Advent Calendars
You might think that it is too early to think about Christmas and gifts but Advent Calendars are something that it has to be given a month before because they start to be used on the 1st of December. The best are sold out very quickly so you need to be quicker in snatching one. I have found few nice options but you must be fast because they are the best sellers.
*Online Only* The Fortnum and Mason Beauty Advent Calendar is so popular that its first batch has been sold out again but they will be available again on the 29th of October. This advent calendar is available online only which is good given that it is quite heavy and going around on public transports with one or two of these beauties would be quite difficult while buying it online removes all the hassle. Its price is £ 225.00 but the content is worth £ 750 containing 20 full-sized products, 6 deluxe samples and 1 travel-sized miniature. www.fortnumandmason.com
A stationery lover will adore the Martha Brook Advent Calendar; with 24 windows that hide 24 lovely items like a notebook, gold paperclips, a bookmark, a luxury pen and many more. The look is very sophisticated and sleek and every item is inside a thin box allocated in a bigger box resembling a very stylish shoe box. It is perfect for putting it on your desk and do the countdown to Christmas. www.marthabrook.com
You might think that a Harry Potter Advent Calendar is just for kids but it is very wrong. I am the first one who would love to have something like the Harry Potter Magical Infinity Box Advent Calendar at Kids at Play. Inside you can find plush toys, collectable items and more, all related to the magical world that has the whole world falling in love. Its rotating towers reveal the little drawers where the items are hidden. www.kaptoys.com
The Cohorted Beauty Advent Calendar is not available yet but you can pre order it so that you won’t miss out. Rather than having 24 windows, this version has got only 12 for the 12 days of Christmas. Hidden behind the windows there are 12 best sellers and cult brands that are the strength of this subscription website. It cost £ 98.00 but the value of the products inside is over £ 460.00. At the moment you can use a discount code on the website and also by buying an Advent Calendar you enter a competition where you can win a ‘Cohorted Beauty Advent Calendar VIP PASS’ to redeem a luxury Jacquemus leather cross-body bag, worth £610.00. www.cohorted.co.uk
The White Company Advent Calendar is gorgeous, with all its 25 windows filled with amazing items, from candles, body showers, body lotions, hand creams and hair products just to name a few. At the moment is sold out but check the website because it should be back in stock by the end of October and you must be quick because it gets snapped up straightaway. Its price is £ 160.00 but the value of the items inside is £ 254.00. You can find all the bestselling products as well as the Winter signature candle and two seasonal Signature candles. www.thewhitecompany.com
The Paperchase Advent Calendar comes back this year again to bring some cheer to the Christmas Countdown. There are two versions, for adult and for kids and the prices are so affordable that it would be a pity to leave them in store. The adult advent calendar costs £ 40.00 with items worth £ 85.00 including pencils, highlighters, a 2021 diary (that we hope to fill it with lots of events) and 4 of these calendars have also a golden pen worth £ 100.00 in vouchers to spend at Paperchase. The kids’ calendar contains temporary tattoos, hair accessories among other very colourful stationery items. It costs £ 28.00 with a value of £ 45.00 inside. www.paperchase.com
One for the kids but I am sure it will be loved by parents as well, the Brio Advent Calendar that once all the windows have been opened and the items retrieved you will have a Wooden Railway Train Set and Accessories including animals, seasonal items and tracks among other things that will recreate a railway scene. The box makes for the background of the scenery. You can find it on www.amazon.co.uk
If you love Molton Brown products you will love its Advent Calendar that this year, to celebrate its 50th anniversary has created a gorgeous advent calendar depicting an illustration of its first Christmas at the original store in South Molton Street. Inside you will find small candles, skincare products, on the go fragrances and travel case refill and all those deliciously fragranced body lotion and body wash they we all love. Be quick to snap one up at £ 195.00 before is sold out. www.moltonbrown.co.uk
Now if you want to be very personal by picking treats just for the person who will receive an advent calendar, go for one of those empty ones in wooden with little drawers and you can fill them up with small gifts. They could be anything from little tins of lip balm or a nice USB key or maybe a small candle and why not on the last day if an engagement is on the cards pop the engagement ring wrapped in a very disguising parcel for the surprise to unfurl when it will be revealed. This one is from Homebase, made of wood and it looks like a book that when opened will reveal all its surprises. www.homebase.co.uk
