Ladies Advent calendars

I must be doing something right to be emailed so many luxuary beauty calendar! I've had the You advent calendar which was around £70 if I remember, the Jo Malone which was nearly £300 and know from past experience that both Selfridges and I think Harrods will launch something soon but neither hit far below the £100 mark.


I never buy any of them. I just like to see what's around, I know they state they are worth £xxx amount but that's if you were interested in every single product in the box and I rarely am- even if I could afford them!


I also wanted to add that last year my niece was bought a Yankee candle calendar. She liked the fact that there was a new candle every day (she was 11) and if she shoved her nose a mm away from it she could just about smell something but fact is, when we lit a handful of them in a small room no one could detect any sort of a scent, it would have been a cute calendar if it had lived up to what it was supposed to do but I ended up feeling sorry for my niece who really deserved better than this.

This is a pretty comprehensive overview of the beauty ones that are coming out:

http://theldndiaries.com/the-best-advent-calendars-for-2016/

I'm still deciding I've ruled out the really expensive ones, then candle ones, and a couple (e.g. You Beauty) where I won't use too many of the contents. Still investigating a few others!

I just picked up the Aldi one today - I think some people will be disappointed by it, and it's not as good value as many others out there.

I bought it after reading the listing on the back though, and it's perfect for me right now - it contains multiple mini facial serums (most repeated several times) and some face cream. Given facial serum is the one thing I'm really short of right now, it was perfect. Otherwise I'm not sure I'd recommend it.