The Best Beauty Advent Calendars to Pre-Order Before the Holidays (2024)

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Advent calendars are the gifts that keep on giving during the holidays, which is why they’re a great one-and-done early present for your favorite beauty buffs (or yourself). The best beauty Advent calendars are often worth well over the price you’re paying, as the value sets are stocked with full- and travel-sized products that can be gifted as one glamorous package or divvied among the makeup mavens and grooming enthusiasts in your life.

Pro tip for procrastinators: Retailers including Nordstrom, Sephora, Target, Ulta and many more offer convenient in-store pickup for online orders. If you’re worried that your beauty gifts won’t arrive in time, consider going the BOPIS (buy online, pickup in-store) route rather than waiting around for your packages.

Related:The Best Holiday Gifts that Beauty Insiders Love Giving and Receiving

Ahead, we’ve rounded up the best Advent calendars for beauty lovers and fragrance aficionados, from prestige brand best-sellers to ultra-luxurious sets by labels often spotted in the vanities of Hollywood stars (including Dr. Barbara Sturm, Charlotte Tilbury, Budapest-based Omorovicza and others). Everything is sorted by price, so you’ll find under-$50 sets at the top, followed by the best Advent calendars for $100 or less and pricier picks below.

For more gifting ideas, check out all of The Hollywood Reporter‘s holiday gift guides here.

The Best Beauty Advent Calendars for $50 and Under

1. Sephora Wishing You Advent Calendar

Say goodbye to the usual dry skin that comes with winter weather with Sephora’s bestselling Advent calendar, which is packed with 24 reusable boxes filled witdh hydrating skincare, eye masks and makeup wipes as well as hair accessories, lip colors, nail polish and many more holiday beauty goodies.

2. Paledone Friends Central Perk 24-Day Advent Calendar

There’s truly an Advent calendar for every type of beauty lover, includingFriends fans. This Central Perk bath and body gift set reveals 24 days of sweet-scented bath salts and fizzy balls, lip balms, hand creams, nail care tools and more.

3. Nuria Get Glowing Holiday Countdown Calendar

Can’t travel for the holidays? Nuria’s giftable holiday countdown box contains seven surprise (and clean) skincare products inspired by the beauty rituals of Korea, Scandinavia, Japan, Australia and beyond.

The Best Beauty Advent Calendars for $100 and Under

6. Benefit Cosmetics Sincerely, Yours Beauty Advent Calendar

Whether your giftee is a loyal Benefit babe or eyeing the beauty brand’s best-selling brow products and primers, Benefit’s Sincerely Yours Advent calendar ensures a holiday filled with travel-friendly makeup surprises. The holiday gift set includes mini and “fun size” versions of its Porefessional Pore Minimizing Primer, Badgal Bang! Volumizing Mascara, They’re Real! Magnet Mascara, Gimme Brow+ Tinted Volumizing Brow Gel, Hoola Matte Bronzer, 24-Hr. Brow Setter Clear Eyebrow Gel and more, plus a postcard to send to your BFF.

MORE BUYING OPTIONS: Benefit | Sephora

7. Ciate London Vegan Nail Polish Advent Calendar

For the animal-loving, eco-friendly manicure mavens, Ciate London’s vegan nail polish Advent calendar has 22 mini Plant Pot polishes and a full-sized polish, all in earth-friendly recyclable packaging featuring illustrations by artist Ruby Taylor.

10. Asos Face + Body 25-Day Advent Calendar

Asos’ Face + Body Advent calendar includes a branded tote bag and makeup bag, plus 29 makeup, skin care and nail products from Benefit Cosmetics, Le Mini Macaron, Elemis, Prima Lash, Charlotte Tilbury, Too Faced, Cover Girl, The Ordinary, Revolution, Mario Badescu, Lanolips and other brands.

11. FAO Schwarz Cosmetics Advent Calendar

For kids ages 8 to 11, FAO Schwarz’ cosmetics Advent calendar contains 24 beauty surprises ranging from eye makeup to nail decals.

14. NYX 24-Day Advent Calendar

NYX’s 24-day Advent calendar contains the cruelty-free brand’s beauty bestsellers and limited edition goodies, including lip creams, eye shadows, lip scrubs, butter glosses and more.

The Best Beauty Advent Calendars for $200 and Under

15. Bare Minerals Clean Beauty Countdown 12-Day Advent Calendar

Hailey Bieber, Letitia Wright and Rosie-Huntington-Whiteley are among Bare Minerals’ celebrity ambassadors. The vegan brand’s Clean Beauty Countdown 12-day Advent calendar contains its best-selling skincare and cosmetics in full and mini sizes, including the Ageless 10% Phyto-Retinol Night Concentrate, Skinlongevity Long Life Herb Serum, Ageless Phyto-Retinol Eye Cream, Smoothness Bare Haven Soft Moisturizer, Mineralist Lip Gloss-Balm, Phyto-Fiber Volumizing Mascara, All-Over Face Color Loose Bronzer, loose mineral eye color and more.

16. Charlotte’s Diamond Chest of Beauty Stars Advent Calendar

Makeup mavens will love Hollywood makeup artist-turned-beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury’s decadent Advent calendar, which promises 12 skincare and cosmetics best-sellers (such as Charlotte’s Magic Cream, Brow Fix, Magic Lip Oil, Beauty Light Wand and more) in a glamorous reusable jewel-handled chest.

18. Sabon 31-Day Advent Calendar

Giftees can enjoy daily spa moments all month when they open Sabon’s beautiful 31-day Advent calendar, which contains decadent skincare, bath goodies and body products in full and travel sizes.

19. Florence by Mills Peace, Love & Florence Advent Calendar

Millie Bobby Brown-founded beauty brand Florence by Mills’ is for tweens and Gen Z giftees who love clean skincare and cosmetics. The 12-day set is packed with best-sellers and more, including the Dreamy Dew moisturizer, self-reflecting highlighter stick, Oh Whale! lip balm, Be a VIP velvet liquid lipstick, Work It Pout plumping lip gloss, Clear the Way charcoal mask, Love U A Latte mask, Lip Mask Get Glossed lip gloss, depuffing cloud gel eye pads and What’s My Line? eyeliner. Topping off the calendar is an exclusive holiday ornament.

20. Kylie Cosmetics 12 Days of Advent Calendar Holiday Gift Set

Kylie Cosmetics’ 12 Days of Advent holiday gift set boasts founder Kylie Jenner’s favorite makeup and skincare items from her namesake brand, including full-sized matte liquid lipsticks, lip liners, high gloss, gel and liquid eyeliners, lip oil and sugar lip scrub; travel-sized coconut body lotion clarifying facial oil; and a headband.

MORE BUYING OPTIONS: Kylie Cosmetics | Nordstrom | Macy’s

23. Rituals The Ritual of Advent 3D Calendar

This decorative 3D Advent calendar from Rituals will add some holiday magic to your abode and body care kit. Valued at over $160, this 24-piece set has tring lights, candles for each Sunday leading up to Advent and full-sized body products ranging from an Ayurveda scrub glove and anti-aging day cream to foaming shower gels and body oils.

24. Lookfantastic Beauty Advent Calendar 2022

Online beauty retailer Lookfantastic’s 26-piece Advent calendar promises makeup, body, skincare and fragrance products from PMD, By Terry, Rituals, Elemis, Drunk Elephant, Sachajuan, Revolution, Philip Kingsley, Emma Hardie, First Aid Beauty and others.

The Best Beauty Advent Calendars for $300 and Under

25. Alo Yoga Advent Calendar

Twenty-four days of beauty and wellness await in Alo Yoga’s Advent calendar. Worth over $650, it includes skincare, body care, hair accessories and more, plus a one-year subscription of Alo Moves and a $25 Alo gift card.

26. Selfridges Beauty Advent Calendar 2022

Valued at over £800 (or about $913), British department retailer Selfridge’s 2022 beauty advent calendar contains 12 full-sized products and 12 minis from MAC Cosmetics, Westman Atelier, Pat McGrath, Biossance, Paula’s Choice, Augustinus Bader, Charlotte Tilbury, Dr. Barbara Sturm, Gisou, R.e.m Beauty, Olaplex, Kate Somerville, Le Labo and more. It arrives Sept. 22; get on the wait list by signing up for Selfridge’s newsletter.

27. Net-A-Porter Beauty Advent Calendar

Net-A-Porter’s best-selling luxury beauty Advent calendar promises over $1,800 worth of full- and travel-sized skincare goodies from Augustinus Bader, Tata Harper, Dr. Barbara Sturm, Westman Atelier, Charlotte Tilbury, ThisWorks, Omorovicza, Face Gym and many other cult-favorite brands.

28. Space NK Beauty Advent Calendar

London beauty retailer Space NK’s cult-favorite Advent calendar is filled with over $1,000 worth of beauty goodies to open over 24 days, including from luxury brands such as Augustinus Bader, Caudalie, Drunk Elephant, Hourglass, La Mer, Olaplex, The Ordinary, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s Rose Inc, Sunday Riley, Charlotte Tilbury and many, many others.

29. Molton Brown Advent Calendar

You or your giftee can smell like royals this holiday season and beyond with British brand Molton Brown’s Advent calendar, which contains 24 bath and shower gels, body lotions, body obils, mini candles, travel cases and more in a charming illustrated case by Rebecca Williams. (The company was awarded the Royal Warrant by Queen Elizabeth II in 2012 for the supply of toiletries.)

The Best Beauty Advent Calendars for $400 and Under

31. Yves Saint Laurent Advent Calendar

Experience the holidays like an A-lister and treat yourrself (or your favorite luxury beauty lover) to Yves Saint Laurent’s beauty Advent calendar, which is stocked with 24 days of French brand’s best-selling skincare, fragrances and makeup products in travel-ready and full sizes.

The Best Beauty Advent Calendars for $500 and Under

35. Diptyque Limited Edition Advent Calendar

Candle lovers won’t be disappointed with Diptyque’s limited-edition Advent calendar, a Milky Way-inspired set of 25 days’ worth of best-selling scents and festive exclusives.

The Best Beauty Advent Calendars for $500 and Up

37. Acqua Di Parma 25-Piece Advent Calendar

Acqua Di Parma’s 25-piece Advent calendar will delight luxury fragrance-loving giftees with eaux des toilettes, eaux des parfums, colognes, shower gels, haircare and more from the Italian brand’s best-selling Colonie, Blu Mediterraneo and Signatures of the Sun collections as well as the newest Magia del Camino and Boscio scented candles.

38. Dr. Vranjes Firenze Advent Calendar

Dr. Vranjes Firenze’s luxurious fragrance Advent calendar is filled with 24 mini spray perfumes, car scents, refills, a tree decoration and a personalized greeting card in a reusable bright red embellished case.

40. Omorovicza Gold Cabinet

Hailing from Budapest is starry skincare brand Omorovicza’s Gold Cabinet holiday collection (valued at $937), which contains the label’s luxurious Gold Rescue Cream, Gold Eye Lift and Gold Flash Firming Serum along with an eye wand and gua sha facial lifting stone for completing your holiday ritual. (Mila Kunis, January Jones, Jamie Lee Curtis and Chrissy Teigen have incorporated the brand in their beauty routines.)