The Best Beauty Advent Calendars 2025

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The 7 Best Beauty Advent Calendars That’ll Add a Little Luxury to Your 2025 Christmas Leadup

10 October 2025 • 2 min read

Autumn is here and the jingle bells are already ringing! With Christmas just around the corner you’re probably beginning to think about getting gifts sorted and glamming up for your works party, but there’s one other festive staple that you won’t want to overlook.

The humble advent calendar!

Gone are the days of the only choice on offer being tiny chocolate treats; we’re now in an era where behind the daily December doors you can find little bits of luxury.

For those who want to step away from the sweet tooth tradition of the chocolate advent calendar, you won’t have to look too far to find alternatives packed with beauty essentials – from trending skincare and makeup to timeless fragrances and haircare, 2025’s beauty advent calendar lineup has options for everyone.

You’ll want to get your hands on them quickly though, as in years gone by the most popular beauty advent calendars have been known to sell out well before the pumpkin spice season is over. To save you some time and help you spot this year’s must-haves, we’ve put together a list of our 9 favourite beauty advent calendars that are packed with pieces you’ll actually want to use and won’t just leave to gather dust in a drawer until next Christmas! So, simply scroll on to see our selects.

1. Benefit’s Glam Cube Calendar

At the top of our list is Benefit’s Glam Cube 24 day Christmas beauty advent calendar. With its playful Rubik's Cube-inspired puzzle box design, this calendar flips, spins and twists to reveal a gift for each day of the month. Inside there’s a selection of 24 items, including a mix of full size, travel size and mini products to use on your eyes, lips, brows, skin and even hair.

Highlights of this set are mini versions of the POREfessional smoothing primer, the They’re Real! beyond mascara and the Gimme Brow+ brow-volumising gel, which Benefit fans will already be familiar with.

Priced at £135, with an actual value of £266.59, this set will have you seeing big savings – just what everyone’s pockets want to hear around the festive season!

2. Brushworks 24 Door Advent Calendar

Bolster your brush set and elevate your accessories with this carefully curated 24 Door Beauty Advent Calendar from Brushworks. You can never have too many tools in your beauty arsenal and this set gets that. Behind each of its 24 doors you’ll find a mix of 15 full size products and 9 handy travel size products, including beauty and skincare tools, hair accessories and makeup brushes.

If you’ve ever been caught short when you’re on the go, you’ll be as big a fan of the travel size surprises as we are! Priced at £49.99, this set offers an affordable option for a daily December treat.

3. Sunkissed’s 25 Days of Beauty Advent Calendar Book

Give the gift of glam this festive season with Sunkissed’s 25 Days of Beauty Advent Calendar Book. This set contains a full-size limited-edition bronzer, as well as 24 miniature hero products from the award-winning Sunkissed range – including a mix of makeup essentials like eyeshadows, blusher, lipsticks, highlighter and much, much more.

With its wide variety of product, this calendar is a great option for someone looking to experiment with different colours and shades, while it’s £29.99 price point makes it one of the more pocket-friendly picks on the market.

4. I Heart Revolution 12 Sleighs of Christmas Advent Calendar

Between shopping for presents, stacked social calendars and making sure you’ve got enough pigs in blankets in for the big day, we all know that the run up to Christmas can be a little bit stressful, but never fear, The I Heart Revolution 12 Sleighs of Christmas Advent Calendar is here with a daily hit of relaxation.

Inside this sweet sleigh is a haul of 12 beauty, bath and body treats to make your festive season sparkle. Think fizzy bath bombs, whipped body butters and juicy lip masks! Perfect for self-care or gifting to friends, this rejuvenating set will have you heading into the New Year feeling refreshed and ready to go.

5. Gatineau’s 12 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar

Packed with everything you need to give the gift of healthy, glowing skin, Gatineau’s iconic 12 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar is a top tier choice this season. Featuring a handpicked selection of skincare heroes, from targeted treatments and serums to barrier repairing moisturisers, each treat in this set is on hand to elevate every step of your routine.

With 6 full size products and 6 deluxe minis, including best-sellers designed to exfoliate, hydrate, firm and plump, this advent calendar is the perfect luxury gift for both experienced customers and those new to the brand. And don’t worry, this set is suitable for all skin types so everybody is free to enjoy this indulgent Christmas countdown.

6. Q-Ki’s 24 Days Of Beauty Advent Calendar

Deliver a daily dose of beauty through the month of December with the 24 Days of Beauty Advent Calendar from Q-Ki. Behind each door of this set you’ll find a compact cosmetics gift ready to enhance your beauty routine, from applicator tools to makeup staples, like eyeshadows, lip gloss, mascara and nail polish.

The smaller sizes and variety of items included makes this one ideal for those looking to try out different product or for those that are newer to makeup and are just finding our what works for them. Whether you’re gifting to a loved one or indulging in some self-care this season, at just £19.99 this is one of the more affordable options you’ll find out there.

7. Revolution’s Beauty Makeup Advent Calendar

We couldn’t help ourselves; we’ve got another pick from Revolution and this time it’s their Beauty Makeup Advent Calendar that makes the list. Packed with 24 must-have cosmetic gifts ready to refresh your beauty routine, from glow-giving highlighters to butter soft lipsticks, this set makes the perfect gift for any makeup lover.

Featuring everything from best-selling products to new launches and exclusives, including an array of items for the lips, eyes and face (and even a few tools to round out your set), there’s plenty of reasons to love this advent calendar.

Its £50 price tag also offers a bit of a treat, as this set has an actual value of over £100, so you can be sure you’re getting a real deal every time you open up a daily door.

The Christmas Countdown Is On

So, crack out the mince pies, hit play on the festive playlist, and pick up a beauty advent calendar that’ll make your December just that little bit merrier. After all, advent calendars aren’t just for the younger kids anymore, but for older teens and adults too. So why not say yes to self-care or even treat a friend to an early festive gift? Go on, you’ll thank yourself for it!

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