cultbeauty’s advent calendar ordinarily punches above its weight in terms of the monetary value of the products it contains as compared to other advent calendars. I know some folk think its “not as good as last year’s” but let’s do some maths before we shut this calendar down!
But, first what is and Advent calendar?
“Advent” means Coming in Latin and an advent calendar counts the days to Christmas. The calendar is a massive box, with numbered drawers. In the countdown to Christmas, you open a drawer/day and it will reveal a present (e.g.) a candle, parfum, soap etc.
Cultbeauty Advent Calendar 2020
- Retail price: £199
- Expected value: £930, including a charity donation of £15
- Full content list below
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- Ordinarily goes on sale in October 2020
What do you get in the Advent calendar?
Full list of products is at the end of this blog.
All prices are from UK website of Selfridges or cultbeauty, so VAT inclusive, "A" is the quantity of the full sized product. "B" is the price (£) for the full sized product. "C" is the quantity of the product in the Advent Calendar. "D" is calculated as (C/A)*B. "E" is calculated as D/F expresses as a percentage.P.S. As Alexander Pope wrote, “To err is human, to forgive divine” so my calculations may have errors. Don’t shoot me, tell me 🙂
Allocation between categories
From the largest to the smallest, the monetary value of the categories is:
- Skincare 68% (or £635)
- Makeup 16% (or £155)
- Bodycare 8% (or £72)
- Haircare and the £15 charity donation 8% (or £78)
What do I think?
Without doubt, this is both one of the best value for money beauty advent calendars AND I also appreciate the fact that it has a lot of skincare. And remember, I have ignored the 20% Vitamin C by Allies of Skin because I believe its been discontinued.
Note that if you are not that into the skincare products or you find that you won’t use most of the skincare products, then you should seriously consider whether this product is worth your money. The pandemic is taking a toll on the global economy, so be sensible 🙂
Finally, cultbeauty have a worldwide shipping option, which many advent calendar options do not offer.
Otherwise, this is one of my favourite advent calendars this year.
Other calendars that you may be interested in (click link for review)
- Diptqyue advent calendar 2020
- Elemis advent calendar 2020
- feelunique advent calendar 2020
- Fortnum & Mason advent calendar 2020
- Glossybox advent calendar 2020
- Harrods advent calendar 2020
- Jo Loves advent calendar 2020
- Jo Malone advent calendar 2020
- John Lewis advent calendar 2020
- Liberty advent calendar 2020
- lookfantastic advent calendar 2020
- Molton Brown advent calendar 2020
- Net-a-porter advent calendar 2020
- Selfridges advent calendar 2020
- Space NK advent calendar 2020
- The White Company advent calendar 2020
- Harrods, cultbeauty, Libery and Fortnum & Mason beauty advent calendars – are they value for money
List of all products in the advent calendar
- VOTARY – full size Super Seed Facial Oil (50ml),
- Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Triple Detox Shampoo (60ml)
- Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush in ‘Luminous Flush’ (1.3g)
- Oskia Liquid Mask Lactic Acid Micro-Peel (30ml)
- Verso – full size Eye Cream (20ml)
- Herbivore – deluxe Prism Exfoliating Glow Serum 12% (10ml)
- MALIN + GOETZ – travel size Vitamin b5 Body Moisturizer (30ml)
- de Mamiel – full size Settle (10ml)
- Dr. Barbara Sturm – deluxe Night Serum (10ml)
- MOLTON BROWN Delicious Rhubarb & Rose Bath & Shower Gel (100ml)
- Allies of Skin – deluxe 20% Vitamin C Brighten & Firm Serum (8ml)
- Costa Brazil Óleo Para O Corpo – Kaya Jungle Firming Body Oil (30ml)
- Algenist – full size Alive Prebiotic Balancing Mask (50ml)
- Drunk Elephant – deluxe Virgin Marula Luxury Facial Oil (8ml)
- Augustinus Bader – full size discovery size The Rich Cream (15ml)
- Glow Recipe – travel size Banana Soufflê Moisture Cream (25ml)
- 111SKIN – travel size Rose Gold Radiance Booster (10ml)
- Too Faced – travel size Lip Injection Extreme (1.4ml)
- IT Cosmetics – deluxe Superhero Mascara (5ml)
- BY TERRY – travel size Ombre Blackstar in ‘Bronze Moon’ (0.9g)
- Natasha Denona – full size Bloom Highlighting Blush (4g)
- Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare – deluxe B3 Adaptive Superfoods Stress Rescue Super Serum (15ml)
- Susanne Kaufmann – travel size Pillow Spray Calming (75ml)
- Jordan Samuel Skin – full size Retinol Treatment Oil (30ml)
- Charlotte Tilbury – full size K.I.S.S.I.N.G Lipstick in ‘Stoned Rose’ (3.5g)
- Jo Loves – travel size Fig Tree Votive Candle (70g)
- Patchology – full size Little Helper Energy Dietary Supplement Strips (6 x 0.1g)
- Larry King Hair Care – travel size A Social Life for Your Hair (30ml)
- Huda Beauty – full size Topaz Obsessions Palette (10g)
- Milk Makeup – deluxe Lip & Cheek in ‘Werk’ (3g)
- Nudestix – full size Intense Matte Lip + Cheek Pencil in ‘Belle’ (2.49g)
- SUMMER FRIDAYS – full size Overtime Mask (64g)
- Cult Beauty – Beauty Banks £15/€17 Charity Contribution