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For the Girl Who Can Spend Hours in Sephora
Why You'll Want It: The contents of this beauty calendar will incite squeals in anyone who's got beauty on the brain. If you're set to make one beauty buy this December, let this be it. The purchase of this calendar gives you 24 treats from 19 different top beauty brands -- we're talking bareMinerals, Philosophy, Laura Geller and Josie Maran, among others. This advent calendar isn't swayed any one way, either -- you're getting a good amount of makeup, skincare, body care and hair products.
Star Product: If we have to choose, we'll go with Kate Somerville's best-selling Exfolikate treatment, a red carpet must-have for impossibly smooth and glowy skin.
Available on QVC.com.
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For the Do-Gooder Who Deserves a Little Indulgence
Why You'll Want It: This massive advent calendar is packed with skin-loving best-sellers, like their Almond Hand and Nail Cream, Shea Body Butter and Vitamin E Moisture Cream. They've also thrown in a few of their newest goodies -- Colour Crush Nail Color and Wild Argan Oil Body Lotion -- too. Plus, with each holiday gift purchased, The Body Shop will donate to WarChild, a charity that provides schooling to children in war-stricken countries.
Star Product: The Coconut Body Butter. In a convenient travel size, you'll want to take this tiny tub on all of your holiday travels.
Available at select The Body Shop locations.
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For the Makeup Addict Who Loves a Healthy Glow
Why You'll Want It: This advent calendar contains everything you need to look like you spent the weeks leading up to New Year's on a tropical isle. With products that brighten, bronze and illuminate, your beauty-loving gal will light up when she sees this under the tree.
Star Product: Amazonian Clay 12-hour Blush. Brush this fan favorite on for instant in-from-the-snow pink cheeks.
Available at Ulta.
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For the Girl Who Battles Winter-Ravaged Skin
Why You'll Want It: Once you have this advent calendar in your possession, you'll never again be satisfied with watery lotion bottles swiped from hotel rooms. These mini-sized moisturizers and oils will leave your skin soft and supple. Throw in a few shower gels, shaving gel and a sophisticated scent, and you have the perfect travel kit for the holidays. Provence, anyone?
Star Product: The wee-sized tube of L'Occitane's most buzzed-about product, the Shea Butter Hand Cream.
Available at L'Occitane.com.
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For the Beauty Junkie Who Can't Get Enough Benefit
Why You'll Want It: Packed with miniature versions of Benefit's best-selling items, this calendar is the perfect treat for beauty newbies and die-hard Benefit fans alike. Besides 18 deluxe sample sizes of products like They're Real! Mascara and High Beam highlighter, the calendar also includes six little trinkets to raise your holiday spirit.
Star Product: The POREfessional Pore Minimizer. This little product will do a vanishing trick on your pores.
Available at Benefit and Sephora.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever, no? Give the gift of joy and beauty this year with an adorable beauty advent calendar. Packaged with individual compartments waiting to be opened in the days leading up to Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa, these calendars from our favorite beauty brands are filled with the best kind of treats -- nail polish, perfume, makeup, skincare and hair products galore. Perfect for holiday travel or sampling a brand's best products, you'll get on everyone's good list this year with this gift. Of course, we wouldn't fault you if you broke down and got one for yourself -- these charming calendars are just too cute to pass up.
