Beauty advent calendar season is upon us, which means our favorite skincare, makeup, candle, and self-care brands have been busy creating glorious holiday collections for us to enjoy and gift to others. After all, nothing captures that holiday joy like receiving a tiny gift every single day in December. So, we found the best beauty advent calendars for you to shop in 2024.
Luckily, there are so many worth-it calendars available right now. Luxurious options hail from the best designer beauty brands, like the just-released calendar from Charlotte Tilbury and Diptyque's candle-centric calendar. Retailers make some our favorite 25-day countdowns, too. Just take a peek at Sephora's multiple calendar options this year for proof. Some advent calendars even hit the under-$100 mark if you’re gifting on a budget but still want to shower your loved ones in beauty goodies. Better yet, so many of these options come with full-size products hidden behind one of the secret little doors. So whether you or your giftee wants to experiment with a new serum or buzzy perfume, an advent calendar remains one of our go-to options during the holidays.
Ahead, we broke down exactly what you’ll find in each of the best beauty advent calendars on the market—without spoiling the surprise of which product you’ll get on each day, of course—as well as how many days each calendar lasts and any other key details you should know before you buy one for a loved one—or for yourself. We won't judge.
Marie Claire's Favorite Beauty Advent Calendars
- Best Overall Beauty Advent Calendar: Diptyque Advent Calendar 25-Piece Scented Treasures Set
- Best Viral Beauty Advent Calendar: Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Beauty Treasure Chest of Love
- Best Luxury Beauty Advent Calendar: Augustinus Bader The 12 Days of Bader Advent Calendar
- Best Fragrance-Focused Beauty Advent Calendar: Voluspa Japonica Advent Calendar
- Best Nail-Focused Beauty Advent Calendar: Aprés Nail Christmas Advent Calendar 2024
- Best Under-$100 Beauty Advent Calendar: L'Occitane 24 Days of Beauty Advent Calendar 2024
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Diptyque's annual calendar includes a mix of limited edition and best-selling candles from the cult-favorite candle brand. Celebrity fans include Victoria Beckham, Adele, Zoey Deutch, Rita Ora, and more, and this set includes a ton of their favorite Diptyque options. Our picks include the festive Feu De Bois candle and the sweet-smelling Mimosa Candle, both of which will give you a scent break from the wintery-options on this list.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 25
Value of Contents: None
Number of Full-Size Products:
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Charlotte Tilbury's Charlotte's Beauty Treasure Chest of Love is our pick for the best viral advent calendar. Here's why: not only is the 12-day calendar housed in a glamorous little red box, but the products inside—a quarter of which are full-sized—are worth buying all by themselves. The Lip Cheat lip pencil, beloved by Phoebe Dynevor, and the Beauty Light Wand, used by Madison Beer (and legions of fans on TikTok), are inside.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 12
Value of Contents: $300
Number of Full-Size Products: Three
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There is so much to love about this Augustinus Bader advent calendar. It includes products used by dozens of celebrities, and the price is a bargain compared to what the full-size products retail for alone. For reference, one bottle of The Rich Cream—used and adored by Hailey Bieber and Demi Moore—can run you $300, and that's just one of the 12 deluxe-sized samples in this kit. Other goodies include the eye patches (which I used on my wedding day) and the brand's penultimate classic, The Cream.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 12
Value of Contents: $868
Number of Full-Size Products: None
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Luxury candles are some of my favorite self-care investments, and this Voluspa advent calendar makes it incredibly easy to stock up. It contains 12 days of pint-sized options in a range of delicious notes, from subtle amber to sweet sparkling wine. If you love to host around the holidays, just light one of these and your home will smell so delicious and cozy for your seasonal gatherings.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 12
Number of Full-Size Products: None
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Nail lovers, this one is for you. Aprés Nail's 2024 advent calendar includes 25 days of goodies, including six gel polishes, a cuticle serum, gel tips, and nail stickers to give you the cutest festive manicure. Fan favorites sit alongside new launches exclusive to this set, ensuring you have everything you need to achieve a salon-quality manicure at home.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 25
Number of Full-Size Products: Six
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Aprés Nail Gel Color in Angel Feathers, $15
French body care brand L'Occitane has the ideal calendar for 2024 if you or your loved ones are in need of luxurious hydration, complete with a mix of top-selling minis from the line. Hero ingredients like shea butter and almond oil are included in the formulas, which include bestsellers like the Ultra Rich Body Cream and the Almond Shower Scrub. If the French girl aesthetic is your gifting goal this season, you can't go wrong with the option.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 24
Value of Contents: $115
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Other Beauty Advent Calendars We Love
We love Bluemercury for its top-notch selection of luxe, backed-by-science beauty products and tools. This "dazzling" advent calendar includes so many (31!) of our favorites in one cute little set perfect for gifting. Brands inside include RMS Beauty, 111 Skin, Supergoop! La Mer, and more. Consider it the perfect way to test out all of your favorite brands before going all-in and buying a full-size option.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 31
Value of Contents: $1,315
Number of Full-Size Products: None
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La Mer Crème de La Mer Face Cream, $100
When Dermstore's Anniversary Sale rolled around earlier this year, I made a point to stock up on my luxury skincare favorites. In reality, I should have just waited for this advent calendar to come out instead. It's full of 21 products, 10 of which are full-sized, including a $100 face serum from SkinCeuticals and an acne spot treatment from French pharmacy favorite brand La Roche-Posay. I'm sold.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 21
Value of Contents: $900
Number of Full-Size Products: 10
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SkinCeuticals Phyto A+ Brightening Treatment Lightweight Moisturizer, $100
La Roche-Posay Effaclar Adapalene Gel 0.1% Retinoid Acne Treatment, $36
This advent calendar hails from the French vegan beauty brand Typography. It includes 24 days-worth of product upgrades for your skincare routine, 15 of which are full-sized. Our favorites include the brand's cult-favorite Untinted Lip Oil (which retails for $30 on its own) alongside a selection of best-selling face serums and moisturizers to add a little je ne sais quoi to your winter skincare routine.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 24
Value of Contents: $534
Number of Full-Size Products: 15
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So many of the first-ever skincare products I bought for myself are from Kiehl's, and I still adore the brand today. This Open For Advent-Ure Gift Set from the brand includes 24 days of hidden skincare gems behind each of the tiny doors. Favorites include the brand's iconic Creme de Corps body cream (a winter skin essential in my routine) and the Ultra Facial Cream, one of my all-time favorite lightweight moisturizers. Other highlights include the top-selling Midnight Recovery Concentrate Face Oil, which works hard to fade those pesky hyperpigmentation patches.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 24
Value of Contents: $293
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If you've never shopped for products from Brazilian brand Natura before, let this gift set guide dazzle you with its range of top-sellers. The line was Brazil's first to become carbon neutral (before it was trendy to do so, way back in 2007!) and it still prioritizes fair-trade ingredients, 100 percent vegan formulas, and ecological packaging. This 12-day calendar includes a selection of body and haircare favorites from the line, all of which will leave you nourished and deeply moisturized.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 12
Number of Full-Size Products: None
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Ekos Tukuma Nourishing Body Lotion, $27
While this gift set isn't technically an advent calendar, it's worth picking up this winter. It includes 15 goodies (14 of which are full-sized) hidden within one massive silver bag, all of which total $746. It includes a mix of exclusive launches and fan favorites like a collagen-boosting set and an oil-to-milk cleanser that over 3,000 five-star reviews. I'm sold, and my skin is, too.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 15
Value of Contents: $746
Number of Full-Size Products: 14
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Luxury skincare brand Sisley Paris is back with another swoon-worthy 25-day advent calendar. But before you balk at the $825 price tag, consider this—just one of the products in this, a face oil from the brand's Black Rose line, costs a whopping $285. Also, the total retail value surpasses $1,000. The gorgeous set includes a mix of hair and skincare products like the face above oil, a tinted lip balm that's guaranteed to be your everyday shade, and one of Marie Claire's tried-and-tested favorite liquid eyeshadows.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 25
Value of Contents: $1,048
Number of Full-Size Products: Three
Marie Claire's Favorite Products:
Black Rose Precious Face Oil, $285
Space NK has one of the best beauty selections on the market, and this 25-day calendar is proof. It's not available to shop (yet!), but that doesn't mean you can't get your credit card out and pre-order it to arrive before the holidays. It contains a whopping 23 full-size products inside, making it the one with the most generous options on this list. This is the one to buy if you (or someone you love) already rely on the products inside and could use a re-up.
Available To Shop?: Yes
Number of Days: 25
Value of Contents: $1563
Number of Full-Size Products: 23
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Liberty's Beauty Advent Calendar is iconic year after year. For 2024, it returns with a selection of 28 products, 18 of which are full-sized. Highlights include the Sunday Riley Good Genes Serum, a favorite of mine when my dull skin could use a revamp, and the OUAI Detox clarifying shampoo. You can shop it now for a retail price of just $345, a fraction of the nearly $2,000 retail value. That means you'll, on average, get each goodie for just $12 a day.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 28
Value of Contents: $1,700
Number of Full-Size Products: 18
Marie Claire's Favorite Products:
Sunday Riley Good Genes Serum, $140
OUAI Detox Shampoo, $32
I adore Bobbi Brown's range of cosmetics. The brand's calendar is currently sitting in my shopping cart for that very reason. It includes 12 days of goodies across skincare and makeup, including the Vitamin-Enriched Face Base and the Long-Wear Cream Eyeshadow Stick I always keep in my makeup bag. There are three full-sized products inside, too, but you'll have to wait and see what they are once you scoop the set.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 12
Value of Contents: $299
Number of Full-Size Products: Three
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Sephora Collection's range is seriously underrated. If you've been meaning to try something from the line but don't know what to go for, this calendar includes 24 of its best-selling items, like lip glosses and lip plumpers, many of which have found a cult following on social media. Other highlights include sheet and eye masks that are perfect for throwing into your travel makeup bag, hand creams to keep in your purse, and more.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 24
Value of Contents: $170
Number of Full-Size Products: None
Marie Claire's Favorite Products:
Sephora Collection Glossed Lip Gloss in 35 Confident, $14
Sephora Collection Outrageous Intense in Lip Plumper in 02 Inferno, $14
Jo Malone's range of products has a long list of celebrity fans. Meghan Markle swears by the line's Wood Sage & Sea Salt fragrance, and Sofia Richie-Grainge has is a devotee of the English Pear and Freesia combination. 25 of those A-lister scents are found in this year's advent calendar. Now, you can try every one of the best-selling items for less—at roughly $20 per product. You know you have a worth-it deal when one body cream can go for nearly five times that amount.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 25
Number of Full-Size Products: None
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Bloomingdale's 25-day Beauty Advent Calendar includes four full-size products. I won't tell you which ones are which—that would ruin the surprise! Instead, I'll say that it's an incredible selection across the beauty, skincare, and fragrance categories. It's rare to find cult-favorite luxury perfume brands like Le Labo included in a gift set, but this has a sample size of the brand's Another 13 scent behind one of the pretty doors. Also inside is a cult-favorite eyeshadow stick beloved by Marie Claire editors and celebrity makeup artists.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 25
Value of Contents: $900
Number of Full-Size Products: Four
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A-listers like Emma Chamberlain and Marie Claire's beauty team love Lancôme's range of products. This 24-day calendar includes several of our favorite products from the brand, like the iconic Lash Idôle mascara and one of the L’Absolu Rouge Matte lipsticks. Everything—including six full-sized products—is housed in a navy blue box with a starry night theme. I can almost picture it glimmering on your mantlepiece or underneath your Christmas tree.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 24
Value of Contents: $693
Number of Full-Size Products: Six
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La Mer is one of those chic luxury brands that I wish I could afford to buy full price, but sadly, I cannot (at least not yet). Luckily this 12-day calendar makes it easy for me to stock up on the products I've been stealing from my mom for nearly two decades, like the Moisturizing Soft Cream and the Eye Concentrate. Also, do not overlook the Lip Balm included here—it's the only lip balm that soothes my dry, cracked lips in the winter.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 12
Value of Contents: $720
Number of Full-Size Products: None
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Paula's Choice is a if-you-know-you-know skincare brand renowned for its acne-clearing, glow-boosting products and potent active ingredients. This advent calendar includes the line's best-selling Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant for Clear Skin alongside a moisturizer with a touch of Vitamin C (and SPF!) to keep your skin dewy and spot-free all year long.
Available To Shop? Yes
Number of Days: 7
Value of Contents: $139
Number of Full-Size Products: 2
Marie Claire's Favorite Products:
Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant for Clear Skin, $35
Paula's Choice Vitamin C Sheer Facial Moisturizer SPF 50, $45
