This year, Space NK’s beauty advent calendar has stood out among the best for its impressive skincare line-up with Skin Rocks, Tatcha and Medik8 featured, plus real hero products where make-up and haircare is concerned. Now though, the retailer has a new entry in the race, and it’s for luxury beauty lovers.
The original advent calendar is not short of premium brands – think Augustinus Bader, La Mer and Lisa Eldridge – but it’s balanced with favourites you’ll find away from the beauty counters of Liberty and Selfridges. The new luxury advent calendar on the other hand is for those who like the finer things in life, with names like Sisley-Paris, Armani, YSL Beauty and Westman Atelier included.
Space NK’s main 25-day advent calendar is worth more than £1,200, but its luxury offering is worth £1,500, despite only consisting of 12 days. Inside there are 24 products, so you can expect two items behind each door. However at a huge £410, the price is proving controversial.
Intrigued? Read on for all I know so far, including contents, release date and more.
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Space NK 12 days of luxury advent calendar
Any beauty advent calendar feels like a treat, but the Space NK’s 12 days of luxury looks like it has that extra wow factor. Before delving into the product list, it seems like a good deal with 24 items worth £1,500. Space NK says 18 of them are full sized but I can only count 13 plus the make-up bag and sleep mask, which makes me a little dubious. It also costs £410 which is far more than Liberty’s £285 luxury calendar and pips Jo Malone’s £375 advent calendar – putting it firmly in the premium category.
Judging by the list, big names in luxury haven’t just been thrown in but seen across are hard-working skincare and polished make-up products. With 111Skin repair serum, Sisley black rose cream and La Mer renewal oil, the advent calendar is targeted at those after smoothing, cellular repair, texture refinement, and skin firming from their routine. There are products offering deep hydration and skin barrier support too, with Tatcha the essence, Omorovicza queen mist, and a La Prairie cleanser.
Make-up wise, it’s a curated luxury edit that will offer an effortless, polished look with Westman Atelier’s powder duo, Chantecaille’s lip chic, and an Armani eye tint among the line-up.
Value-wise, the Augustinus Bader the eyebrow and lash enhancing serum is worth £125 alone, the Eighth Day resurfacing toner pads are £105 and the Sisley-Paris black rose skin infusion cream is usually £122.
Products I’m less fussed about are the mini Oribe shampoo and conditioner, the mini Aespo body cleanser, the silk eye mask and the Space NK mini travel bag as they feel like filler, though might suit the frequent flyers among us. Online, some shoppers feel the price cannot be justified and are disappointed with the products included.
When is the Space NK 12 days of luxury available to shop?
Early access starts on 6 October and you can sign up to be notified about its drop on the Space NK website.
What’s inside?
- Aesop geranium leaf body cleanser, 100ml travel size
- Armani eye tint in tea rose 40s, 3ml travel size
- Augustinus Bader the eyebrow and lash enhancing serum, 8ml full size
- Augustinus Bader the eye patches, single, full size
- Chantecaille lip chic in bourbon rose, 2g full size
- Eighth Day resurfacing toner pads, 45 pads full size
- Environ vital peptide eye gel, 10ml full size
- Eve Lom cleansing balm, 20ml travel size
- Kilian Paris good girl gone bad eau de parfum, 30ml full size
- L'Occitane shea butter hand cream, 75ml deluxe travel size
- La Mer the renewal oil, 15ml travel size
- La Prairie foaming cleanser, 125ml full size
- Lisa Eldridge kitten lash mascara in black, 8ml full size
- Omorovicza queen of hungary mist, 100ml full size
- Oribe gold lust repair & restore shampoo, 75ml travel size
- Oribe gold lust repair & restore conditioner, 50ml travel size
- Shiseido benefiance wrinkle smoothing eye cream, 15ml full size
- Sisley-Paris black rose skin infusion cream, 30ml full size
- Slip silk eye mask in pink
- Space NK mini travel bag, chocolate brown
- Tatcha the essence, 75ml travel size
- Westman Atelier the powder duos in fizz + jam, 10g full size
- YSL Beauty touché éclat blur primer, 30ml full size
- 111Skin repair serum nac y2, 15ml travel size
Buy now £410, Spacenk.com
Not for you? Read my full review of Lookfantastic’s £50 K-beauty advent calendar
