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Raise your hand if the rollout of the best beauty advent calendars gets your heart racing every holiday season. Still with us? Good—because you’ll want to shop these sets before they sell out. Whether you’re treating yourself (as you should) or crossing people off your list, advent calendars should be high on your list of gift ideas. After all, why deliberate on the perfect singular gift when you can buy them a little bit of everything? On the receiving end, opening up a treasure chest of 25 mini- and full-size beauty products is a euphoric experience—so many makeup looks, scent spritzes, and blowouts to be had!
And before you hit us with the "buttt," we know. Advent calendars give us sticker shock, too. Think of it this way: When you add up the retail value for each product, it’s crystal clear just how much you're saving. The holidays are stressful as is, so we let these calendars do the math for us—and, trust us, it’s a winning formula.
If you're unsure of where to start, we’ve gone through the arduous task of online window shopping for you. (Spoiler: It was not arduous at all.) Without further ado, here are the best beauty advent calendars out right now—and worry not, we’ll be refreshing this story with newness as it rolls out. For now, have your credit card info ready and prepare to be crowned the best gift giver of all time.
But first, some unboxings for sneak peeks:
Allure editors unboxing the Revolve Advent Calendar
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Allure editors unboxing the Benefit Cosmetics Glam Cube Advent Calendar
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Allure editors unboxing the Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte’s Beauty Treasure Chest of Love
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Allure editors unboxing the Byredo Advent Calendar
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Anthropologie The 12 Days of Beauty Advent Calendar
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The 12 Days of Beauty Advent Calendar
Anthropologie
Why we love it: If your best friend loves sampling all of the latest and greatest, Anthropologie's The 12 Days of Beauty Advent Calendar is a multi-brand stan's dream. Inside this beautifully illustrated box (dreamt up by artist Nephthys Foster) that could cheer up even the grumpiest of Grinches, your giftee will uncover over $130 worth of products spanning makeup, fragrance, skin care, hair care—oh my! Like the categories, the brands featured also have range: Longer-standing brands such as L’Occitane and Stila are nestled with contemporaries like Henry Rose and Vacation.
The star product: With colder, drier weather…comes drier skin. Who knew? (Ha.) Luckily, L’Occitane Almond Supple Skin Oil is here to save—and soothe—the day. Not only will you smell like freshly-baked cookies, this body oil helps lock in moisture all day, helps fade stretch marks with regular use, and leaves you looking utterly radiant from neck to toe.
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Revolve Advent Calendar 2025
2/18Revolve
2025 Advent Calendar
Revolve
Why we love it: If you weren't already clued in, Revolve has a gem of a beauty selection with tons of buzzy beauty brands (Tower 28, Summer Fridays, Pat McGrath Labs—the list goes on) we'd happily fill up our carts with any day. At the top of our shopping list right now? Revolve's annual Advent Calendar, obvi. The pink case is as cute as can be, but the minis are even cuter—plus, you get 10 full-size products to really make it worth your buck. Can't swing the $150 25-day calendar? Revolve has a $89 12-day calendar with your name all over it.
The star product: For those air-dry-and-done wash days, it doesn't get much better (or more lightweight) than Color Wow's Money Mist. “A lot of leave-in conditioners are way too heavy for my fine 2C to 3A curls, but that’s not the case with Money Mist," contributing commerce editor Deanna Pai attested, adding that the mist itself is easy to portion out. “There’s no working this in or waiting for it to sink in. It just disappears, but still manages to do a bang-up job of smoothing any frizz and shaping my waves.” Music to our time-strapped ears? (You get the vibe.)
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Kiehl’s 24 Days of Kiehl’s Advent Calendar
3/18Kiehl’s Since 1851
24 Days of Kiehl’s Advent Calendar
Kiehl's Since 1851
Why we love it: Hydrating. Calming. Rich textures. These are just some of the words that come to mind when we think of Kiehl’s—and, by extension, this 24 Days of Kiehl’s Advent Calendar. Just like Kiehl’s usual full-size offerings, there’s a product for pretty much every skin concern in here. There are the classics, like the Ultra line for fuss-free hydration for dry types, as well as more powerful resurfacing products like the Clearly Corrective Daily Re-Texturizing Triple Acid Peel and Retinol Skin-Renewing Daily Micro-Dose Serum (perfect for aging skin). You might be surprised to find a few hair-care goodies, too, like a travel-size shampoo and conditioner that might inspire your giftee to book their next trip. The possibilities are endless.
The star product: Don’t forget to show the skin below your neck some major love. A (very) good starting point: the Ultra Body Mega Moisture Squalane Cream. Having earned a 2025 Allure Best of Beauty Award in the Sensitive category, this cream treats all skin types—including eczema and rosacea—equally, thanks to a highly-moisturizing blend of squalane, pro-ceramides, and glycoproteins. “I’ve used a lot of body butters, some better than others, but what sets this apart is its whipped texture, which is nourishing enough to keep me from scratching, but sinks in immediately,” contributing commerce editor Deanna Pai attests.
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Tatcha 12 Days of Treasures Advent Calendar
4/18Tatcha
12 Days of Treasures Advent Calendar
Amazon
Ulta Beauty
Tatcha
Why we love it: The only way Tatcha could make us love it more would be, you guessed it, to create its first-ever skin-care advent calendar—beautifully illustrated by artist Kaori Watanabe and thoughtfully curated with 12 of its Japanese-inspired best sellers. Think: an elevated skin-care lineup of cleansers, serums, and creams that turns your everyday chores into a relaxing ritual. If you miss out on the calendar, there are plenty more gorgeous holiday sets to gift to your loved ones—or to treat yourself to!
The star product: The Kissu Lip Mask is easily one of our favorite lip masks, thanks to a cushiony formula consisting of glycerin, fatty acids, squalane, vitamin E, and allantoin that replenishes dry lips and leaves a healthy glow. “This mask works fast, leaving my lips flake-free almost as instantly as the jelly-like product touches my lips,” managing editor Alessandra Foresto affirms. “I let it soak into my lips at night, but I also use it as a softening primer with my skin care in the mornings before applying gloss.”
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Belif 12 Days of Chok Chok Holly Days Gift Set
5/18Belif
12 Days of Chok Chok Holly Days Gift Set
Amazon
Why we love it: For the uninitiated, “chok chok” is a Korean term that roughly translates to extra dewy, bouncy skin—and that’s exactly what you’ll get after incorporating these Belif skin-care products into your routine. Chock-full of tried-and-true ingredients such as hyaluronic acid, peptides, ceramides, niacinamide, and vitamin C, this Holly Days advent calendar is the stuff of glass-skin dreams. And don’t get us started on the cute packaging—hello, cutie water droplet!
The star product: We adore all things Aqua Bomb, so when we got our hands on the relatively newer Aqua Bomb Eye Gel, we snatched it up, tested it on our undereyes for months, and eventually gave it our highest honor: a 2025 Best of Beauty Award. “This lightweight eye gel does pretty much everything you want an eye treatment to do: brightens with vitamin C and niacinamide, tightens with caffeine, and cools like the old cucumber slice trick (no refrigeration or actual cucumber slices required),” says former deputy beauty director Liz Siegel.
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Benefit Cosmetics Glam Cube Advent Calendar
6/18Benefit Cosmetics
Glam Cube Advent Calendar
Nordstrom
Ulta Beauty
Revolve
Why we love it: Benefit Cosmetics's Glam Cube Advent Calendar is the only kind of Rubik's Cube we want—that is, one we don't actually have to solve (though you'll have plenty of fun twisting and spinning each row) and that is stocked with beauty treats. To be exact, there are 25 Benefit makeup and skin-care products that you (or your giftee) will make very good use of throughout the holiday season, the new year, and beyond. Think fan-favorite mascaras (hey, Badgal Bang) to make your lashes flutter, brow gels to fluff up hairs, and bronzers to add instant dimension to your complexion. Benefit's even thrown in a few makeup removers and cleansers, so you never have an excuse to flop into bed with a caked-up face. Wins all around.
The star product: Korean lip tints might be on the rise, but stateside, Benetint is undoubtedly one of the OGs. Whether you love the classic Rose—or one of the beloved additions, Raspberry and Dark Cherry—this lip and cheek tint never fails to deliver a buildable, my-lips-but-perkier wash of color. “My jaw was on the ground after my first use that it looked so natural,” Silva said. "It gives the ideal pop of pink on my lips without looking like I'm wearing lipstick, and it's completely weightless with no sticky residue."
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Bluemercury 31 Days of Dazzle 2025
7/18Bluemercury
31 Days of Dazzle 2025
Bluemercury
Why we love it: As if Bluemercury didn’t already have a gorgeous curation of beauty products, the 31 Days of Dazzle Advent Calendar is a testament to everything the prestige retailer has to offer. What’s inside? Glad you asked. La Mer, 111Skin, and Augustinus Bader, to name a few. But it’s not all skin care. You’ll also find Pat McGrath Labs and Parfums de Marly, and plenty more makeup and scent-forward goodies that offer ample opportunities to explore new and familiar brands alike.
The star product: If it’s good enough for Taylor Swift, damn right it’s good enough for us. While it’s definitely bougier than most cleansers, Tata Harper's The Regenerating Cleanser does double-duty as a cleanser and gentle exfoliator, thanks to chemical (fruit enzymes) and physical (apricot seed powder) exfoliants. “This creamy formula has just the tiniest bit of grit to it—just enough to slough off dead skin without it being irritating,” Dall’Asen, who has redness-prone skin, says. Consider this a proper trial before investing in the full-size bottle.
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Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte’s Beauty Treasure Chest of Love
8/18Charlotte Tilbury
Charlotte’s Beauty Treasure Chest of Love
Amazon
Revolve
Ulta Beauty
Why we love it: Some advent calendar packaging is tossed without another thought, but Charlotte Tilbury never falls under that category. Charlotte’s Beauty Treasure Chest of Love is a golden sight to behold—so much so that your giftee will basically be obligated to keep the chest as trinket storage. But before that, they'll unearth lippies in the classic Pillow Talk and Walk of No Shame colorways, as well as three hydrating Magic skin-care products that'll make their skin feel baby-soft and smooth. Darlings, what are you waiting for?
The star product: Yes, setting sprays aren't the most thrilling products, but trust us when we say the Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray rises above the rest. Allow our content director, Kara McGrath, to elaborate: "The fine mist on this setting spray is simply unmatched: It seems to float through the air before landing gently on your skin. But despite the delicate feel, once the formula coats your face, I can guarantee your makeup is locked in." This travel-size bottle is perfect to stash in any makeup bag so you're never without all-day beauty insurance, so to speak.
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MAC 24 Mystery Must-Haves Advent Calendar
9/18MAC Cosmetics
24 Mystery Must-Haves Advent Calendar
Nordstrom
Mac
Why we love it: What if an advent calendar doubled as a makeshift vanity? MAC heard (and answered) our wishes. Meet the 24 Mystery Must-Haves Advent Calendar, designed with a generously-sized mirror. All of these dazzling mini- and full-size products are your ticket to holiday glam—and will naturally extend into your 2026 looks. After all, MAC doesn’t go out of style: We’ll never give up our MAC lip pencils and setting sprays, and—would you look at that?—both classics are in this set!
The star product: You can never wear too much glitz, in our humble opinion, and Dazzleshadow Liquid Eyeshadow elevates any look in seconds. As senior news editor Nicola Dall’Asen puts it: “This eye shadow provides high-impact sparkle in just a few swipes, no blending necessary, and just a little dry-down time."
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Diptyque 25 Scented Treasures Advent Calendar
10/18Diptyque
25 Scented Treasures Advent Calendar
Nordstrom
Why we love it: That fragrance lover in your life? Prepare to make their year with the Diptyque 25 Scented Treasures Advent Calendar. Year after year, we can always count on Diptyque to release thoughtfully-illustrated boxes. This iteration is gilded in gold and transports us to a Parisian bookshop, where we meet the shopkeeper and his literate feline companion, Archibald, as they weave their own enchanting holiday tale. Open up each book—I mean, drawer—to discover a new plot point with your nose as your guide. Indulge in each eau de parfum, candle, room spray, and hand wash for your own happily ever after.
The star product: This one is tough, but can you blame us? While the Philosykos solid perfume isn’t in this gift, the scent is offered in its body lotion form, which is just as delectable and special. "I love anything fig, especially when it's complemented with green, earthy elements that tone down the sweetness,” commerce producer Sarah Hoffmann describes. Why wouldn’t you want to smell like a lush Mediterranean forest? Beats us—we’d bathe in a tub of it if we could.
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Oak Essentials x Jenni Kayne Advent Calendar
11/18Oak Essentials
Advent Calendar
Nordstrom
Ulta Beauty
Oak Essentials
Why we love it: If you want your bathroom to smile like the most heavenly spa, we urge you to check out Oak Essentials, like, yesterday. Along with some cozy surprises, including a pair of cloud-like cashmere socks, the Oak Essentials x Jenni Kayne Advent Calendar has all of the minimalist-chic skin-care and body-care products to soothe and moisturize your skin throughout the harsh winter season and beyond. Also crucial throughout this lineup? That’s right, essential oil blends that will relax your mind with one whiff.
The star product: Not all body oils are made equal. Instead of leaving your skin feeling greasy, Oak Essentials’ Dew Body Oil dries down surprisingly quickly, so you can toss on your favorite plush robe and throw yourself onto the couch to watch your current reality show obsession, asap.
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Drybar House of Blowouts Advent Calendar
12/18Drybar
House of Blowouts Advent Calendar
Ulta Beauty
Why we love it: Drybar is also coming in hot (get it?) with its first advent calendar, aptly named House of Blowouts. Complete with all the styling products you could possibly need (detanglers, heat protectants, and finishing sprays—gang's all here), and then some, this gift is bound to make someone's year. And priced at just under $100, it's not too hard on the wallet either.
The star product: We call the duo that is the Liquid Glass Smoothing Shampoo and Conditioner “glossy hair goals.” Despite the deeply moisturizing, frizz-minimizing abilities of vegan keratin, neroli oil, and murumuru butter, they never weigh down hair. Even better, they leave your hair smelling delicious, too, with gourmand notes of coconut, amber, and vanilla.
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Byredo Advent Calendar
13/18Byredo
Advent Calendar Set
Nordstrom
Why we love it: Three tiers of Byredo’s most iconic scents = a surefire hit. Outfitted with vibrant watercolor art, the fragrance house’s first-ever advent calendar is a statement in and of itself, and contains all of the mini candles (with a wick trimmer, no less), EDPs, hand creams, and body washes your giftee could ever wish for. As a good friend, you should warn them that they’ll be on the receiving end of many, many compliments.
The star product: Bal d'Afrique in three forms: a L'Huile Parfum Oil Rollerball, hair perfume, and travel-size eau de parfum. This alluring citrus-woody-floral scent evokes happy, effervescent vibes that are sure to lift the wearer’s mood.
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Beekman 1802 The G.O.A.T. 2025 Advent Calendar
14/18Beekman 1802
The G.O.A.T. 2025 Advent Calendar
Beekman 1802
Why we love it: Beekman 1802 never fails to impress with its whimsical designs—case in point: last year's was modeled after an illustrated children's book—and The G.O.A.T. 2025 Advent Calendar might be the most darling one yet. Because…you can build your own winter village with each day's festival tin or box! We don't know about you, but this is the spark of joy we need as we round out this year. Oh, and trust us, Beekman's skin-care and body-care products are oh-so gentle and nourishing for everyone.
The star product: You can't expect us not to boast about our 2025 Best of Beauty Award winners, right? Hot off the press: The Pure Fragrance Free Goat Milk Soap strikes the perfect balance of moisture and exfoliation, thanks to the lactic acid present in goat's milk, the brand's staple ingredient. “I love the silky lather that doesn’t dry out my skin,” visuals director Kathryne Hall said. (Spoiler: She was far from the only tester who sang the praises of this chic yet unassuming bar.)
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Augustinus Bader The 12 Days of Bader
15/18Augustinus Bader
The 12 Days of Bader
Nordstrom
Bluemercury
Augustinus Bader
Why we love it: Your bougiest friends (or older sis, or mom) deserve a luxury advent calendar from Augustinus Bader. This 12 Days of Bader set means they get an entire skin-care routine handed to them—and one that's perfectly tailored to the season. Every single cream, serum, lip treatment, and face mask in this chic blue box deeply nourishes and plumps dull, dry skin for a complexion that'll glow all the way into 2026.
The star product: Winter is coming, whether we like it or not—so you'll need a heavier-duty moisturizer that'll coddle and soften your skin, no matter how dry and chapped it gets. Chock-full of the brand's signature blend of amino acids, vitamins, and peptides (called TCF8), squalane, shea butter, and many other goodies, The Rich Cream is sure to become their skin's BFF.
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Glasshouse 24 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar
16/18Glasshouse
24 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar
Bluemercury
Glasshouse
Why we love it: If you have a fragrance fanatic in your life (or are one yourself), Glasshouse's 24 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar is the best gift (or self-indulgence). Ten scents across eau de parfums, candles, body washes, hand creams, and more that are guaranteed to garner compliments—what more could you want?
The star product: We think the Glasshouse Perfume Pencils are especially cool. They're compact, practically weightless, and a concentrated and mess-free way to scent your pulse points. The calendar comes with two: Kyoto in Bloom (amber floral) and Midnight in Milan (saffron rose), which may become your signature scents. See what we did there?
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Yesstyle Starlight Diaries Beauty Advent Calendar
17/18Yesstyle
Starlight Diaries Beauty Advent Calendar
Yesstyle
Why we love it: If the timing gods are on your side—as in, there are drops throughout the holiday season—the YesStyle Starlight Diaries Beauty Advent Calendar is one of the most enticing boxes of the season. Whether they’re a Korean skin-care fanatic or a K-beauty newbie, they’ll tear into these diary-inspired collections stuffed with 25 full-size (yes, you read that right) makeup and skin-care products straight from Seoul. Virality doesn’t always mean high-quality and results-driven, but the hidden items from buzzy brands like Dr. Althea, Biodance, and Romn&d will prove that association wrong. Trust us.
The star product: Bummed out by the FDA’s limitations on sunscreen filters? Same, times 100. While we patiently wait for the first new UV filter since 1990 to be approved, we’re on our feet jumping at the fact that, in this box, Beauty of Joseon’s original Relief Sun SPF is yours for the taking. This particular Korean sunscreen truly took Korean formulas global because it is unbelievably elegant to apply and wears so beautifully underneath makeup or alone. The dew is real.
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Kitsch North Pole Post 12 Day Advent Calendar
18/18Kitsch
North Pole Post 12 Day Advent Calendar
Kitsch
Why we love it: Kitsch has always been one of our go-to brands for hair accessories that don't break the bank, so the brand's first-ever advent calendar is extra exciting. Priced at $119, you get hair care (we spotted a rosemary-infused scalp oil) and accessories such as soft scrunchies and claw clips. No need to write Santa a letter—the North Pole (12 Day Advent Calendar) is coming to you or a lucky person in your life.
The star product: Whether they're headed out to a party or want to look polished for the office, the Gold French Hair Pin ties their look together. Messy or sleek buns, or a cute half-updo, couldn't be easier to achieve.
Sarah Han is the commerce editor at Allure, where she has been covering the best in beauty for 5.5 years (and 9 years in total). Previously, she served as an associate editor at BuzzFeed, where she spearheaded coverage of beauty roundups and K-pop features. A native Illinoisan, upon graduating from … Read MoreCommerce Editor
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