John Lewis Beauty Advent Calendar 2021 review

Introduction

A beauty advent calendar counts down the days to Christmas. Each box has a full or travel sized product (e.g.) skincare, make-up etc.  Most promise $$$ or £££ savings for a fraction of the retail price.

My aim is help you decide how much additional value this box offers.

My method :  I allocate a monetary value to each item in the calendar starting with the retail price for the largest-sized  product and then adjusting for size. E.g., if a 4g lipstick retails at £20 and a calendar contains a 2g travel size, then the monetary value is £10.

At step 2, I deduct the retail price (e.g.):

The additional value in this e.g., is £300.  You should then, take a cold, hard-look at the calendar and decide how much of it you will use.

Will you use at least £100-£300 worth of product?

Click here for a link to last year’s calendar

Purchasing details

• Available from 4^th October 2021
• Sign-up by clicking on this link
• Retail price is £ 159 (vs. 2020 which cost £150)
• 27 products
• John Lewis do not give a purported value.  I calculate this as £539.
• Usually only available to be shipped in the UK and Northern Ireland

Breakdown by category

Assumptions: All prices are from British websites, “A” is the quantity of the full sized product.  “B” is the price (US$) 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 

My view

Honestly, I preferred the 2020 calendar – it had a ton of Aqua di Parma goodies. However, this is the only calendar that I’ve looked at (so far) that’s increased its retail price by only £9. The additional monetary value is £539 (or more accurately £380 (£539-£159)) and that’s not too bad.

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List of products

Set contains:

• Augustinus Bader The Rich Cream, 15ml 
• Evolve Organic Beauty Rose Quartz Facial Polish, (full size) 30ml 
• Laura Mercier Caviar Stick Eye Colour, Au Naturel, 1g I
• This Works Deep Sleep Pillow Spray, 35ml 
• Clinique Moisture Surge 100H Auto-Replenishing Hydrator, 15ml 
• Floral Street Arizona Bloom Eau De Parfum, 10ml A dry floral amber. A sense of freedom and happiness — scented and bottled. This vegan perfume is for the sunny, euphoric nomadic and free-spirited
• The Beauty Chef COLLAGEN Inner Boost, 100ml 
• NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil, Dolce Vita, 1.8g
• Sunday Riley Good Genes Glycolic Acid Treatment, 15ml 
• Dr.Jart+ Ceramidin Facial Barrier Mask, (full size) 22g 
• Elemis Superfood Kefir Tea Mist, 30ml 
• Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Dry Shampoo (full size) 92ml 
• Molton Brown Fiery Pink Pepper Bath & Shower Gel, 100ml 
• Hourglass Caution Extreme Lash Mascara, Travel Size, Black, 5.5g 
• Juliette has a Gun Not a Perfume Eau de Parfum, 5ml and Musk Invisible Eau de Parfum, 5ml 
• Liz Earle Instant Boost™ Skin Tonic, 50ml 
• REN Clean Skincare Ready Steady Glow Daily AHA Tonic (full size) 100ml 
• MAC Satin Lipstick, Twig (full size) 3g 
• Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Serum Synchronized Multi-Recovery Complex (full size) 30ml 
• Dermalogica AGE Smart™ Biolumin-C Serum (full size) 30ml 
• Hermès L’Ombre des Merveilles Eau de Parfum, 7.5ml 
• Fresh Soy Face Cleanser To Go (full size) 50ml 
• Aromatherapy Associates De-Stress Muscle Bath & Shower Oil (full size) 55ml 
• Charlotte Tilbury The Queen Of Glow Luxury Palette, (full size) 5.2g 
• Neom Organics London Real Luxury Standard Scented Candle (full size) 185g and Kate Somerville ExfoliKate® Cleanser Daily Foaming Wash (full size) 50ml Scented Candle

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