Beauty advent calendars for 2026 are already being unveiled, with major retailers including Liberty, Harrods, Lush, and John Lewis opening waitlists and pre-orders. The calendars, which offer a daily treat of make-up, skincare, haircare, or fragrance throughout December, have become a contemporary Christmas tradition and many sell out by late October.
Top Beauty Advent Calendars for 2026
Liberty's 2026 calendar is available for pre-order from early August, with a waitlist already open. It costs £285 and is worth £1,300, featuring 29 products over 25 days, including 21 full-size items. Highlights include Augustinus Bader's The Face Oil, Sunday Riley's C.E.O. 15% Vitamin C brightening serum, and Lisa Eldridge's baume embrace melting lip colour.
John Lewis's calendar, priced at £250 and worth over £1,160, includes 41 products, with 23 full-size goodies. It features beauty tech for the first time, including Foreo's UFO mini, worth £129 alone. Pre-orders open on 3 August for MyJL Beauty members, with general sale from 7 September.
Harrods has revealed its offering, costing £270 and worth £1,039. It includes 34 products, 21 of which are full-size, with highlights like Hourglass's ambient lighting blush and Medik8's C-tetra advanced gel-serum. Pre-orders are open, with availability from 10 September.
More Luxury and Value Options
Boots' 24-day premium calendar returns at £150, worth £700, with a waitlist offering 24-hour early access before general sale on 2 September. The exact lineup is under wraps, but the teaser image suggests brands like Nars, Estee Lauder, and Sol De Janeiro.
L'Occitane's prestige calendar costs £169 and is worth £269, with waitlists open and pre-orders from 13 August. Fortnum & Mason's calendar, priced at £275 and worth more than £1,225, features 24 full-size products across 25 days, with a pink, floral-painted box.
Sephora's calendar, which has sold out four years in a row, has a waitlist open and teases 41 treats, including 27 full-size products. Cult Beauty's calendar, worth over £1,100, includes 16 full-size products and is dropping details weekly.
Other Notable Calendars
Space NK's calendar is worth more than £1,200 but costs £275, with a countdown on its website for the full lineup reveal. Lookfantastic's calendar, at £120, includes 27 products, 19 full-size, with involvement from The Girls Bathroom hosts and celebrity hairstylist Sam McKnight. Jo Malone's 25-day fragrance calendar costs £375, worth £597, with a full-size tangerine and honey fragrance.
Lush's 2026 calendar, priced at £210, includes 25 fan favourites and Christmas crackers in a reusable hamper. Bamford's calendar, launching 1 September, costs £300 and includes 24 products plus six wellness tools. Next's calendar, in partnership with breast cancer charity Future Dreams, costs £150 with £10 from each sale donated.
