These 15 Beauty Advent Calendars Make the Perfect Holiday Gift

This 24-day advent calendar from Revolve comes encased in an adorable pink suitcase-shaped box, but you'll want to keep its products in your daily rotation. Highlights include Benefit's Benetint liquid blush stain and a duo that includes Dr. Barbara Sturm's Hyaluronic Acid Serum, one of Marie Claire's top face serums.

Available To Shop? Yes

Number of Days: 24

Value of Contents: $539

Number of Full-Size Products: Six

Marie Claire's Favorite Products:

Benefit Liquid Lip Blush & Cheek Tint in Benetint Rose, $26

Dr. Barbara Sturm Hyaluronic Serum, $325

Anthropologie's advent calendar sells out every year, and for good reason. The 24-day box retails for a third of its value price and is full of winter beauty goodies like a rich cleansing balm I swear by to take my makeup off and a perfect perfume if you want a light scent that mimics the smell of your skin. It's all housed in a sweet-feeling illustrated box designed by Nephthys Foster.

Available To Shop? Yes

Number of Days: 24

Value of Contents: $304

Number of Full-Size Products: None

Marie Claire's Favorite Products:

ELEMIS Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm, $69

Juliette Has A Gun Not A Perfume, $150

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

Marie Claire's Favorite Products:

Charlotte Tilbury Beauty Light Wand in Pinkgasm, $42

Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat in Pillow Talk, $25

There is so much to love about this Augustinus Bader advent calendar. Its contents include products used by dozens of celebrities, and the price compared to what the full-size products retail for is a bargain. 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. Others include the eye patches I used on my wedding day and the brand's classic The Cream, priced at just under $200.

Available To Shop? Yes

Number of Days: 12

Value of Contents: $868

Number of Full-Size Products: None

Marie Claire's Favorite Products:

Augustinus Bader The Rich Cream, $300

Augustinus Bader The Cream with TFC8 Face Moisturizer, $185

Luxury candles are some of my favorite investments, and this Voluspa advent calendar makes it easy to stock up. It contains 12 days of pint-sized options in a range of notes, from subtle amber to sweet sparkling wine. If you love to host around the holidays—light one of these, and your home will smell amazing every time someone comes over.

Available To Shop? Yes

Number of Days: 12

Number of Full-Size Products: None

Marie Claire's Favorite Products:

Voluspa Sparkling Cuvee Glass Jar Candle, $36

Voluspa Baltic Amber Glass Candle, $34

Following Laneige's flash sale during Amazon Prime Day, the brand launched a six-day advent calendar. Every single product is full-sized (!!), and it includes best-selling products like the brand's Lip Sleeping Mask and the Water Sleeping Mask.

Available To Shop? Yes

Number of Days: 6

Value of Contents: $227

Number of Full-Size Products: 6

Marie Claire's Favorite Products:

Water Sleeping Mask with Niacinamide & Squalane, $32

Lip Sleeping Mask Intense Hydration with Vitamin C in Berry, $24

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 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 options on this list. This is the one to buy if you (or someone you love) rely on the picks inside and could use a re-up.

Available To Shop? No, pre-order for October 11, 2024

Number of Days: 25

Number of Full-Size Products: 23

Marie Claire's Favorite Products:

Medik8 Hydr8 B5 Intense Serum, $77

Sunday Riley CEO Glow Vitamin C + Turmeric Face Oil, $80

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. It's the longest-lasting option on our list this year, so it's best for you if you like to plan ahead. Highlights inside 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

Here's a fun fact about me: I love Bobbi Brown's range of cosmetics. This calendar from the brand is sitting in my shopping cart for that very reason. It includes 12 days of goodies across the skincare and makeup categories, including the Vitamin-Enriched Face Base and the Long-Wear Cream Eyeshadow Stick I keep in my makeup bag. There are three full-sized products inside, too, but you'll have to wait and see what they are.

Available To Shop? Yes

Number of Days: 12

Value of Contents: $299

Number of Full-Size Products: Three

Marie Claire's Favorite Products:

Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Face Base, $69

Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Cream Shadow Stick in Moonstone, $34

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. It includes 24 of its best-selling items, like lip glosses and lip plumpers, that have found a cult following on social media. Other highlights include sheet and eye masks 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 celebrity following. Meghan Markle swears by the line's Wood Sage & Sea Salt fragrance, and Sofia Richie-Grainge has long loved the English Pear and Freesia combination. 25 of those A-list-adored 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

Marie Claire's Favorite Products:

Jo Malone London Wood Sage & Sea Salt Body Crème, $95

Jo Malone London English Pear & Sweet Pea Cologne, $165

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 tell you about its 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 is behind one of the pretty doors. Also inside is an 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

Marie Claire's Favorite Products:

Laura Mercier Caviar Stick Eye Shadow in Rosegold, $33

Le Labo Another 13 Eau de Parfum, $235

A-listers like Emma Chamberlain and Marie Claire's beauty team love Lancôme's range of products. This 24-day calendar from the line includes several of our favorite options, 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

Marie Claire's Favorite Products:

Lancôme Lash Idôle Mascara, $30

Lancôme Cils Booster XL Mascara Primer, $30

La Mer is one of those brands that I wish I could afford to buy full price, but sadly, I cannot. This 12-day calendar from the line, though, 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 has soothed my dry, cracked lips back to full health in the winter.

Available To Shop? Yes

Number of Days: 12

Value of Contents: $720

Number of Full-Size Products: None

Marie Claire's Favorite Products:

La Mer The Eye Concentrate, $275

La Mer The Moisturizing Soft Cream, $610

Paula's Choice is a brand known for its skin-clearing products. 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 winter skin perfected and clear.

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