The Best Beauty Advent Calendars of 2024? Our Editors Share Which Ones Are Really Worth It

The best beauty Advent calendars take the thrill of Christmas morning and prolong it for days on end. With teeny gifts hiding behind whimsical doors—and the year’s most coveted launches tucked into drawers—Advent calendars offer the thrill of discovery leading up to the holidays. But beauty Advent calendars offer so much more. Bursting with palm-size (and full-size!) presents that range from the perfect red lipstick to candles that make staying home that much more luxurious, the collectible calendars never fail to delight. And this year, they’re infused with more magic than ever before. This year, our favorite launches include Charlotte Tilbury’s bejeweled makeup collection, Jo Malone London's fragrant collection, and Dr. Barbara Sturm’s assortment of radiance-restoring potions. All this and more are ready to add to your virtual sleigh (okay, cart) ahead of the holidays. Happy counting down!

Vogue’s Favorite Beauty Advent Calendars

Saks Fifth Avenue 25-Day Advent Calendar

Saks Fifth Avenue

25-Day Advent Calendar

$295

SAKS FIFTH AVENUE

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $295
• Value: $1,200
• Best for: The beauty-lover with a taste for classic luxury brands, ranging from Dolce & Gabbana to Sisley-Paris.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: Dr. Lara Devgan, a plastic surgeon whose lash serum has a fan in Jessica Chastain, makes a wonderful mascara that’s included in the set. The lengthening formulation curls the lashes while coating them in inky black pigment, and not to worry—its curved brush grabs every last lash.
• Why We Love It: Valued at $1,200, the set is packed with 25 little luxuries from celebrated brands. The teeny drawers burst with offerings from Augustinus Bader, La Mer, Charlotte Tilbury, and more, putting the best of the grand retailer’s beauty department at one’s fingertips.
• What’s Included: The 25 gifts include full and travel-size beauty products and fragrances, ranging from Le Labo’s Santal 33 liquid balm to Diptyque’s jasmine-scented candle.
• What You’re Left With: With a jaunty illustration of Saks Fifth Avenue on a winter’s night, the calendar comes in a keepsake box that’s worth housing a present for someone extra special—or taking a permanent spot in your holiday decor collection.

Dior Le 30 Montaigne Dior Beauty Advent Calendar

Dior

Le 30 Montaigne Dior Beauty Advent Calendar

$750

DIOR

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $750
• Value: Not listed.
• Best for: There’s one person on everyone’s list whose bio may as well read “J’adore Dior.” (Or perhaps that person is you?) This calendar couldn’t be more suited for the brand loyalist.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: Dior Rouge Lipstick in 999 is a classic red lipstick that Vogue editors slick on for special events—or just a touch of red on a weekday. The warm red has just a hint of blue, and its velvety finish lends a touch of holiday glam.
• Why We Love It: Designed by the Italian contemporary artist Pietro Ruffo, the calendar is a miniature replica of the brand’s Avenue Montaigne boutique in Paris. Held together by a gilded Dior logo, its doors open to reveal a gold-and-white, flower-strewn wonderland of gifts.
• What’s Included: The 24 gifts include miniature fragrances, makeup, and skincare, as well as a full-sized candle.
• What You’re Left With: Save the aforementioned candle to burn after the holidays! Whenever you need a midwinter pick-me-up, the Bois de Rêves candle will do the trick with its warming, woodsy scent.

Jo Malone London Advent Calendar

Jo Malone London

Advent Calendar

$495

JO MALONE LONDON

$495

SAKS FIFTH AVENUE

$495

NEIMAN MARCUS

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $495
• Value: Not listed
• Best For: Though any scent lover would enjoy sniffing their way through the brand’s coveted fragrances, we deem this the perfect hostess gift. The miniature lotions, body creams, and colognes are perfect for stowing in guest rooms, and the candles bring festive, flickering light to any home.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: The Lime Basil & Mandarin scent—sweet, zingy, and uplifting—is an enduring classic. In the hand cream, the addictive scent meets nourishing ingredients that soften and soothe the skin, including apricot kernel oil, clary sage extract, shea butter, and vitamin E.
• Why We Love It: The set is suited for any gender of fragrance lover, with offerings including body cream in the unisex Wood Sage and Sea Salt scent.
• What’s Included: Twenty-five tiny drawers, printed with jaunty images of candy canes and bows, hold beautifully fragranced gifts from the London house. There are classic colognes and scents just for the season, along with miniature candles and bath and body goods.
• What You’re Left With: A sampling of scents to spritz throughout the year—and a special seasonal scent to make the holiday season all the more fragrant.

La Mer Wonder Express Advent Calendar

Wonder Express Advent Calendar

$600

NEIMAN MARCUS

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $600
• Value: $821
• Best For: La Mer are two hallowed words amongst luxury lovers and some of the most glowy-skinned celebrities, including Kendall Jenner (who loves the Moisturizing Cream) and Usher (who calls the lip balm “very precious.”) The brand is a go-to for those with more mature skin.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: A verified classic, Crėme de La Mer Cream provides rich, decadent hydration. Enriched with La Mer’s signature Miracle Broth alongside anti-aging sea kelp and other active ingredients culled from the sea, the cream makes the skin feel smoother and firmer in mere hours.
• Why We Love It: The emerald-green set is filled with products that deliver anti-aging benefits—and one of the most luxurious skin-care experiences you can get outside of a swish alpine spa.
• What’s Included: The set contains 12 iconic La Mer products that cover every step of a skincare regime, from foaming cleanser to treatment lotion, eye concentrate, lip polish, and body cream.
• What You’re Left With: A smooth-skinned, age-defying glow and a newfound appreciation for ocean-to-face skincare.

Bluemercury 31 Days of Dazzle 2024

Bluemercury

31 Days of Dazzle 2024

$300

BLUEMERCURY

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $300
• Value: $1,315
• Best for: Anyone with a resort getaway on their dance card will love digging into this jumbo-sized set, which offers travel-friendly skin care and makeup, along with beach-ready SPF and Vacation’s Chardonnay SPF 30 lip oil.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: Of course, SPF isn’t just for the beach. The set contains Supergoop’s SPF 40 Glowscreen, a Vogue Verified sun-care staple for editors and celebrities alike.
• Why We Love It: The thoughtful assortment includes items that encourage languid moments of self-care, even amidst the holiday bustle. Burning Lake & Skye’s tranquil 11 11 candle or treating the scalp to some gua sha with Act+Acre’s tool is enough to make one forget all about the person you forgot to gift.
• What’s Included: The 31-gift assortment spans makeup, skin care, hair care, sun protection, and tools.
• What You’re Left With: Act + Acre’s aforementioned gua sha tool can become a permanent fixture in your haircare routine. Speaking of which, the set also includes two silk Slip scrunchies—another Vogue editor must-have to sweep hair back sans breakage.

Dr. Barbara Sturm’s Advent Calendar 2024

Dr. Barbara Sturm

Advent Calendar 2024

$560

NORDSTROM

$560

SAKS FIFTH AVENUE

$560

BLUEMERCURY

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $560
• Value: $1,863
• Best For: Dr. Barbara Sturm loyalists will find a complete skin-care regime restock—plus, perhaps, a few discoveries—in this sturdy cranberry-colored set. The gift is equally suited for skin-care enthusiasts who have yet to discover the brand: The 24 products, which range from a gentle foam cleanser to serums packed with actives, give a solid sampling of the range. There are also specific offerings for men and melanin-rich skin.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: The Dr. Barbara Sturm Glow Drops, packed with powerful anti-aging compounds, do indeed help one glow—just ask product loyalists like Hailey Bieber and Adwoa Aboah.
• Why We Love It: Along with top-shelf skin care, the product comes with a sweet backstory. Dr. Sturm still remembers the Advent calendars her mother would make for her when she was a little girl; she invented this one to give her customers the same thrill of discovery leading up to the holiday.
• What’s Included: The set contains 24 Dr. Barbara Strum products that range from perennial bestsellers to the latest innovations; there’s also a mix of sizes, with full-size bottles, minis, and travel-size formats. As for the products themselves, you’ll find everything from her Lifting Serum and makeup remover to eye creams to face creams.
• What You’re Left With: From “vampire facials” to plasma-infused face creams, Sturm is known for her pioneering approach to anti-aging and anti-inflammatory skin care. The Advent calendar gives a taste of her youth-boosting innovations—without taking a single drop of blood.

Liberty London Beauty Advent Calendar 2024

Liberty London

Beauty Advent Calendar 2024

$345

LIBERTY LONDON

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $345
• Value: $1,550
• Best For: The miniature replica of London’s storied department store opens to reveal a treasure of gems. For anyone whose holiday traditions are steeped in fond memories of bustling, brick-and-mortar shopping, the set will offer a nostalgic dose of department stores at their most magical. But make no mistake: The products inside are strictly au courant.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: Lanthe Oud Eau de Parfum, a collaboration between Liberty London and perfumer Nicolas Bonneville, melds English violet with Oud wood and notes of bergamot, myrrh, and leather. The unisex scent comes in a full-size bottle decked in an archival Liberty print.
• Why We Love It: Along with its top-notch assortment of beauty products, the calendar’s distinctive look is a treat in itself. Covered in cute, storybook-style illustrations, the gift set is simply too whimsical to resist.
• What’s Included: Skincare, makeup, and fragrances from the retailer’s top-selling brands fill the set. The 28-item selection includes too many standout items to name, but we’ll start with a few: Look for La Mer Lip Volumizer, Augustinus Bader The Rich Cream, and detoxifying shampoo from Ouai.
• What You’re Left With: As one of the quickest calendars to sell out each year, Liberty London’s limited-edition sets are somewhat of a collector’s item. According to brand legend, calendar loyalists have traveled to the store on launch day and waited in hours-long lines to get their annual gift set. An item this coveted deserves a spot in one’s box of keepsake holiday decor.

111Skin 12 Days Of 111SKIN Set

111Skin

12 Days Of 111SKIN Set

$675

SAKS FIFTH AVENUE

$675

AMAZON

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $675
• Value: Not listed
• Best for: Filled with hydrating and anti-aging skin care whipped up by a cosmetic surgeon, the set will make anyone with mature or parched skin glow.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: The Rose Gold Brightening Facial sheet mask has a stamp of approval from Priyanka Chopra, who’s called it her “secret sauce" for a preternatural glow.
• Why We Love It: The celebrity-adored skin-care brand filled its set with a streamlined collection to make skin look dewy and fresh—while repairing it from within. With 12 total products, it doesn’t overwhelm the giftee—or the skin—but creates a thoughtful routine that will keep the complexion radiant for weeks.
• What’s Included: The skin-care set includes 11 miniature products and one full-sized gift, which range from eye cream to serum and a blemish mask.
• What You’re Left With: The full-sized product, sure to last for months, is the Y Theorem Repair Light Serum, which makeup artist Moani Lee once used to prep Kasey Musgraves’ skin for the Met Gala. Use it to ensure your own golden-hour glow.

Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte’s Beauty Treasure Chest of Love

Charlotte Tilbury

Charlotte’s Beauty Treasure Chest of Love

$220

NORDSTROM

$220

REVOLVE

$220

BLOOMINGDALE'S

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $220
• Value: $300
• Best For: For the Charlotte-holic on your list, this heart-studded chest is full of treasure indeed.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: Everyone—from The Bear’s Molly Gordon to Billboard chart empress Sabrina Carpenter—loves Charlotte’s Matte Revolution Lipstick in Pillow Talk. The pinkish nude hue was designed to flatter every skin tone, and the hydrating formulation lasts and lasts.
• Why We Love It: The jeweled box itself is sheer vanity candy, but what’s inside is even sweeter. The chest offers a beloved Charlotte Tilbury product for every step of one’s holiday-glam routine, from a firming rose-scented serum to a setting spray to lock your look in place.
• What’s Included: The 12-piece set includes a mix of travel- and full-size products, ranging from skin care to makeup. Items include lip liners and lipsticks, eyeliners and mascara, a serum and a face cream (not just any face cream—Charlotte’s Magic Cream), along with glowy blushes and more.
• What You’re Left With: When the last drop of gleaming makeup has been applied, you’ll still have the box it came in: Red, heart-shaped, and decked out with jeweled drawer pulls. The chest is a keepsake to be treasured for years.

Penhaligon’s Advent Calendar

Penhaligon's

Advent Calendar

$570

NORDSTROM

$570

SAKS FIFTH AVENUE

$570

NEIMAN MARCUS

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $570
• Value: Not Listed
• Best for: The fragrance-lover with a sweet tooth will adore the bakery-inspired gift set, filled with bestselling fragrances from the esteemed British brand.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: Elisabethan Rose eau de parfum—a woody, musky take on rose that’s spiked with cinnamon—is the perfect floral scent to cozy up to all winter.
• Why We Love It: Established in 1870, Penhaligon’s is a storied English fragrance brand that has several royal warrants, but its sense of whimsy is strong. Packed in prop bakery boxes promising “Joy Filled Delights,” the calendar has a sweet, nostalgic appeal.
• What’s Included: The 24 fragranced gifts include candles, perfumes, hand soaps, body washes, and more.
• What You’re Left With: The keepsake gingerbread keychain will never go stale.

Bloomingdale’s 25-Day Advent Calendar

Bloomingdale's

25-Day Beauty Advent Calendar

$325

BLOOMINGDALE'S

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $325
• Value: $800
• Best for: With its art-deco-style design—inspired by Bloomingdale’s famous 59th Street flagship—the calendar will appeal to anyone who hearts NYC.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: Laura Mercier’s Caviar Eye Stick, available here in rose gold, is a universally flattering party staple that’s a classic for a reason. It’s resistant to creasing, refuses to transfer, and illuminates the eyes with a soft, sparkly wash of color.
• Why We Love It: In addition to its 25 gift-worthy goods—more on that below—the calendar has a dazzling, black-and-gold design that oozes 1920s glam. You can almost hear the jazzy riffs twinkling inside.
• What’s Included: Tucked into 25 glistening drawers are fragrances, makeup, and skin care from a sampling of top-shelf brands. Clarins Lip Comfort Oil, La Mer The Moisturizing Soft Cream, and Diptyque’s Baies candle are all Vogue-approved gifts.
• What You’re Left With: A miniature Creed discovery set offers a mix of the brand’s bestselling scents to explore throughout the winter. The Queen of Silk Eau de Parfum, a heady mix of tuberose, vanilla, and patchouli, would match the vibe of a New Year’s Eve black-tie soiree.

Diptyque Paris Advent Calendar

Diptyque

Advent Calendar 25-Piece Scented Treasures Set

$495

NORDSTROM

$495

BLUEMERCURY

$495

NEIMAN MARCUS

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $495
• Value: Not listed
• Best for: For the consummate entertainer who loves to set the mood, Diptyque’s set proves what a little candlelight can do. From pine tree to rose—and a seasonal scent that’s simply called Étoile (or “Star”)—this calendar’s contents are sure to bring spark to any holiday gathering.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: A fixture on tastemaker’s mantels around the world, Diptyque’s Feu de Bois candle channels a crackling fire with its cozy mix of juniper and smoky birch.
• Why We Love It: Festooned with candy canes and gingerbread men by the artist Lucy Sparrow, the set looks like a sewing kit that was plucked out of Santa’s sleigh. (He may, after all, need a button repair mid-flight.) Inside, the gifts are wrapped in Diptyque’s hallmark cream-and-white packaging.
• What’s Included: The set includes 25 gifts, which range from candles to eau de parfums, lotion, and hand wash.
• What You’re Left With: Two gilded pendants can be used to trim the tree or simply spruce up the home with their star-flecked design.

Glasshouse Fragrances 24 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar

Glasshouse Fragrances

24 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar

$300

AMAZON

$300

NEIMAN MARCUS

$300

GLASSHOUSE FRAGRANCES

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $300
• Value: Not listed
• Best For: The Australian brand, best known for its interior scents, launched stateside in 2022. Its still under-the-radar home fragrances and eau de parfums channel dreamy vacation destinations, and include the saffron and blackcurrant-laced Midnight in Milan and the citrus, bergamot, and camelia-spiked Kyoto in Bloom. The giftee looking for a new interior scent will be in olfactory heaven.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: With notes of freesia, lavender, and lime floating over a vanilla-and-patchouli base, the Lost in Amalfi interior fragrance makes the home smell like a luxury resort perched above the Mediterranean Sea.
• Why We Love It: The calendar is a veritable jewel box of deliciously scented gifts. After each rosy-pink parcel has been unwrapped, the crimson box can be held onto to house rings, bracelets, and other baubles.
• What’s Included: True to its name, the calendar holds 24 gifts—each of them more sweet-smelling than the last. The assortment ranges from candles to fragrances, hand creams, body lotions, and lip balm. Of course, there’s also a sampling of interior scents.
• What You’re Left With: Among the gifts is a colorful Christmas ornament, good for many years of tree sprucing.

Bobbi Brown Dazzle & Glow 12-Day Bestsellers Advent Calendar

Bobbi Brown

Dazzle & Glow 12-Day Bestsellers Advent Calendar

$195

NEIMAN MARCUS

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $195
• Value: $299
• Best For: As a pioneering brand for the no-makeup makeup aesthetic, Bobbi Brown appeals to the beauty-lover who likes a natural look. This sampling of goods will also come in handy for the giftee on the go: Though it has three full-sized products, the bulk of its goods are made for traveling.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: Bobbi Brown’s easy-to-use creamy eyeshadow sticks—available here in a full-size Golden Bronze and a miniature Moonstone—are known to pull a makeup look together when time is of the essence. Makeup artist Mali Thomas previously told Vogue: “These sticks have saved my makeup looks in a time crunch on many occasions.”
• Why We Love It: There’s a certain nostalgia associated with Bobbi Brown—especially amongst ’90s kids. The brand has long been associated with straightforward, versatile makeup basics that flatter any skin tone.
• What’s Included: The 12-piece set holds nine travel-sized products, ranging from cleansing oil to lip gloss and makeup remover. Its three full-sized products include the cream eyeshadow stick in Golden Bronze, plumping lip serum in light pink, and an inky black mascara.
• What You’re Left With: The mini full-coverage face brush can become a staple in one’s travel toiletry bag.

Augustinus Bader The 12 Days of Bader Advent Calendar

Augustinus Bader

The 12 Days of Bader Advent Calendar

$585

NORDSTROM

$585

REVOLVE

$585

MODA OPERANDI

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $585
• Value: $868
• Best For: The giftee with mature skin will be glad to have TFC8 sprinkled into their holiday season. The brand’s patented ingredient—which infuses its skin-, hair-care, and body products—is known to speed up cellular turnover to reveal brighter, more youthful-looking skin.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: The Rich Cream, beloved by celebrities like Melanie Griffith and Victoria Beckham, leaves the skin smooth, radiant, and plumped. Packed with hyaluronic acid and moisturizing oils, the creamy cult product is intensely hydrating but quick to sink into the skin.
• Why We Love It: With actual science to back up its buzz, Augustinus Bader is a can’t-go-wrong skin-care brand that’s a gift to all complexions. A handsomely packaged assortment of its most popular products makes for a first-class present—whether for oneself, or someone else.
• What’s Included: The 12-piece set includes all the staples for a complete skin-care regime. From eye patches to face and body creams, eye cream, essence, and retinol serum, the set all but ensures a glowing complexion in the new year.
• What You’re Left With: With suggested regimens for day and night, the set will leave the giftee with their own Augustinus Bader skin-care ritual.

Selfridges Beauty Advent Calendar 2024

Selfridges

Beauty Advent Calendar 2024

$295

SELFRIDGES

• Release Date: The waitlist is open now.
• Price: £250 (or approximately $325).
• Value: £1,000
• Best For: For the beauty lover whose raison d'être is staying in the know, Selfridges’s lavish set includes new and exclusive discoveries. For example, while Charlotte Tilbury’s Magic Cream is a well-established classic, this calendar offers a sampling of the Magic Water Cream, newly launched in 2023.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: Nail polishes are a rare find in advent calendars, but Selfridges checked that box by adding two Pleasing colors to its mix—Perfect Pearl and Whole Dewniverse—from Harry Styles’s gender-neutral line. The latter color—sheer, holographic, and glittery—is the perfect top-off for any festive mani.
• Why We Love It: With 38 gifts—that’s right, much more than 25—this set is a jumbo-sized treasure trove for beauty lovers. Not only does it have more gifts than the standard advent calendar; it has more gift, with 22 full-sized goodies in its mix.
• What’s Included: The 38 products, from brands such as Charlotte Tilbury, Sol de Janeiro, and Kylie, represent a cross-category sampling of skincare, haircare, makeup, and fragrance.
• What You’re Left With: Even the most avid beauty-lover would have a hard time emptying 22 full-size products in 25 days. Therefore, the giftee will be left with an assortment of items to indulge in long after the last holiday lights have been taken down.

Kiehl’s 12-Day Holiday Calendar Set

Kiehl's

12-Day Holiday Calendar Set

$99

NORDSTROM

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $99
• Value: $169
• Best for: Though Kiehl’s appeals to seasoned beauty lovers, the set is a perfect gift for those who have yet to establish a solid skin-care regime.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: The Ultimate Strength Hand Salve is a Vogue-editor favorite for keeping hands soft and smooth, even in the frostiest and driest climes.
• Why We Love It: With basics including cleanser, toner, serum, and moisturizer covered, the calendar also has targeted treatments for dark spots as well as a retinol cream. It has everything one needs for a winter of soothed, radiant skin.
• What’s Included: The 12-piece set offers a sampling of Kiel’s bestselling products.
• What You’re Left With: Set the Rare Earth Deep Pore Cleansing Mask aside for a day when only an at-home spa vibe will do. One of Vogue’s favorite treatments for tightening pores, the mask whisks away oil and impurities while balancing the skin with aloe vera, glycerin, and allantoin.

Sisley Paris Advent Calendar 2024

Sisley Paris

Advent Calendar 2024

$825

NORDSTROM

$825

NEIMAN MARCUS

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $825
• Value: $1,048
• Best For: For the giftee who likes luxury steeped in whimsy, Sisley Paris’s advent calendar is sure to delight. Though the calendar is decked with fairytale-style illustrations; the goodies tucked inside cater to the elegant makeup and skincare lover.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: The Phyto-Shine Lipstick, included here in its full size, is a favorite among industry insiders. Pro makeup artist Jenny Patinkin previously told Vogue: “This feels like a luxury lipstick. It glides on so beautifully and has a lovely sheer finish, which is great if you are low maintenance and want to reapply on the go.”
• Why We Love It: The calendar is decked with Paris-inspired illustrations by British artist Fee Greening. The in-demand artist—who’s lent her ethereal drawing style to Florence + the Machine merch and campaign art for Gucci’s In Bloom perfume—has turned the calendar into a display-worthy work of art.
• What’s Included: The collection of 25 gifts includes a sampling of the brand’s most beloved products for skin, face, body, and hair. From cleanser and shampoo to botanical shower gel and the cult-classic Black Rose Cream Mask, there’s a luxurious solution for nearly every aspect of a personal-care regime.
• What You’re Left With: Though Sisley-Paris has been a mainstay in plant-based skincare since the 1970s, its Hair Rituel collection—launched in 2018—is a relative newcomer. For many, the advent calendar will offer a first taste of the brand’s haircare, and a lasting fondness for it. The Regenerating Hair Mask, infused with four botanical oils and included in the calendar, has been a hair-silkening game-changer for Vogue editors.

L’Occitane 24 Days of Beauty Classic Holiday Advent Calendar

L’Occitane

24 Days of Beauty Classic Advent Calendar

$80

AMAZON

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $115
• Value: Not listed
• Best For: The Francophile in your life will be thrilled to receive a mix of L’Occitane’s most beloved products, which nurture the skin, hair, and body with ingredients plucked from the French countryside.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: The brand’s worldwide bestseller, its Intensive Hand Balm, is included in the set. The soothing balm prevents dryness and cracks with shea butter, coconut oil, honey, and marshmallow extracts.
• Why We Love It: The set offers winter skin-care standbys that we tend to hide—like little beauty elves—in several convenient spots. The iconic hand lotion comes to work, the Verbena soap spruces up the guest bathroom, and the miniature shower gels fit handily in a toiletry bag.
• What’s Included: The set includes 24 miniature editions of L’Occitane classics for bath and body. In addition to the aforementioned lotions, soaps, and shower gels, the calendar includes the brand’s Reset Oil-in-Serum. Formulated with gardenia extract, the overnight treatment helps one wake up to smoother, more radiant skin—even after a long night of last-minute gift wrapping.
• What You’re Left With: Glowing skin, soft hands, and an enviable assortment of travel-ready products for your next trip to France.

British Vogue’s Festive Calendar

British Vogue

Festive Calendar

$465

VOGUE COLLECTION

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $465
• Value: $1650
• Best For: Those who eagerly await the delivery of each glossy issue of Vogue will love receiving an editor-vetted assortment of goods. With a highly curated mix of makeup, skin-care, jewelry, and lifestyle products, the calendar brings the pages of the magazine to life.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: Every British Vogue editor has a favorite item amid the 26 surprises—for digital director Kerry McDermott, Verden’s Herbanum Bath Oil is just the thing for a seasonal soak. “The piney Herbanum scent is perfect for this time of year, and a little bit of this stuff goes a long way: just a couple of drops to turn an otherwise unremarkable bath into a spalike experience,” she writes.
• Why We Love It: This calendar gives back: British Vogue will donate £75,000 of its proceeds to charities that raise awareness for causes like domestic abuse, homelessness, and women refugees.
• What’s Included: The set features 26 products behind doors illustrated with vintage covers. You’ll find skin care from brands like Foreo, Tatcha, and 111Skin; makeup from Charlotte Tilbury and Laura Mercier; a paisley silk scarf from Lescarf; and (much) more.
• What You’re Left With: Along with the aforementioned products, the calendar comes with a one-year subscription to British Vogue.

Typology Advent Calendar 2024

Typology

Advent Calendar 2024

$280

TYPOLOGY

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $280
• Value: $534
• Best For: The minimalist giftee will respond to the sleek, modern design, and the products inside. Typology, a quintessentially French brand, is known for its makeup and skin care packed with natural ingredients.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: Typology moisturizers are in Vogue’s pantheon of the best French beauty products. The D41 9-Ingredient Face Moisturizer, included in the set, is a dermatologist-approved salve that sinks right into dry skin, flooding it with hydration from hyaluronic acid and coconut oil.
• Why We Love It: With a modern design by French artist Erwan Bouroullec—known for his playful yet minimalist furniture—the set is organized like a tidy library. Its bookshelf-style interior is fitting: Since the set offers a sampling of two dozen signature products, it’s akin to a Typology archive.
• What’s Included: The 24 gifts include 15 full-sized products, which are for the face, eyes, hands, and lips.
• What You’re Left With: The full-sized gifts will last well beyond the holiday season—and can turn into regifts that friends will actually want. Since the set has products for a range of skin types, the brand advises keeping what works for your skin, and gifting what doesn’t.

MAC Cosmetics 24K Holiday Advent Calendar

MAC Cosmetics

24K Holiday Advent Calendar

$225

NORDSTROM

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $225
• Value: $471
• Best for: The giftee with a soft spot for artsy, edgy makeup looks.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: MAC’s Hyper Real Serumizer, a gel-like treatment that can be worn under makeup or alone, hydrates the skin with hyaluronic acid and boosts its radiance with a Japanese peony extract.
• Why We Love It: The iconic makeup brand packed a full face of makeup—with goodies for lashes, lips, and more—into a dazzling gold set. With metallic shadows, lip pencils, and lipsticks, it even has a setting spray to hold all the gleaming glam in place.
• What’s Included: The set holds 24 miniature and full-sized skin-care and makeup products, which feature a mix of bestsellers and new releases.
• What You’re Left With: A keepsake sleep mask—silky, black, and imprinted with a golden MAC logo—will help one catch up on beauty sleep long after the holidays.

Yves Saint Laurent Beauty Advent Calendar Holiday 2024

Yves Saint Laurent

Beauty Advent Calendar Holiday 2024

$330

YVES SAINT LAURENT

$330

SELFRIDGES

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $330
• Value: Not listed.
• Best For: The beauty lover who doesn’t shy away from a statement lip, dramatic eye, and perfume that leaves an intoxicating trail on the dance floor.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: Notes of lavender, orange blossom, and musk inspired by Yves Saint Laurent’s legendary Moroccan garden, infuse Libre eau de parfum, which is one of the dozens of gifts in this set.
• Why We Love It: Sometimes, one wants to turn heads like a French woman at Les Bains. With red lipsticks, heady perfumes, and lash-lengthening mascaras, this set has all the essentials to bring your inner Parisian muse to life.
• What’s Included: The gilded calendar holds 25 gifts from the beauty brand, including makeup, skincare, and fragrance.
• What You’re Left With: The travel-friendly products make for a complete French beauty kit that can make trips chicer for thousands of frequent flier miles to come. There’s also a keepsake mirror tucked inside one of the drawers.

Guerlain The Hive of Wonders Advent Calendar

Guerlain

The Hive of Wonders Advent Calendar

$720

GUERLAIN

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $720
• Value: Not listed
• Best For: Any fragrance-lover, particularly those with a penchant for French perfume, will find December mornings all the merrier as they uncover the treasures tucked inside this set.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: The miniature bottle of Shalimar offers a French icon in a format that fits inside the sleekest clutch. Rich in vanilla, bergamot, and iris, the fragrance has been a classic since 1925.
• Why We Love It: French jewelry designer Shourouk Rhaiem created the fantastical aesthetic of the 2024 calendar. For the magpie on your list, its opulent, shimmering design—which even includes sparkle-dusted drawer pulls—will be as appealing as the gifts inside.
• What’s Included: The 25 gifts focus on fragrance, with perfumes, scented candles, soaps, and perfumed ceramics in the mix. Skin-care products, including eye creams, face creams, and a lifting concentrate, round out the selection.
• What You’re Left With: The set contains seven miniature bottles of unisex scents from the L’Art & La Matière perfume collection. From the floral, musky Musc Outreblanc to the bittersweet Angelique Noire, there’s a fragrance to match the vibe of any holiday gathering.

Sephora Collection Advent Calendar

Sephora

Collection Advent Calendar

$50

SEPHORA

• Release Date: Available to shop now.
• Price: $132
• Value:
• Best for: The certified Sephora-lover will get a treasure trove of gifts from the brand’s signature collection.
• Vogue’s Standout Product: The Coconut Foot Masks offer the perfect excuse to put your feet up for 20 minutes and relax. While you meditate, read, or just zone out and inhale the tropical scent, coconut, and cactus extracts hydrate and soothe the skin.
• Why We Love It: The star-studded box is filled with fruit-scented solutions for winter dryness, including a cherry lip mask, blueberry eye masks, and the coconut foot masks mentioned above.
• What’s Included: A selection of 24 gifts includes skin care, hair care, makeup, and a bubble-bath-slash-shower-gel.
• What You’re Left With: Thanks to brightening eye cream and eye masks infused with tightening caffeine, the set leaves giftees looking bright-eyed and wide awake (even if the night before included just a few holiday toasts.)

When do Advent calendars go on sale?

The leaves have barely begun to change—is it too early to start your Advent calendar shopping? Trust us when we say no. The best Advent calendars go on sale months before the trees are trimmed, with the first ones hitting virtual shelves in August. After that, it’s a race to keep up with the festive drops, as brands and retailers release their anticipated offerings in a dizzying whirl that lasts through early November. And these are hotly anticipated. Wait too long to shop, and the best beauty Advent calendars will be out of stock, gone forever—poof!

Are beauty Advent calendars worth it?

Some beauty Advent calendars fall into the splurge category, but the truth is that the best of them vary widely in cost. In the past, Vogue editors (and all our giftees) have had our holiday seasons brightened by everything from Sisley Paris’s $780 calendar to Saks Fifth Avenue’s $225 iteration to Voluspa’s $75 offering. No matter the cost, most calendars do offer a considerable value. For instance, La Mer’s 12-piece gift set, with an estimated worth of $720, has a $500 price tag. And consider this: Saks Fifth Avenue’s 25-Day Advent Calendar, valued at $295, is worth a whopping $1,200. In the end, though, worth is a relative term. Along with the price of each calendar, consider how many gifts it holds and what’s inside. (Will it make you or your loved one light up like a fully lit menorah? Then it’s worth it!) Finally, consider that some of the calendars come in keepsake boxes that last well beyond the calendar year.

What are the most popular beauty Advent calendars?

Judging from the excited squeals that come from our beauty closet this time of year—instantly signaling that an Advent calendar has arrived—every calendar on this list has the capacity to delight even the most seasoned industry insiders. But their appeal extends far beyond Vogue HQ. These limited-edition goods tend to sell out fast, and sets from brands like Charlotte Tilbury, Jo Malone, Sephora, Harrods, and Saks Fifth Avenue whiz off the shelves particularly fast.

What is the most luxurious Advent calendar?

When the world’s top luxury brands pour their savoir-faire into Advent calendars, the results are—predictably—the height of luxury. To wit: In 2024, Dior’s $750Dior Le 30 Montaigne Dior Beauty Advent Calendar is filled with the brand’s best-loved fragrances, lipsticks, and serums; it also featured long-wearing lipsticks that were fresh off the runway. Also rather luxe, Diptyque’s $500 luxury advent calendar holds eau de parfums, candles, and hand lotions. For skin, look out for luxurious offerings from La Mer, Augustinus Bader, and Sisley for glowing skin in no time.

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