Best beauty advent calendars for 2018: The luxury edit

A luxurious beauty advent calendar might feel too indulgent at a time when you are supposed to thinking about gifts for other people. But if you choose wisely, it can be a savvy way of loading up on beauty treats. Most of them are actually worth double or triple in retail value – meaning you get to try testers and full-size products (often award-winners and bestselling heroes) along with new must-haves before anyone else, all at a discounted price. Plus, if there are any items you’re not totally sold on – they also make the best stocking fillers for friends and family too. Here’s our lowdown of the luxury beauty advent calendars, including all the goodies you get inside, landing for Christmas 2018.

Harrods Beauty Advent Calendar 2018, £250 (worth £680)

THE USP: It's been put together by the Harrods' beauty buying team and includes cult must-haves and best-sellers, hidden inside the 25 mini drawers; making every day in December a beautifying treat.
SALE DATE: 1st October 2018
WHAT'S INSIDE?
111 Skin Black Diamond Cream, Sunday Riley Luna Oil, Acqua di Parma Colonia Mini Hat Box, Tata Harper Regenerating Cleanser, Anne Semonin Precious Pearl Ice Cube, Nars Velvet Lip Glide in Bond, Dr Sebagh Serum Repair, Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Cream Shadow in Beach Bronze, Fresh Rose Face Mask, By Terry Compact Expert Dual Power in No7 Sun Desire, Charlotte Tilbury Wonderglow, Huda Beauty Liquid Matte Material Girl, Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Bum Bum Cream (Carnival Edition), Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Cleanser, Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder, Natura Bissé The Cure Sheer Eye, Omorovicza Blue Diamond Concentrate, Philip Kingsley Body Building Shampoo and Moisture Balance Conditioner, Sarah Chapman Skinesis Intense Hydrating Booster, Sisley Supremya Baume, Suqqu Pure Colour Blush 04, Clarins Hand Cream, Bioeffect EGF Serum, Clinique Fresh Pressed, Givenchy Rouge Interdit 13

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Elemis 25 Days of Beauty, £150 (worth £345)

THE USP: All the skincare ingredients you could ever want, housed in a festive white Christmas box.
SALE DATE:1st October 2018
WHAT'S INSIDE?
Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm, Cleansing Cloth, Instant Refreshing Gel, Dynamic Resurfacing Facial wash, Frangipani Monoi Shower Cream, Papaya Enzyme Peel, Pro-Collagen Hydra-Gel Eye Masks 1 pair, Balancing Lavender Toner, Pro-Radiance Cream Cleanser, NEW Superfood Night Cream, NEW Superfood Facial Wash, Gentle Foaming Facial Wash, Peptide4 Night Recovery Cream-Oil, Pro-Radiance Illuminating Flash Balm, White Flowers Eye and Lip Makeup Remover, Skin Nourishing Body Cream, NEW Superfood Day Cream, Pro-Collagen Marine Mask, Frangipani Monoi Body Oil, Frangipani Monoi Body Cream, Pro-Collagen Marine Oil, NEW Peptide4 Thousand Flower Mask, Pro-Collagen Neck and Décolleté Balm, Pro-Collagen Eye Renewal, Cellular Recovery Skin Bliss Capsules 14 Days, Pro-Collagen Marine Cream.
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Charlotte Tilbury Magic Beauty Universe Calendar, £150

THE USP: All of Charlotte’s best-selling products encased in a sparkly rose box. It includes the famous Magic Cream, which is used to turn around the skin of tired celebrities and supermodels on shoots, and work equally well on us too.
SALE DATE: 11th October 2018
WHAT'S INSIDE?
Multi-Miracle Glow, Goddess Skin Clay Mask, Magic Cream, Take It All Off, Supermodel Body, Full Fat Lashes, Eyes to Mesmerise in Jean, Colour Chameleon in Amber Haze, Mini Rock n Kohl in Bedroom Black, Matte Revolution Lipstick in Pillow Talk, Hollywood Lips in Screen Siren.
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Selfridges Beauty Workshop Selection Box, £70 (worth £245)

THE USP: Not precisely an advent calendar, but a brilliant adult selection box (much better than the humdrum chocs of Christmas past). It contains all the best buys from their famous beauty hall, and includes a 30-minute Dermalogica treatment too.
SALE DATE: 31st August 2018
WHAT'S INSIDE?
Eyeko Travel Eyeliner, Stila Stay All Day Lipstick, Eylure Solitaire Lashes, Egyptian Magic All-Purpose Skin Cream, Show Beauty Dry Shampoo, Caudalie Vineactiv 3-in-1 Moisturiser, Illamasqua Hydra Veil, Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum Cream, Ouai Wave Spray, Dermalogica Phyto Replenish Oil plus 30 min treatment, Zoeva 228 Crease Brush, LimeCrime Matte Velvetines Deluxe Travel Size, Cover FX Moonlight Drops, Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara, Peter Thomas Roth Skin To Die For, Nyxsoft Matte Lip Cream, Beauty Blender Blotterazzi Pro, Make Beauty The Universal Stick, Zoeva Offline Eyeshadow Palette
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Atelier Cologne at Selfridges, £300

THE USP: This is a frequent travellers' dream with portable sprays that pack a powerful punch, full-size colognes, to body lotions and soaps, that all come packaged in a stylish blue box which appeals to both men and women.
SALE DATE: 26th September 2018
WHAT'S INSIDE?
2 x Orange Sanguine & Clémentine California Colognes Absolues, 2 x leather cases in aqua blue and orange, 5 x travel sprays, 3 x miniatures, 3 x full-size hand creams, 3 x body lotions, 3 x body lotions, 3 x soaps.
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