Beauty Advent calendar quick picks
Under $100: Anthropologie Holiday Collection Beauty Advent Calendar
Under $200: Beekman 1802 There's No Place Like Home Advent Calendar
For variety of products: Revolve Beauty 2024 Advent Calendar
For full-size products: Kitsch 12 Days of Kitsch Advent Calendar
A beauty advent calendar is the gift that keeps on giving. It’s no wonder they tend to sell out every year. Filled with dozens of beauty products, these Christmas countdown calendars not only help get you into the holiday spirit, but also offer unmatched value for beauty lovers. Often including exclusive or limited-edition gifts, the boxes are filled with mini and full-size products to discover from your favorite names in skin care, makeup, hair care and more.
As a beauty editor, I got a sneak peek at what’s in store this holiday season, getting to preview and crack open the calendars’ surprises to find the ones that are actually worth your money. For 2024, I’ve seen a turn towards keepsake packaging and creative concepts, from Charlotte Tilbury’s glamorous chest of beauty treats to Benefit’s grocery basket full of makeup goodies, that are sure to delight throughout the festive season. Whether you’re getting a pre-holiday gift for yourself or that hard-to-shop-for friend, you can’t go wrong with one of the best beauty Advent calendars of the year.
Best beauty Advent calendars
Revolve's big box of beauty surprises is back this year with an assortment of some of my personal favorite products. Featuring $539 worth of goodies (27 products total, including six full-size products), the beauty treasure trove includes holy grails like Charlotte Tilbury's Beauty Light Wand, Elemis Pro-Collagen Hydrating Cleansing Balm, Supergoop! Glowscreen and more skin care, makeup and hair care.
Filled with 24 days of travel-sized goodness, the doors of Anthropologie's beauty Advent calendar reveal fan favorites from Sunday Riley, Caudalie, Anastasia Beverly Hills, Phlur and lots more. With a great variety of products across skin care, makeup, hair care and fragrance, it'll be sure to please any beauty-lover.
Stocked with some of my hair care must-haves from Kitsch, this 12-day Advent calendar is ultra satisfying thanks to its full-size assortment. From heatless curlers to a chic French pin, it's stocked with a number of hair products that you'll actually use.
Charlotte Tilbury's heart-shaped gift box is filled to the brim with the brand's glamorous makeup and skin care. From the Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray to Charlotte's Magic Cream, I've tried every product included in the 12-day countdown calendar and they're all crowd-pleasers for sure.
I don't blame you if you open up this 25-day Advent calendar all at once. It's curated with sample-sized makeup and skin care that can be used to create a stunning holiday makeup look, so I might even encourage you to open it before December rolls around. And since Macy's VIP Sale is currently on, you can save 15% and grab it for $64 with the code VIP.
Best skin care Advent calendars
This adorable snowflake Advent calendar covers your entire skin care routine. You'll get to try the expert-approved formulas of the brand's cleansers, toners, exfoliators, serums, moisturizers, face masks and more.
Opening this Advent calendar is like opening up a storybook paired with Beekman 1802's bestselling skin care. (No, really! It tells the adorable tale of the brand's mascot Goatie finding his way home for the holidays.) Turn the pages and open the drawers to find 24 face and body products (including 16 full-size products) and see Goatie's story unfold.
Pamper yourself with 24 days of bath, body, hair and skin products inspired by Provence. Among the travel-sized presents are fan favorites like L'Occitane's luxe hand cream and shower gel.
While you can't beat the value of the under-$90 calendar, L'Occitane also has a premium Advent calendar for $114.
With a mix of full-, travel- and trial-size products, Dermalogica's sleek Advent calendar will get your skin glowing this holiday season. From exfoliating cleansers to silky serums, it has everything you need for an at-home spa day.
Open the "gates" of this Advent calendar to reveal 12 days of luxe skin care. The brand is famous for its award-winning cleansers, and you'll find some of those along with other anti-aging favorites.
Typology's Advent calendar sold out in 48 hours last year, and this year's calendar racked up a 16,000-person waitlist. Filled with 24 days of beauty gifts, including 15 full-size picks, the products often blend makeup and skin care into smart, multi-tasking formulas.
Best makeup Advent calendars
This creative Advent calendar comes in a shopping basket filled with 24 days of makeup gifts. You'll get to try some editor-favorite brow products, lip tints, blushes and much more.
MAC's show-stopping countdown calendar comes in gilded keepsake boxes that will look beautiful beside a Christmas tree. Inside, you'll score full-size and mini lip sticks, glosses, eye shadows, brow gel and other fun makeup to try.
You're sure to recognize more than a few of the makeup-artist approved products in this limited-edition calendar filled with Bobbi Brown favorites.
Best fragrance Advent calendars
Spritz through 12 days of new scents with this fine fragrance Advent calendar. Each door reveals a 1.5mL vial of a designer fragrance, featuring perfumes from Gucci, Prada, Versace and more.
Wrapped up in chic ornament boxes, each surprise from Jo Malone's 12 days of gifting is ready to hang on your holiday tree. Each one houses a travel-sized product that will leave you smelling divine.
Maison Margiela's Replica fragrances emulate locations and moods with evocative fragrance notes. They're some of our that you'll just have to try for yourself to believe. This limited-edition seven-day countdown includes miniatures of bestsellers like Jazz Club and By the Fireplace, which pair especially well with the cozy holiday season.
Best nail polish Advent calendars
One of our top-recommended at-home gel nail brands, Le Mini Macaron is bringing back its 12 Days of Nails Advent calendar with even more holiday cheer. It features limited-edition shades of its one-step gel polish, a mini LED curing lamp and other products to jazz up your mani, like chrome powder and festive nail art stickers.
If you're like me and can't remember the last time you finished a bottle of nail polish (maybe never?!), opting for minis is the way to go. This cute calendar houses 25 mini manicure must-haves, from shiny, limited-edition polishes to adorable press-ons.
If you prefer full-size polishes, Manucurist's Advent calendar is the one for you. It has 24 full-size polishes, hand treatments and nail tools that will enhance your natural nails with each manicure.