This beauty advent calendar is worth more than £1,000, but costs £98

Avant’s Odyssey Advent Calendar 2026 costs less than £100 - (Avant/The Standard)

In the last decade or so, the world of ultra-luxe beauty advent calendars has officially taken over. Long gone are the days of a bit of bog-standard supermarket choccy, this is the big leagues.

Comfortably toe-to-toe with the beauty advent calendar headliners of John Lewis, Liberty, Harrods, and Cult Beauty, Avant has entered the game for 2026 in a pretty major way. How? With a line-up of twenty-five skincare treasures, primed for New Year wellness.