Beauty
Every day the most fun (or um, the most delicious) little gift
You must get these eight advent calendars home as soon as possible
May felt at the onset of autumn an incredible urge to turn on Sky Radio right away. To the Christmas songs, of course. I have already been immersed in the pepernoten frenzy and now that the Christmas wreaths are slowly walking into the stores, I am definitely up for that too. At Christmas, I usually hide myself in some warm place, but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy the anticipation. No hello, that's actually the most fun part. So I've already indulged myself before Christmas has even started (not very nice if you're celebrating Christmas in a bikini in, indeed, that warm place), raiding the stores of decorations and yes, I have also sung along to some Christmas tunes.
But the most fun, the most fun are the advent calendars. I have been spoiled with them since I was a child. Those sticky fine chocolates that you could take out of a little door every day. Now I am a bit (just a bit, mind you) more spoiled than twenty years ago and so I have some different advent calendars on my list now than back then. Beauty advent calendars that will surprise you every day with something nice. Get them home like crazy now and then pamper yourself every day so you go into the holidays looking your best. And no one will see that you've eaten 100 wreaths, because that glow on your face hides a lot.
Het gaat precies zoals ik wil dat een mascara is: heel subtiel. Ik begin met de fluffy kant, die geleidelijk mijn wimpers meer kleur, volume en lengte geeft. Met elke laag zie je letterlijk je wimpers groeien. Als een frequente gebruiker van een wimperkruller kan ik zeggen: met deze mascara is dat niet eens nodig. Na een paar lagen zijn mijn wimpers bedekt met een mooie zwarte laag, maar zonder de dikke, harde stokken die je met sommige mascaras krijgt. Vandaar de naam: Bounce, omdat je wimpers zacht en flexibel blijven. Dan draai ik de borstel om en gebruik ik de kam om mijn wimpers waar nodig te scheiden. Ik breng ook een dunne laag aan op mijn onderste wimpers met de kam. En voilà: mijn wimpers zijn gelukkig (dankzij de voedende ingrediënten), en ik ben gelukkig. Bounce, je maakt mijn dag.
It's not about what it does, it's about how it looks. Benefit is also coming out with a nice advent calendar again. And Benefit wouldn't be Benefit if it didn't have a catchy name. Girl-o-clock contains 12 minis, from mascaras to those amazing blushes. And even better: when you open it, the Bene-song greets you. Much more fun than Sky Radio.
€49, Benefit, exclusively available at Douglas
The Body Shop
The Body Shop is forty years old and that deserves to be celebrated. Luckily, they celebrate it with us, because it was exactly fifteen years ago that the first advent calendar was launched. And this year they have not one, but THREE. THREEEEE! In different price categories, but all with a lot of goodies. Oh, and extra nice; the products are in small boxes with numbers on them. So you don't have to open a little door, but you really have a small gift to unwrap every day. So if you're really impatient, you can sneak a peek at what awaits you the next day.
From €75, The Body Shop, thebodyshop.nl
Charlotte Tilbury
If anyone is the queen of the party season, it's Charlotte Tilbury. She powders one party look after another on your face. Just take a look here. And now they also have a calendar with the cutest name: Tilbury Treasures. All Hero Products are in the stylish box. Yes, also the Wonderglow, the Legendary Lashes, and the Magic Cream.
Charlotte Tilbury available at the counter in the Bijenkorf
Kerastase
Anyway, you will have the most beautiful hair at Christmas. Every day a product that will likely have you bouncing around with golden locks on the 24th.
Advent calendar, €110, Kerastase
Jo Malone
If there is even one brand on this earth that understands (or no, has invented) the art of giving, it is Jo Malone. The beauty products are irresistible to touch, and when everything comes in the prettiest box, finest paper, and with the nicest scent, you actually just have a double gift. It may cost a bit, but then you have the most beautiful advent calendar on earth in your hands. And that's special, because Jo Malone's advent calendars are always sold out in no time. Hurry up! Jo Malone will bring you back to calm with all those gifts afterwards.
€320, Jo Malone
Douglas
Douglas also has 24 compartments to open. And those 24 compartments ensure that you are Christmas-ready from head to toe. Scrubs, masks, shaving foam, and shampoo. Oh, and even the man can open compartments, because there is also something for him in there.
€29,95, Douglas
Rituals
I don't think you can wish for a better Christmas gift for yourself. Where you would normally be incredibly stingy with all that goodness, you can now go all out. For 24 days long. And if you're still a bit stingy, hopefully for a very long time.
€49,50, Rituals
L’Occitane
L’Occitane always has a very good advent calendar. A bit of a problematic thing, because it makes it so you hardly want to leave the house. You want to spend the whole day in the bathroom. With that calendar, that is. Or you just keep it closed, because it is so beautiful. The illustrator of My Little Paris has made all those lovely drawings, so those are just extra gifts.
€45, L’Occitane
