It may be all sun and summer outside, but as veteran gift shoppers know, the holiday season will be on us before we know it, and no holiday season would be complete without a luxurious advent calendar (or two). With advent calendars selling out earlier and earlier in the season each year, there's no better time to get a jump on your shopping list—especially for the beauty lovers in your life.
Whether they're obsessed with the hottest new makeup looks, deep into beautytok trends, are a devotee of skincare maximalism, anyone would be ecstatic to receive an advent calendar packed to the rafters with must have lotions and potions. Here, we're rounding up the beauty advent calendars already on sale for 2024 (yes, really!) as well as taking a look back at some favorites from last year to get an idea of what the season may hold in store.
Sure, partridges in pear trees are great and all, but for beauty lovers, this set of 24 of Benefit's best-selling favorites, including the Gimme Brow+, The POREfessional Primer, Benetint, and BADgal mascara is really something worth singing about.
It's no coincidence that this calendar is Liberty London's fastest selling product every year; it's positively packed with cult favorite beauty products and the hottest new launches worth over $1,550—and you can get a head start on the season by joining the waitlist for this year's calendar right now.
This snowflake inspired box is packed with everything you need for a holiday glow-up—cleansers, mask, serums, exfoliants, and much more, all with Sonäge's natural-minded formulations.
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Put a little indulgence in your holiday by unpacking the 24 bath and body goodies on this glamorous tree. With more than $200 worth of products, it's one present you won't have to wait to unwrap.
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With $560 worth of beauty products from brands like Guerlain, Clé de Peau Beauté, Augustinus Bader, Charlotte Tilbury, Kjaer Weiss, Maison Francis Kurkdjian, Diptyque, and more, this calendar is absolutely swoon-worthy for the beauty lover.
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Indulge in some skin love this season with this advent calendar, which comes stocked with some of Fresh's best-loved treatments, from softening lip balms and glowifying face masks, to hydrating serums and moisturizers.
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Since it first debuted in 2018, this advent calendar has developed a legendary reputation among beauty lovers. The reason? It's chock-full of the most luxe beauty finds from brands like Charlotte Tilbury, Westman Atelier, Augustinus Bader, Pat McGrath, and 111Skin.
From coddling skincare essentials to makeup must-haves, this calendar has a luxurious mix of full-sized (10, to be exact) and travel sized (12) favorites plus two indulgent face and eye brushes.
In case you needed an excuse to slip into a warm, relaxing bath this season, this advent calendar has you covered. Filled with everything you need for a luxe bath ritual, from candles to bath confetti to satin hair ties to keep your tresses dry, it's just want to need to melt your holiday worries away.
PS—If you're a bath fizzy devotee, Ulta also has a special 6 day calendar packed with fizzing fun.
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If luxury is your beauty watchword, look no further. Dior's 2023 holiday offering comes packed with oodles of coveted fragrances (we're talking the J'adore Eau de Parfum, Miss Dior, and the new J'adore l'Or Essence de Parfum), editor-loved lipsticks, skincare products, scented candles, and more.
12 days? 25 days? No, Sabon says that advent season should be the full 31 days of December. Filled with a mix of full-sized and travel-sized best-sellers including body scrubs, lotions, face masks, and more, it's the most beautiful way to count down to the new year.
Beauty sample collectors, take note: this fan-fave calendar contains 25 minis of coveted beauty finds from the likes of La Prairie, Parfums de Marly, YSL Beauty, and Clé de Peau Beauté.
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Get your glam on this holiday season with 25 party-ready musts. From dewy blushes, highlighters, and cream eyeshadows to the makeup tools you need to apply it all flawlessly, this calendar has just what you need.
This calendar hold 25 mini presents to keep you beautifully scented and decadently soft all over, from hydrating sheet masks to moisturizing hand creams and luxe body butter.
Indulge in some luxury scents with this calendar packed with perfumes from the likes of fragrance houses like Byredo, Jo Malone, Acqua di Parma, and D.S. & Durga.
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For fans of luxe, highly-coveted scents by French fragrance brand Diptyque, it's the most wonderful time of the year. This year's calendar includes 25 products, including mini versions of its celeb-loved candles, as well as perfumes, body balm, and more in a selection of its signature scents like Baies, Feu de Bois, Do Son, and more.
For the "cold throw" expert, this calendar includes 12 hand poured, coconut-wax blend scented candles in elegant glass votives that look as pretty as they smell.
For those who simply can't be satisfied by sample sizes alone, this 12 day calendar includes 6 full sized products as well as travel-friendly options, including the ExfoliKate Intensive exfoliant, Retinol Vita C Power Serum, and KateCeuticals Total Repair Cream.
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Snag some full-sized faves (18, to be exact) plus delux samples of some of the beauty world's best loved products, including the Glamglow Supermud mask, KVD Tattoo eyeliner, Briogeo hair must-haves, and more.
You know what's better than buying one Jo Malone fragrance this holiday season? Buying a calendar jammed with 20-plus fragrance. Featured inside are the classic colognes, including English Pear & Freesia and Orange Bitters, as well as new festive scent—Ginger Biscuit—perfect for the countdown to Christmas.
Lauren Hubbard
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Lauren Hubbard is a freelance writer and Town & Country contributor who covers beauty, shopping, entertainment, travel, home decor, wine, and co*cktails.