For the beauty savants among us, Christmas is always the best time of the year. So, it’s only natural for us to want a countdown to the big day, and what better way to do that than with a beauty advent calendar?
Throughout the festive season, our favourite beauty brands know how to treat us right, launching limited edition collections or bringing back old, cult-favourites to scoop up before the festive season ends. And given that Christmas and New Years are both times where makeup and manicure moments are in full throttle, there’s no better time to whip out a beauty advent calendar and find your next go-to product.
The offerings typically come in 12 or 24 day assortments, and their fillings of best-selling products usually total more in worth than what you spent in that calendar year. And honestly, that alone makes them worth the splurge.
Below, we’ve rounded up the best and most luxurious beauty advent calendars that you can get your hands on this year—but don’t stall, these will be gone before you know it.
The Best Beauty Advent Calendars Of 2024
Charlotte’s Beauty Treasure Chest Of Love
$320 at Charlotte Tilbury
Every year Charlotte Tilbury unveils an even more beautiful and decadent advent calendar than the last, and this year is no exception. We now have our first look at the 2024 calendar, which for $320 packs a whole lot of value.
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Benefit Cosmetics Holiday Advent Calendar
$299 at Adore Beauty
This limited-edition calendar comes with 24 gifts, some full sized and others mini – including a full set of brow products and their cult Hoola bronzer. Your brows will be sleigh-ing the festive season.
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Liberty Beauty Advent Calendar
$595 at Liberty London
With an all-new look, this ‘better than ever before line up’ is worth nearly $2600 Australian dollars in value. Containing 29 items, this advent calendar offers a range of must have products: think skin care from Augustinus Bader, Sunday Riley, Byredo and Ouai.
Revolution Advent Calendar
$96 at Revolution Beauty
A makeup-lover’s dream, this 25-door calendar contains a series of Revolution favourites, including their iconic baking powder (with adorable triangle puff), two lipsticks and an eyeshadow palette in gorgeous pink and nude shades. The perfect gift for anyone looking to build out a makeup collection.
Jurlique Advent Calendar
$195 at David Jones
Pamper your way through the festive season with Jurlique’s advent calendar. This beauty includes 24 luxurious minis from their collection including their Rare Rose Face Oil, iconic Activating Water Essence+ and Herbal Recovery Cream.
MCo Beauty Advent Calendar
$59 at MCo Beauty
Don’t sleep on MCo’s Advent calendar, the first drop sold out in just 24 hours. So what’s got everyone so click-to-cart happy? Other than the reasonable price tag, 12 mini-sized products perfect for popping in your purse this party season.
L’Occitane Advent Calendar
from $125 at L’Occitane
L’Occitane lovers rejoice, you’ll have two glorious advent calendars to choose from this year: A Classic or Deluxe Edition. Both include 24 beauty faves to take you on a festive journey through Provence.
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NYX Makeup Advent Calendar
$250 at Adore Beauty
NYX know how to make an advent calendar even *more* delightful, collaborating with with 20th Century Studios on this Home Alone themed box. Inside, you won’t find any booby traps, just a delightful selection of their beloved makeup faves.
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Lancome Advent Calendar
$364 at Adore Beauty
This 24-door calendar is a pretty full-service collection for all your needs from skincare to the final lick of mascara. Find five full-sized items and 19 travel sizes, including perfume and the brand’s famed Genifique eye cream.
David Jones 24 Days Of Beauty Advent Calendar
$329 at David Jones
The David Jones 24 Days Of Beauty Advent Calendar delivers many of the store’s bestselling beauty bits in one cute little calendar. Many of our favourite brands are present, with Rationale, WellCo, La Mer, and Sisley Paris all hiding inside the drawers.
OPI x Wicked Nail Lacquer 12pc Mini Advent Calendar
$74.95 at Adore Beauty
For the music theatre-loving person who does an at-home manicure every week, the Wicked themed advent calendar by OPI will be the best present they could receive. There are 12 daring nail polish colours included to keep your nails looking fresh and colourful for the year ahead.
Clarins 12-Day Advent Calendar
$182 at Selfridges
If you’re looking to fine-tune your skincare routine in 2025, the 12-day beauty advent calendar will help you do just that. It includes 12 of the brand’s juiciest skincare products, and there’s also a version for men, if they want their own calendar to open up in December as well.
Dior Le 30 Montaigne Advent Calendar
$1,050 at Dior
If you live to treat yourself, then you may just consider the Dior advent calendar to be a necessity this festive season. The calendar itself is a work of art, paying homage to the House of Dior’s historic boutique at 30 Avenue Montaigne, but when you open the doors, a gorgeous work of art by Pietro Ruffo for Dior is revealed. As for the beauty products, this gorgeous calendar includes 24 of Dior’s top-selling and most iconic products, including fragrance, skincare, makeup, and home.
La Mer Wonder Express Advent Calendar
$1,125 at David Jones
This gorgeous festive advent calendar includes 12 of La Mer’s most luxurious skincare products, including the brand’s lip polish and lip balm, as well as a cleanser, lotion, serums, and a mini pot of the iconic Crème de la Mer.
Maison Francis Kurkdjian Advent Calendar
$1,708 at Mecca
This fir tree-adorned advent calendar is the epitome of luxury beauty. This fragrance-filled calendar includes a 70ml bottle of the beloved Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait de Parfum, in addition to body oils, parfums, and candles from the fragrance House.
What Is The Most Popular Beauty Advent Calendar?
In previous years, the most popular beauty advent calendars came from Charlotte Tilbury, Benefit, and Go-To Skincare. If you’re looking outside brand-specific beauty advent calendars, Myer, David Jones and Net-A-Porter’s beauty advent calendars are popular, too.
Are Beauty Advent Calendars Worth The Money?
Yes! Most beauty advent calendars offer shoppers hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars worth of product for a fraction of their total retail value. It’s the perfect way to stock up on beauty favourites or try new goodies.
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This article originally appeared on Marie Claire Australia and is republished here with permission.
