Sephora Advent Calendar review: Sell-out beauty box is worth over £1000 and packed with K18, Colour Wow and Medicube

Credit: SEPHORA THE wait is finally over – Sephora just dropped their 2026 beauty advent calendar, and it might just be their best one yet. It’s sold out for four years running, but I’ve managed to bag this year’s ultimate beauty must-have in time for the festive season. Sephora’s sell-out beauty box is absolutely packed with viral favourites Sephora Advent Calendar, £235 After teasing the line-up earlier this year, the full Sephora 2026 calendar line is now available, and it’s an absolute jackpot. Sign up for the Shopping newsletter Thank you! Worth over £1,000, it costs £235 and is crammed with 40 trending treats, including 27 full-sized products. It’s also the first year beauty lovers can run in-store to buy the coveted calendar in person. Read more on beauty calendars Every brand inside has a cult following, and as a self-proclaimed beauty obsessive, I was delighted to find an endless supply of my favourite viral products inside (making it my top beauty calendar of choice). Sephora Advent Calendar 2026: Quick-fire Q&A How much is it? This year’s Sephora Advent calendar is worth over £1,000, but you can buy it for just £235 – saving around 75%. Who is it best for? Anyone obsessed with the latest beauty must-haves and on the hunt for the next big thing. What we loved: The sheer number of full-size products and sought-after brands. It’s safe to say you won’t need to buy refills anytime soon. What we didn’t love: I honestly can’t think of one thing! It’s my favourite beauty calendar launch so far. Our overall rating: 9/10 PHLUR’s Vanilla Skin (£32) is one of my all-time favourite scents, while Medicube’s Collagen Jelly Cream (£17.99) is essential for achieving that coveted K-beauty glass skin look. Hair-care lovers will be pleased to find K18’s trending Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask (£30) in the line-up (a staple that leaves my locks feeling super soft), along with celeb fav brand Color Wow’s Insta-Wow Advanced Dry Shampoo (£15). The calendar includes standout hair saviours Medicube’s gel cream is a K-beauty must-have for glass skin Not only that, but there’s a lot of newness I hadn’t tried before. Most read in Shopping A standout is the full-size Discotheque Lola at Coat Check Candle, worth a whopping £54 – and it smells like the perfect blend of fruity, white chocolate and caramel goodness. The gorgeous hamper is packed with beauty holy grails, including Huda Beauty’s much-loved Easy Blur Primer and Lady Gaga’s Haus Labs Atomic Shake Lip Lacquer in the shade Ruby. The lip lacquer was a pleasant surprise. It offers the weightless feel of a gloss while giving you the rich pigment of a lipstick – it’s like nothing I’ve ever tried before. Dicotheque’s Lola At Coat Check’s candle smells delicious Trending make-up must-haves are also inside Other guaranteed crowd-pleasers include Medik8’s Niacinamide Peptides, Sol de Janeiro’s viral Cheirosa 62, and the full-size Makeup By Mario Ethereal Moonlight Eyeshadow Palette (£69). Packed with the dreamiest collection of ultra-pigmented shades, it’s sure to take your look from day to night in the blink of an eye (literally). The limited edition Makeup by Mario palette is a standout It’s not just what’s inside that’s had me excited. The packaging alone is adorable and could easily be reused as a pretty storage case, or you could make your very own beauty calendar next year. You can even save on buying extra Christmas presents by gifting a few of the products inside to friends and family. If you’re still wondering whether to run and grab one for yourself, here’s a full breakdown of what’s inside along with their individual prices: What's inside? A full breakdown: Crammed with full-sized big name products, here's a full breakdown of what's inside: PHLUR Vanilla Skin EDP 9.5ml, £32 Huda Beauty Easy Blur Primer 30ml, £15 Discotheque Lola at Coat Check Candle 220g, £54 TOWER 28 LipSoftie Tinted Lip Treatment 11g – Ube Vanilla, £16 SEPHORA COLLECTION Lip Tint Felt Liner – 01 Terracotta Ink, £12.99 SEPHORA COLLECTION 12H Colorful Contour Eye Pencil – 57 Rock’N’Brown, £11.99 Glow Recipe Vitamin C Brightening Korean Toner Pads, £27 Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Hyalu-Cica Water-Fit Sun Serum SPF50+ 15ml, £8.00 Sol de Janeiro Cheirosa 62 – Body & Hair Fragrance Mist 30ml, £25 Fugazzi Cloudh Nine EDP 10ml, £30.00 GLOWERY Daily Dew Tiger Grass Glow Serum 30ml, £23.00 Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Glow Serum 32.5ml – Fresh Pressed, £30.00 Grown Alchemist Soothing Hand Cream 65ml, £28.00 Color Wow Insta-Wow Advanced Dry Shampoo 60ml, £15 DERMALOGICA Daily Milkfoliant 13g, £19 MERIT Beauty Flush Balm Cream Blush 9g – Fox, £26 ONE/SIZE On ‘Til Dawn Mattifying Waterproof Setting Spray 143ml, £32 KOSAS Shiny Objects Wet Glisten Powder Highlighter 4.5g – Opaline, £32 SUNDAY RILEY C.E.O Vitamin C Rich Hydration Cream 15g, £20 Maria Nila True Soft Argan Oil 100ml, £30 Tatcha The Water Cream 15ml, £26 KAYALI Eden Sparkling Lychee | 39 Eau de Parfum 10ml, £28 RARE BEAUTY Brow Harmony Flexible Lifting Eyebrow Gel 4.5g, £19 Dr Sam’s Flawless Cleanser 200ml, £20 GISOU Honey Milk 5-in-1 Styling Cream 50ml, £12 LANEIGE Bouncy & Firm Sleeping Mask 25ml, £17 K18 Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask 50ml, £30 TOPICALS Slick Salve Lip Balm 15ml – Papaya, £14 Hourglass Veil Translucent Setting Powder Travel Size 2g, £23 SUMMER FRIDAYS Blush Butter Balm 3.5g – Pink Sunset, £27 Sol de Janeiro Body Wash 385ml, £23 M.A.C M·A·Cximal Sleek Satin Lipstick 3.5g – Crème in your Coffee, £25 Medicube Collagen Jelly Cream 50ml, £17.99 Biodance PDRN Sheet Mask, £5 Medik8 Niacinamide Peptides 30ml, £49 MERIT Beauty Retrospect™ L’Extrait de Parfum 9.5ml, £30 TARTE Tartelette™ XL Tubing Mascara 8g, £28 HAUS LABS Atomic Shake Lip Lacquer 4ml – Ruby, £25 Laura Mercier Caviar Stick, £29 MAKEUP BY MARIO Ethereal Moonlight Eyeshadow Palette, £69 Sephora Advent Calendar, £235 (worth £1000) – buy here Comment now