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If you're still on the hunt for the perfect beauty advent calendar and are after cult classic, suits-all make-up and skincare products that you know you'll get plenty of use out of, I think I've found it in Benefit's 2025 offering . Benefit's 2025 advent calendar, the Glam Cube Makeup Advent Calendar Gift Set , is a super cute design shaped like a Rubik's cube and filled with 24 of some of the brand's best-loved products, including one of the only brow gels that can hold up my thick brows, and several of my all-time favourite mascaras. As you expect now with beauty advent calendars, there's also a huge saving to be had with this one: it costs £135 to buy but the contents inside are worth over £266 – a saving of 49%. READ MORE: Get a £145 eye cream for £60 plus nine free products with this epic Christmas beauty gift set READ MORE: Papier’s 2025 advent calendar is a must for stationery lovers and sells out every year I've already seen the Glam Cube in real life, and I'll tell you what I love most about it in a moment, but for those who don't want the surprise, here's a full list of its contents: First up, the box itself is really fun . The three layers of the cube spin like a real Rubik's cube, opening up to reveal the numbered boxes inside, reports the Mirror . While the inner boxes aren't that sturdy, the outer packaging is, and I've seen some shoppers online say that they'll reuse it for storage afterwards. I was over the moon to see some of my all-time favourite, repeat purchase make-up products in here. All of Benefit's mascaras are top-notch, and they're all included, even the newest one, Bounce . I switch between favourites but I think BADgal BANG! just about edges it, and there's a full size tube in here . There are also three different brow products – 24-HR Brow Setter, Fluff Up Brow Wax and Gimme Brow+ – which, as someone blessed with thick, heavy eyebrows, I'm chuffed to see. The other items include other make-up classics such as Benefit's excellent powder blushes and a selection of skincare from its The POREfessional range, and I'm pleased to say that this calendar has stocked up my make-up bag for the year . The only things to bear in mind is if you have very fair or very dark eyebrows, the Gimme Brow+ might not be the right shade for you (there's a shade 3, neutral light brown, in here), and the skincare is slightly aimed at younger or oilier skin. If you instead have more mature or dry skin, something like the Gatineau 12 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar , £85 but worth £336, or the ELEMIS Wonders Advent Calendar , £225 and worth a whopping £698, might be better suited.
