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Been looking for the best beauty advent calendar 2025? John Lewis’ offering may be one of the best we’ve seen yet.

Beauty advent calendars are dropping thick and fast, and we’ve never been so excited to open the doors and make our countdown to Christmas all the more glamorous. 

Lookfantastic, Cult Beauty and Space NK are just some of the beauty retailers that have teased they are dropping beauty advent calendars in the coming weeks, and now John Lewis has been added to the list, too.

John Lewis’ Beauty Advent Calendar is set to retail for £235, though it contains a total value of over £1,000, which is the brand’s highest value calendar yet. 

John Lewis Beauty Advent Calendar 2025

This year’s advent is filled with 36 beauty products, 23 of which are full sized. The contents ranges from make-up products, skincare and bodycare, as well as vouchers for beauty treatments. Big brands, including Le Labo, Chantecaille, Laneige and Trinny London are waiting inside. The general sale will launch on 3rd October.

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The John Lewis Beauty Advent Calendar not only has a higher total value, but it also contains more products than previous years. 

This year the festive bundle will house 36 beauty products, 23 of which are full-size, while the remaining 13 are deluxe miniatures. 

Leading brands we have tried, tested and love, are included in the countdown, including Le Labo, Medik8, Chantecaille, Laneige, Trinny London and much more. 

But the the fun doesn’t stop there as select bundles will also include a voucher to redeem against a beauty treatment. How’s that for a pre-Christmas pamper?

In one advent calendar you will find a £1,000 John Lewis voucher, which is perfect timing considering the mad dash for Christmas shopping, while inside nine advent calendars will be a £500 John Lewis gift card.

Other treats include five Neal’s Yard facials, a 12-session Celluma face gift card with The Cavendish Clinic, Cavendish Clinic Skin Consultations with LED sessions, Elemis facials, and a personalised Kate Somervile skincare routine.

One lucky winner will even receive a signature Dr Hauschka 120-minute facial and an overnight stay for two at London’s Como Metropolitan hotel, as well as a year’s supply of skincare.

We don’t know about you, but just one of those pampers would be bliss let alone the array of products inside to bring the salon to your home. John Lewis, you really are spoiling us. 

Speaking on John Lewis’ Beauty Advent Calendar, Heena Mohammend, Head of Beauty at John Lewis, said: ‘I’ve been so excited for our 2025 Beauty Advent Calendar to launch! Not only does it exceed the value of previous years, but it features some of our newest beauty brands such as Fenty, Laneige, Trinny and Chantecaille.

‘We’ve also included more surprise treatment experiences to make the calendar feel extra special for our customers. With searches already up 50% versus last year we know it’s a launch our customers are really looking forward to.’

The John Lewis Beauty Advent Calendar 2025 will go on general sale on 3rd October, however, there is a way you can get your hands on the goods before this. 

Those who are My John Lewis members will gain exclusive first access to the calendar on 30th September. Considering last year’s advent sold out in six weeks, we think it’s wise to join the My John Lewis membership to avoid missing out. 

This is one you won’t want to miss.

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Charlotte Tilbury is expanding its iconic AirBrush collection, and yes, that includes a new and approved AirBrush Flawless Filter Foundation. 

The British beauty mogul is not just adding one product to the line, but two, with the AirBrush Flawless Matte Setting Spray becoming another new addition to the ever-growing range. 

Let’s deep dive into the two new launches, which we know will be filling everyone’s make-up bags. 

The AirBrush Flawless Filter Foundation may not be a new release, but it is a modified formulation, and considering its viral status we think this will fly off the shelves pronto. 

The foundation claims to be the first ever 3D matte foundation that doesn’t leave your make-up looking flat, yet blurs your complexion, pores and pigmentation for a flawless finish. 

AirBrush Flawless Filter Foundation 

This comeback has undergone modifications to the formula to create a full-coverage and budge-proof foundation that offers a matte finish to last all-day long. The inclusion of Powder Blur Airtech, Phytoyouth Essence, and Biomimetic Skin Tech combine to achieve a flawless matte finish that blurs pores, fine lines, pigmentation and any imperfections. Available in 44 shades. 

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The liquid formula offers 24-hours of full coverage – emphasis on the full coverage – though you can blend with a moisturiser to lift this slightly for a lighter coverage. It promises to be waterproof, transfer-proof and ‘lifeproof’, according to the founder. 

Speaking on the new innovations, Charlotte Tilbury said: ‘Blemishes, redness, pores, fine lines, pigmentation, uneven skin, dark circles…my new formula instantly vanishes the look of all imperfections, without it feeling or looking mask-like. Instead, it feels like a flawless, poreless second skin!

Charlotte Tilbury has used Powder Blur Airtech, which is the secret to blurring any imperfections, smoothing the skin texture, but without leaving a cakey or dry finish. 

Like most of Charlotte Tilbury’s products, this is a skincare and make-up hybrid as it has also been formulated with its signature Phytoyouth Essence, which hydrates the skin and boasts anti-ageing properties, as well as Biomimetic Skin Tech that helps to achieve the second-skin velvet soft finish. 

The foundation is available in 44 shades, so you’re bound to find the perfect colour match. However, there is a shade match tool you can utilise on the website should you need. 

While the foundation marks the first step in your make-up routine, the AirBrush Flawless Setting Spray is the final step that is key to holding your finished look in place. 

AirBrush Flawless Setting Spray Matte

Looking for a longwearing matte setting spray? The new AirBrush Flawless Setting Spray Matte combines Dual-Action Oil + Shine Control Complex and PoreAway technology to leave skin smooth, airbrushed and flawless. It promises 16-hours of hold, and sprays out an ultra-fine mist. 

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This new release offers a matte finish, controlling any oil and shine so your skin is not left looking greasy or oily, which is hugely beneficial in the summer months, on holiday, and nights spent on a sweaty dancefloor. 

The setting spray promises a longlasting 16-hour hold with a waterproof, lightweight and non-sticky finish.

The Dual-Action Oil + Shine Control Complex works to absorb excess oil and control sebum, while the PoreAway technology works to keep the pores clear to prevent breakouts.  

Unlike some setting sprays we have trialled, this innovation is dispersed as an ultra-fine mist, so you don’t have to worry about your make-up bleeding, mascara smudging, or being squirted in the eye. 

Top tip from Charlotte Tilbury is to shake the setting spray to activate. 

Explore the new releases now – these are definitely not ones to be missed.

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The summer holidays are almost over. The cold, wet days are finally rolling in.

While we’ve been reaching for a sweatshirt in recent weeks because this August hasn’t quite been the 30-degree heatwave promised, we’re ready for the incoming pyjama-clad duvet days watching box sets.

And if we’re going to be living in our pjs from now on, why not make them stylish?

But the weather isn’t the only culprit making us lust after snow days spent in a onesie and not moving a muscle, in fact, Primark’s latest drop of ultra chic, Gilmore Girls-themed pyjamas are also to blame for our winter wish. 

Whether you’re a fan of the cosy show, which ended 18 years ago, or you’ve got a soft spot for all things chic and snuggly, we’ve whittled down the absolute best pyjamas to invest in now for the colder months. 

From short sleeve options to long, full-coverage sets and even nighties and from brands spanning New Look, Fat Face, Anthropologie and more, here are the nightwear staples that not only look great, but will keep you warm and cosy this season. 

All you need is to bank the box sets, bookmark your favourite cosy winter movies, and stock pile the snacks. It’s time to hibernate!

The best pyjamas to buy right now

ASOS DESIGN pyjama top co-ord in red gingham

It’s giving Damson Madder vibes, but for nighttime, though we would easily wear the top out with jeans. It’s perfect for a festive sleepover with your girls.

Shop £12 (WAS £24)

New Look Loungeable Black Ribbed Shirt and Trousers Pyjama Set

There’s an uncanny resemblance to Skim’s long sleeve PJ set, just New Look’s version is almost £100 cheaper.

shop £36

Next Oatmeal Pumpkin Long Sleeve Pyjamas

All you need is a pumpkin spiced latte and Hocus Pocus on replay on a wet and windy October weekend, are we right?

shop £22

M&S Cotton Modal Zebra Print Revere Pyjama Set

We’re dreaming of those starry nights captured in this print, so this set gets our vote of confidence for a cosy nightwear set.

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Fat Face Pink Breakfast In Bread T Shirt

If you like to mix and match your pyjamas then you'll appreciate Fat Face’s Breakfast In Bread slogan t-shirt, which you can wear on its own, with shorts, or long PJ bottoms. Alternatively, size up a few and wear it as a nightie.

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Fat Face Eva Ivory Pastry Pyjama Bottoms

Just in case you do want to shop the full matching set at Fat Face, which we obviously do because these jogger-like bottoms will prevent any draughts creeping in.

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Cyber Jammies Auburn Womens Pumpkin Print Pyjama Set

Cyber Jammies has launched the most fitting pair of pyjamas for autumn we have ever seen. This set is emblazoned with amber leaves and pumpkins to really get us in the feel for autumn. Plus it’s available in children’s sizes so you and your mini-me can match.

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Next Pink Pumpkin Long Sleeve Pyjamas

The louche fit sweatshirt-like top and jogger bottoms makes this the perfect set for lounging at home this autumn, and wearing to bed. It delivers on comfort, style, warmth and affordability.

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Next Mocha Brown Jersey Button Through Pyjamas

We love a button front pyjama shirt and loose fit bottoms, but this mocha shade screams hot chocolate and marshmallow season.

shop £34

By Anthropologie Oversized Button-Front Pyjama Shirt

If you are one who likes to splurge on their nightwear, this is the pyjama top to do so. The bottoms are sold separately for £58. What we love about this PJ set is it offers a relaxed straight fit so you don’t get caught up at night, but the print is subtle and not too overwhelming for the minimalists among us.

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Piglet in Bed Berry Gingham Pyjama Shirt

A gingham print pyjama never goes out of style, and we particularly love this berry tone that is in keeping with the warm jewel tones of autumn/winter. Shop the matching trousers, or shorts, separately. Plus, you can buy a matching set for your partner, as well as a full bedding set to really show your appreciation to gingham.

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These pjs really are everything you need to prepare for snuggle season.

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When the medical team collected me from my mother’s house in January 2015, I was wearing my dead grandfather’s tasselled cowboy jacket with my bare torso exposed, a shoelace as a headband, and there was a smear of crimson blood across my forehead.

The blood was fake. The out-of-hours team had not been called for a physical health issue, but a psychological one.

I was 20 years old and had recently dropped out of the University of Brighton due to poor mental health.

Months of mania – fuelled partly by the stress of the perceived loss of my future and partly by an addiction to smoking enough cannabis to tranquilise Snoop Dogg’s dealer – followed. 

After the mania came the madness.

A sudden proclivity for tribal face paint, a repeated impulse to send videos of myself crying to my favourite authors and an obsession with running half-naked around my town at midnight leaving £5 notes under plant pots meant that my ‘I’m not crazy – the rest of the world is!’ mantra had worn impossibly thin.

Like many who suffer from psychosis, I had convinced myself that I was a god. A divine being sent to earth to stop a planet-destroying meteor by – wait for it – mapping the stars in the sky against the moles on my forearm.

It was my plan to throw myself from the top of Stonehenge. Instead of falling, I’d sprout wings and fly off into the night sky to stop the imminent meteor, thus proving my recent deification and saving the planet in one fell swoop.

I was resolute in my godliness. If I could be as depressed as I was after leaving university, sick and penniless, and turn that depression into waking up every day blissful, then I must be a god.

I also blamed, in part, my recently adopted ritual of standing barefoot in the garden and staring directly at the sun for five seconds – a practice that I’d thought was a forgotten form of photosynthesis – for my perceived anointment (in reality, it was burning my corneas and I now have astigmatism).

In the end, it was the restorative power of friendship that saved me

Obviously, I hadn’t been anointed. I wasn’t happy, I was high on cannabis and psychosis-delivered dopamine.

But it’s a lot easier to cope with newfound divinity than with the truth: That I was unemployed, uneducated and having a very public mental breakdown.

My mother decided to call our local GP to inform them of my erratic behaviour. They arranged an immediate home visit. After an assessment, the medical team persuaded me to take anti-psychotics with the argument: ‘If what you’re experiencing is real, taking medicine won’t stop it, will it?’.

But it did stop it.

After taking my prescription, the descent back down to earth began with a slight gradient over the first few days, before plummeting harshly.

I became utterly sedate. Then bedbound. Then almost comatose.

I had experienced depression before, but this new version – the lowest low after the highest high – was a different beast entirely.

I lost the ability to perceive, think and feel. My internal monologue was silent, and, to add insult to injury, due to post-psychosis amnesia, a common side-effect of the illness, I had lost all of my memories, too

The only feeling that remained in the bleakness was a dull, underlying terror. Who was I? Would I ever know again?

I would play films on my laptop without watching them, so as not to feel alone with the silence of my mind.

Over the next three months, from dawn till dusk, The Devil Wears Prada played from a half-broken laptop screen to an audience of none.   

In the end, it was the restorative power of friendship that saved me.

My friends reached out repeatedly, only for me to swat them away – but my best friend Ruby didn’t take no for an answer.

I winced when she came round and entered my den. I hadn’t showered or left bed in a week. The room was a tip – dirty plates and underwear mosaics littered the floor.

She, meanwhile, was pristine in her normality. Matching clothes. Clean hair. Makeup.

Without hesitation, she climbed into my pit next to me. She said she wanted to be there, that she missed me, and knew I’d be better soon. She tucked herself in underneath the dirty bedsheets and played old Sex and the City episodes on the laptop.

At first, I couldn’t enjoy her company; but she persisted.

After a couple of weeks, I laughed. She reminded me that, in my madness, I’d stolen a plasma ball from Home Bargains and was convinced I could use it as a communication device to chat with Nicki Minaj.

We howled. The absurdity of the situation overcame the devastation, and silliness began to eschew sadness.

This became routine; Ruby would come round, tuck herself into bed, and regale me with stories of my exploits, always with tenderness, kindness and humour.

Eventually, my brain started to repair. Bit by bit, my memories returned and my humanity trickled back.

I started showering. I reached out to all my other friends. I got a job.

Miraculously, not only did the intense post-psychosis depression dissipate, but so did the pre-psychosis, low-level depression that had haunted me since my teenage years.

There is a hard line in my life between who I was before and after this period. It left me bruised, confused, but with a new perspective. My worst fears had been realised: I had publicly humiliated myself and seemingly destroyed my future, but I had survived.

Ten years later, after eventually graduating from university in Manchester, my novel Spiralling is set in that same city, published with HarperNorth.

A relationship comedy, the story follows Gabriel: A young man who suffers an emotional trauma, and attempts to rebuild after losing everything except for that glittering constant that I clung to at my lowest ebb.

Having a laugh with a good friend.

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