Beauty advent calendars 2026: price per door, what's sold out, and where to get cashback

The biggest number on a beauty advent calendar is the “worth” figure, and it's the one that tells you least. What you actually pay is the price per door, and what you actually get is only worth something if you'd use it. On 9 November, three weeks before door one, the UK picture is clear: Cult Beauty has sold out both editions, Sephora's Favourites calendar is still on pre-order, and Boots has its own calendars in stock.

At a glance

• Sephora Favourites: £235, 40 products (27 full size), stated value £1,006, pre-order with despatch on or before 23 November (sephora.co.uk)
• Boots 24 Days of Luxe: £150, stated worth £706.99, in stock (boots.com)
• Boots 12 Days of Scent: £90, stated worth £356.52, in stock
• Cult Beauty Signature and Special Edition (£245 each): sold out
• First door: 1 December

Price per door against the “worth” figure

Here's what the calendars still worth considering cost per item, and how the retailer's own valuation compares with the price (boots.com and sephora.co.uk, 9 November 2026):

Calendar	Price	Items	Per item	Stated value	Value ÷ price	Status
Sephora Favourites	£235	40	£5.88	£1,006	4.3x	pre-order, despatch by 23 Nov
Boots 24 Days of Luxe	£150	24	£6.25	£706.99	4.7x	in stock
Boots 12 Days of Scent	£90	12	£7.50	£356.52	4.0x	in stock
No7 25 Days of Beauty (Boots)	£65	25	£2.60	£248.93	3.8x	“stock coming soon”

On paper the ratios are close, between 3.8x and 4.7x. The difference is in what sits behind the doors. Sephora packs 27 full sizes into 40 items, so you get the most product per pound, and it costs less per item than Boots. Boots Luxe has the best ratio on paper but fewer items. The 12 Days of Scent is the weakest deal per door, because fragrance minis are small and the value is calculated from full-size bottle prices.

Treat the valuations as marketing. They add up full retail prices, and minis are often scaled up to the full-size price per ml. MoneySavingExpert listed lower figures earlier this autumn, £589 for Boots Luxe and £967 for Sephora, which shows how soft these numbers are. A calendar is a good buy if you'd use at least half of what's inside, whatever the box says.

Sold out, and still coming

Cult Beauty's advent page now says both 2026 editions have sold out and points to a 2027 waitlist. Sephora's listing says its calendar sold out four years in a row, and the current batch is pre-order only, with despatch on or before 23 November. That still leaves a week before 1 December, but pre-order stock is limited and Sephora doesn't say how much is left.

Boots has the most choice right now. Besides its own calendars, the advent page lists No7, Catrice, Essence and Rituals calendars, some of them already discounted.

Where you get cashback

Store	Cashback	What it means
Sephora UK	2.5%	£5.88 back on the Favourites calendar
Boots	0.5%	£0.75 back on 24 Days of Luxe
Notino UK	2.5% new customers, 0.5% otherwise	brand calendars, check the price on the day

Cult Beauty is also a Soleback partner (1%), but there's nothing left to buy. Activate cashback before you go to the store, finish the order in the same browser tab, and don't use codes that aren't listed on Soleback. That includes Boots' free delivery code: it can cost you the cashback, which on Boots is small anyway.

What to do now

If you want the Sephora calendar, order it now and accept the 23 November despatch date. If you'd rather have a calendar in hand this week, Boots 24 Days of Luxe is the safer pick and the better ratio on paper. Skip the fragrance calendar unless you specifically want to test perfumes, because per door it's the most expensive of the lot.

Updated 9 November 2026. Prices, stated values and stock: sephora.co.uk, boots.com and cultbeauty.co.uk on 9 November 2026. Alternative valuations: MoneySavingExpert. How much Sephora pre-order stock is left is not disclosed, and prices and stock may change.