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As Christmas approaches, beauty Advent calendars are once again taking centre stage with brands such as Sephora, Space NK, Harvey Nichols, and Selfridges all on offer. Now, high street retailer Boots has revealed it is releasing two for 2025, each filled with full-sized products and big savings.

The Boots 24 day premium beauty Advent calendar costs £150 but has contents worth more than £612. Inside are 25 products, 17 of which are full-sized, across skincare, makeup, fragrance and haircare. Shoppers will find cult names including Elemis, MAC, Estee Lauder, Sol de Janeiro, Milk Makeup and NARS. One standout inclusion is the Drunk Elephant Protini Moisturiser (50ml), worth £62 alone.

The calendar itself comes in a reusable, circus-inspired box, but the real focus is the mix of products. As with any beauty edit, not every inclusion will suit everyone, so it's worth checking the full list before buying. Highlights also include the Too Faced Kissing Jelly Lip Oil, Laneige Lip Glowy Balm, and Fenty Beauty Icon Velvet Lipstick, alongside well-known favourites from Origins, Benefit, and Philip Kingsley.

For those who prefer a skincare-first approach, Boots is also bringing back its 24 Days of Skincare Advent calendar for a second year. Priced at £70, it has a value of £289 and contains 20 full-sized products from brands such as Bubble, PIXI, BYOMA, Garnier, Soap & Glory and a range of K-beauty names including Anua, Haruharu, Tocobo and Round Lab. Boots has confirmed a small correction on packaging: instead of the Cetaphil Moisturising Cream, this edition includes the Cetaphil Rich Night Cream (50g).

With a line-up of over 40 advent calendars this year, Boots is positioning itself as one of the broadest destinations for festive beauty. Alongside these two premium picks, there are No7 editions, single-brand calendars, and the long-running Macmillan Charity Advent Calendar, which has raised more than £149,000 since 2021 and is currently reduced to £44 from £90.

Elsewhere, rivals are also upping the stakes. LookFantastic's 2025 calendar costs £105 with a value of £655, while Sephora's £225 version contains 41 products and sells out quickly in previous years. With Boots now in the mix at both £70 and £150 price points, shoppers have more options than ever.

• Full size: Drunk Elephant - Protini Moisturiser 50ml
• Full size: NARS - Light Reflecting Hydrating Primer 30ml
• Full size: Too Faced - Kissing Jelly Lip Oil Gloss - Pina Colada 4.5ml
• Full size: Caudalie - Vinohydra Moisturising Mask 75ml
• Full size: Laneige - Lip Glowy Balm in the shade Berry 10g
• Full size: Sol De Janeiro - Cheirosa 76 Perfume Mist 90ml
• M·A·C - Lip Pencil in the shade Whirl 1.45g - full size - Worth £20 / €24
• Full size: Estee Lauder - Advanced Night Cleansing Gelée with 15 Amino Acids 100ml
• MILK MAKEUP - Multi-Use Dewy Cream Highlighter Mini Stick in the shade Lit 6g
• Full size: Iconic London - Get Cheeky Face Powder Palette 4 X 4g
• Full size: Fenty Beauty - Icon Velvet Liquid Lipstick in the shade C-suite Heart 5.5g
• Full size: Aveda - Botanical Repair Strengthening Leave-In Treatment 100ml
• Full size: Fresh - Soy Face Cleanser 150ml
• Full size: Fenty Skin - Blemish Defeat'r BHA Spot Targeting Gel 15ml
• Full size: Philip Kingsley - Elasticizer Extreme Rich Deep-Conditioning Treatment 75ml
• Full size: First Aid Beauty - Facial Radiance Pads 28 pads
• Full size: Origins - GinZing Brightening Eye Cream with Caffeine and Ginseng 15ml
• Elemis - Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm 20g
• Benefit Cosmetics - Mini Hoola Bronzer 2.5g
• Laura Mercier - Translucent Loose Setting Powder Mini 9.3g
• Floral Street - Arizona Bloom 10ml
• M·A·C - Mini M·A·C Macximal Silky Matte Lipstick in the shade Velvet Teddy 1.7g
• Lancome - Génifique Ultimate Serum 7mL
• Rituals - The Ritual of Mehr Body Scrub 125G
• Shiseido - Vital Perfection Uplifting and Firming Express Eye Mask

• Full size: Anua - Rice 70 Glow Milky Toner 250ml
• Full size: Anua - PDRN Hyaluronic Acid Capsule 100 Serum 30ml
• Full size: Haruharu - Wonder Black Rice Moisture Oil 150ml
• Full size: Round Lab - Birch Juice Sunscreen SPF 50+ PA+ 50ml
• Full size: Tocobo - Vita Glazed Lip Mask 20ml
• Full size: Bubble - Slam Dunk Hydrating Cream Moisturiser 50ml
• Full size: BYOMA - Melting Balm Cleanser 60g• FULL SIZE: PIXI - Hydrating Milky Mist 80ml
• Full size: Lumene - Nordic-C Glow Boost Essence Serum with Vitamin C & Hyaluronic Acid 30ml
• Full size: Lanolips - 101 Ointment 17.5ml
• Full size: Garnier - Moisture Bomb Sakura Hydrating Sheet Mask 28g
• Full size: Burts Bees - Salted Caramel Lip Balm 4.25g
• Full size: The Inkey List - Caffeine Eye Cream 15ml
• Full size: Q+A - AHA Body Exfoliator 250ml
• Full size: Boots Ingredients - Salicylic Acid Cleanser 150ml
• Full size: Boots - Aqua Hydrating Water Gel Moisturiser 50ml
• Full size: Boots Modern Chemistry - Restore Hydrogel Sheet Mask 1 mask
• Full size: Cetaphil - Rich Night Cream, Face Moisturiser for Dry to Very Dry Sensitive Skin 50g
• Full size: Simple - Mattifying UV Fluid with SPF 50 40ml
• Soap & Glory - Soap & Clarity Vitamin C Face Wash 50ml
• Super Facialist - Vitamin C+ Skin Renew Cleansing Oil 100ml
• Aveeno - Skin Renewal Smoothing Cream 50ml
• Starface - Black Star Pimple Patches 4pcs
• Full size: St Moriz - Illuminating Gradual Tanning Lotion 150ml or
• Full size: St Moriz Tinted Gradual Tan 150ml

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