This past week my Twitter feed has been filled with tweets about how controversial it is for Zoella to market her advent calendar at £50, to many people it seems that as soon as she puts the name of her brand on anything ever she can charge extortionate prices for it. There is no denying how fundamental the Zoella brand has been within the beauty community online over the past few years, she is one of the biggest names out there these days but her following also mainly consists of younger people which is something that seems to be forgotten within her marketing (especially for this product). This calendar costs £50 and has twelve doors, lets think about that for a second a do a bit of maths to work out that it means each door should be worth about £4 on average and if it was then the price of this calendar wouldn't be as much of an issue. However quite clearly cookie cutters and confetti are worth a lot less than £4, as are many of the other things that this calendar holds.
For the people who are struggling to afford the calendar this post is for you, I'm going to share with you a few of my favourite beauty and lifestyle advent calendars that are either cheaper or so much more worth the money that is being asked for them. One thing worth mentioning is that each of these do tend to have 12 doors instead of the usual 24 doors on a chocolate calendar.
BENEFIT SAN FRAN WINTER WONDERGLAM - 2017 (£34.50)
First up is my absolute favourite beauty calendar to exist, the Benefit calendar never fails to disappoint. Filled with so many lovely, travel friendly sized goodies this calendar has definitely been at its highest standard this year, I mean just look at how many cool things there are in there. This is retailed at a hugely reasonable £34.50 and with a value of over £70 this is such a steal, it is also such a perfect way to try out fin new products and generally look forward to advent in a new way. Though it is sold out online they do often do restocks and also sell in selected retail stores so it is worth looking out for!
TANYA BURR 12 SWEET DAYS BEAUTY CALENDAR (£20)
Zoe's fellow YouTube prodigy also has a wonderful advent calendar which is stocked by Superdrug and Feelunique, this usually retails at £30 but is currently on offer at Superdrug for £20! That is literally £30 cheaper than Zoe's one and I personally feel much more worthwhile to have too. This is filled with various beauty treats including, but not limited to, glitter eyeliners, nail files, and nail polishes. I personally love Tanya's cosmetic line and feel as though everything about this advent calendar is perfect for those that love YouTube or just want a different kind of calendar for a change.
MAKEUP REVOLUTION ADVENT CALENDAR (£30)
FORTNUM & MASON CHRISTMAS TEA LOVERS CALENDAR (£25)
Differently to the other calendars that either have 12 or 25 doors this one has 24, leading all the way up to the day before you are bombarded with gifts from your loved ones. I adore this concept for the calendar and think that it is so so pretty in general as well, if you're a tea lover and want to perhaps begin to try different types then this is perfect for you, for £25 this is a winner in my eyes.
SOAP AND GLORY IT'S A CALENDAR, GIRLS! (£40)
Go grab some of these beauties while you can and remember that there are so many other calendars out there, these are just the ones that I discovered while doing a little bit of research!
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