Here Are 2022's Best Beauty Advent Calendars

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Holidays are the perfect time for gifts. Christmas Day is special, as you wake up in the morning to see presents under the Christmas tree, and to sweeten the arrival of Christmas Day even more, there are advent calendars. Advent actually means arrival, and Advent Season is the time of the year preparing for the birth of Jesus, which can start at the end of November or on December 1 (via Vox). It's assumed that advent calendars became popular in the 19^th century due to German Lutherans counting down the days and offering children chocolate treats leading up to Christmas Day.

Beauty advent calendars can make your anticipation of Christmas Day a whole lot prettier. If chocolates are the perfect treat for children, now we have beauty advent calendars for beauty lovers. What could be better than having a calendar that gives you little beauty goodies leading up to Christmas Day? It's the most wonderful time of the year when beauty brands and authorized retailers release limited edition beauty advent calendars with skincare products, makeup, perfumes, and other self-care items all packaged into one beautiful calendar. If you know a beauty lover, they will love this thoughtful gift, but there are many to choose from. Perhaps you could get yourself one to help create your perfect holiday beauty look, too. No matter who you buy one for, here are our favorites this year.

Dr. Barbara Strum is one fancy brand; if anything screams the most luxurious beauty advent calendar, it would be this one. This 24-piece advent calendar includes a good mix of full, deluxe, and mini sizes, and would make a perfect gift for skincare lovers in your life. It's pricey, but most of her full-size products cost well over $100, and here you're getting 24 of them in various sizes and some that are perfect for travel if you're visiting family. Our favorite products in this calendar are the super anti-aging hand cream, the Good C Vitamin C serum, enzyme cleanser, glow drops, and lip balm.

Purchase the Dr. Barbara Strum Advent Calendar at Net-A-Porter for $560.

Your skin needs extra love in the winter, and there isn't a better skincare bundle than this one. It gives you a perfect chance to try all the Kiehl's goodies you haven't tried before. If you have dry skin, Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream is a lifesaver. Its beauty advent calendar includes the nourishing cream and other bestselling products like its Midnight Recovery Concentrate, Calendula Herbal-Extract Toner, and its famous lip balm. 

This $261 value set is quite a find. It has an average of 4.7 out of five stars on Kiehl's website, with one reviewer saying, "Everyone is enjoying this practical selection of amazing skincare! Since ordered 4 more advent calendars, sent 2 to Great Britain, and they have been well received. The other 2 are for my cherished next-door neighbor girls, two generations of goodness, and I'm sure they will giggle with happiness."

Purchase the Kiehl's Avent Calendar at Kiehl's for $105.

Most beauty advent calendars have one or a couple of full-size products and even more minis. However, the Liberty London Beauty Advent Calendar 2022 with 30 products has 20 full sized-products from beauty brands, including products like Dr. Barbara Sturm The Good C Vitamin C Serum, Sunday Riley Auto Correct Brightening and Depuffing Eye Contour Cream, Kate Somerville ExfoliKate Intensive Exfoliating Treatment, and more. Ultimately, this advent calendar is worth $1,350. What's more, five of these advent calendars include a golden ticket that offers £1,000 to spend on the brand's website. Now that's quite a beauty advent calendar. Rejoice!

Purchase the Liberty London Beauty Advent Calendar 2022 on Liberty London for $320.

MAC Cosmetics is exceeding our expectations with its advent calendar that comes in a gorgeous keepsake box with 24 full-size and mini products, including MAC Stack Mascara, Liquidlast 24-hour waterproof liner, and Strobe Cream. The products are worth $475, so it's a steal for makeup lovers. This super cute box is eco-friendly, too. 

MAC's website has an impressive perfect rating, with a reviewer raving, "Every year, I keep looking at this Mac Cosmetics advent calendar and seeing how pretty they are! So, this year, I decided to treat myself to one and see what the big fuss is all about! The box itself is amazing and cute! I've had a little peek at some of the products, and some are up my alley, especially the teddy velvet lipstick and some which I haven't even used before!"

Purchase the MAC Cosmetics Bursting With Surprises Advent Calendar on MAC Cosmetics for $195.

The Rituals 3D Advent Calendar literally looks like a Christmas tree because it's a mini-tree with its own set of twinkling lights and a star on top. You can spoil yourself for 24 days with products for your mind, body, and soul, including luxurious and delicious-smelling shower foams, candles, and perfumes. It's worth $213.50 but can be yours for way less. It would also make a great centerpiece because it's so well-crafted. Plus, it includes some never-before-released products, so be ready for pleasant surprises as each gift is beautifully wrapped individually.

Purchase the Rituals 3D Advent Calendar on Amazon for $125.

Beauty lovers will drool over Space NK Beauty Advent Calendar because it has best-selling products from notoriously well-known beauty brands. This 25-day advent calendar includes full sizes of Caudalie Vinergetic C+ Instant Detox Mask, Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant, Nécessaire The Hand Cream Fragrance-Free, Laura Mercier Caviar Stick Eye Colour Matte in Au Naturel, and more, as well as mini sizes of La Mer Crème De La Mer Moisturizing Cream, Sol De Janeiro Brazilian Bum Cream, and Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes Universal Volumizing Mascara — plus much more. The total value of this advent calendar is $1,002. 

It has an average of 4.2 out of five stars on Space NK's website, with a happy reviewer saying, "This was hands down the advent calendar for me. Although the overall 'value' was less than some competitors, the Space NK calendar had more full-size products that I already use, or on my want list so this was by far the best value for me."

Purchase the Space NK Beauty Advent Calendar at Space NK for $280.

Benefit Cosmetics has so many great makeup products, and the brand is bringing together the best of the best for its advent calendar. Benefit Cosmetics' 12-Day Beauty Advent Calendar is filled with 12 of its bestselling products like the Hoola bronzer, Dandelion blush, They're Real Mascara, Gimme Brow, and more in travel sizes so you can take them all with you for the holidays. Plus, it includes a cute postcard you can send a loved one. It's worth $142 and can be yours for less than half the price. This is a superb advent calendar to try the brand's top products to see if you'd like to invest in full sizes.

Purchase the Benefit Cosmetics Sincerely, Yours Beauty Advent Calendar at Ulta for $65.

ASOS is a hub for fashion, and its beauty advent calendar brings you 25 days of joy with treats for your face and body. It has more surprises for your hair to keep you guessing and add a smile to your face every time you find a favorite or discover a new one. It comes in a tote bag with 24 products and a makeup bag with five products, so you get 29 total products. Some of our favorites in this one are MAC Cosmetics lipstick in Velvet Teddy, Benefit Cosmetics Benetint in Rose, Too Faced Lip Injection, and Elemis Procollagen Marine Cream.

Purchase the ASOS Face and Body 25-Day Advent Calendar on ASOS for $99.

Want an advent calendar to help you get ready in a jiffy while looking pretty? Well, the PrettyLittleThings Beauty Advent Calendar is a must-have. It includes highly-rated products like Color Wow Raise The Root, Mario Badescu Facial Spray, This Works Pillow Spray, Aroma Active Sleep Salt Soak, many PrettyLittleThings makeup products, and more. Plus, the whole packaging is pretty and pink. It's worth over $160 and includes 24 products, but you can get it at a fantastic deal for Christmas. You'll glow for days and save more than $100.

Purchase the PrettyLittleThings Beauty Advent Calendar at PrettyLittleThings for $55.

One of the best parts about getting dolled up is the time you spend getting ready, and you can make the experience even more relaxing with Voluspa's 12-Day Advent Calendar. This 12-piece candle set has the brand's most popular fragrances like Sparkling Cuvée, Panjore Lychee, Goji Tarocco Orange, Spiced Pumpkin Latte, Baltic Amber, Gilt Pomander & Hinoki, French Cade Lavender, White Cypress, Vanilla Fireside, Tahitian Coconut Vanilla, Frosted Holly Berry, and Forbidden Fig. They smell as delicious as they sound. All the candles are vegan and cruelty-free and have over 9.5 thousand likes on Sephora's website.

Purchase the Voluspa 12-Day Advent Calendar at Sephora for $75.

This advent calendar makes sure you're taken care of head to toe with the goodness of Dr. Hauschka products. You'll be relieved to know that not every beauty advent calendar is over $100, as the Dr. Hauschka 2022 Advent Calendar retails for under $100 and contains 24 products, which include a full size of its bestselling Rose Day Cream along with firming and soothing masks, Moor Lavender Calming Body Oil and Blackthorn Toning Body Oil, and more. All the products are certified to meet NATRUE standards and are free from synthetic fragrance and animal testing.

Purchase the Dr. Hauschka 2022 Advent Calendar on Dr. Hauschka's website for $85.

Is any holiday look complete without a perfect manicure? Gel and acrylic nails look amazing but can be bad for your nails, and if you're a fan of switching up colors more frequently, the OPI Nail Lacquer Mini 25 Piece Advent Calendar has everything you'll ever need for perfectly polished nails. These nail polishes last for seven days and dry quickly, so you won't have to sit there and wait, and if you want to change it every day, you can do that too. With 25 options, this goal is right at your fingertips.

Purchase the OPI Nail Lacquer Mini 25-Piece Advent Calendar on Amazon for about $80.