Marks and Spencer Advent Calendar 2016 Review and Photo's

M&S Beauty Advent Calendar

Over the past month there's been a lot of hype surrounding not only beauty advent calendars in general, but in particular the M&S 2016 'Ultimate' Beauty Advent Calendar. Now at first glance I did think this would be full of own brand bath and body products, which is what I always thought of when I visited their beauty department. However I was surprised to hear this was full of 25 branded beauty products including everything from nail polish to hair products! So if you haven't got yours already there's still time before they all disappear for another year.

Price
The Beauty Advent Calendar does retail for £35, BUT there is a catch, you do need to spend £35 to be eligible to buy the calendar for £35. However I think this can be quite easily done if you're buying Christmas presents, food, wrapping paper or even more beauty products and if you weigh up what your getting for £35, then this is an absolute steal in general compared to some of the other beauty calendars out there.

Packaging
Again this is another beautifully packaged advent calendar and if you thought the Makeup Revolution Advent Calendar was big, then just wait till you see this one! It also is not like your conventional calendar either as each day is a box rather than a window that you open.

What's Inside?
This had an amazing selection of 25 branded deluxe sized products including,
Day 1 - Neal's Yard Remedies Bee Lovely Hand Cream
Day 2 - Rodial Super Acids X-Treme Acid Rush Peel
Day 3 - Filorga Time-Filler
Day 4 - Pixi by Petra Brow Tamer
Day 5 - Josh Wood Radiant Shine Hair Treatment Oil
Day 6 - Eyeko Skinny Liquid Eyeliner
Day 7 - Ultrasun Face SPF 30
Day 8 - Alpha H Liquid Gold
Day 9 - Autograph Nail Polish in Cranberry
Day 10 - Nails Inc. Gel One Coat
Day 11 - Emma Hardie Moringa Cleansing Balm
Day 12 - Look Good Feel Better Mini Powder Brush
Day 13 - Skyn Icelandic Relief Eye Cream
Day 14 - Nuxe Dry Oil
Day 15 - Rosie Huntington-Whitley Lip Stick
Day 16 - Philip Kingsley Elasticizer
Day 17 - Ren Global Protection Day Cream
Day 18 - Rituals Magic Touch Body Cream
Day 19 - Percy & Reed Wonder Balm
Day 20 - Formula Ultimate Sleep Cream
Day 21 - PUR Correcting Primer
Day 22 - Leighton Denny Mini Crystal Nail File
Day 23 - Studio 10 Miracle Effect Priming Serum
Day 24 - Burt's Bee Lip Balm
Day 25 - Shay & Blue NAtural Spray Fragrance

Overall Thoughts

Overall this was a fantastic Beauty Calendar and Marks & Spencer's really did pull out all the stops!

You did need to spend over £35 to be able to purchase this calendar for £35, but really this wasn't much in the grand scheme of things considering this included so many well known, premium branded beauty products. I thoroughly enjoyed opening this every day in December and for me this really was one of the best Beauty Advent Calendars on the market.

I award the Marks and Spencer Beauty Advent Calendar 4.9 out of 5