Summer may be barely over, but in the beauty world, Christmas has officially arrived. Yes, like it or loathe it, beauty advent calendar season is already upon us, with some of the biggest names and retailers revealing their 2026 offerings months ahead of the festivities.
And, as ever, there’s a lot to sift through. This year’s calendars span everything from bumper edits packed with full-sized products to more specialist perfume, K-beauty and wellness offerings, with some claiming values of well over £1,000. So, which are actually worth knowing about? Below, we’re keeping track of the best beauty advent calendars of 2026 as they’re announced, including what’s inside, how much they cost and when you can get your hands on them.
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Price: £99
Number of products: 18
Number of full-sized products: 9
What's inside: Designed to offer 12 days of feel-good indulgence, this Harrods edit brings together haircare, bodycare, skincare and fragrance from some of beauty’s most-loved brands, including Kérastase and Color Wow, Philip Kingsley’s cult Elasticizer, Chāmpo’s Pitta Growth Serum, as well as indulgent bodycare from Sol de Janeiro and fragrances from Kayali.
Available: Now
Price: £270
Number of products: 32
Number of full-sized products: 21
What's inside: The pièce de résistance in Harrods’ 2026 festive collection, this 25-day calendar brings together 32 luxury skincare, makeup, haircare and fragrance discoveries (with an impressive 21 of them being full-sized). There's Augustinus Bader’s The Rich Eye Cream, Charlotte Tilbury’s Pillow Talk Matte Revolution Lipstick, Sisley’s Le Phyto Rouge and skincare from Tatcha, Valmont and Medik8, to name a few, as well as a £75 CurrentBody voucher.
Available: Now
Price: £250 (worth £1,160)
Number of products: 41
Number of full-sized products: 23
What's inside: John Lewis’ biggest beauty advent calendar to date packs 41 products into 25 drawers (with more than half full-size). Perhaps most excitingly, beauty tech joins the line-up with a FOREO UFO 3 Mini (worth £129), alongside skincare and makeup heroes like Medik8 Hydr8 B5 Serum, La Mer The Lip Balm, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty Light Wand and Fenty Beauty Hella Thicc Mascara. You’ll also find goodies from Skin Rocks, Elemis and Sisley, plus fragrance, haircare and bodycare favourites.
Available: Preorder now
Price: £245 (worth over £1100)
Number of products: 33
Number of full-size products: 19
What's inside? An impressive 33-piece edit from Cult Beauty’s portfolio, worth over £1,100 and featuring 19 full-size products, all housed inside a botanical-inspired box illustrated by Swindler & Swindler.
The line-up spans some genuinely excellent beauty names, including Westman Atelier, Augustinus Bader, VIEVE, Hourglass, Sunday Riley and Patrick Ta. Makeup highlights include the Patrick Ta Major Headlines Double-Take Cream + Powder Blush Duo, Westman Atelier Eye Want You Mascara, Hourglass Unlocked Satin Creme Lipstick and Saie Dew Blush, while skincare is particularly strong, with Medik8 Advanced Pro-Collagen+ Peptide Cream, Paula’s Choice Clinical Pro Retinaldehyde Dual-Retinoid Treatment, Sunday Riley Tidal Deep Hydration and Plumping Serum and The Ordinary Multi-Active Delivery Essence. Hair and body aren’t an afterthought either, with Fable & Mane, Gisou, Maria Nila, Sol de Janeiro and L’Occitane all making an appearance.
There’s also an extra incentive hidden inside three calendars: a Golden Ticket worth £1,000 to spend at Cult Beauty. This year, the calendar supports MindOut, a mental health charity working with LGBTQ+ communities.
Available: Now
Price: £245 (worth over £1100)
Number of products: 38
Number of full-size products: 17
What's inside? The Special Edition is an alternative take on the Signature, available for the same price (and with the same £1,100 value), but with a slightly different focus. While much of the core line-up remains the same, the Special contains 38 products rather than 33, with 17 full sizes compared with the Signature’s 19.
The biggest difference is fragrance. Exclusive to the Special are travel sizes of Kilian Angels’ Share Eau de Parfum, KAYALI Musk Santal 34, Escentric Molecules Escentric 01 and Fugazzi Pomegranoudh, plus Sol de Janeiro’s Cheirosa ’48 Perfume Mist. There’s more for hair obsessives, too, with K18 AirWash Dry Shampoo, Davines OI All in One Milk, Color Wow Xtra Large Bombshell Volumizer and an Amika SoulStruck Nourishing Dry Hair Mask.
You won’t find the Signature’s Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm, Fable & Mane HoliRoots Hair Oil, Augustinus Bader The Rich Cream or Sol de Janeiro Body Badalada ’48 Lotion here, so choosing between the two really comes down to what you’d rather unwrap: the Signature leans a little more towards skincare and full-size treats, while the Special makes more room for fragrance and hair.
Available: Now
Price: £120 (worth £665)
Number of products: 27
Number of full-sized products: 19
What's inside: Look Fantastic's line-up is particularly strong on recognisable beauty staples. There’s a full-size Medik8 Total Moisture Daily Cleansing Gel, Clinique Moisture Surge 100 Hour Auto-Replenishing Hydrator, Benefit Roller Lash, MAC Fix+ Setting Spray and The Ordinary UV Filters SPF 45 Serum, while hair gets full-size appearances from Hair by Sam McKnight, Color Wow and Aveda. Other highlights include Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder Ultra Blur, Sol de Janeiro Cheirosa ’40 Perfume Mist and a 30ml Elemis Pro-Collagen Night Cream.
There are some fun additions beyond the usual skincare and makeup, too, including The White Company’s Amalfi Lemon Luxury Home Spray and reusable eye patches from Lookfantastic. A solid option with serious savings.
Available: Now
Price: £300 (worth £672)
Number of products: 24
Number of full-sized products: 12
What's inside: What could be more dreamy than a December full of Bamford's skincare, bodycare and home fragrance, as well as six wellness tools and five ritual cards designed to encourage moments of calm and self-care. Highlights include the Geranium Candle, B Silent Bath Salts and Pillow Mist, Nurturing Face Oil and B Balanced Body Oil, alongside a gua sha, body brush and crystals.
Available: Now
Price: £299 (worth £547)
Number of products: 24
Number of full-sized products: 24
What's inside: There's so much to love about Cowshed, including the fact that it has done away with miniatures entirely for its 24-day calendar, filling every box with a full-sized product spanning body, hand, hair and home fragrance. Favourites include the new Log Cabin Warm Spice, Pine & Amber candle, Refresh Hand Wash, Active and Replenish Bath & Shower Gels, Restore Hand Cream and Relax Body Lotion. Plus, it all comes housed in a handwoven monochrome wicker hamper designed to be reused long after Christmas—no cramming into the recycling here.
Available: Now
Price: £195 (worth over £514)
Number of products: 25
Number of full-sized products: 17
What's inside: Celebrating 45 years of Neal’s Yard Remedies, this year’s calendar is its most generous yet, with 25 skincare, body care and wellbeing treats tucked behind 24 doors. The line-up leans heavily into the brand’s much-loved Frankincense collection, including the full-sized Frankincense Intense Triple Action Melting Cleanser and Age-Defying Eye Cream, alongside a Damask Rose Facial Oil, Oat & Ceramide Barrier Repair Cream and Vitamin C Brightening Booster.
There’s a plethora of aromatherapy and body care, too, including a Goodnight Pillow Mist (which is a staple in every beauty editor's nightstand), De-Stress Aromatherapy Blend and two Remedies to Roll. Three new launches make their debut—the Frankincense Intense Hydrating Essence, Ceramic Aroma Diffuser and Sweet Dreams Sleep Mask—while the Morris & Co. design celebrates the brand’s Covent Garden beginnings.
Available: Pre-order now; available nationwide from 16th September.
Price: £180 (worth £453)
Number of products: 24
Number of full-sized products: 9
What's inside: Think of this as a greatest-hits edit of Clinique, spanning skincare, makeup and body care. Makeup is particularly strong, with both shades of the cult Almost Lipstick—Black Honey and Pink Honey—alongside High Impact Mascara, Quickliner for Eyes Intense and Chubby Stick Sculpting Highlight. Skincare highlights include Moisture Surge 100H Auto-Replenishing Hydrator, Smart Clinical Repair Wrinkle Correcting Eye Cream, All About Eyes and a selection of the brand’s much-loved cleansers and moisturisers. There’s even a Clinique-branded mirror tucked inside.
Available: Now
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Price: £275 (worth over £1,200)
Number of products: 35
Number of full-sized products: 26
What's inside: This calendar is a seriously impressive one, with 35 products across 25 days, including a whopping 26 full sizes and 31 products exclusive to the calendar. The line-up is even more impressive, if that's even possible—highlights include full-sized Sunday Riley Good Genes, Augustinus Bader The Body Cream, Hourglass Unreal Liquid Blush in Whim, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty Light Wand in Pinkgasm, Skin Rocks The Cleansing Balm and Medik8 Exo-PDRN Prismatic+. There’s plenty of makeup and hair, too, from Rare Beauty, REFY, Fenty, Lisa Eldridge, K18, Olaplex and Color Wow, while fragrance comes courtesy of Phlur and D.S. & Durga. And, because apparently that still isn’t enough, there’s even a 15ml pot of Crème de la Mer behind door 24.
Available: 10th September; waitlist open now.
Price: £140 (worth £500+)
Number of products: 28
Number of full-sized products: 23
What's inside: K-Beauty fans rejoice: PURESEOUL’s first-ever K-Beauty Advent Calendar packs 28 Korean beauty favourites into a 24-day countdown, including an impressive 23 full-sized products.
The latest reveals include Torriden’s DIVE-IN Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Serum, Abib Collagen Eye Patches, Hanskin Pink Lotus PDRN Hyaluron Glow Plumping Cream and SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Hyalu-Cica Water-Fit Sun Serum SPF50+. Medicube’s cult Zero Pore Pads are also in the mix, alongside the ilso Deep Clean Master tool. With more products still to be unveiled, it’s already shaping up to be a particularly strong edit of some of K-Beauty’s biggest and buzziest names.
Available: Waitlist now open
Price: £278
Number of products: 12
Number of full-sized products: 2
What's inside: Tatcha’s 12-day advent calendar is a tightly curated edit of the brand’s bestsellers alongside some of its latest launches from the past 12 months. Inside, you'll find mini versions of The Dewy Skin Cream, The Water Cream, Indigo Overnight Repair and The Rice Polish Classic, alongside newer additions like The Longevity Memory Cream and The Melting Lip Balm in Reddo.
Release date: Waitlist now open
Price: £190 (worth £624)
Number of products: 25
Number of full-sized products: 12(l
What's inside: ESPA’s 25-day Moments of Wellness calendar blends skincare, bodycare and aromatherapy with wellness accessories, including 14 new launches for 2026. Highlights include the new Tri-Active Regenerating Bio Retinol Sleeping Serum, Replenishing Treatment Oil and Yuzu & Ginger Cleansing Sorbet, alongside the bestselling Optimal Skin Pro Serum. There’s also a Winter Spice Candle, silk sleep mask, and rose quartz gua sha so you can create a (likely much-needed) spa experience at home.
Available: Waitlist now open, releasing 3rd September
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Price: £225
Number of products: 12
Number of full-sized products: 7
What's inside: Harrods’ 12-day fragrance calendar is an exploration of niche and luxury perfumery, bringing together scents from celebrated houses including Ex Nihilo, Jeroboam, Thameen and Parfums de Marly. Spanning florals, gourmands and opulent ouds, the edit also includes four fragrances available exclusively at Harrods worldwide, making it particularly appealing for collectors and fragrance aficionados and probably the reason it almost instantly sold out. There's always next year...
Available: Sold out
