M&S beauty advent calendar 2023
- Price: £45 (when you spend £35 on clothing or home)
- Worth: £340
- Number of days: 25
- Product sizes: 17 mini size, 8 full size
- Available: Now
- Why we love it
- Packaged in a reusable make-up bag
- Affordable
- Good mix of full-size and mini products
Overflowing with gifts for every day of your countdown to Christmas, you’ll find 25 beauty products inside the calendar. Scoring top marks for packaging, all the advent boxes are neatly slotted into a large metallic vanity case that you’ll use long after December, whether as a travel case or storage box. A nice touch that adds to the calendar’s overall value, it’s a far more useful addition than most beauty advent calendar boxes.
As always, we’re treated to a nice mix of high-end brands (think Ren and Clinique), as well as M&S’s popular in-house brands (the Apothecary hand cream and clay mask feel luxurious). From a Pixi brow tamer that we used to brush up our eyebrows, that Benefit roller lash curling mascara that has deserving cult status, and a shimmery pink Clinique lip colour, your party make-up is sorted.
Meanwhile, the full-size Ren cleansing gel (worth £25 alone), travel-size Clinque moisture surge and Dr Paw Paw overnight lip mask will help rejuvenate December skin after one too many parties.
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M&S hasn’t scrimped on its hair and body offering, either, with mini-size Philip Kingsley shampoo and two conditioning formulas; a Percy & Reed volumising oil that doesn’t leave any greasy residue; Nuxe multi-purpose dry oil (which smells exquisite); Aveda botanical repair styling creme, and This Works deep sleep body cocoon all found inside.
Containing both full-size and mini products, some will make lovely gifts, too – particularly the nicely packaged L’Occitane hand cream and the full-size Verveine shower gel.
If previous years are anything to go by, the calendar is likely to sell out (fast). Whether you shop Sienna Miller’s covetable autumn collection with M&S or revamp your interiors with the shop’s homeware lines, you’ll need to spend £35 to secure the calendar for just £45.