Beauty sleuths, assemble. The 2025 waitlist for the iconic LookFantastic advent calendar has just gone live — ahead of pre-orders launching on September 1st. You might think we’re wishing time away, but you’d be mistaken. Most of the best beauty advent calendars sell-out by the end of September (with the most popular selling at a rate of one every minute when they launch). So, you’re going to want in early.

In previous years, the LookFantastic alternative advent calendar has accrued waiting lists of over 150,000 people — which only acts as proof of its popularity. Best-selling brands including ELEMIS, The Ordinary, Color Wow, Sol de Janeiro, Estée Lauder, and MAC all made appearances last year — and the final gift on day 25 was none other than the iconic Anastasia Beverly Hills Soft Glam Palette. I’m still using mine today.

Back to this Christmas. This year marks ten iconic years of the LookFantastic Advent Calendar, so this year’s is set to be the retailer’s most exclusive yet. Priced at £105 — but worth over £655 — you can expect 28 premium makeup, skincare, hair, body, and fragrance products from some of the retailer’s most coveted brands. You knew it’d be good. Oh, and it’s part of their wider Christmas Collection — returning alongside the much-loved grooming calendar, as well as a brand-new fragrance calendar. So, what are you waiting for? Join the waitlist now to stay in the loop.

LookFantastic Advent Calendar 2025, at a glance:

LookFantastic Beauty Advent Calendar 2025

• Release date: 1st September — but you can join the waitlist now.
• Number of products: 28 in total, and 17 are full-size.
• When does it ship? TBC — but last year it was November.
• Price: £105 — but it’s worth over £655.

What do you actually get in the LookFantastic Advent Calendar?

The contents is still being kept under wraps for now — but we’ll update you as soon as we know more. In the meantime, here’s everything that was in last year’s version:

• ELEMIS Pro-Collagen Marine Cream 30ml (Full-Size) – worth £64
• Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Serum 15ml (Travel-Size) – worth £35
• Medik8 Press and Glow Tonic 200ml (Full-Size) – worth £28
• The Ordinary Multi-Peptide Eye Serum 15ml (Full-Size) – worth £19.90
• Grown Alchemist Polishing Facial Exfoliant 12ml (Travel-Size) – £16
• Shiseido Uplifting and Firming Express Eye Mask (Full-Size) – worth £11
• First Aid Beauty Pure Skin Face Cleanser 30ml (Travel-Size) – worth £7
• Peter Thomas Roth Rose Stem Cell Anti-Ageing Mask and Cucumber Gel Mask Duo 14ml (Travel-Size) – worth £20
• Ultrasun Face SPF30 25ml (Travel-Size) – worth £12
• ESPA Tri-Active™ Regenerating Treatment Oil 10ml (Travel-Size) – worth £25
• Sol de Janeiro Cheirosa 59 Perfume Mist 90ml (Full-Size) – worth £22
• Aveeno Daily Moisturising Body Lotion 100ml (Full-Size) – worth £4
• This Works Perfect Body Smoothing Wash 50ml (Travel-Size) – worth £6
• Rituals Ritual of Sakura Scented Candle 140g (Travel-Size) – worth £17
• Anastasia Beverly Hills Soft Glam Palette (14 shades, Full-Size) – worth £48
• ICONIC London Prep-Set-Glow Spray in Original (Full-Size) – worth £25
• M.A.C Cosmetics Lustreglass Sheer-Shine Lipstick 3g in shade Hug Me (Full-Size) – worth £24
• Avant Skincare Pro Perfecting Collagen Touche Éclat Primer 30ml (Full-Size) – worth £84
• LOOKFANTASTIC x Trigwell Cosmetics Velvet Powder Puffs x 2 in Iconic Blue (Full-Size) – worth £14.99
• Glow Hub Gen Gleam Lip Gloss 3ml (Full-Size) – worth £10
• LOOKFANTASTIC x Brushworks Satin Eye Mask in Iconic Blue (Full-Size)- worth £7.99
• Ciaté London Glow-To Illuminating Blush in shade Sweet Kiss (Full-Size) – worth £20
• Wella Professionals Care Ultimate Repair Shampoo 100ml & Conditioner 75ml (Travel-Size) – worth £26
• Color Wow Raise the Root Thicken and Lift Spray 50ml (Travel-Size) – worth £12
• The Nue Co. SUPA_THICK Topical Scalp Serum Supplement 15ml (Travel-Size) – worth £7

GLAMOUR’s product highlights:

Clearly, we don’t know the contents of this year’s calendar yet — but if last year’s loot is anything to go by, you can bet your bottom dollar that it’s going to be a seriously impressive selection.

I’ve been lucky enough to try a wide range of alternative advent calendars in my time, but the 2024 LookFantastic advent calendar remains my all-time favourite. In fact, some of the products I got inside, I’m still enjoying using today. Case in point: the surprisingly useful LOOKFANTASTIC x Trigwell Cosmetics Velvet Powder Puffs, and the Sol de Janeiro Cheirosa 59 Perfume Mist, which I’m now dangerously close to finishing.