Full-Size MACStack Mascara- Mega Brush
2. Full-Size Tinted Lipglass
3. Powder Kiss Liquid Lipstick
4. Prep + Prime Lip
5. Full-Size Lipglass
6. Brushstroke 24 Hour Liner
7. LIMITED-EDITION Colour Excess Gel Pencil
8. Full-Size Velvet Blur Lipstick
9. LIMITED-EDITION Mirror
10. Full-Size Retromatte Lipstick
11. Eye Shadow
12. Pro Longwear Paint Pot
13. Mini MAC Hyper Real SkinCanvas Balm
14. Full-Size Retromatte Lipstick
15. Lip Pencil
16. Full-Size Lipstick- Lustreglass
17. Lip Pencil
18. Eye Shadow
19. Hyper Real Skin Canvas Serumizer
20. Full-Size Lipstick- Lustreglass
21. Full-Size Tinted Lipglass
22. LIMITED-EDITION Colour Excess Gel Pencil
23. Full-Size Powder Kiss Lipstick
24. Eye Shadow

The Liberty Beauty Advent Calendar 2023

Best beauty advent calendar 2023 for: The beauty curious.

Does anyone ever get tired of the Liberty Beauty Advent Calendars? They made their mark with exciting packaging that depicts the Liberty London Store and even the empty boxes can be found on eBay ready to fill up the following year. 2022’s Liberty Beauty Advent Calendar was their fastest selling product ever in the store’s 137 year history so expect a sell-out.

Contents include niche fragrances from Vilhelm and Bibbi, a Liberty Stately Bouquet Scented Candle, premium face creams from Dr Barbara Sturm, Augustinus Bader and Paula’s Choice and the coveted Rose Inc Cream Blush. Bearing in mind that Liberty are launching their own beauty line, expect to find some surprises from that as well as an Estella Bartlet gold plated bracelet. 10/10 on variety across skin, fragrance, hair and cosmetics.

Contents listed below worth £1040.00. It’s yet to launch but I will update the moment it does. A content list is below.

Buy The Liberty Beauty Advent Calendar 2023 here.

1. Liberty Stately Bouquet Scented Candle 60g
2. Dr. Barbara Sturm Face Cream 20ml
3. The Seated Queen Cassiopeia’s Serum Concentrate 10ml
4. Sunday Riley Luna Sleeping Night Oil 15ml
5. (Malin+Goetz) Rum Bar Soap 50g
6. Byredo Lipstick in Solid Ground or Commuter 3g
7. Charlotte Mensah Manketti Hair Oil 15ml
8. Augustinus Bader The Rich Cream 15ml
9. Aromatherapy Associates Deep Relax Rollerball 10ml
10. Verden D’Orangerie Hand Cream 75ml
11. Dr Sebagh Serum Repair 20ml
12. Liberty Pocket Mirror in Elegance Print
13. Bibbi Parfum Ghost of Tom Eau de Parfum 10ml
14. Votary Night Star Serum 30ml
15. Surratt Relevee Mascara 6ml
16.  Dizziak Deep Conditioner 50ml
17. Larry King Haircare Spoilt for Choice Hair Oil 30ml
18. OTO Cleansing Jam Exfoliator 25ml
19. Zelens Instant Recharge Renewal Mask
20. Paula’s Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant 30ml
21. Davines Oi Shampoo 90ml
22. Estella Bartlett Stars So Bright Gold Plated Bracelet
23. 111 Skin Celestial Black Diamond Eye Mask 6ml
24. Le Labo Rose 31 Liquid Balm Perfume 9ml
25. Rose Inc Cream Blush Refillable Cheek & Lip Colour in Daylily
26. REN Clean Skincare Overnight Glow Dark Spot Sleeping Cream 50ml
27. Vilhelm Parfumerie Poets of Berlin 10ml
28. The Uniform Hairclip Duo
29.  PLUS a brand new launch from Liberty

The Jo Malone Beauty Advent Calendar 2023

Best Beauty Advent Calendar 2023 for: Luxury Indulgence and making an impression.

Another sell-out if past years of best beauty advent calendars are anything to go by. The first year of The Jo Malone Beauty Advent Calendar saw customers queuing around the block at the Jo Malone store.

This year, the theme is Gingerbread House with candy stripes and icing patterns and inside you’ll find a selection of fragranced products for hand and body including popular ranges such as Blackberry & Bay, English Pear & Freesia, Myrrh & Tonka and Wood Sage & Sea Salt. It’s £350. Full contents are below:

Buy The Jo Malone Beauty Advent Calendar 2023 here.

1. Ginger Biscuit 9ml
2. White moss & Snowdrop 9ml
3. Scarlet Poppy Cologne Intense 9ml
4. Wild Bluebell Body Mist 30ml
5. Orange Bitters Cologne 9ml
6. English Pear & Freesia 9ml
7. Wood Sage & Sea Salt Hand Cream 30ml
8. Cypress & Grapevine Cologne Intense 9ml
9. Peony & Blush Suede cologne 9ml
10. Wood Sage & Sea Salt Body & Hand Wash 50ml
11. Velvet Rose & Oud Cologne Intense 9ml
12. Poppy & Barley Cologne 9ml
13. Grapefruit Body & Hand Wash 50ml
14. Wild Bluebell Cologne 9ml
15. Myrrh & Tonka cologne 9ml
16. Peony & Blush Suede Body & Hand lotion 50ml
17. Silverbirch & Lavender Cologne 9ml
18. English Pear & Freesia Body Creme 50ml
19. Nectarine Blossom & Honey Cologne 9ml
20. Vitamin E Lip Conditioner 15ml
21. Oud & Bergamot Cologne Intense 9ml
22. Blackberry & Bay Hand Cream 30ml
23. Wood Sage & Sea Salt Cologne 30ml

The Soap & Glory Beauty Advent Calendar 2023

Best beauty advent calendar for: tweens and teens keen to experiment with beauty products

Every year I get asked what a good ‘tweenager’ beauty advent calendar might be. There’s never really a specific category for teens and tweens but they don’t want to be left out of course! It’s a question of suitability I guess, but I’ve picked the Soap & Glory Beauty Advent Calendar because it’s more about fun and playfulness than any ‘serious’ beauty, featuring hair scrunchies, nail files, body washes, a lip mask and bubble bars.

The one anomaly is the Plumping Hydrating Day Lotion, but it feels innocuous. Everything is decently sized and at £46, it’s one of the more budget friendly beauty advent calendars. Best beauty advent calendar for: tweens and teens keen to experiment with beauty products. A full list of contents is below.

Buy the The Soap & Glory Beauty Advent Calendar 2023 here.

1. Clean on Me Body Wash 75ml
2. The Righteous Butter Body Butter 300ml
3. Call of Fruity Body Wash 75ml
4. Call of Fruity Body Butter 50ml
5. Scrub of Your Life Body Scrub 200ml
6. Magnificoco Body Butter 50ml
7. Speed Plump Intensely Hydrating Day Lotion 50ml
8. Magnificoco Body Scrub 50ml
9. Perfect ZZZen Body Milk 75ml
10. Heel Genius Foot Cream 125ml
11. Hand Food Hand Cream 50ml
12. Face Soap & Clarity Vitamin C Facial Wash 50ml
13. The Fab Pore Pore-Refining Sheet Mask 29g
14. Original Pink Fragranced Rollerball 10ml
15. Soap & Glory Nail File
16. Soap & Glory Massaging Face Mitt
17. Soap & Glory Scrunchie
18. Bright + Beautiful Biodegradable Brightening Sheet Mask 29g
19. Speed Plump Super-Hydrating Miracle Moisture Hydrogel Sheet Mask 25g
20. Pout About It Hydrogel Lip Mask 2.5g
21. Puffy Eye Attack Under-Eye Brightening Hydrogel Patches 3g
22. Soap & Glory Reusable Cleansing Pad
23. Perfect ZZZen Bubble Bar 40g
24. Perfect ZZZen Scented Candle 30g

SpaceNK Beauty Advent Calendar 2023.

Best beauty advent calendar for: those who aren’t easily impressed!

SpaceNK Beauty Advent Calendar 2023. The best way to describe the SpaceNK beauty advent calendar is as MASSIVE! I have a sample here and it’s huge. I found it interesting that the entire thing from top to bottom is recyclable with water based inks and aqueous varnish.

I like the variety in products – it feels like the brand has made a big effort not to be ‘samey’ and you’ll find some unusual products such as Kosas, Naturium and Bread Beauty, not to mention a 4 pan Charlotte Tilbury eyeshadow palette. It’s size and the amount of product – 33 of which 19 are full size – gives it the edge over other luxury beauty advent calendars. It’s £240 HERE and for that you get over £1000 worth of product. The contents list is below:

Buy the SpaceNK Beauty Advent Calendar 2023 HERE

1. Dr. Barbara Sturm Cleanser 150ml
2. Olaplex No. 4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo 100ml
3. Olaplex No. 5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner 100ml
4. Charlotte Tilbury Bigger Brighter Eyes Eyeshadow Palette
5. Drunk Elephant Lala RetroTM Whipped Cream 30ml
6. Sunday Riley C.E.O. 15% Vitamin C Brightening Serum 15ml
7. Farmacy Beauty Green Clean Makeup Removing Cleansing Balm 50ml
8. 111 SKIN Rose Gold Illuminating Eye Mask x3
9. Rose Inc Ultra-Black Lash Lift Serum Mascara 10.7ml
10. Naturium Niacinamide Serum 12% Plus Zinc 2% 30ml
11. Tula Skincare Cooling & Brightening Eye Balm 10g
12. Bread Beauty Supply Hair-Oil: Everyday Gloss 30ml
13. Nécessaire The Body Serum Fragrance Free 250ml
14. Summer Fridays Jet Lag Mask 64g
15. Kosas Wet Lip Oil Gloss Shade Exposed 4.5g
16. Biossance Vitamin C Rose Moisturiser 15ml
17. Eve Lom Rescue Mask 50ml
18. Paula’s Choice 10% Azeliac Acid Booster 30ml
19. Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Setting Spray 50ml
20. Tatcha Luminous Dewy Skin Mist 40ml
21. JVN Hair Complete Instant Recovery Serum 100ml
22. Malin+Goetz Vitamin B5 Body Moisturizer 30ml
23. Kate Somerville Goat Milk Moisturizing Cleanser 60ml
24. Medik8 Crystal Retinal 6 50ml
25. Augustinus Bader The Rich Cream 15ml
26. Boy Smells Hinoki Fantôme Scented Candle 85g
27. Colour Wow Dream Coat Supernatural Spray 50ml
28. 19/99 Precision Colour Pencil in Nutura
29. Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes Matte Liquid Liner 7.5ml Joy
30. Niod Multi-Molecular Hyaluronic Complex 30ml
31. Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask 20g Chocolate
32. Erborian Skin Hero Bare Skin Protector 15ml

The Sephora Beauty Advent Calendar 2023

Best beauty advent calendar 2023 for: Tiktok fans.

Another incredible value best beauty advent calendar from Sephora for 2023. Sephora has many brands that are exclusive to them in the UK, so this advent calendar serves up beauty products that you won’t find elsewhere such as ONE/SIZE, influencer Patrick Starr’s own label and GXVE Beauty by Gwen Stefani.I’d choose this one for a younger recipient as the brands included are skewed to Gen Z (Vegamour, Glow Recipe and Rare Beauty for example) but there is an excellent cross section of hair, skin and cosmetics. It’s £189 HERE and contains over £1000 worth of products – 33 to be exact and we love a double drawer! Full contents listed below.

Buy the The Sephora Beauty Advent Calendar 2023 HERE.

1. Aromatherapy Associates De-Stress Muscle Gel 150ml
2. Aromatherapy Associates Support Breathe Bath & Shower Oil 55ml
3. First Aid Beauty KP Bump Eraser Body Scrub with 10% AHA 56.7g
4. Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum Cream 25ml
5. Molton Brown Orange & Bergamot Shower Gel 100ml
6. Commodity Milk Expressive 10ml
7. Floral Street Sweet Almond Blossom Eau de Parfum 10ml
8. Juliette Has A Gun Not A Perfume 10ml
9. NEOM Organics London Perfect Night’s Sleep Scented Candle (1 Wick) 185g
10. Philip Kingsley Elasti-Styler 5-in-1 Treatment 100ml
11. VIRTUE® Healing Oil 9ml
12. K18 Leave-in Molecular Repair Hair Mask 15ml
13. Living Proof Triple Bond Complex 45ml
14. Gxve Beauty Original Me Clean High-Performance Matte Lipstick 3g
15. Ilia Limitless Lash Mascara 8ml
16. ONE/SIZE Beauty On ‘Til Dawn Setting Spray 143ml
17. Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes Matte Liquid Liner 0.9ml
18. Rose Inc Satin Lip Color Lipstick 4g
19. Vegamour GRO Volumizing Lash Serum 3ml
20. NAILSINC Nail Polish 14ml
21. Beautifect Beautifect Blender
22. Tarte Leave Your Mark Vii Eye & Cheek Palette
23. BeautyPro Cica + Niacinamide Face Mask 22ml
24. BeautyPro Warming Eye Mask 16g
25. Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm 50g
26. Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops 40ml
27. Ranavat Restoring Moonseed Treatment 8g
28. Sarah Chapman Glow On the Go 10ml
29. Sunday Riley B3 Nice 10% Niacinamide Serum 30ml
30. Tan-Luxe Super Glow Hyaluronic Self Tan Serum 30ml
31. Kate Somerville ExfoliKate Intensive Exfoliating Treatment 15ml
32. REN Clean Skincare Radiance Dark Circle Eye Cream 15ml
33. Drunk Elephant T.L.C. Sukari Babyfacial 50ml + Virgin Marula Luxury Facial Oil 3ml
34. Fenty Skin Fat Water Pore-Refining Toner Serum 10ml
35. Medik8 Hydr8 B5 Intense 30ml
36. Malin+Goetz Vitamin E Moisturiser 30ml

The Marks & Spencer Beauty Advent Calendar 2023

Best beauty advent calendar 2023 for: Treating yourself guilt-free after doing your present shopping 😊

The Marks & Spencer Beauty Advent Calendar 2023 is hotly anticipated. Worth £340, it’s £40 to buy with a £35 spend which is easily done if you’re in the Christmas mood and ready to start your shopping. This year, you’ll find Shay & Blue Fragrance, L’Occitane Shower Gel, Nails Inc nail polish as well as offerings from Philip Kingsley (hair), Clinique (moisturiser and lip colour), REN Cleanser and Murad.

It’s yet to launch – I’ll update as soon as it does. Full contents below:

1. Philip Kingsley Elasticizer Booster Restoring Conditioner 20ml
2. Philip Kingsley Moisture Balancing Combination Shampoo 20ml
3. Philip Kingsley Moisture Balancing Combination Conditioner 20ml
4. Nails Inc Victoria & Albert Nail Varnish 10ml
5. Nail Inc Crown Place Nail Varnish 10ml
6. Percy & Reed Turn Up The Volume Volumizing No Oil Oil 60ml
7. Pixi Brow Tamer (Translucent) 4.5ml
8. Shay & Blue Atropa Belladonna Natural Spray Fragrance 10ml
9. L’Occitane Verbena Shower Gel 250ml
10. Apothecary Revive Clarifying Mask 75ml
11. This Works Deep Sleep Body Cocoon 100ml
12. Murad Essential-C Day Moisture Broad Spectrum SPF 30 25ml
13. Apothecary Meditate Hand Cream 30ml
14. Dr Paw Paw Overnight Lip Mask 10ml
15. Pixi LipLift Max (Sheer Rose) 2.7g
16. L’Occitane Cherry Blossom Hand Cream 75ml
17. Benefit Cosmetics Roller Lash Curling Mascara 8.5g
18. Leighton Denny Renovate Intensive Nail Repair Cream & Buffer 10ml
19. Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse Multi-Purpose Dry Oil for Face, Body, and Hair Mini 10ml
20. REN Clean Skincare Evercalm Gentle Cleansing Gel 150ml
21. Aveda Botanical Repair Styling Crème 40ml
22. Clinique Pop Lip Colour + Primer Plum Pop
23. Filorga Hydra-Hyal: Hydrating Plumping Serum 7ml
24. Clinique Moisture Surge 100H 15ml
25. Origins Ginzing Gel 30ml

The Rituals Beauty Advent Calendar 2023. If you adore Christmas and all the imagery that comes with it, the Rituals Advent Calendar will act as a Christmas ornament as well. Depicting a snowy Christmas village predominantly in red, white and gold, it will have your Christmas loving heart melting. It’s a range of full and small sized products that are beautifully fragranced  Best beauty advent calendar 2023 for: Treating your body as a temple.

Dior Beauty Advent Calendar 2023 is sheer luxury with a price that reflects that. It’s £470 and includes a limited edition Christmas ornament which I love the sound of – who doesn’t want a Dior decoration on their tree? It’s really all about make up and fragrance this year with a selection of sample size fragrance vials, a full size candle and several small size candles, along with some stunning lipsticks. It’s a good split with seven make up items (including nail polish), four candles,  three skin care items and eleven fragrance pieces. It’s £470 but yet to launch. I* will update as soon as it becomes available. Best beauty advent calendar for: Luxury fragrance lovers. Full contents are listed below:

DIOR 30 Montaigne Scented Candle 85g

DIOR Ambre Nuit Bougie Scented Candle 35g

DIOR Saint-Honoré Scented Candle 35g

DIOR Thé Osmanthus Scented Candle 35g

DIOR Capture Total Le Sérum 10ml

DIOR Prestige La Crème 15ml

DIOR Prestige La Micro Huile de Rose Advanced Sérum 10ml

DIOR Vernis 108 Muguet 7ml

DIOR Vernis 999 7ml

DIOR J’adore Eau de Parfum 5 ml

DIOR J’adore L’Or 3.5 ml

DIOR J’adore Parfum D’Eau 5 ml

DIOR La Mousse On/Off 50ml

DIOR Mascara Diorshow Iconic Overcurl 090 Black 4ml

DIOR Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet 5ml

DIOR Miss Dior Eau de Parfum 5ml

DIOR Gris Dior 7,5ml

DIOR Jasmin des Anges 7,5ml

DIOR Oud Ispahan 7,5ml

DIOR Rouge Dior 100 Nude Look Velvet 1,5g

DIOR Rouge Dior 720 Icone Velvet 1,5g

DIOR Rouge Dior 999 Velvet 1,5g

DIOR Sauvage 10ml

Limited Edition Christmas Decoration

Anthropologie Beauty Advent Calendar 2023. This is definitely the best beauty advent calendar for those who want something truly different. It’s a voyage of discovery away from mainstream brands, with an artist designed box and a very thoughtful edit of products that cover fragrance, skin care and make up. It includes one of my all time favourite brands, Willowberry Skin Care. It has a value of over £300 and costs £78 HERE. There are 24 boxes (what happened to doors?), each with something special in them in the form of luxury sample sizes. Sample sized products always come with me in my travel packing so they’re always so useful to have in terms of cutting down weight and being experimental. Best beauty advent calendar for: those who stay away from the mainstream.

Plenaire Rose Jelly Gentl Makeup Remover

STORIES Nº.02 Eau de Parfum

Plant DPT Day Cream Moisturiser

Verden Hand & Body Balm

Adaptology Anti-Aging Serum

Dreem Distillery Moonlit Face Mask

Ilapothecary Eye Serum

Find Your Glow Candle

Anatome Sleep Oil

LØRE Originals Cleansing Exfoliating & Nourishing Bar

Solasta Skin Nourishing Rose Facial Oil

Urban Apothecary Fig Tree Hand & Body Wash

Herlum Sandalwood & Grapefruit Hand & Body Lotion

Floral Street Mini Discovery Set

Palette London Vermillion Poppy Nail Paint

Floragy Refresh Clay Face Mask

BYBI Beauty Eye Cream

Spritz Wellness Atmosphere Mist

UpCircle Cleansing Face Balm

Willowberry Nutrient Boost Day Cream

Sister & Co. Bath Oil

FEWE Take a Deep Breath Spray

Baie Botanique Facial Serum

Nailkind Nail Polish.

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