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Best in K-Beauty
TIRTIR Advent Calendar 2024
TikTok likely introduced you to the brand’s viral cushion foundation, but this advent calendar reveals there’s way more to love about the K-beauty brand. While you’ll have to shop the foundation separately, this set offers 16 days of skin care goods to prime your face from start to finish. Each day, you can unlock a toner, cleansing balm, serum, cream and more from the world of TirTir.
Best in Big-Name Product Discovery
SSENSE x Simone Rocha Exclusive Holiday 2024 Beauty Bag
Scanning the list of items included in this beauty bag will elicit so many oohs and ahhs that you’ll have no choice but to find your newest skin care companion. While technically not an advent calendar, SSENSE collaborated with effortlessly cool brand Simone Rocha to create a gorgeous plush pink pouch to house a slew of products from everyone’s favorite brands. Nestled in the bag are big names like Aēsop, 111Skin, La Mer, Byredo, and more. The best aspect of this set is that it highlights other noteworthy products from each brand. For example, instead of a fragrance from Le Labo, you receive a body cream, and instead of the coveted candles from Diptyque, you get an eau de toilette.
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Best in Radiant Makeup
BOBBI BROWN Dazzle & Glow 12-Day Makeup + Skincare Bestsellers Advent Calendar
Proper skin prep is key to a flawless makeup finish. Allow Bobbi Brown’s assortment of beauty staples to help you appear as radiant and smooth as your favorite filter. With the viral Vitamin Enriched Smoothing Serum and Soothing Cleansing Oil, along with makeup bestsellers like an eyeshadow stick or highlighter, your holiday glow will be seen from across the room.
Best in Skin Care
La Mer Wonder Express Holiday Calendar
There’s nothing like a little La Mer luxury, and this 12-piece collection includes all the brand’s essentials, from its signature luscious creams to targeted treatments in the form of a serum, eye cream, and an essence. This set takes things up a notch by also gifting a lip balm and body cream so you can be decked in La Mer from head to toe.
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Best in Fragrance
Jo Malone Advent Calendar
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Jo Malone makes the dreamiest collection of fragrances. Sometimes when you visit the counter at the store, the variety feels overwhelming. This advent calendar is the perfect solution to testing out 24 different scents to land on a signature one (or two or three) for you.
Best in A-List Beauty
Dr. Barbara Sturm Dr. Barbara Sturm Advent Calendar
The skincare line every A-lister is obsessed with has entered the advent calendar chat. Open a new window every day to make your skin glow. By the time we get to the new year, you’ll have the best skin around.
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Best in Full Body Care
Kiehl’s Since 1851 12-Day Holiday Calendar Set
The artwork on the packaging of this year’s Kiehl’s Advent Calendar is as bright as the skin you’ll have by day 12. Inside, you’ll uncover all the best products from the cult-worth brand, like a body cream, clay mask, facial cleanser, and much more.
Best in Gel Nail Extensions
Aprés Christmas Advent Calendar 2024
This might be the most exciting advent calendar on this list because everyone’s talking about the magic of Aprés nails. In it, you’ll score essential items needed to make your claws the topic of conversation in the office, at holiday parties, and everywhere in between. Gel nail extensions have quickly risen in popularity, and this set will help you join the bandwagon with ease.
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Best in L’Occitane Icons
L’Occitane 24 Days of Beauty Advent Calendar Set
This one from L’Occitane is a classic. It features many products across skincare, body care, shower favorites, and special editions. Plus, the pop-up style story book is interactive with major aesthetics for display appeal.
Best in At-Home Gel Nails
Olive and June 25 Days of Mani Magic Calendar
Nail care at home has never been cuter. This exciting advent calendar includes seasonal polishes, nail art, and accessories that turn your home into one rad mani studio.
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Best in Home Body and Fragrance
Glasshouse Fragrances Advent Calendar Christmas
Introducing anyone to a particular brand is a gamble, but here’s an advent calendar to make your giftee a Glasshouse Fragrances convert. Complete with everything fans love about the brand—impeccably scented candles, body creams, and eau de parfums—each product transport you to the place it’s inspired by, be it Kyoto, Amalfi, or Milan.
Vanessa is an established editor, stylist and shopping expert covering all things style, gear and wellness. She lives in Los Angeles and is passionate about sharing innovative products, tips and trends for people and the planet.
Nerisha Penrose is the Beauty Commerce Editor at ELLE.com. Prior to joining the team, she was an Editorial Fellow at ELLE.com. In her current role, she helps lead coverage on makeup, skin care, hair, and fragrances. With over six years of experience in the world of beauty editorial, Nerisha enjoys delving deep into the complexities of fragrance notes, hunting for the best fixes for acne-prone skin, and advocating for daily sunscreen use. She regularly researches and tests the latest products, consults beauty professionals (including our Beauty Advisory Board) to determine the best expert-approved formulas to recommend, and conducts interviews with luminaries across the industry. Nerisha received her bachelor’s degree in Communication and Media Studies from Temple University before joining the editorial teams at Nylon and Billboard. In 2020, she co-launched our popular franchise The State of Black Beauty, an ongoing exploration of—and destination for—beauty at the intersection of Black culture.
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