ESPA Advent Calendar 2026 Review

Today I’m taking a closer look at the ESPA Advent Calendar 2026, packed with 25 products worth over £624. Let’s go drawer by drawer and see what ESPA has included this year.

ESPA Pink Hair and Scalp Mud (30ml) – a mineral-rich treatment mask that deeply conditions the hair, scalp, and skin. It leaves the hair smooth and frizz-free while helping keep the scalp hydrated. The formula contains red clay, glycerin, sorbitol, sodium PCA, lactic acid, sodium lactate, castor seed oil, apricot kernel oil, sunflower seed oil, grape seed oil, and honeysuckle extract. This mask isn’t a game changer for me, but it’s still lovely. It leaves my fine hair feeling soft and smooth without weighing it down and helps soothe the scalp.

ESPA Positivity Bath & Shower Gel (100ml) – a shower gel enriched with a blend of essential oils. It has a wonderful scent of bergamot, sweet orange, jasmine, gardenia, and rose geranium. I love this scent. It smells really uplifting and positive.

ESPA Clean & Green Detox Mask (30ml, worth £22.00) – a clay mask formulated to visibly brighten and clarify dull complexions. The formula is enriched with grape seed oil, broccoli seed oil, echium seed oil, moringa seed oil, spinach extract, spirulina extract, and sodium gluconate. It leaves my skin feeling clean, soft, and refreshed.

ESPA Muscle Rescue Balm (15g) – a post-workout balm for tired muscles, scented with peppermint, eucalyptus, and clove. I’ve used this balm before, and it works really well for sore muscles.

ESPA Tri Active™ Regenerating Bio-Retinol Sleeping Serum (30ml, worth £89.00) – an intensive age-defying serum that helps boost luminosity and rejuvenate the skin. The formula is enriched with glycerin, sweet almond oil, rosehip oil, cotton seed oil, linseed oil, sunflower seed oil, hydrolysed hyaluronic acid, vitamin E, vigna aconitifolia seed extract, bidens pilosa extract, plankton extract, cryptomeria japonica bud extract, nephelium lappaceum leaf extract, and codium tomentosum extract.

ESPA Skin Rescue Balm (30g, worth £33.00) – a nourishing balm that helps soothe, protect, and condition dry or sensitive skin. The formula is enriched with castor seed oil, soybean oil, canola oil, echium seed oil, blackcurrant seed oil, tamanu oil, sunflower seed oil, beeswax, sea fennel extract, Cardiospermum halicacabum extract, rosemary leaf extract, and vitamin E.

ESPA Replenishing Treatment Oil (30ml, worth £66.00) – a facial oil that helps replenish and protect the skin. The formula is enriched with sweet almond oil, macadamia seed oil, jojoba seed oil, evening primrose oil, avocado oil, sunflower seed oil, carrot seed oil, carrot root extract, vitamin E, beta-carotene, and a vitamin C derivative.

ESPA Optimal Skin Pro-Moisturiser (30ml) – a face cream formulated to brighten and hydrate the skin. The formula is enriched with glycerin, Aquaxyl™, sunflower seed oil unsaponifiables, inulin, sacha inchi seed oil, sodium hyaluronate, echium seed oil, vitamin E, alaria esculenta extract, myrothamnus flabellifolia extract, moringa seed oil, and vitamin C.

ESPA Soothing Bath & Body Oil (15ml) – a bath and body oil formulated to soothe and relax the skin. The formula is enriched with coconut oil, soybean oil, sweet almond oil, avocado oil, sunflower seed oil, vitamin E, beta-carotene, carrot root extract, carrot seed oil, and a vitamin C derivative.

ESPA Nourishing Lip Treatment (5ml, worth £23.00) – a moisturising lip oil that helps smooth and plump the lips. The formula is enriched with castor seed oil, grape seed oil, squalane, pomegranate seed oil, raspberry seed oil, sunflower seed oil, and hyaluronic acid.

ESPA Optimal Skin Pro-Serum (30ml, worth £58.00) – an intensely moisturising oil serum. The formula is enriched with sunflower concentrate, balloon vine, blackcurrant seed oil, rice bran oil, sunflower seed oil, evening primrose oil, rosehip oil, sea fennel, turmeric extract, and an omega and vitamin complex. It’s a bit too rich for my combination skin, so I usually use it in winter, mixing a couple of drops with a hyaluronic acid serum.

ESPA Rose Quartz Gua Sha Tool (worth £40.00) – a facial massager that helps diminish the appearance of puffiness and sculpt the facial contours. Made from rose quartz.

ESPA Overnight Hydration Therapy (15ml) – a deeply hydrating mask designed to revitalise the skin and replenish lost moisture. The formula is enriched with glycerin, anhydroxylitol, xylitol, xylitylglucoside, sodium PCA, glucomannan, hyaluronic acid, sorbitol, and vitamin C. I’ve tried this mask before, and it’s a great product. It’s really hydrating and works perfectly for my combination skin, especially during the winter months.

ESPA Optimal Skin Pro-Cleanser (30ml) – a multi-purpose product that works as a cleanser, exfoliator, and mask. It melts away makeup, cleanses the skin, and leaves it feeling smooth, bright, and moisturised. The formula contains pumpkin enzymes, jojoba spheres, avocado oil, sunflower seed oil, moringa seed oil, and omega + vitamin complex. I really like this one. It works like a cleansing balm but also exfoliates the skin. I tend to use it more as a mask, and I love how it leaves my skin soft, smooth, and moisturised.

ESPA Pomelo Lip Balm (10g, worth £14.00) – a lip balm formulated with castor seed oil, cocoa butter, sunflower seed oil, wild mango butter, pomegranate sterols, natural waxes, and ammonium glycyrrhizate.

ESPA Energising Bath & Shower Gel (30ml) – a shower gel formulated with an aromatic blend of rejuvenating eucalyptus, warming clove bud, and soothing lavender. It’s a lovely shower gel that lathers well and smells nice.

ESPA Active Nutrients Yuzu and Ginger Cleansing Sorbet (50ml) – a balm-to-oil cleanser. that melts away makeup and impurities. Its unique sorbet texture starts with a jelly-like consistency, then melts into a nourishing oil, and finally transforms into a foamy milk.

ESPA Silk Scrunchie – a soft silk scrunchie.

ESPA Silk Eye Mask – a sleep mask made of silk for the ultimate beauty sleep.

ESPA Refining Skin Polish (15ml, worth £10.00) – a gentle exfoliator formulated with spherical diatomaceous earth, sunflower seed oil, shea butter, sorbitol, glycerin, sodium PCA, sodium lactate, glucose, beta-carotene, and carrot extract. I’m generally not a big fan of physical scrubs for the face, but I didn’t find this one too harsh.

ESPA Restorative Bath & Body Oil (15ml) – a bath and body oil infused with rose geranium, sweet orange, lavender, and palmarosa. It’s formulated with coconut oil, soybean oil, sweet almond oil, avocado oil, and sunflower seed oil. I’m a big fan of body oils, especially during the winter months, so I’m looking forward to trying this one.

ESPA Exfoliating Body Polish (100ml, worth £18) – a cooling and revitalising body scrub that helps refine, smooth, and refresh the skin. The formula contains apricot seed powder, poppy seed extract, glycerin, and aloe leaf juice.

ESPA Tri Active™ Regenerating Smooth & Firm Body Butter (100ml, worth £31) – a body butter formulated to help firm, smooth, and moisturise the skin. The formula contains a blend of shea butter, moringa seed oil, cotton seed oil, olive oil, sunflower seed oil, argan oil, rosehip oil, linseed oil, bio-retinol (from Bidens pilosa), sorbitol, glycerin, sodium PCA, sodium lactate, hydrolysed pumpkin seedcake, and algae extract. I love this butter. Its rich, creamy texture melts into the skin and leaves it silky smooth and well moisturised.

ESPA Tri-Active Regenerating Moisture Complex (30ml) – an ultra-rich face cream enriched with macadamia seed oil, sweet almond oil, camellia seed oil, mango butter, sunflower seed oil, cotton seed oil, soybean oil, linseed oil, glycerin, willow bark extract, algae extract, green tea extract, beta-carotene, and carrot root extract.

ESPA Winter Spice Votive Candle (80g) – a festive candle scented with candied orange, toasted cinnamon, fresh ginger, and warm clove. I love finding candles in advent calendars, and this one smells really nice and Christmassy.

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