Harvey Nichols Beauty Advent Calendar 2025 Review

Hi everyone! This time, I’m excited to bring you a review of the Harvey Nichols Beauty Advent Calendar 2025 (worth over £1000). This massive box contains 37 products, with 20 of them being full-sized. Let’s take a look inside each of the 25 drawers and explore every product together.

Augustinus Bader The Rich Cream (15ml, worth £75) – an intense moisturiser designed to reduce the appearance of fine lines, even tone, and improve skin texture. The formula is enriched with sunflower oil, argan oil, avocado oil, shea butter, evening primrose oil, and panthenol. This works great as a night cream for my combination skin during winter. It’s very pricey, but I love the results.

Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Lip Blur in Walk of No Shame (Full Size, worth £29.00) – a matte liquid lipstick in a berry rose shade. I love CT makeup, and the Matte Revolution lipsticks are some of my favourites. So I’m looking forward to trying this product.

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• Minimalista The Crown Clip Heavenly (Full Size, worth £20) – a lightweight claw clip. It feels comfortable to wear and holds my thin hair in place well.
• Slip Pure Silk Skinny Scrunchy in Pink (1pc) – a scrunchie made from 100% silk. I love silk scrunchies and use them when I’m tying up my hair. They don’t damage it and look pretty.

Ex-Nihilo Blue Talisman Eau de Parfum (10ml) – a fragrance with top notes of pear, bergamot, mandarin orange and ginger, heart notes of orange blossom and georgywood, and base notes of musk, ambrofix, akigalawood and cedar. It’s a sweet floral fruity fragrance that smells lovely and very feminine.

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• Marvis Whitening Toothpaste (25ml, worth £5.00) – a whitening toothpaste that contains a blend of ingredients to gently reduce discolouration of the teeth.
• Patchology Beauty Sleep Restoring Hydrogel Face Mask (worth £10.00) – a hydrogel face mask formulated with glycerin, red algae extract, peony extract, centella Asiatica extract, chamomile extract, arnica extract, baikal skullcap extract, allantoin, hydrolysed collagen, trehalose, betaine, yeast amino acids, retinol, and a blend of peptides. I love this face mask, it makes my skin feel hydrated, plumped, and soothed.

Jo Loves Amber, Lime & Bergamot A Votive Candle (70g) – a scented candle with top notes of bergamot, mandarin and pink pepper, middle notes of blackcurrant, white amber, cedarwood and lime, and base notes of suede, patchouli and vetiver. I really like the fragrance and the design, and I always enjoy receiving candles in Advent calendars.

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• Sisley Paris Black Rose Mask (10ml, worth £22.00) – a hydrating cream mask designed to eliminate signs of fatigue from the skin. This mask has a pleasant creamy texture, and I really enjoy using it. It leaves my skin feeling hydrated, soft, and refreshed with a healthy-looking glow.
• Sisley Paris Black Rose Cream (10ml, worth £33) – a deeply hydrating cream designed to provide long-lasting hydration and natural radiance to the skin. The formula features rose water, shea butter, camelina oil, jojoba oil, and extracts from padina pavonica, rose, hibiscus, Alpen rose and alkekengi. It has a lightweight texture and the brand’s signature black rose scent. This cream is lovely, though quite pricey. It leaves my skin feeling smooth and well-hydrated.
• La Prairie UV Veil SPF50 (5ml) – a luxurious hydrating day cream with SPF 50 designed to protect skin against UVA and UVB rays and provide long-lasting hydration. I love trying new sunscreens, so I’m looking forward to testing this one.

Nars Light Reflecting Pressed Setting Powder in Crystal (10g, Full Size, worth £35.00) – a pressed powder that keeps makeup in place all day with a luminous, photo-ready finish. I was pleasantly surprised by this product, it sets makeup beautifully while giving a soft blurring effect. The powder has a subtle shimmer that looks lovely, and it mattifies my combination skin without making it look flat, leaving it set and natural instead.

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• Trinny London Tiptoe In 5% PHA Exfoliant (10ml) – a gentle skin exfoliant formulated with polyhydroxy acids, PAD (a blend of azelaic acid and glycerin), sodium lactate, postbiotic, trehalose, and asiaticoside.
• Trinny London Sheer Shimmer in Mama (4g, Full Size, worth £26.00) – a multi-purpose formula that gives a sheer touch of radiant colour to lips and cheeks. It adds a soft glow to the cheeks, though it doesn’t last very long.

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• Hermetica Paris Peonypop Eau de Parfum (5ml) – a fresh rosy fragrance. The top notes are Bulgarian rose, blackcurrant, bergamot, osmanthus, grapefruit and violet leaf. The heart notes are peony, raspberry, jasmine, geranium, lily of the valley and iris. The base notes are musk, vetiver, plum, cedar, amber, moss, sandalwood and myrrh.
• Memo Paris Marfa Eau de Parfum (15ml) – a fragrance with top notes of peach and mandarin, heart notes of tuberose, ylang ylang and orange blossom, and base notes of vanilla bean, musk, sandalwood, tonka bean and cedarwood. It has a sweet, creamy tuberose scent that I absolutely enjoy.

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• COLOR WOW Color Security Shampoo (75ml, worth £11.00) – a sulphate-free shampoo for all hair types. I’ve tried this shampoo before and it works well on my thin, coloured hair. It leaves it feeling clean and looking shiny without drying it out.
• COLOR WOW Color Security Conditioner (75ml, worth £11.00) – a conditioner for fine to normal hair. This conditioner is also great. It leaves my hair soft, silky and easy to detangle, plus it has a really nice scent.

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• Otis Batterbee Bullet Blusher Brush – a brush designed to blend and blur bronzer and blusher seamlessly. It has soft bristles that feel nice on the skin.
• Rodial Blush Drops in Sunset Kiss (15ml, Full Size, worth £39.00) – a liquid blush designed to deliver an illuminating glow. Sunset kiss is a warm, bronzy colour that gives a natural-looking glow.

Eve Lom The Original Balm Cleanser (50ml, worth £48.00) – a cleansing balm that melts away makeup, daily dirt, and impurities. This cleansing balm isn’t my favourite, and I definatly don’t like its smell, but it does its job really well. It removes makeup effectively, and you don’t need a lot.

Philip Kingsley Bond Builder Split End Remedy (50ml, Full Size, worth £30.00) – a hair treatment designed to improve the look of split ends. The formula includes sodium PCA, sodium lactate, amino acids, panthenol, phytantriol, and green tea extract. This product works well, it makes my hair very soft without weighing it down. I also notice my ends look less frizzy.

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• Bamford B Silent Pillow Mist (50ml, worth £23.00) – a pillow mist that helps soothe and relax the mind. It contains a blend of frankincense, lavender, and marjoram.
• Trish McEvoy Intense Gel Eyeliner (1.2g, Full Size, worth £22.00) – a waterproof gel eyeliner in Black. It is a lovely eyeliner, it goes on easily and stays put all day.

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• Sweed Beauty Cloud Mascara in Black (12ml, Full Size, worth £24.00) – a volumising mascara. I’ve tried this mascara before and love it. It lifts and separates my lashes without clumping, and it has a water-resistant formula.
• Otis Batterbee Eye Lash Curler – an eyelash curler. It’s a good basic eyelash curler that’s easy and comfortable to use. It doesn’t rip out my lashes and curls them well.

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• Manucurist Active Shine (15ml, Full Size, worth £16.00) – a nail treatment that helps protect and strengthen the appearance of nails. The formula gives a radiant shimmer with a glass-like finish.
• Manucurist Active Glow in Raspberry (15ml, Full Size, worth £16.00) – a rose-tinted nail treatment formulated to visibly strengthen and add shine. It’s a lovely product that leaves my nails looking naturally shiny. So far, I’m happy with it. My nails feel stronger and the jelly effect looks really beautiful.

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• Bamford Geranium Hand & Body Wash (50ml) – a body cleanser scented with Bamford’s signature mood-lifting fragrance. The formula contains a blend of essential oils, including peppermint, lavender, eucalyptus, and geranium. It’s gentle but effective, and the scent is lovely, very spa-like.
• Bamford Geranium Hand & Body Lotion (50ml) – a body lotion formulated with aloe juice, glycerin, shea butter, and cocoa butter.

Laura Mercier Caviar Stick Eye Colour (1.64g, Full Size, worth £28.00) – an eyeshadow stick in the shade Brick, a chestnut brown colour. I have several shades of these eyeshadow sticks. They have a really nice texture and go on smoothly. They last all day and aren’t drying.

Granado Fervo Intenso Eau de Parfum (25ml) – a fragrance with top notes of pomelo, orange and bergamot, middle notes of cachaça, iris and cedar, and base notes of cacao, myrrh and sandalwood. This one reminds me a lot of Kilian Angels’ Share.

Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Bum Bum Cream (75ml, worth £21.00) – a body cream infused with the sweet and delicious Cheirosa 62 fragrance. The formula includes coconut oil, açaí oil, cupuaçu seed butter, Brazil nut seed oil, squalane, carrot oil, guaraná extract and guayusa extract. The Bum Bum Cream needs no introduction. It was featured in many beauty boxes and Advent calendars this year.

Rodial Soft Focus Glow Drops (31ml, Full Size, worth £75.00) – a glow-enhancing serum that provides an instant radiance and also works as an illuminating makeup primer. The formula contains glycerin, squalane, and colic root extract.

Davines More Inside Strong Hairspray (100ml) – a hairspray that provides strong hold, keeping hair in place without making it feel stiff. It adds a natural shine and gives long-lasting control. I love this hairspray, it gives a natural hold and doesn’t leave my hair dry.

La Mer The Renewal Oil (15ml, Full Size, worth £120.00) – a multitasking face oil that floods the skin with hydration, improves firmness, and helps soften the look of fine lines and wrinkles. It contains meadowfoam seed oil, sweet almond oil, jojoba seed oil, rapeseed oil, sunflower seed oil, sesame seed oil, camelina oil, cranberry seed oil, olive oil, caffeine, acetyl hexapeptide-8, and a blend of algae. Given all the positive reviews, I’m genuinely excited to try it.

Le Labo Eucalpytus 20 Eau de Parfum (15ml, worth £75.00) – a fragrance with notes of olibanum, cedarwood, gurjan balsam, eucalyptus, labdanum, hyssop, red thyme, and musk. I was looking forward to trying it, as it’s a new 2025 launch. The scent is calm and woody without really smelling of eucalyptus. I find it lovely.

WHERE TO SHOP:

• Shop here: harveynichols.com

PR sample/Gifted