The eagerly-awaited M&S beauty Advent calendar is available this week 🎁

The M&S beauty Advent calendar is available starting Thursday 24 October for £50
Customers must also spend a minimum of £35 on full-price items to purchase the calendar
The calendar contains 25 beauty products worth approximately £311 from brands like Clinique, Color Wow and L'Occitane
But the calendar's total product value is about £40 less than last year's offering
M&S calendars are highly sought after, so early purchase is recommended

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Martin Lewis’ Money Saving Expert (MSE) team has shared how you can save over £200 on beauty products with the long-awaited M&S beauty Advent calendar.

Beauty Advent calendars are a good way of bagging your wish list products at a fraction of the normal cost, and they're also great for dividing up as gifts in festive hampers or as birthday presents throughout the year.

The M&S beauty Advent calendar will be available for purchase starting this week (Thursday 24 October), either online or in stores priced at £50.

But as is often the case with M&S beauty boxes, you must also spend a minimum of £35 on full-price clothing, beauty or homeware to qualify for the purchase, meaning you’ll need to spend at least £85 at M&S to get the calendar.

MSE say it’s “a good excuse if you need to top up on some extra clothing for winter, or replace all those socks with holes in,” but warn that shoppers shouldn’t “buy stuff you don't need just to get the beauty calendar”.

It contains 25 products from brands including Clinique, Color Wow, Pixi, Emma Hardie, and L'Occitane. MSE have calculated that the beauty box contains £311 worth of products if they were all bought separately.

That’s “a decent amount” they say, though “it's about £40 less than last year's advent calendar contents”, and you also need to spend £5 more this year to get your hands on it.

The M&S calendar is usually very popular, so if you want this year’s edition, it's best to be quick.

Here's a list of what the 2024 M&S beauty Advent calendar contains:

Aveda Botanical Repair Strengthening Masque, 15ml
Benefit Fan Fest Mascara, 8.5g
Bloom & Blossom Keep Dancing Foot & Leg Mist, 100ml
Clinique Take the Day Off Balm, 15ml
Color Wow Colour Security Conditioner, 75ml
Color Wow Colour Security Shampoo, 75ml
Cowshed Relax Bath & Body Body Lotion, 200ml
Cowshed Relax Bath & Body Shower Gel, 100ml
Discover Velvet Amber, 10ml
Dr. PAWPAW Ultimate Red Tinted Lip Balm, 10ml
Emma Hardie Purifying Pink Clay Detox Mask, 15ml
Floral Street Vanilla Orchid Eau Deu Parfum, 10ml
Formula Sleep Cream, 15ml
Fresh Elements Glow Day Cream, 15ml
Living Proof PhD 5-in-1 Styling Treatment, 60ml
L’Occitane Shea Hand Cream, 30ml
Margaret Dabbs Nail and Cuticle Serum, 15ml
Nails Inc Cranberry Me Merry, 10ml
Nails Inc Nude In Noelle, 10ml
Percy & Reed Tame That Mane Smoothing Blow Dry Cream, 100ml
Philip Kingsley Elasticizer, 40ml
Pixi Eye Define Waterline Tightline Black, 0.35g
Prai Ageless Throat & Decolletage Crème, 30ml
REN EverCalm Cleansing Milk, 50ml
This Works Deep Sleep Overnight Whip, 200ml

Olivia from MSE says: “If you've got some M&S products on your shopping list and you like the look of the products in the calendar, then this could be a decent deal for you.

“Although M&S says it doesn't participate in Black Friday, it's likely it'll still run offers in November, so it's worth bearing this in mind when choosing what to buy for the required £35 minimum spend as some items could be cheaper next month.”

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