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29 beauty Advent calendars so good you’ll open all the doors on the first day

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Godio, M. (2026, October 27). 29 beauty Advent calendars so good you’ll open all the doors on the first day. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/select/shopping/best-beauty-advent-calendars-2026-rcna605953

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NBC News · collected 2026-10-27 · by Mili Godio

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The article lists various beauty Advent calendars that offer a mix of full-size and travel-sized products from popular brands. It highlights calendars for skin care, makeup, fragrances, hair care, and accessories, providing options for both discovering new favorites and sampling beloved products. The piece aims to inspire holiday shoppers with selections like Dermstore’s calendar featuring 24 items including full-size bestsellers, Charlotte Tilbury’s treasure chest-shaped Advent calendar with 15 makeup and skin care products (four of which are full-size), Ulta’s calendar with viral products across categories, L’Occitane’s body and hair care calendar with 24 samples, Maybelline’s full-sized makeup collection in a single calendar, and Burt’s Bees lip balm Advent calendar.
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NBC News Top Stories published an article on October 27, 2026, highlighting 29 beauty Advent calendars that offer a variety of skin care, makeup, and fragrance products from popular brands. Mili Godio recommends these calendars as a way to sample new products or enjoy favorites daily leading up to the holidays. The article mentions specific calendars such as one from Dermstore containing 13 full-size and 11 travel-size products including items like the Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm and Moroccanoil Dry Texture Spray. Another featured calendar is a treasure chest-shaped Advent calendar by Charlotte Tilbury, which includes 15 makeup and skin care bestsellers, four of them being full-size products. These calendars provide an exciting way to try out new beauty items each day during the holiday season.

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This is one of the most visually stunning Advent calendars on this list; it has a festive, illustrated townhouse design with 24 individual doors and windows, each of which reveal a bestseller across home fragrance, perfumes and body care.
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The only thing better than unwrapping a new beauty product is getting to do it every day. asserted
thing → unwrap → it
Beauty Advent calendars are a great way to turn the countdown to the holidays into an excuse to try skin care, makeup, fragrances and hair care from your favorite brands. asserted
calendars → turn → brands
To give you some inspiration for the holidays, I gathered the best beauty Advent calendars to sample products from brands you already love or to discover new favorites. asserted
you → give → favorites
And these don’t skimp on the goodies either, offering a mix of full- and travel-size products for you to explore. asserted
you → skimp → products
The calendar includes 13 full-size and 11 travel-size products. asserted
calendar → include → size
This treasure chest-shaped Advent calendar has 15 of Charlotte Tilbury’s makeup and skin care bestsellers, four of which are full-size. asserted
four → shape → which
The calendar includes some of my personal favorites from the brand, including the Matte Revolution Lipstick in Pillow Talk, Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray and Magic Cream. asserted
calendar → include → Talk
For the first time this year, the brand added two accessories to the calendar: a gua sha tool and a velvet makeup bag. asserted
brand → add → calendar
This Ulta Advent calendar has some of the most viral products across skin, body and hair care, along with fragrances and accessories. asserted
calendar → have → fragrances
Some standout products you’ll find inside include the Anastasia Beverly Hills Clear Brow Gel, OPI Nail Lacquer, Peach & Lily Glass Skin Ginseng Collagen Mask and Olehenriksen Pout Preserve Peptide Lip Treatment. asserted
you → find → Gel
We can help you find L’Occitane is one of my favorite body care brands, and its body oils, lotions and hand creams are in my daily rotation. asserted
oils → help → rotation
Everything smells incredible (specifically its signature almond fragrance) and leaves my skin feeling soft, smooth and hydrated. asserted
Everything → smell → skin
L’Occitane’s Advent calendar comes with 24 of the brand’s bestselling body and hair care products, including its popular shower oil, exfoliating shower gel, fragrance and more in a perfect sample size. asserted
calendar → come → size
This is one of the best Advent calendars you can get for the makeup lover in your life (or as a treat for yourself). asserted
you → get → yourself
All 12 products are full-size, so you can discover viral favorites like the Telescopic Mascara, Infallible Blurfection Powder, Color Riche Lipstick and Infallible Setting Spray in one place. asserted
you → discover → place
If you never leave home without a lip balm and have one in every bag you own, you need this Burt’s Bees Advent calendar. asserted
you → leave → calendar
It comes with 12 lip balms in flavors like sugar cookie, cinnamon apple crisp, vanilla bean and peppermint bark. asserted
It → come → cookie
Each lip balm has beeswax and vitamin E to soften and hydrate skin all day, according to the brand. uncertain
balm → have → brand
This Advent calendar comes with 24 Sephora-brand skin care, makeup, beauty tools and bath products. asserted
calendar → come → care
You’ll get 13 full-size and five travel-size blushes, face masks, mascaras, eye creams and more, plus six accessories like a makeup sponge and hair clips. asserted
You → get → sponge
I love using Laneige’s popular K-beauty products every day, and if you’re looking to try bestsellers beyond the brand’s viral lip mask, this Advent calendar is filled with 12 full and mini sizes. asserted
calendar → use → sizes
You get face masks, moisturizer, cleanser, serums and lip balms, all of which have soothing and hydrating ingredients like peptides, hyaluronic acid and ceramides. asserted
all → get → peptides
YSL Beauty’s Advent calendar is filled with 24 days’ worth of beloved makeup, skin care and fragrances. asserted
calendar → fill → makeup
Everything is packaged in a gorgeous keepsake box, too. asserted
Everything → package → box
Glow Recipe’s Advent calendar is filled with 12 skin care finds, including the brand’s popular Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops, Plum Plump Hyaluronic Acid Moisturizer and Glass Balm Lip Treatment. asserted
calendar → fill → Moisturizer
You’ll also get multiple toner pads, a cleanser, a liquid blush and other products to help brighten and hydrate the skin. asserted
You → get → skin
There are very few body care brands that have been a mainstay in my shower routine since high school, and Lush is one of them. asserted
Lush → be → them
This 25-day Advent calendar comes with exclusives and year-round favorites, including Sticky Dates Shower Gel and Dream Cream Body Lotion. asserted
calendar → come → Gel
The products all come packaged in a festive, reusable wicker basket. asserted
products → come → basket
If you’re looking for something smaller, consider Lush’s 12 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar. asserted
you → look → Calendar
If you’re a fan of Sunday Riley like me, you know how expensive it is to get refills of your favorite products. asserted
it → ’re → products
This Advent calendar, which comes in a mini suitcase design, includes 12 of the brand’s bestselling cleansers, facial oils, eye creams, serums and more. asserted
which → come → cleansers
Each one comes in a travel size, so you can take them with you during your holiday travels. asserted
you → come → travels
If you’re looking to treat yourself or someone special in your life with luxury skin care, consider this Augustinus Bader Advent calendar. asserted
you → look → calendar
The limited-edition gift set comes with 12 of the brand’s most popular products, including The Rich Cream and The Cream Cleansing Gel, all neatly packaged in its signature royal blue tiered box. asserted
all → come → box
I’m a huge fan of Kiehl’s, specifically its Creme de Corps Body Lotion, Creamy Eye Treatment and Ultra Facial Cream, all of which you’ll find in this Advent calendar. asserted
you → ’m → calendar
You get three full-size products, three travel-size and 18 minis of the brand’s popular cleansers, serums, moisturizers, hair care and body care products. asserted
You → get → cleansers
“I grew up watching my mom use Clarins, and now that I have my own routines, I keep the brand’s products in constant rotation,” says NBC Selected associate SEO reporter Ashley Morris. asserted
Morris → grow → rotation
My holy grails are definitely the brand’s moisturizers; the Extra-Firming line has some of my all-time favorite formulas for my oily skin.” asserted
line → have → skin
This calendar comes with 24 fan-favorite minis, like the Lip Comfort Oil, Total Eye Lift and One-Step Gentle Exfoliating Cleanser. asserted
calendar → come → Oil
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