Marks & Spencers Beauty Advent Calender

[alisonwt]

Wow, llloyd! You’ve been busy looking up RRPs! You are so good! 😘

Before you kindly did this, I was weighing up the likely value to me: I look at the items I would buy and definitely use anyway and what would be a good (ie very cheap as I’m tight) price to pay and with under ten of them, I reach £45 easily. Your calculations help confirm it. So suffice it to say, I’m getting this advent calendar!

I tried to get this but it said out of stock last week, but now it is back there at full price but it says you can't order it. Has the clothes offer been and gone or has it not been on yet. It's always been later than this previously. I like the no oil oil and the shay and blue so that's £45 before anything else.

 

[Patsy]

Stand by, llloyd! As soon as we get the sizes, you’ve got some work to do!

I love that it’s a tin with little boxes inside this time. I have been telling myself I have to give these advent calendars a miss this year but I’m sorely tempted again.

Has anyone tried the Shay & Blue Tallulah’s Camelia fragrance?

Hubby got it me last year. I took it away with me and he said it smelt lovely when I sprayed it on. It lasted as well on me as quite a lot of scents don't. It's a light fragrance long lasting and doesn't seem to change its smell.

 

[alisonwt]

I tried to get this but it said out of stock last week, but now it is back there at full price but it says you can't order it. Has the clothes offer been and gone or has it not been on yet. It's always been later than this previously. I like the no oil oil and the shay and blue so that's £45 before anything else.

Update, email this morning to say it's available so I've got one......... my birthday present to me whoopy doo

 

[WinthropTuesday]

Update, email this morning to say it's available so I've got one......... my birthday present to me whoopy doo

Really hope you love it. Got mine on Saturday and it’s just lovely - only one thing in it I don’t want, which is the Shay and Blue perfume. And the little vanity bag it comes in is very handy as well!

 

[alisonwt]

Really hope you love it. Got mine on Saturday and it’s just lovely - only one thing in it I don’t want, which is the Shay and Blue perfume. And the little vanity bag it comes in is very handy as well!

I had a quick peek through it, quite a lot of things I will use. Strangely the Shay and Blue was one of the main reasons I went for it.

 

[AndiK]

This year’s M&S beauty advent calendar is going to be £50. Still good value if you like and will use most of the items, I think, but creeping up in price. It’s also cheaper than many others around though you have to spend £30+ on Clothing/Home/Beauty to qualify. At first look, I’m thinking same old brands and actual products in many cases: Percy & Reed, Living Proof, Philip Kingsley, Nails Inc, Cowshed, Prai, ThisWorks, Pixi and Clinique. Floral Street instead of Shay & Blue this time.

I have bought at least one M&S calendar every year since about 2017 but I think I will have a break this year. I don’t usually have a problem spending £30+ to qualify but now the calendar itself is £50 and it’s not very new and exciting, I think I can resist.

Available Thursday, 24th October.

 

[AndiK]

• Floral Street Vanilla Orchid Eau De Parfum 10ml - £29.00
• Clinique Take the Day Off Cleansing Balm 15ml - £6.50
• Color Wow Colour Security Shampoo 75ml - £11.00
• Color Wow Colour Security Conditioner 75ml - £11.00
• Benefit Fan Fest Mascara 8.5g - £27.00
• REN EverCalm Gentle Cleansing Milk 50ml - £10.00
• Percy & Reed Tame That Mane Smoothing Blow Dry Cream 100ml - £20.00
• Formula Sleep Cream 15ml - £9.50
• L’Occitane Shea Hand Cream 30ml - £9.50
• Philip Kingsley Elasticizer 40ml - £12.50
• Fresh Elements Glow Day Cream 15ml - £3.75
• Aveda Botanical Repair Strengthening Masque 15ml - £9.00
• Nails Inc Cranberry Me Merry 10ml - £6.00
• Nails Inc Nude In Noelle 10ml - £6.00
• Pixi Eye Define Waterline Tightline Black 0.35g - £12.00
• Margaret Dabbs Nail and Cuticle Serum 15ml - £13.00
• This Works Deep Sleep Overnight Whip 200ml - £28.00
• Discover Velvet Amber 10ml - £2.00
• Cowshed Relax Bath & Body Shower Gel 100ml - £7.33
• Cowshed Relax Bath & Body Body Lotion 200ml - £16.00
• Dr. PawPaw Ultimate Red Tinted Lip Balm 10ml - £4.00
• Prai Ageless Throat & Decolletage Crème 30ml - £17.40
• Living Proof PhD 5-in-1 Styling Treatment 60ml - £16.00
• Emma Hardie Purifying Pink Clay Detox Mask 15ml - £15.00
• Bloom & Blossom Keep Dancing Foot & Leg Mist 100ml - £24.00

The above prices total £325.48. I don’t know how much M&S will say it’s worth but I notice a couple of their prices are higher than most other retailers or the brand direct.

Note for @llloyd if she fancies doing her numbers thing: the prices are mostly from the brands/Boots/Sephora/M&S and if it’s a smaller size not available generally, I’ve pro-rata’d based on the price of the next available size up. No idea how much the 10ml bottles of Nails Inc are so those are a bit of a guess.