The Best Advent Calendars for Men 2020

Advent Calendar season has well and truly started and already there is so much to choose from. One thing that always stands out is how each calendar is, like most beauty halls, aimed at women - something I’ve always argued is unfair. Sure I spend a fair amount of money on makeup and skincare, so do a lot of my Male friends, yet the one reason they don’t go to department stores is because they don’t feel brands have anything to offer them.

For 2020, there has been a few Advent Calendars aimed at men and there are ones which stand out.

Liberty Men's Grooming Calendar

Liberty always have one of the most iconic advent calendars and this year, their grooming calendar is pretty fabulous. It contains £460 worth of products from brands such as Claus Porto, Ruffians and Susanne Kaufmann. It goes on sale for £195 on 7th October.

I have a full review of this calendar here. 

Mr Porter - The Net A Porter advent calendar for 2020 is amazing and again this year, there is Mr Porter for the men and it too is amazing.

It contains 12 skin, hair and body products including Augustinus Bader, Elemis, 111Skin and Dr Dennis Gross to name a few. It is said to go on sale in early November and will be priced at £105 here.

Next - Again this year, Next are releasing two advent calendars and the one for him is pretty good for the price and it is available right now.

Featuring 24 days, behind each door you will find brands such as Elemis, LAB Series, Liz Earle and Hugo Boss.  The contents are worth over £200 yet the calendar costs just £69.  

Again, there is a full review of this calendar here.

ASOS - Here we have a 12 Day Grooming Advent Calendar and I think it is pretty good!

Inside you can see brands such as LAB Series, Bull Dog and The Ordinary. The calendar is on sale now and it costs just £35 here*.

If you want to know what’s inside, I have a full review of this calendar here.

Barber Pro - This is a 12 days of grooming essentials for men and it includes a selection of masks from the Foaming Cleansing Mask to the Calming Under Eye Mask.

The contents of this advent calendar are said to be £59 but it is on sale now for just £35 and it does make a really lovely gift.

Clarins - This year again, there is a his and hers option available which I have shared here on my blog and what I love about this one is that it contains a whole host of skincare that my mister would actually use.

This one is a 12 days of Christmas with Clarins and it features some well known products such as the Anti-Fatigue Eye Cream. The contents are said to be worth over £119 but it is on sale for £60 via Boots.

I am hoping that other brands will make an effort to product a calendar for the men in our lives, with these three offerings, I know my hubby would be more than happy with any of them!

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Clarins His and Her 12 Day Advent Calendar's 2020

Clarins are back with two advent calendars for 2020 - an option for him and an option for her and at £60 each, I quite like the look of them.

For her we have an advent calendar in the very red shade I've come to connect Clarins products too and inside there is a whole host of skincare and makeup, some of which Clarins are best known to sell such as the Beauty Flash Balm.  Said to have an overall value of £135, you are more than getting your moneys worth.

Contents

• Full Size SOS Primer 00 Universal Light 30ml,
• Full Size Lip Perfector 01 Rose Shimmer 12ml,
• Beauty Flash Balm 30ml,
• Instant Eye Make-Up Remover 30ml,
• SOS Hydra Mask 15ml,
• Gentle Foaming Cleanser 30ml,
• Fresh Face Scrub 15ml,
• Hand and Nail Treatment Cream 30ml,
• Instant Smooth Perfecting Touch 4ml,
• Wonder Perfect 4D Mascara 3g,
• Crayon Kohl Black 0.25ml,
• Lip Comfort Oil 01 Honey 5g

This advent calendar is available now from Boots for £60 here.

The Clarins 12 Day Advent Calendar for Men, is again priced at £60 and is decorated with a blue theme.  

Inside you will find some well known products which include the Anti-Fatigue Eye Cream amongst others and the contents are said to be worth around £119.

Contents

• ClarinsMen Anti-Fatigue Eye Cream 20ml,
• Full Size ClarinsMen Super Moisture Balm 50ml,
• Tonic Bath & Shower Concentrate 30ml,
• Blue Orchid Face Treatment Oil 5ml,
• SOS Hydra Mask 15ml,
• ClarinsMen Shampoo & Shower 30ml,
• ClarinsMen Active Face Wash 30ml,
• Fresh Face Scrub 15ml,
• ClarinsMen Super Moisture Gel 12ml,
• ClarinsMen After Shave Soother 12ml,
• 7 Day Double Serum 4.9ml
• Hydra-Essentiel Moisture Replenishing Lip Balm 3ml.

This Advent Calendar is also available via Boots and is on sale now for £60 here.

I love this idea of a his and hers matching Advent Calendar set, something more brands should figure out to do in my opinion!

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OPI Shine Bright 25 Day Nail Polish Advent Calendar 2020

I absolutely love OP nail polishes and have in recent months shaded some of their amazing launches including Muse of Milan and the Mexico City Collection. For Christmas, we have a very cute Advent Calendar which features 25 days of mini 3.75ml nail polishes.

What I love about this calendar is that you can try a whole host of shades that OPI has to offer and if you find a shade you just adore, for me it is Lincoln Park After Dark, then you know which ones will and won't work for you.  The Advent Calendar is priced at £70 and is meant to launch on 1st October, but I have found it for sale here with Freeman's.  If you don't want to know what shades are included within this calendar, then scroll no further because they are listed.

Contents

• Naughty or Ice
• Snowfalling for You
• This Shade is Ornamental
• Dresses to the Wines
• This Gold Sleighs Me
• Gingerbread Man Can
• Merry in Cramberry
• Red-y For the Holidays
• Lets Take an Elfie
• Tinsel Tinsel Lil Star
• Yo All a Good Night
• Heart and Coal
• Alpine Snow
• Bubble Bath
• Tickle My Franc-y
• Taupe Less Beach
• It’s a Girl
• Malaga Wine
• Bogota Blackberry
• Aurora Berry-alis
• Strawberry Margarita
• Pompeii Purple
• Russian Navy
• Lincoln Park After Dark
• Kyoto pearl

The Advent Calendar is priced at £70 and is meant to launch on 1st October at Lookfantastic, John Lewis, Amazon and Feelunique.

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Willful Smart Watch - Apple iWatch Dupe

I love my iPhone and for years I’ve listed after an iWatch but can’t ever seem to justify the price, they are mega expensive but then everyone I know who has one just raves about it. Anyway, browsing on Amazon, as you do... it’s like the middle aisle of Aldi half the time and before you know it, items arrive that you have forgotten about! That’s what happened with the Willful Smart Watch.

Watches are not something I wear, you can ask my mister and he will tell you about the watches I have but never remember to wear or never got a new battery for! But, since this one arrived I haven’t taken it off my wrist unless I am bathing or washing up.

It comes available in the shades black, green, grey, pink, purple and blue, the best part... replacement straps cost just £7.99 and the watch is less than £40 here*! But what is it’s point? Well it is a smart watch, not an Apple Watch by any means, it doesn’t come close, but it’s pretty blooming good. Plus there an app called VeryFitPro which works with iOs and android phones, so you can set up what you want the watch to tell you, which alerts you want and it reminds you to charge it when the battery is getting low too.

This watch has a lot of features starting with its 1.3 inch TFT-LCD clear display, full touch screen. Once charged, it keeps its charge for 7 days before the need to recharge it - amazing when you think it is active 24 hours a day 7 days a week. But then we have all this:

All Day Activity Health Data

This watch records daily data such as steps walked, distance covered and calorie burned from that. It also records your sleep quality whether it is a deep sleep or a light sleep, how long you have been asleep and how long during the night you are awake.  Add to that it also has 9 exercise modes which provide reference data for your daily health analysis and improvement.

My watch is set to encourage me to walk 10,000 steps a day and when I achieve that goal it vibrates on my wrist with a little graphic to let me know this has been achieved.  On the app it tells you how many steps over a week, month or year with a graph, so again you can track your activity.

Real Time Heart Rate Monitoring

Again, this watch will automatically recognise the heart rate which it does by using advanced sensor technology. With mine I can see my resting heart rate and find it quite soothing to watch the red heart as it flickers. You can also see your average heart rate and maximum heart rate too.  

When used with the app, you can track your daily, weekly or even monthly changes.

Stay Connected to Your Day

As well as the fitness tracking abilities, this watch also helps you to be connected to your phone but without needing to be on your phone all the time. It connects to your phones bluetooth, so if your phone is off or out of signal, it doesnt work.  But when it does, the watch will vibrate to alert to you phone calls, SMS messages, Whatsapp messages and even Facebook Messenger as well as Skype, Instagram and Twitter - all of these depending on which settings you choose. 

It's Waterproof

You can use it when you are washing hands, sweating or when it is raining. It is not suitable for hot water, saunas or environments with large variation of temperature

One its best features is that you don't need to touch or tap it to see the watch screen, a simple lift up of your wrist will light up the screen so you can see the date, time and any messages which have come through and how much battery life you have left.

I think it is fair to say that I am really, really impressed with this watch. I was never quite sure a smartwatch was for me, thinking it would be too much hassle or add further stress to my life, but it doesn’t. Infact I’m not even sure how I have managed without it, because I now don’t need to be glued to my phone waiting for messages - it alerts me to them and I can read them on my screen and see who they are from, it lets me know if my phone is ringing and naturally it tells the time - something I had become too reliant on my iPhone for.

Is there a catch? Actually for me absolutely not. For £36.99 via Amazon* what you get is an amazing watch that does what I want it to do and I absolutely love it.

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