Thank you very much, that is great to hear! I sincerely hope you'll feel the same about me after I abso trash the next one (currently up editing it because coughing anyway), which happens to be the most popular calendar this year 😭
I have decided to calculate this way:calculate only the full size products I'm actually interested in using then see if is actually worth it for me, even if the price of all full size products is good if I'm not going to use them then is not worth it for me. Also when I'm calculating the price of the products I want I look at the best price I can find them.
That is the only way to add up the value! Even remove a bit to account for sales or discount offers! Also, is that a duochrome or multichrome eyeshadow in your display picture?
@@CosmetopiaDigest I watched the other video first and I'm sure every that enjoys your reviews so far will still enjoy what is to come ! I enjoyed both videos and commentary !
Thank you! What we don't always notice while seeing the pretty things inside shiny boxes, is that the beauty industry already has HUGE profit margins. When we get minis and old products, and even tat and private label products, that only makes even more profit for them. We can easily buy the full-sized products we WANT on sale (which makes enough profit for them anyway), which works out cheaper, instead of paying for wrist bands, private label nonsense, and rancid oil (someone got this in a luxury calendar last year).
Some thing that you said in another video has been bothering me. You have said you know you are ugly. I just think that is so unfair! Most woman are like you ....ordinary women doing their thing. I don't think you are ugly. I do hope you said that because someone said it in the comments. You are you and whether others believe it or not should never bring you down! Do your own thing and forget the stuff they put here just because they can! Be yourself! That should be good enough for everyone!
Thank you VERY much, and this comment made me tear up - just when I had finished my skincare! Now thanks to you I have to cleanse (and everything else) all over again 😭 Yes, it was not only the comments, it was also cousins and aunts when I was growing up (Indian extended families!). Same thing happened to my Mum, so she was all, "So what, I have my space, and have come to terms with it" - which is what I've tried to follow as well; tell myself to accept it. IDK why people need to go out of their way to say unpleasant or cruel things, but don't tell someone something positive instead.
I don't know about your culture but it sounds like it can be a bit harsh. I was born with a physical disability so thanks to my mother I speak up for myself very well...also I didn't mean to make you cry,🤗🤗🤗
@@CosmetopiaDigestWe are all beautiful in our own unique way ❤ I know what you mean as my husband family is Pakistani… and my best friend is Indian… I am white East European woman and when I hear those comments my heart breaks… it’s a cultural thing, as my kind can be „nasty” too… But guess what always reply with love ❤as only love can change people behaviour ❤ I love watching and listening to your videos! Lots of love and support from a white girl❤
Thank you very much! I admit there's a lot of snark and nit-picking... but I've gone from buying EIGHT advent calendars in one year, to struggling to find ONE to buy - because of the repeats, the minis, and the let-down in quality. Thanks again x
Poor Mum. She's started having neuralgia... but at least the infection has run its course. That's a shame. Someone was telling me about the Douglas calendar there this year being a good one?
Thanks for the superb review, not decided if I really like this one, bit too much hair and makeup, but pretty usable, will wait for a few more reviews ❤
Thanks for Another great review Renu. The best AC they did was in 2022. Can’t beat that one . This is a decent AC. With a mix of everything. I do like this one. However, I just wish they could have included more full size nicer products. Just to let you know If this is one of your favourite brands, the 10% discount has been removed by Sephora. Which is cheeky of them, since they didn’t notify customers of the change.
Very cheeky! I find they've kind of distanced themselves from the Feelunique ethos or "feel" (pun unintended) altogether now, and align more with the branding of the rest of Sephora. The only thing that is the same is the product image format 😂
thank you yet again, Renu! I'm really excited to learn your thoughts on Cult Beauty vs Space NK vs Sephora advents. Those are top 3 that I'm thinking about considering that not all UK based advents can be delivered to the NL. If you have an opinion on these three - that would be very very appreciated! UPD ok I watched till the moment where you do say you like this more than Space NK. Very curious what you find about this vs Cult Beauty one. Of course understand this is your opinion but that's what I'm here for - hear your thoughts :)
Spoiler about Cult Beauty - I filmed it today, SANG, and have been coughing ever since 😂 The song went like this (to the tune of Raindrops on Roses): "Lip balm and lip liner, eyeliner, sheet masks Lip jelly, gel pencil, pillow talk, hairspray Wrist bands and hair clips and three serums too These are the full sizes they send us here. Boo!" I hope you'll sing with me when I get around to editing and publishing it 😂😂
P.S. To answer your question, yes I compare all three towards the end of the video. Will try and publish it by Wednesday - have to see my doctor on Tuesday (and hope I'm not asked, "So, did you rest your voice like I told you to?").
Hi Renu I love your videos you are such a lovely person and you are not ugly please don't ever think that .your personality really shines through on your videos. Your honesty you keep it real. Keep up the great videos 😊
Thank you for another great review. I was on the fence with this one and waited for your review. This year I can't get excited about advent calendars. The prices are increasing but the items are not very exciting.
The prices are making my eyes water. I feel there's very little effort that companies put in, even in designing the boxes. It's all, "Let's see how we can spend less but earn more from these."
Sign up for emails on the major retailers' websites - Cult Beauty, Space NK, Harvey Nicks, Harrods, Liberty, Sephora, Boots, even LookFantastic sometimes gives away a freebie or two with purchase. Space NK recently had a very decent GWP. I used to do videos detailing each one until last year... but lost my mojo with H1N1 this year 😂 Apart from retailers, you also want to sign up with individual brands such as Lancome, Estee Lauder, and so on, to be alerted on their GWP offers. If you can't be arsed with the newsletters, just check out "offers" while browsing the websites. Other than that, I get a few minis from individual counters when shopping in-store. Nothing wrong with "I have weird breakout-prone oily but flaky skin, and was wondering if you would please recommend some samples that I could try?" Sometimes the recommendations are SO good that I go right back, and buy the full size! Sometimes I go shopping with a friend or relative - THEY buy, I get the samples! Hope that helps.
I love that you disguard the sample/ small sizes. How are we supposed to give a product a reasonable try out when it's either a teeny tube of skincare or a single use mask? Unless it miraculously performs plastic surgery once we've applied it lol, we cant.
Haha true. And, also, I have seen my fair share of gifts with purchase... so the idea of paying for minis irks me so much. Why do they make it out as though we're getting a GREAT deal when we're getting mostly minis, which we can often get for FREE with purchase? Corporate greed, I call it!
This calendar is meh for me but it's still leaps and bounds better than what they usually put out here in the U.S. Our Sephora calendar is usually $99 with a value of maybe 10 bucks.
Wow! That bad! But you have sumptuous Holiday sets in the UK - those Sephora Favourites edits are lovely. Or at least they WERE a couple of years ago. Are they still as good? I once got a friend to get me the lips one.
love your reviews 😊companies are joking this year with Free samples,they put in gwp and counting as they would give us full size item😅😮jokers.. This is okish calendar but nothing Waw
YES! This year's advent calendars look more like their own quarterly GWPs, which they just popped into doors/drawers - even putting multiple ones in one door to give the impression of generosity. It's decent, but not mind-blowing, or "have-to-have-it-or-will-pine-away-and-die."
Thank you, that is fantastic to hear! I sincerely hope you'll feel the same about me after I abso trash the next one (currently up editing it because coughing anyway), which happens to be the most popular calendar this year 😭
I love ur bluntly honest reviews 🙌🏽 and always base my yearly advent calendars on ur reviews! ❤️
Thank you so much - that is great to know xx
i literally love listening to you talk you are very straight talking i love it
Gosh, thanks so much! I needed to hear that xx
You do us a great public service, potentially saving some of us from wasting our money. Thank you from Australia 😊
Thank you very much, that is great to hear! I sincerely hope you'll feel the same about me after I abso trash the next one (currently up editing it because coughing anyway), which happens to be the most popular calendar this year 😭
@@CosmetopiaDigest try a sip of sherry 😉
I have decided to calculate this way:calculate only the full size products I'm actually interested in using then see if is actually worth it for me, even if the price of all full size products is good if I'm not going to use them then is not worth it for me. Also when I'm calculating the price of the products I want I look at the best price I can find them.
That is the only way to add up the value! Even remove a bit to account for sales or discount offers! Also, is that a duochrome or multichrome eyeshadow in your display picture?
I love your reviews and no bull attitude. You’re bloody brilliant!
Gosh thank you! I hope you feel the same after my next video, where I trash the most popular calendar of the year 😂
@@CosmetopiaDigest I shall look forward to it 😈😂
@@CosmetopiaDigest I watched the other video first and I'm sure every that enjoys your reviews so far will still enjoy what is to come ! I enjoyed both videos and commentary !
So appreciative for your input.You say it as it is and how you see it . Thank you 😊
Thank you! What we don't always notice while seeing the pretty things inside shiny boxes, is that the beauty industry already has HUGE profit margins. When we get minis and old products, and even tat and private label products, that only makes even more profit for them. We can easily buy the full-sized products we WANT on sale (which makes enough profit for them anyway), which works out cheaper, instead of paying for wrist bands, private label nonsense, and rancid oil (someone got this in a luxury calendar last year).
Some thing that you said in another video has been bothering me. You have said you know you are ugly. I just think that is so unfair! Most woman are like you ....ordinary women doing their thing. I don't think you are ugly. I do hope you said that because someone said it in the comments. You are you and whether others believe it or not should never bring you down! Do your own thing and forget the stuff they put here just because they can! Be yourself! That should be good enough for everyone!
Thank you VERY much, and this comment made me tear up - just when I had finished my skincare! Now thanks to you I have to cleanse (and everything else) all over again 😭 Yes, it was not only the comments, it was also cousins and aunts when I was growing up (Indian extended families!). Same thing happened to my Mum, so she was all, "So what, I have my space, and have come to terms with it" - which is what I've tried to follow as well; tell myself to accept it. IDK why people need to go out of their way to say unpleasant or cruel things, but don't tell someone something positive instead.
I don't know about your culture but it sounds like it can be a bit harsh. I was born with a physical disability so thanks to my mother I speak up for myself very well...also I didn't mean to make you cry,🤗🤗🤗
@@CosmetopiaDigestWe are all beautiful in our own unique way ❤ I know what you mean as my husband family is Pakistani… and my best friend is Indian… I am white East European woman and when I hear those comments my heart breaks… it’s a cultural thing, as my kind can be „nasty” too… But guess what always reply with love ❤as only love can change people behaviour ❤ I love watching and listening to your videos! Lots of love and support from a white girl❤
Hear hear. Very attractive woman in my opinion, not that it should matter.
@@CosmetopiaDigestI’m so sorry you have had to deal with extremely cruel comments ❤
I’ve recently found your videos and I love your no bullshit vibe. I’m here for it!! Keep them coming ❤
Thank you! That is great to hear - balm to my "torchered soul", as my nephew says 😂
i really love love the sea magic mud mask. it has salicyclic acid in it so no particles and really soothes an itchy scalp. no gritty particles.
Oh, good to know! The previous scalp muds I've tried were all terrible.
Have you tried the new danessa myricks lightworks palette? It’s stunning and if you like a duochrome etc it’s right up your street 😊
your so right thank you
This is the best one for me so far. I’m tempted 🤔
I hope they don't increase the price to above £200 next year.
Enjoyed your video! I subscribed to your UA-cam page. Thanks for everything, beautiful lady! 😊❤
Thank you very much! I admit there's a lot of snark and nit-picking... but I've gone from buying EIGHT advent calendars in one year, to struggling to find ONE to buy - because of the repeats, the minis, and the let-down in quality. Thanks again x
Do you know if there will be a Debenhams Advent calendar this year
Happy to hear your mom and yourself are getting better ❤️🩹 Happy to hear your view on this (though I can't order it to germany)
Poor Mum. She's started having neuralgia... but at least the infection has run its course.
That's a shame. Someone was telling me about the Douglas calendar there this year being a good one?
Thanks for the superb review, not decided if I really like this one, bit too much hair and makeup, but pretty usable, will wait for a few more reviews ❤
Thanks for Another great review Renu.
The best AC they did was in 2022. Can’t beat that one .
This is a decent AC. With a mix of everything. I do like this one. However, I just wish they could have included more full size nicer products. Just to let you know If this is one of your favourite brands, the 10% discount has been removed by Sephora. Which is cheeky of them, since they didn’t notify customers of the change.
Very cheeky! I find they've kind of distanced themselves from the Feelunique ethos or "feel" (pun unintended) altogether now, and align more with the branding of the rest of Sephora. The only thing that is the same is the product image format 😂
thank you yet again, Renu! I'm really excited to learn your thoughts on Cult Beauty vs Space NK vs Sephora advents. Those are top 3 that I'm thinking about considering that not all UK based advents can be delivered to the NL. If you have an opinion on these three - that would be very very appreciated!
UPD ok I watched till the moment where you do say you like this more than Space NK. Very curious what you find about this vs Cult Beauty one. Of course understand this is your opinion but that's what I'm here for - hear your thoughts :)
Spoiler about Cult Beauty - I filmed it today, SANG, and have been coughing ever since 😂 The song went like this (to the tune of Raindrops on Roses):
"Lip balm and lip liner, eyeliner, sheet masks
Lip jelly, gel pencil, pillow talk, hairspray
Wrist bands and hair clips and three serums too
These are the full sizes they send us here. Boo!"
I hope you'll sing with me when I get around to editing and publishing it 😂😂
P.S. To answer your question, yes I compare all three towards the end of the video. Will try and publish it by Wednesday - have to see my doctor on Tuesday (and hope I'm not asked, "So, did you rest your voice like I told you to?").
Hi Renu I love your videos you are such a lovely person and you are not ugly please don't ever think that .your personality really shines through on your videos. Your honesty you keep it real. Keep up the great videos 😊
@@CosmetopiaDigest you made my day!! Hahaha looking forwards & I'm already singing in my head with you hahahaha 😂
@@CosmetopiaDigest wish you health with whatever there is that you have 🤗
Good review
Thank you x
Thank you for another great review. I was on the fence with this one and waited for your review. This year I can't get excited about advent calendars. The prices are increasing but the items are not very exciting.
The prices are making my eyes water. I feel there's very little effort that companies put in, even in designing the boxes. It's all, "Let's see how we can spend less but earn more from these."
🤍🤍🤍 and 1 heart for the calendar 🤍😅
Thank you ❤❤😊
Where do you go to get these GWP's ? Am I missing something? X
Sign up for emails on the major retailers' websites - Cult Beauty, Space NK, Harvey Nicks, Harrods, Liberty, Sephora, Boots, even LookFantastic sometimes gives away a freebie or two with purchase. Space NK recently had a very decent GWP. I used to do videos detailing each one until last year... but lost my mojo with H1N1 this year 😂 Apart from retailers, you also want to sign up with individual brands such as Lancome, Estee Lauder, and so on, to be alerted on their GWP offers. If you can't be arsed with the newsletters, just check out "offers" while browsing the websites. Other than that, I get a few minis from individual counters when shopping in-store. Nothing wrong with "I have weird breakout-prone oily but flaky skin, and was wondering if you would please recommend some samples that I could try?" Sometimes the recommendations are SO good that I go right back, and buy the full size! Sometimes I go shopping with a friend or relative - THEY buy, I get the samples!
Hope that helps.
@@CosmetopiaDigest perfect xx
I have rarely gotten freebies in Australia even when I’ve asked I’ve been told sorry we don’t have any.
I love that you disguard the sample/ small sizes. How are we supposed to give a product a reasonable try out when it's either a teeny tube of skincare or a single use mask?
Unless it miraculously performs plastic surgery once we've applied it lol, we cant.
Haha true. And, also, I have seen my fair share of gifts with purchase... so the idea of paying for minis irks me so much. Why do they make it out as though we're getting a GREAT deal when we're getting mostly minis, which we can often get for FREE with purchase? Corporate greed, I call it!
This calendar is meh for me but it's still leaps and bounds better than what they usually put out here in the U.S. Our Sephora calendar is usually $99 with a value of maybe 10 bucks.
Wow! That bad! But you have sumptuous Holiday sets in the UK - those Sephora Favourites edits are lovely. Or at least they WERE a couple of years ago. Are they still as good? I once got a friend to get me the lips one.
Recieving a top coat is about as exciting as piles 😂
Ow OW OWWWWWW! I think I've pulled a stomach muscle laughing, and am coughing again, and it's all your fault 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@CosmetopiaDigest 🤣🤣 sorry haha
love your reviews 😊companies are joking this year with Free samples,they put in gwp and counting as they would give us full size item😅😮jokers.. This is okish calendar but nothing Waw
YES! This year's advent calendars look more like their own quarterly GWPs, which they just popped into doors/drawers - even putting multiple ones in one door to give the impression of generosity. It's decent, but not mind-blowing, or "have-to-have-it-or-will-pine-away-and-die."
Not a top coat 😂
SOOOO exciting, right? 😂😂
Omg 🤦♀️ This calendar is very poor… I won’t buy it for sure . Thank you for your help ❤
I loveeeee your Videos! Always watching your videos before choosing the one 🫶 thank you so much for the effort and honesty
Thank you, that is fantastic to hear! I sincerely hope you'll feel the same about me after I abso trash the next one (currently up editing it because coughing anyway), which happens to be the most popular calendar this year 😭