Avant Skincare Three Beauty Advent Calendars

For 2022, Avant Skincare has three beauty advent calendars and as expected, each one is full of skincare treats over 12 days.

Whether your skin needs some hydration and replenishment, soothing and calming or renewing and rejuvenating, there is a choice of three different calendars to choose from.

Starting with the Renew and Rejuvenate Advent Calendar, priced at £269, it is perfect if you feel that your skin is looking and feeling a bit tired and dull.

The Renew & Rejuvenate Advent Calendar contains 12 of Avant's best loved, full-size products which are designed to transform your skin as well as to alleviate the signs of ageing and reinvigorate your complexion.

Contents

• Bi-Phase Hyaluronic Acid Rejuvenating Micellar Water 200ml
• Blue Volcanic Stone Purifying & Antioxidising Cleansing Gel 100ml
• Glycolic Acid Rejuvenating Face Exfoliator 50ml
• Collagen Intense Radiance Activator Serum 30ml
• R.N.A Radical Anti-Ageing & Lifting Duo Moisturiser 50ml
• Dynamic Hydra-Balancing & Firming Pullulan Night Moisturiser 50ml
• Anti-Ageing Glycolic Lifting Face & Neck Mask 50ml
• Anti-Ageing Collagen Lip Line Corrector 8ml
• R.N.A Radical Anti-Ageing & Tightening Body Cream 100ml
• Hydra-Bright Collagen Eye Restoring Pads x 3
• Centifolia Rose Radiance Capturing Mask x 1
• Serene Scalp Recovery Exfoliating Treatment 80ml

Launching soon, you can find the Renew & Rejuvenate Advent Calendar here.

The second Advent Calendar is the Soothe and Calm offering and this one is said to be for troublesome sensitive or blemish prone skin and it has been curated with most delicate and gentle Avant products have to offer.

Again, this Advent Calendar features 12 full-sized products and it is priced at £269. Here is what you will find inside.

Contents

• Blue Volcanic Stone Purifying & Antioxidising Cleansing Gel 100ml
• Proactive Mandelic Acid Restoring & Anti-Pollution Toner 200ml
• Advanced Bio Absolute Youth Eye Therapy 15ml
• Splendid Cica Mattifying and Restoring Serum 30ml
• Intensive Restoring and Detoxifying Centella Cica Moisturiser 50ml
• Ceramides Soothing & Protective Day Cream SPF 20 50ml
• Pro Salicylic Immediate Blemish S.O.S Treatment 15ml
• Proactive Salicylic Acne & Imperfections Repair Treatment 50ml
• Hyaluronic Acid Age Fix Toning Night Concentrate Mist 30mI
• Intense Acne Battling & Purifying French Green Clay Mask 50ml
• Hyalu Replenish Lip Balm 10ml
• Centifolia Rose Radiance Capturing Mask x 1

Launching soon, you can find the Soothe and Calm Advent Calendar here.

The final Advent Calendar from Avant Skincare is the Hydrate and Replenish offering and it is designed for normal/dry complexions and hair.

Again, this Advent Calendar features 12 full-sized products and it is priced at £269. Here is what you will find inside.

Contents

• Blue Volcanic Stone Purifying & Antioxidising Cleansing Gel 100ml
• Proactive Mandelic Acid Restoring & Anti-Pollution Toner 200ml
• Centifolia Rose Radiance Capturing Mask x 1
• Flawless Energising & Oxygenating Caffeine 2-1 Face & Eye Serum 30ml
• Pro-Radiance Brightening Eye Final Touch 10ml
• Pro-Intense Hyaluronic Acid Illuminating Day Cream 50ml
• Deluxe Hyaluronic Acid Vivifying Face & Eye Night Cream 50ml
• 8 Hour Radiance Renewal Sleeping Mask 50ml
• Hyaluronic Acid Age Fix Toning Night Concentrate Mist 30ml
• Pro-Elongating Biotin Lash & Brow Fortifier Serum 3ml
• Advanced Bio Restorative Superfood Facial Oil 30ml
• Reconstructing Keratin Complex Ultra Shine Hair Cream 100ml

Launching soon, you can find the Hydrate and Replenish Advent Calendar here.

If you want to see more Beauty Advent Calendars on sale for 2022, I have an entire list of them right here.

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Holland & Barrett Beauty Advent Calendar 2022

On sale now 

For those who want an Advent Calendar brimming with more natural brands, once again Holland and Barrett will not disappoint with their offering for 2022.

This years Holland and Barrett Advent Calendar is worth over £180 but will go on sale in September for just £55!  This is slightly more expansive than the 2021 Advent Calendar which was priced at £45 with contents worth £170.

I don’t know if you have shopped in a Holland and Barrett store recently, but my local one has seemingly had a makeover and is now bursting with some amazing brands - including my favourite REN Clean Skincare, Evolve and UpCircle!  

If you don’t want to know what’s inside this Advent Calendar, then the waiting listing to sign up is shared below. It’s worth pointing out that this is one of those Advent Calendars which sells out really quickly!

The Holland and Barrett Advent Calendar Waiting List 

Contents

• VitaSkin Vitamin C Cleansing Balm 100ml – RRP: £15.00 (FULL SIZE)
• FRUU Watermelon Lip Balm 4.5g – RRP: £2.99 (FULL SIZE)
• Olivia Olive Oil Soap 125g – RRP: £1.99 (FULL SIZE)
• Pip & Pod Dragonfruit Face Scrub 50ml – RRP: £9.99 (FULL SIZE)
• Magnitone Bamboo Swipes 2 Pack – RRP: £10.00
• Miaroma Frankincense Oil 10ml – RRP: £14.00 (FULL SIZE)
• Tisserand De-Stress Moodfix Mist 9ml – RRP: 90p
• Dr Organic Rose Otto Eye Serum 10ml – RRP: £10.99 (FULL SIZE)
• Westlab Mindful Bathing Salts 454g – RRP: £3.17
• Evolve Hyaluronic Serum 200 10ml – RRP: £10.00
• So Eco Duo Brow Brush – RRP: £7.50 (FULL SIZE)
• Q+A Hyaluronic Acid Daily Moisturiser 75ml – RRP: £8.50 (FULL SIZE)
• NBTY Beautiful Skin Gummies – Pack of 60 – RRP: £16.99 (FULL SIZE)
• Urban Veda Reviving Night Cream 20ml – RRP: £8.00
• Salt of the Earth Crystal Spring Spray Deodorant 100ml – RRP: £3.99 (FULL SIZE)
• Ethique Pinkalicious Shampoo and Guardian Conditioner – RRP: £5.99
• Naturtint Hairfood Goji Mask 30ml – RRP: £1.40
• Source UK Sleep Eye Mask – bespoke product (FULL SIZE)
• Fushi Jojoba Gold Oil 10ml – RRP: £2.00
• Psychic Sisters Aventurine Gua Sha Facial Wand – RRP: £20.00 (FULL SIZE)
• Ayumi Neem Face Mask 20ml – RRP: £1.20
• Aroma Works Lemongrass & Bergamot Candle 10ml – RRP: £4.6
• Vita Coco Coconut Oil 50ml – RRP: £2.99 (FULL SIZE)
• Weleda Skin Food Body Lotion 200ml – RRP: £14.95 (FULL SIZE)

Launching in a few weeks time, the Holland & Barrett Beauty Advent Calendar for 2022 is worth £180 but will be on sale for just £55.

*this post contains PR samples and/or Affiliate Links unless indicated otherwise - you can learn more on my Disclaimer page.

Charlotte Tilbury Glow Toner

A toner has been part of my skincare routine for years now and I usually always end up going back to Caudalie with their Vinopure Purifying Toner because it just works for my skin.  But, when I was kindly sent the Charlotte Tilbury Glow Toner, that proudly boasts of being acid-free, I was excited to give it a try.

A lot of people ask what a Toner is and why use one. For me, as well as giving those pores a thorough cleanse, they also work to remove those last traces of excess oil, make-up and dirt. I mostly have combination-oily skin with dryness around my nose and forehead, so excess oil is a bit of a problem for me and a toner helps me deal with it.  They can also help to restore your skin’s natural pH balance and help to prepare your skin to better absorb moisturisers and other products you might use.

Your Toner should be used after cleansing and can be used both morning and evening and it was once explained to me that you should view your toner as wake-up call for your skin, a jack of all trades with what it should do for your skin and it should always be used after cleansing but before moisturising.

So with the Charlotte Tilbury Glow Toner, it is described as being 'An acid-free exfoliating toner, the vegan Glow Toner promises to slough away dead skin to bring to the fore soft, refined and glowing skin, perfectly prepped for the steps ahead'. As you can see, it comes packaged in a beautiful bottle that clearly tells you what the product is, why it is magical and what is in it to make it good.

Out of the bottle, the Charlotte Tilbury Glow Toner has a milky consistency, rather than a clear liquid, so not to be confused with an Essence. To use, I apply a few drops to a reusable cotton wool pad and sweep over my face and neck, though you can apply it directly from your palms to your skin if you wish. As this toner is acid-free, you won't get that telltale tingle that you might experience with other well-known toners, but there is fragrance, so if your skin is sensitive, then it is definitely worth a patch-test before using.

Those all important ingredients create quite a super-power list and the key ingredients to tell you about are:

• NIACINAMIDE – One of my skin's favourite ingredients. Its job is to help balance, smooth, refine those pores and to help to maintain optimal skin function.
• SUPER PEPTIDE ROYALEPIGEN P5 – Described as being a bio-mimetic peptide and its job is to support the natural surface skin cell turnover and to make life easier, it is encapsulated in Shea Butter to help increase absorption into the skin
• EXFOLACTIVE™ – Or to the rest of us, Prickly Pear Cactus flower extract. Its job is to help boost the skin’s natural exfoliation process which in turn helps to improve the appearance of clarity and luminosity, then with it comes the reduced appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
• PORETIGHT – Known as Red Clover Flower extract and it works to minimise the appearance of pores
• SODIUM HYALURONATE – This has a much smaller molecular structure than Hyaluronic Acid and its job is to penetrate deeper into the skin to hydrate and retain moisture

What I love about this Toner is that it isn't drying on the skin, gone are the days when you would use a toner that would make you feel drunk upon opening the bottle.  It has a smooth texture and whilst it works really well to give that slight glow, it doesn't add moisture to your skin, because that isn't what it is really designed to do and it is why you should use it after cleansing and before moisturising. It is, if you like, the last step of removing absolutely anything left lurking on your skin after cleansing, the role of moisture should come from your serums and your creams.  The star point of this toner is that it is acid-free, it doesn't dry out the skin leaving it parched and taut and you also won't be over-doing the acids and it is a vegan-friendly formula.

The Charlotte Tilbury Glow Toner is available in two sizes - 30ml which is £15 and then 150ml which is £40 and it can be found very Space NK, Cult Beauty, Feelunique, John Lewis and of course via Charlotte Tilbury.

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Best Male Advent Calendars 2022

I have a Beauty Advent Calendar Directory on my blog, it is something I have done and shared for years now and I love sharing it. Over the years, as you can expect, the number of advent calendars has increased to incredible numbers and already for 2022 there are more than 70 that have been released, of those calendars, less than a third of them have been designed for men, or in mind for men.

So for 2022, here is the definitive list of Advent Calendars, with a grooming/beauty theme for the man in your life.  Of course there are many Advent Calendars which you can share - Elemis, The White Company, L'Occitane and Diptyque.

Starting with ASOS, their 12 Days of Grooming Advent Calendar is again superbly presented within a black and white tote bag.

It is on sale now and is priced at £40, which is the same price as 2021, inside you will find a host of products that include skincare, hair care and grooming from brands such as This Works, Elemis and even Revolution Man!  If you want a sneak preview of the contents, you can find them here.

One of the best Advent Calendars for the man in your life comes from Liberty London. Always amazingly well presented and full of contents that I would definitely be wanting to try.

Priced at £235.00, but worth over £800, early access given to those who subscribe to The Beauty Drop on 27th September as with the other Liberty Advent Calendar and again, it will go on general sale 28th September.  Again, if you want a sneak peak of the contents, you can find them here.

From Barber Pro, an Advent Calendar that has been produced for many years now, we have the 2022 version titled "12 Days of Men's Skincare Essentials" and it offers 12 days of men's skincare essentials for the face and under the eyes.

The contents of this Advent Calendar are said to be worth over £57, but it will go on sale in Boots for just £40 and is a perfect stocking filler.  Again, if you want to see the contents, you can find them all here.

Another delightful Advent Calendar for him is from Next and this is one of my favourite offerings so far for 2022.

Priced at £85, this is a 25 Days of Grooming Calendar and as you might expect, it comes packaged inside a green box. Featuring 25 numbered drawers inside there is a great list of brands and if you want a sneak peak, you can find it here. 

As more advent calendars are shared, I will update this post as I expect there will be Mankind, Mr Porter, Clarins and perhaps one or two more to be released.

For reference you can find all other Advent Calendar's in my Advent Calendar Directory right here.

*this post contains PR samples and/or Affiliate Links unless indicated otherwise - you can learn more on my Disclaimer page.