25 Best Beauty Advent Calendars Worth Buying Before December 2025

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It may feel early to mention Christmas (Halloween hasn’t even passed), but the best beauty Advent calendars of 2025 are already rolling out. Blockbuster entries from Charlotte Tilbury, Anthropologie, Origins, Sephora, Ulta, and more are available online—and they’re sure to sell out fast (some well before December). Looking for a thoughtful beauty gift for women or men, something festive for teen girls, or an excuse to treat yourself? These calendars are basically monthlong unboxing sessions. Each beautiful package is filled with 12 to 32 mini- and full-size products from popular makeup and skin care brands like Augustinus Bader, Diptyque, Tatcha, and La Mer.

To help you narrow it down, we’re curating the beauty Advent calendars that actually live up to the hype. From under-$25 finds to luxury gift sets (and plenty of TikTok-trending Advent calendars for teens), there’s something here for every budget and taste.

The best beauty Advent calendars of 2025, at a glance

Best Overall: Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte’s Beauty Treasure Chest Advent Calendar

Why it’s worth it: Charlotte Tilbury’s Advent calendars are notorious for having worthwhile full-size products, including the brand’s cult-favorite Pillow Talk Lipsticks.

Last year, Charlotte Tilbury blessed us with a 12-door heart-shaped Advent calendar. This year, the 12-door calendar is a treasure chest with wraparound drawers that have sparkly heart- and star-shaped pull knobs for a seriously dazzling effect. It features five full-size and seven mini products. You’ll find CT faves like Pillow Talk Lipstick, Push Up Lashes Mascara, and Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray, which sets your makeup for up to 16 hours.

Best Advent Calendar for Her: Anthropologie the 24 Days of Beauty Advent Calendar

Why it’s worth it: This calendar is a worthy choice for the beauty lover who wants to sample new products before committing to their full sizes.

The much-anticipated Anthropologie 24 Days of Beauty Advent Calendar is available now, and knowing how quickly it sold out last year, we encourage you to shop it stat. This year’s collection has tons of fun skin care minis, from Supergoop’s Unseen Sunscreen to First Aid Beauty’s Pure Skin Face Cleanser and Salt & Stone’s Santal and Vetiver Body Wash. There are also a ton of fragrance roller balls, including Glamour editor-favorite scents like Phlur Vanilla Skin and Dulce By Rosie Jane. You can’t go wrong with this pick, which offers a $300 value for under $100.

Best Advent Calendar for Variety: Ulta Beauty 24 Days Of Beauty

Why it’s worth it: This calendar is the most versatile of the bunch and features a wide range of both high-end and drugstore products well worth trying. It’s a smart offering if you’re looking to dip your toe in a bunch of brands, without splurging on full-price items.

Ulta Beauty is serving up some of the best products in this year’s advent calendar, from high-end brands like Olaplex, Elemis, and Sunday Riley. This under-$100 calendar contains some of the best drugstore products on the market, too, including the Milani Longwear Liquid Lipstick and the e.l.f. Beauty Lash Xtndr Mascara.

Best Value: Liberty Beauty Advent Calendar 2025

Why it’s worth it: The calendar comes with 30 products—20 (yes, 20!) of which are full-size.

The highly anticipated Liberty Beauty Advent Calendar has already launched, and it comes with some of the best beauty products on the market. Editor picks featured in this year’s calendar include D.S.& Durga I Don’t Know What Eau de Parfum, Paula’s Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster, and Jones Road The Mascara in Pitch Black. This pick has by far the best value on this list as it’s worth almost $2,000, and you can snag it for under $400.

Most Covetable Advent Calendar: Augustinus Bader The 12 Days of Bader

Why it’s worth it: It has a nice mix of the brand’s cult-favorite skin care routine in both travel and full sizes, including The Rich Cream.

It’s no secret that Augustinus Bader has a cult following, and if someone you’re gifting is just as obsessed with the brand as we are, they’ll love the brand’s 12 Days of Bader Advent Calendar. It comes with some of the brand’s best picks, including the highly coveted Face Oil, Rich Cream, and Retinol Serum.

Best Advent Calendar for Beauty Beginners: Sephora Collection Advent Calendar

Why it’s worth it: This Sephora Advent calendar makes one of the best gifts for the teenage girl in your life who’s just getting into makeup; it has a nice blend of beginner-friendly products like a lifting mascara, a waterproof eyeliner, makeup setting spray, and more.

Leave it to Sephora to launch an Advent calendar that encompasses a bunch of skin care and makeup products ideal for the beauty beginner. It includes facial masks, nail polish, moisturizer, eye cream, and more—just about everything your giftee might need to create an everyday routine.

Best Body Care Advent Calendar: Fortnum and Mason’s Beauty Advent Calendar 2025

Why it’s worth it: This Advent calendar is a good gift for anyone who might be in need of some skin-nourishing products that can level up their body care routine, including moisturizers, shower gel, and body oils.

As usual, the queen of the Christmas hamper, Fortnum & Mason, has pulled out all the stops and come out with this stunning beauty Advent calendar, which comes in a reusable box that you can repurpose for jewelry storage later on. It’s filled with 26 products (23 of which are full-size, BTW) worth over $1,000. You can pick it up for $394, and it’ll ship well ahead of Christmas.

Best Fragrance Advent Calendar: Glasshouse 24 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar

Why it’s worth it: This perfume Advent calendar allows you to indulge in some of Glasshouse’s most covetable scents without splurging on the full-size candles or fragrances.

This fragrance gift gives you a taste of some of the brand’s best-selling candles, eau de parfums, and hand creams in mini sizes. It also comes with unique perfume pencils, plus an interior fragrance ornament that will perfectly adorn your giftee’s tree.

Best J-Beauty Advent Calendar: Tatcha 12 Days of Treasures Advent Calendar

Why it’s worth it: Tatcha is one of our favorite higher-end beauty brands, and some of its staple products can run you around $70 each. This set allows you to reap the benefits of a variety of products from the luxury brand at just $220.

Japanese skin care has officially started to take over our beauty cabinets for the better—thanks to silky moisturizers, dewy skin serums, and lip masks; Tatcha makes it easy to hop on the trend with this 12-piece calendar set. We’re especially impressed with this 12 Days of Treasures set because it has some minis of the brand’s best products, including The Water Cream, The Indigo Overnight Repair, and The Kissu Lip Mask.

Best Advent Calendar for Him: Origins 24 Days of Origins Essentials for Face & Body

Why it’s worth it: The products are packed with dermatologist-backed ingredients like hyaluronic acid, caffeine, vitamin C, reishi mushroom, and ginger.

Give him the gift of a new and improved body and face routine with this Advent calendar that has 24 minis of Origin’s best-selling products, from a charcoal face mask to a scrub cleanser, whipped body cream, eye cream, and more.

Best Advent Calendar for Mom: L’Occitane Advent Calendar

Why it’s worth it: This luxurious set brings the spa to your giftee’s bathroom and will rejuvenate any boring shower routine. It’s full of aromatherapeutic products that will enhance your self care routine and make you smell good all day long.

If you’re on the hunt for the ultimate gift for mom, this might just be it. It has 24 classic L’Occitane products, including two full-size bestsellers. Standout products include the Almond Shower Oil, Shea Butter Foot Cream, and Intensive Repair Hair Mask to give her the skin care TLC she deserves.

Best Makeup Advent Calendar: Benefit Cosmetics Glam Cube 24-Day Makeup Advent Calendar Gift Set

Why it’s worth it: This 24-piece set comes complete with some of Benefit’s most coveted makeup products, including a full-size of the brand’s Benetint Cheek and Lip Stain, and a mini Hoola bronzer.

Looking to gift the makeup lover in your life? This fun Glam Cube set from Benefit is designed to look like a Rubik’s Cube full of your favorite cosmetics. The set comes with some of the best Benefit makeup products out there, including full sizes of the Badgal Bang! Mascara and Benetint, plus mini versions of Hoola, The Porefessional primer, and Super Setter spray.

Best Hair Care Advent Calendar: Kitsch North Pole Post 12-Day Advent Calendar

Why it’s worth it: This calendar makes a nice gift for someone who stresses out over how to style their hair or who’s stuck in a claw-clip-and-go rut.

Give the gift of smoother hair with this festive Advent calendar by Kitsch. The hair brand is chock-full of cute surprises, including an editor-loved silk pillowcase, scrunchies, and the brand’s iconic solid shampoo that’s shaped in an “S.”

Best Skin Care Advent Calendar: Elemis Wonders Advent Calendar

Why it’s worth it: This calendar is packed with dermatologist-approved ingredients like hyaluronic acid, vitamin C, collagen, and more.

For the beauty guru who’s always looking to level up their skin care routine, we highly recommend this Advent calendar that’s stuffed to the brim with some of the best Elemis products on the market, from the brand’s Superfood Facial Oil to the Papaya Enzyme Peel and Pro-Collagen Marine Cream. These minis are best for taking on the go on your loved one’s next trip and will leave their skin soft and nourished.

Best Advent Calendar for Teens: Squishmallows x TonyMoly Skincare Advent Calendar

Why it’s worth it: An excellent gift for tweens, this cute Advent calendar is the perfect blend of skin care and Squishmallows lore.

If you have a teen or preteen who’s obsessed with Squishmallows and K-beauty, they’ll flip for this Squishmallow-themed beauty Advent calendar made in collaboration with skin care brand TonyMoly. The set comes in cute, collectible packaging and includes lip balms, face masks, and a skin care headband. It’s playful, practical, and features good-for-their-skin ingredients like calendula, snail mucin, and niacinamide. The budding skin care expert will be impressed.

Best Candle Advent Calendar: Diptyque Advent Calendar 25 Scented Treasures

Why it’s worth it: This gorgeous set comes with 25 of the brand’s iconic candles, including Feu de Bois, Sapin, and Baies.

If you’re gifting the candle lover in your life, look no further than this 25-day Advent calendar that showcases Diptyque’s signature scents, such as Baies, Roses, Santal, and more. Your giftee won’t be able to get enough of these rich home fragrances, which carry over from candles into mini soaps, body wash, and perfumes.

Best Advent Calendar for the Perfume Lover: Jo Malone Advent Calendar

Why it’s worth it: This Advent calendar contains travel-size Jo Malone staples, along with the Wood Sage & Sea Salt body wash and the Orange Bitters cologne.

The perfume aficionado in your life will forever be grateful for this 25-piece set that has some of the most luxurious Jo Malone scents on the market, including Velvet Rose & Oud, Wood Sage & Sea Salt, and Wild Bluebell. They’ll be able to douse themselves not only in mini-sizes of the perfumes but indulge in the hand creams, body washes, and body creams.

Best for the Amateur Skin Care Expert: Dr. Barbara Sturm Advent Calendar 2025

Why it’s worth it: This 24-piece skin care set is worth over $1,300, and you can snag it for under $570.

Barbara Sturm makes some of our favorite skin care products (including that hyaluronic acid serum), so we’d highly recommend gifting the brand’s 24-piece calendar to anyone who considers themselves a serious skin care expert. Included are some of the brand’s best-selling products such as the Glow Drops, Face Cream, Body Cream, and Everything Eye Patches—pretty much all they need for a rejuvenating skin care routine.

Best Luxury Advent Calendar: Dior Beauty Gift Sets Le 30 Montaigne Dior Beauty Advent Calendar Holiday 2025

Why it’s worth it: The hefty price tag is well worth some of the brand’s most iconic and collectible products, like the J’adore Eau de Parfum and the Miss Dior Eau de Toilette.

If you’re looking to gift someone extra special, let us point you in the direction of Dior’s luxury beauty Advent calendar. It has 10 of the brand’s signature makeup products, including the Rouge Dior Lipstick, the Diorshow mascara, and a few of Dior’s timeless nail colors. It also boasts four of the brand’s skin care bestsellers and six fragrances, including Sauvage and Miss Dior Essence de Parfum.

Best Trending Advent Calendar: Revolve 2025 Advent Calendar

Why it’s worth it: Revolve always includes some of the most viral TikTok beauty products in their annual calendar—this year is no exception.

We always spot the hottest beauty products in Revolve’s calendar, and the picks in the 2025 set live up to the hype. Standouts include the Summer Fridays Jet Lag Serum, Dr. Dennis Gross Universal Peel, and the Ouai Leave-in Conditioner. The makeup options in this one are must-trys, too, from the likes of Tarte, Pat McGrath, Ilia Beauty, and Iconic London.

Best Mystery Advent Calendar: MAC Cosmetics 24 Mystery Must-Haves Advent Calendar

Why it’s worth it: MAC Cosmetics serves up some of the best Advent calendars each year—and this year is no different, with 24 mystery makeup products featuring some of their bestsellers, like the MACXimal Silky Matte Lipstick, Prep + Prime Lip, and more.