The best beauty advent calendars for 2025 have landed – and yes, we know it's September

The iconic Liberty Beauty Advent Calendar is back for 2025 and it’s better than ever. Year after year, the luxury department store's gorgeous Advent calendar is a sell-out success and makes the wish lists of beauty lovers everywhere.

Why is it so sought-after? Well, while it may feel pricey, with a retail price of £275, it comes filled with over £1,245 worth of luxury beauty products. Read our full breakdown of what’s inside this year’s calendar or simply click the link to join the waitlist and be one of the first to secure yours when it goes on sale.

Editor's picks:

• Mirror Water Body Oil
• Augustinus Bader The Rich Eye Cream
• Larry King A Social Life Cream
• LBTY fragrances

The White Company’s 2025 Advent Calendar is its most indulgent yet – an elegant countdown packed with 25 daily treats, including more full-sized favourites than ever before. Beautifully illustrated and filled with the brand’s bestselling scents and pampering essentials, it’s the ultimate self-gift or luxurious present for someone special.

Expect classic scents, Winter and Seychelles, alongside new delights, including an exclusive full-sized Clementine & Juniper Bath & Shower Gel. The contents are worth over £322, which means you can enjoy a £125 saving on everything from signature candles to soothing body care. With a mix of generous full-size products, stocking filler minis and thoughtful extras behind each door, it’s no wonder this calendar sells out early every year.

Editor's picks:

• Seychelles Mini Diffuser & Reeds: 50ml
• Fir Tree Mini Home Spray: 15ml

Celebrating 10 years of its iconic calendar, Lookfantastic wanted to bring it back with a bang this year, and it doesn’t disappoint. Arguably the best for the price on the market, its beauty selection (there's also a fragrance and a grooming calendar available) includes 28 gorgeous surprises (17 are full size) from the industry’s buzziest brands.

Editor’s picks:

• Sol de Janeiro Cheirosa 62 Perfume Mist, 90ml
• Color Wow Shampoo and Conditioner, 75ml each
• The White Company Seychelles Votive Candle, 75g

Worth over £1,100 but yours for £240, this is one of the most impressive savings you’ll see on the beauty Advent scene. Although it’s a big investment, this calendar is crammed full of over 30 must-try favourites that we’d struggle to part with if we were dishing them out as gifts on Christmas Day.

With a whole host of makeup and skincare treasures inside, there’s a reason they call themselves Cult. (Note, you can choose between the limited-edition curation and the classic calendar at the link above).

Editor’s picks:

• Gisou Honey Infused Lip Oil
• Huda Beauty Faux Filler Gloss
• Patrick Ta Major Headlines Cream + Powder Blush Duo
• Hourglass Unlocked Instant Extensions Mascara

Not many gifts are as beautifully designed as this year's Fortnum's Beauty Advent Calendar, which features tropical flowers and birds, alongside hand-painted products. Inside, it's full to the brim with luxury treats, with 23 full-sized products and three travel-friendly minis. It's worth over £1,149, so investing in this one means big savings.

Editor's picks:

• Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum Cream (75ml)
• Ortigia Florio Soap in a Tin, 25g

With the promise of “harmonising” gifts for a truly relaxed festive lead-up, this lovely indigo blue calendar is filled with skincare, haircare, body care and fragrance treats to help mellow you out. From muscle relax balms to gloss-enhancing shampoos and conditioners, this will deliver some much-needed zen moments over the Christmas period.

Editor’s picks:

• Muscle Rescue Balm, 15g
• Winter Spice Votive Candle, 70g
• Pink Hair & Scalp Mud, 30ml

We think this is one of the most beautiful calendars this year. As close as you can get to browsing Harvey Nichols in your PJs, the brand’s legendary eye for luxury shines through here. Curated by the store's expert beauty buyers, it holds 37 treats from iconic brands like La Mer, Le Labo and Color Wow. Opening each drawer feels like stepping into the store in December.

Editor’s picks:

• Trinny London Tiptoe In PHA Exfoliant, 10ml
• Sol De Janeiro Bum Bum Cream, 25ml
• Color Wow Shampoo and Conditioner, 75ml each

This is the inaugural NEOM Advent calendar, and we couldn't wait to see what our favourite wellness and fragrance brand had in store. This one will come with 24 soothing and deliciously scented products delivered to your door, so sign up for early access to avoid missing out.

Editor's picks:

• Christmas Wish 1 Wick Candle
• Perfect Night's Sleep Hand Balm 30ml
• Real Luxury Magnesium Bath Milk 50ml

Add some Parisian chic to your festive countdown with the Nuxe Advent Calendar, a beautifully curated collection of 24 sensorial surprises for face, body, and hair. Featuring icons from the beloved Huile Prodigieuse, Rêve de Miel and Very Rose ranges, this limited-edition set blends skincare and body care luxuries with French elegance.

Inside, you’ll find bestsellers like the Huile Prodigieuse oils, the nourishing Rêve de Miel Lip Moisturising Stick, the glow-boosting Prodigieuse Boost Serum and the soothing Very Rose Micellar Water, alongside indulgent haircare and body treats. Designed to deliver a daily moment of self-care, this calendar guarantees an indulgent December.

Editor’s picks:

• Huile Prodigieuse, 50ml
• Hair Prodigieux Intensive Repair Mask, 30ml

This colourful countdown is brimming with 25 scented surprises. The Orange Bitters Candle and classic Wood Sage and Sea Salt Cologne are our personal highlights, but the whole thing is every bit as sensorial and delightful as you’d expect.

Editor’s picks:

• Orange Bitters Candle
• Wood Sage and Sea Salt Cologne

Anthropologie has won us over with this kitsch, cute and well-stocked Advent calendar. Not only can you save £267 on the selection of goodies, but there are golden tickets lying behind mystery drawers that give you the chance to win exclusive prizes on top. Some of our favourite brands have made their way into this 24-strong bundle – you might just find your new beauty obsession.

Editor's picks:

• Who is Elijah Fragrance
• Malin + Goetz Rum Hand + Body Wash
• Nest Candle
• OPI Nail Varnish

Counteract the chaos of the party season with moments of serenity, made possible by the Bamford Ultimate Advent Calendar – a luxurious 24-day wellness journey worth over £600 and brimming with the brand’s most-loved bath, body, skincare and home fragrance treasures.

Featuring 13 full-size and 11 miniature favourites, each drawer holds a restorative surprise designed to support your wellbeing during the festive rush. It’s beautifully presented in a reusable keepsake box and adorned with gold foil illustrations of the moon’s celestial path. Snap yours up and schedule some solo time.

Editor’s picks:

• B Silent Pillow Mist (full size)
• Woodland Moss Eau De Parfum (full size)
• B silent Bath Salts

A crowd-pleaser that proves great skincare doesn’t need a luxury price tag. It’s full of minis from the brand’s Future Renew range, which our beauty director has swapped her expensive skincare out for. Each product is packed with peptide technology to genuinely firm fine lines – how’s that for festive?

Editor’s picks:

• Future Renew range

This Avant Skincare calendar is full of nourishing creams, rejuvenating formulations and sumptuous skincare. Calling itself “the first beauty Advent calendar to come alive”, you can scan the front of the box with your phone to enjoy an augmented reality show. This calendar has sold out three years in a row, so taking advantage of presale might be advisable to avoid Advent FOMO.

Editor’s picks:

• Bi-Phase Hyaluronic Acid Rejuvenating Micellar Water, 100ml
• Pro-Perfecting Collagen Primer Touche Éclat, 30ml
• Brightening & De-Puffing Overnight Eye Recovery Mask, 15ml
  

Billed as “25 days of beauty, love and luxe”, the brand implores you to buckle up for the ride with this calendar. Housed in a cute series of holiday-inspired trucks are 25 makeup and skincare surprises, which are still to be revealed. You can pre-order yours now.

This beautiful Chopova Lowena-designed beauty Advent calendar from our friends at ELLE is a Christmas treat worth £705 but it retails for just £130, saving you a potential £575. Inside, there are 27 luxury products spanning haircare, skincare, wellness and makeup, curated by the editors from cult brands like Zelens, Murad, Medik8, Rare Beauty, Rodial, and By Terry.

Beautifully packaged, this limited-edition calendar promises a daily dose of indulgence and a delightfully relaxing countdown to the big day.

Editor’s picks:

• L’Occitane Almond Shower Oil, 75ml
• Murad Cellular Hydration Barrier Repair Cream, 50ml
• Medik8 Advanced Day Total Protect SPF30, 50ml

The Charlotte Tilbury Advent calendar is one of the most sought after every year. This year's golden chest is filled with five full-size and seven mini treats, including many of our Pillow Talk favourites, a travel-sized pot of Charlotte's Magic Cream and plenty of treats to help you get that A-list glow.

Editor's picks:

• Exager-eyes Mascara, full size
• Pillow Talk Lip Cheat, full size