The Best Beauty Advent Calendars
Beauty advent calendars have become one of the easiest ways to discover new skincare, makeup, haircare and fragrance, with 2026 bringing some particularly generous collections. From accessible high-street favourites to luxury boxes packed with full-size products, there is something for almost every beauty budget. For more festive shopping inspiration, see our guides to the best advent calendars of 2026 and best fragrance advent calendars of 2026.
From cult beauty names to new discoveries, these are the best beauty advent calendars of 2026, including the sets worth buying before they sell out.
M&S Beauty Advent Calendar
M&S has packed a lot into its 2026 Beauty Advent Calendar, with 25 beauty treats worth more than £450 for £75. The selection covers skincare, makeup, haircare and fragrance, combining familiar beauty names with M&S favourites for a calendar that feels deliberately varied rather than focused on one particular category. It is the sort of set that works well if you enjoy discovering a little of everything, with enough everyday essentials to make the contents feel useful alongside the more indulgent finds. At £75, it also makes a convincing case for anyone who wants a substantial beauty advent calendar without moving into the more expensive end of the market.
Sephora Collection Premium Advent Calendar
If you have yet to properly explore Sephora Collection, its 2026 Premium Advent Calendar is a good place to start. Priced at £99.99 and worth £249.39, it contains 24 beauty treats, an impressive 22 of which are full size. The selection covers makeup, skincare and accessories, with blush, gloss, mascara, highlighter and setting spray joined by practical extras including a scalp massager, eye brush, scrunchie and glitter hair clip. Rather than filling the calendar with tiny samples, Sephora has made this feel much closer to a proper beauty haul, with products you can actually work into your routine. For anyone keen to discover more of the Sephora Collection range, it is one of the more convincing beauty advent calendars at this price point.
Harrods Beauty Advent Calendar
Harrods goes firmly into luxury territory with its 2026 Beauty Advent Calendar, containing 34 beauty products worth more than £1,780 for £270. There are 21 full-size products among the selection, spanning skincare, makeup, haircare and body care from names including Augustinus Bader, Charlotte Tilbury, Sisley, Tatcha and Valmont. It is the kind of calendar where the brand list alone makes the contents worth investigating, but the unusually high number of full-size products gives it considerably more staying power than a box of miniature samples. At £270, it is a significant festive purchase, but for anyone who wants a genuinely luxury beauty edit in one beautifully packaged countdown, the value is difficult to overlook.
Space NK Beauty Advent Calendar
Space NK’s 2026 Beauty Advent Calendar brings together 35 products, including 26 full-size treats, with a total value of more than £1,200 for £275. The mix moves across skincare, makeup, haircare, body care and fragrance, with standout products from Lisa Eldridge, VIEVE, Summer Fridays, K18, Fenty Beauty, Sunday Riley, Charlotte Tilbury and Hourglass. There are also some serious skincare names in the mix, including Augustinus Bader and La Mer, alongside cult favourites from Tatcha, Laneige, Rare Beauty, Glossier, Olaplex and Color Wow. With more than three-quarters of the contents being full size, this feels less like a month of samples and more like a substantial beauty haul, making it one of the stronger luxury beauty advent calendars for 2026.
ELLE Beauty Advent Calendar
The ELLE Beauty Advent Calendar gets a particularly stylish update for 2026, arriving in a bold red Chopova Lowena print that is designed to be kept and reused long after Christmas. Inside are 27 beauty treats, including 20 full-size products and seven deluxe samples, spanning skincare, haircare, makeup, body care and fragrance. The selection has been curated by the ELLE beauty team, giving it the feel of a considered beauty edit rather than a box assembled purely for quantity.
Cult Beauty Advent Calendar
Cult Beauty gives beauty obsessives two advent calendars to choose from in 2026, but it is the Special Edition that particularly caught our attention. Priced at £245 and containing 38 products worth more than £1,100, it brings together skincare, makeup, haircare and a notably strong fragrance selection. Westman Atelier, Charlotte Tilbury, Medik8, Glow Recipe, Patrick Ta, Hourglass, Danessa Myricks Beauty, Paula’s Choice, K18 and Sunday Riley are among the names inside, while fragrance comes courtesy of Eccentric Molecules, Fugazzi, KAYALI, Kilian Paris and Sol de Janeiro.
Jo Loves Advent Calendar
Jo Loves takes a fragrance-led approach to its 2026 Advent Calendar, combining 11 fragrances with four scented votives and nine bath and body treats across 24 doors, before finishing with a rather useful surprise. The fragrance selection includes five 10ml scents, two 15ml fragrances and four Fragrance Paintbrush™ brush-on scents, offering plenty of opportunity to explore the Jo Loves collection. There are also limited-edition treats created exclusively for the calendar, including With Love from London, With Love from Capri and a Nutmeg & Incense Votive.
Liberty Advent Calendar
Liberty’s 2026 Beauty Advent Calendar is another strong contender for the luxury end of the market, with 29 products worth more than £1,300 for £285. Of those, 21 are full size, alongside a Liberty print drawstring bag, and the edit spans skincare, makeup, fragrance, haircare and body care. This year brings nine new brands to the calendar, with 26 products appearing for the first time, including names such as Augustinus Bader, Sunday Riley, Sisley Paris, U Beauty, Trinny London, ILIA, Lisa Eldridge, Violette_FR, Davines and Jones Road. The skincare offering is particularly strong, but the variety keeps it from feeling too one-note. Liberty says its advent calendar has sold out for 11 consecutive years, so this is one worth moving on quickly if you have your eye on it.
Boots 24 Days of Luxe Beauty Advent Calendar
Boots’ 24 Days of Luxe is the flagship beauty advent calendar for 2026, arriving in a reusable burgundy chest filled with 24 drawers of makeup, skincare, haircare, body care and fragrance. Around 70% of the products are full size, with a strong line-up of brands including Huda Beauty, NARS, Clinique, Estée Lauder, Benefit, Aveda, Amika and Color Wow. There are also treats from Sol de Janeiro, Rituals and Laneige, plus a Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Stix in either Fu$$y or Fenty Glow, depending on which shade lands behind your door. The combination of recognisable beauty names, useful full-size products and the keepsake chest makes this one of Boots’ more convincing luxury offerings, particularly if you want a calendar that feels like a substantial beauty haul rather than 24 days of samples.
John Lewis Beauty Advent Calendar
John Lewis brings together 41 beauty treats in its 2026 Beauty Advent Calendar, with a mix of skincare, makeup, haircare and beauty from brands including Skin Rocks, Trinny London, Fenty Beauty and Elemis. This year also marks the first time the calendar includes beauty tech, with a FOREO UFO mini tucked behind one of the doors. Then there are the Golden Tickets, which give selected advent-calendar owners the chance to win additional prizes including a Shark CryoGlow Plus LED Mask, Clarins treatments and John Lewis gift cards. Priced at £250 with a stated value of £1,160, the sheer number of products makes this one of the more substantial calendars on the list, while the mix of familiar favourites, premium treats and surprise prizes keeps the countdown interesting.