Best Beauty Advent Calendars To Sign Up For 2026, From Liberty To Boots

The thing about Christmas is it happens every year. Joy to the world, and all of that.

And we’re not knocking it: it’s special, dependable, and you get presents. But in recent years, we’ve unlocked a real life hack: extend that joy to the whole of December, and it’s far more exciting.

Advent calendars are basically to thank for that. Perhaps the most exciting ones available are beauty Advent calendars, which are packed with everything from serums to our favourite fragrance brands.

As a shopping writer, I’ve been reviewing Advent calendars for the last few years, and I’m already on a mission to find the best one out there.

Liberty has admittedly topped the list in previous years, but John Lewis looks like a strong contender already this year…

Keep reading for the beauty advent calendars you can buy right now, and a selection with a waitlist. Get those bells a-jingling, because Xmas is fast approaching!

Best beauty Advent calendars at a glance:

You might have heard of a little, low-key calendar from somewhere called Liberty – don’t worry if you haven’t, it’s quite esoteric.

Good news for those of you that spend the year poised for its release: you can join the waitlist now. And you’ll want to get on it ASAP, because it’s sold out for the last 11 years in a row.

This year, it’s worth over £1,300 and comes with a whopping 29 products, 21 of which are full-sized and 20 are exclusive to the Liberty calendar.

You can expect the likes of ILIA, Violette FR, and Jones Road, all housed inside the recreation of the iconic Liberty store beauty hall. If that wasn’t enough for you, then perhaps the fact there’s a golden ticket for £1,000 of Liberty credit hidden in 20 of the calendars will be. Damn.

Number of days: 25
Number of items: 29
Worth: Over £1,300.

Available for preorder now

John Lewis has truly outdone itself this year. Its calendar is bigger than it has ever been, with 41 total products worth four times as much as the retail price (yep, you read that right) including beauty tech for the first time ever.

Splash out a neat £250 to get a mini Foreo UFO, a heating and vibrating LED device that helps even your skin tone, along with a ton of other treats from brands like Medik8, Fenty Beauty, Sisley London, and Dermalogica.

Not only will beauty lovers relish in the selection of mascara, fragrance, serum, sheet masks, and body creams, but you’ll also have the chance to win even more thanks to mystery vouchers hidden throughout the calendar. One in 41 will be in for the chance of winning a Shark CryoGlow Plus LED Mask, Clarins treatments, John Lewis gift cards, or more.

Talk about value for money! The calendar is available for MyJL Beauty customers to preorder now in the rewards section of the John Lewis App. If you order now, your calendar will be shipped from 3 September.

It will be available for MyJL Beauty customers to buy on 21 September and on general sale from 25 September, so mark your calendars!

Number of days: 25
Number of products: 41
Worth: £1,160.

Ah, the people’s princess of the British high street. If there’s one brand that knows exactly what we want to see, it’s Boots, so we have high expectations of its Advent calendar.

You can join the waitlist now, and although it’s still being mysterious about what will be included, we’re expecting the likes of Estée Lauder and NARS. J’adore.

Number of days: 12
Number of products: Not yet stated
Worth: £700.70

If you’re not one for fucking around with tiny bottles of beauty products, you’ll be pleased to hear Fortnum & Mason has created a calendar that champions mostly full-size products: 24 of the 25, to be precise.

Because it’s the epitome of British class, it naturally comes with tons of high-end brands inside. Expect everything from Ortigia to Sol de Janiero, Wildsmith, and Bamford, among other brands we’ll garner a guess you’d never buy for yourself.

Number of days: 25
Number of products: 25
Worth: £1,225

Space NK always knows how to capture a season: from its summer travel bags to winter, the high street staple is on top of cult products and timeless brands.

While it hasn’t yet said what will be in this year’s calendar, it’s already available for pre-order and is, once again, set to sell out so get your name on that list – whether you’ve been naughty or nice!

Number of days: 25
Number of products: Not yet announced
Worth: £1,200.

Holland & Barrett has amassed quite the cult following over the past few years, and its mega fans will be pleased to hear it has upped its Advent calendar game accordingly.

This year marks the brand’s biggest one yet, with 26 products across 25 days. And let me tell you, you get more than bang for your buck.

While the Christmas tree covered-box isn’t the most aesthetically pleasing design out there, it’s what’s on the inside that counts, and the smorgasbord of Weleda, Faith in Nature, Q&A, and Fussy goodies delivers.

You’ll get a selection of supplements, soaps, cleansers, hair masks, serums, and moisturisers – all reliable essentials you can fall back on and know you can afford to repurchase year-round, unlike other pricier offerings out there.

It would also make a great gift for a family member who’s not fussed about luxury brands. H&B, we <3 you.

Number of days: 25
Number of products: 26
Worth: Over £266.

Available for pre-order now

This is as exciting a hamper as we’ve ever seen. The ultimate calendar for any Lush fans out there, it’s full of 25 days of bath and body treats.

Not only does it contain fan favourites, including the Honey I Washed the Kids sugar scrub and sticky dates shower gel, but it’s also chock full of festive limited edition launches.

Honestly, they all sound absolutely scrumptious but some stand outs are the Smores shower gel (yum), The Most Famous Reindeer Of All soap, a Once Upon A Time candle – to name but a few.

You’ll also have a brat green, and sustainable, hamper to keep everything in, so they’re merely a reach away every time you want to have a bath; we wouldn’t be surprised if it kept you going for the next year.

Number of days: 25
Number of products: 25
Worth: Not clear.

If you’re only in it for the bath bombs, this card calendar will give you enough bombs to grant you one bath a week for half of the year.

You’ll be covered in glitter forever (and who doesn’t want that?) thanks to the likes of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Luna’s Butterfly, and Snowman Dreaming bath bombs.

Don’t worry, though, there’s plenty more where that came from: 25 total bombs and bars, in fact. If you can’t wait, it’s available to buy now, so knock yourself out with wintermaxxing in August.

Number of days: 25
Number of products: 25
Worth: Not stated.

If you’re feeling nostalgic, this Soap & Glory calendar will transport you back to 2015. At £48, this calendar is honestly great value for money, considering you get 24 gifts.

Should you not be willing to revisit that particular era of your life, it would also make an excellent gift for the teenage girl in your life, as it’s packed full of sheet masks, hand creams, lip masks and body butters.

It’s not just the brand’s regular Vanilla-licious and Call of Fruity scents you’ll get, either, there’s also a limited edition Velvet Cherry scent for Christmas, and it comes in the form of a body wash, body butter, and rollerball fragrance. Delish.

The whole thing comes packaged in a pretty pink and red box, with each gift in its own mini cardboard box, so it feels seriously premium when you’re opening it. You could even keep your new products in the lid of the box if you want to keep them on display.

Number of days: 24
Number of products: 24
Worth: Over £93.