Click here sbird.co/3GqCHv1 and use my code AR55 to get 55% OFF your first month at Scentbird. I love trying out new scents with Scentbird! What’s your favorite fragrance? Comment below! Hey guys! Sooo I think Im just getting real tired of all these brands just releasing the same advent calendar year after year! In this case one of these calendars was LITERALLY from last year! What do you guys think? Let me know if there are any calendars we have never done before on the channel that you would like to see! Love ya💖
I mean, the products should be fine. Usually makeup products have 2-5 year shelf lives (which is how long it stays good while sitting unopened on a shelf, which is not the same as the open container recommendation printed on the product itself. The open container limit is how long it should stay good after being opened. A lot of ppl confuse the 2) so technically they should be OK to use. But is it ethical to sell the same exact advent calendars multiple years in a row without stating that somewhere on the product description? That I definitely don't think is ethical, it's not like it's a chocolate advent calendar where people know it's the same thing every year. I would honestly reach out to their customer service to see if they could make it right in any way, cuz I definitely would be upset if I got the same exact calendar 2 years in a row, especially considering how expensive these are and how low the value really is. Despite liking the products or not, I would be upset 🤷♀️
That was so bad. It's so disingenuous that it wasn't advertised as being from 2021. I guess tbf it doesn't say itxs this years, but one would expect it to be. Mind you, it seems that even if it had been, it would have been the exact same products anyway. As for the second one, I can understand putting the same products in again to a certain extent when you have staples/favourites/classics, like the benefit one I understood to a certain point, I do think they could have changed out at lest 2 or 3 tems. E.L.F. is quite different from Beneit (I believe) in the size of their range,they have so many more products to chose from. There were so many that they could have at least changed out the shades on. EG the website says new shades available on some items like plumping lip gloss, or they have a snow globe range of brushes & beauty blender (albeit available in a gift set, but they could easily have included a couple in the calendar), they have such a variation of eyeshadow sets quads & palletes. And on top of the many other products they already had to choose from in switching out, they also have some new products, such as a new mascara, no budge shadow sticks, cream eyeshadow pots, liquid liner, a clear lash & eyebrow mascara. I just don't get recycling exactly the same items when you are the company who makes the products & have so much variety to choose from in your range, it's mind boggling. On the 24 day calendar, where the items in the exact same order too? They catch customers out because most people buying a calendar want the surprise, so they don't look to see what's in it first. The shitty, idk if it's shady, but it's definitely an asshole move that will drive away repeat customers. Their only defence could be as I mentioned above: they don't say the year on them, so they can easily argue that they're a sort of perpetual product that returns each year unchanged (while banking on most people not remembering what was in it, because they don't think of people filming opening them)...but most customers will not realise that and it is reasonable for customers to expect them to be different. I would put in a complaint. It might not do any good but it might make you feel better for having done something.
They released this calendar in 2020, I think it was the exact same in 2021 as well. 2022 mostly the same but with a few exceptions. Looks like maybe a couple of color shade changes, but otherwise they reused the exact same form and packaging, just recolored the outside pink instead of the bluish icy color it was before. Companies are so lazy and cheap nowadays. The power grip primer tube was a glitter peel off mask and then I think a soothing moisturizer or something. The Putty Blush is replacing the peppermint candy looking eyeshadow duo, which had two different shades in previous years. That green makeup setting micro mist is replacing their usual black setting spray. Lash and brow enhancing serum appears to have been a tinted brow gel before.
You're not the only one who got bamboozled. Allie Dawson was convinced to buy a "mystery box" from elf that turned out to be the silver advent calendar 🙃
I mean, I get it the last few years have been rough, but to take it out on the customers is really gross. I didn't buy any holiday releases this year. And I am so happy with my decision.
I love the fact that you showed your videos from last year during the unboxing. Definitely gets the point across that that box is for sure atleast a year old.
I wish she had checked the best before dates on products. I doubt ELF sold expired products. But the products looked really nice. I have couple of Elf products and they are all good quality and so cheap.
I just realized it's probably suspicious when an advent calendar doesn't have the year printed on it and or a dedicated theme. If it's plain and unmarked-- it can very easily be repeated.
I remember six years ago when Elf first started coming out at Walmart, they seemed like a really humble brand with really good prices. It seems like the more popular they get the more expensive they are but the equality isn’t going up. I think the fame went to their heads.
They got ~Jeffree Star approved~ and started upping their prices without improving the quality. They also got rid of the only liquid eyeliner I wear. ):
Elf has been around for nearly 20 years. They have never been humble. They literally said they started the company to make money. They saw a market in rich people who buy cheap makeup. This is the reason their brushes are so good. They aren’t 100$ brushes but they are workhorses. I’ve bought exactly one dud. When the influencer thing popped off they were perfectly positioned because they had tools that looked like what the influencers were using but teens could afford. I have never been impressed with their makeup, though. However I have wet n wild for that.
I love when Alex apologizes for getting ✨spicy✨ but like, I love it so much 😂😂😂 also, never apologize if the video is “going long.” I’d watch you spend 10 minutes on each of these products. I just watch Keith from Try Guys eat fast food live for 90 minutes. Does it sound like I have a lot going on in my life!? 😂😂😂
I just love how when Alexandria was trying to figure out the blue lip exfoliator lipstick she went from Friends to Zoolander & at the end had the realization of Spongebob... but zero context! 😂
I can't even imagine your level of disappointment. So glad I didn't bite on these calendars. I can't wait until you open the Glossybox calendar...it's SOOOOO good!
After seeing the face stickers I realized that I really need to see you unboxing a Chanel advent calendar! Last years horror lives rent free in my head still.
@@susannea142 She did it last year. Did Chanel even do an advent calendar this year? I don't remember seeing anything about an advent calendar from them this year.
Just came here to say that it would be so wonderful if you made your own Advent Calendar!!! To me, you are the Advent Calandar Queen and I feel like you would know EXACTLY what the people want and what to put in it. I have always been hesitant to buy some of these Calandars because of your reviews but I would totally get one if it was yours!!!!
I bet she could do better than them but one has to consider the logistics and the fact that she wouldn't be able to put any branded products in it most likely unless she starts her own brand and we've already seen what can go wrong when youtubers do that as a novice.
I love how your reactions are nearly identical! 😂 Thank you so much for doing this series, it is something I look forward to every year and it helps me not to buy any myself. I totally remembered the eyelash curler for day 12 from last year and sat with eager anticipation!
Fun fact: If you pull at the little colored, square part of the lip exfoliater tube, it will come off and there is a chapstick in it. (I think the same is with the lipsticks that have the same packaging, but I've never tried the lipsticks)
Your Advent Calendar unboxings are such a riot lol. I am a huge Elf fan but I almost broke a finger unboxing that (year old!!!!!) calendar. Come on Elf at least sell them half price in Jan like everyone else. Congrats on your recent marriage!
To be fair they were still advertising last year's advent calendar well into summer as a clearance item. With how much they were advertising it would make sense they had a lot left.
I watched someone else unbox a 24 pc Elf "mystery box" and it was just last year's advent calendar (and apparently this year's as well) which they marketed as a mystery box. Elf is full of tricks this year lol.
You can now curl both the lashes at the same time, lol! What was E.L.F thinking reselling the same advent calendars. That is so sad. They should have gone with different shades if they were going with the same product.
Right??? I'm not much of a make up person but it rubs me the wrong way. An ice blue lipstick would've been such a good choice with maybe a champagne color and a red??? It sucks to see overstock from last year being used again with little to none variation
Alexandria, you literally got your very own Elf on a Shelf (from in some warehouse somewhere where it's been sitting for at least a year waiting for Christmas to come around again) 🤣🤣🤣
I just went to the elf website and the old advent calendar is out of stock. However, it was a trending item, with over 14,000 people looking at it right then. Clearly you have all of us interested to see what they have to say for themselves.
Its 1:26 am when i am watching this, monday morning. I got an advent calendar for my dog, Maggie. She really loved it. We went through the first 3 days, then when i came home from work, i found that she had gotten ahold of the calendar, and needless to say, it was destroyed and all the treats were gone! Shes not getting a new one til next year, and then i will hide it! Merry Christmas! Your babies are too cute!
sure, ELF doesn't make a new item every single week of the year, but they MUST have new stuff since last year that they could include?? hell, they even have a whole section on their website marked new makeup and skincare, they could use their own website as reference.
Last year I bought the Yves Rocher advent calendar. I was quite disappointed that almost everything in it was travel-sized or smaller. But I wasn't too upset because while I had been using that product line for years there were many things I had not gotten the chance to try and now did. I went on their website this year too possibly purchase it again since I had a coupon. But just on a hunch I went ahead and looked at the product list. Last year I had not because I was afraid of spoilers. I'll be darned if it wasn't the exact same products with maybe one or two small variations. No thank you I'll save my money. They have hundreds of products why repeat them year to year?
I don't wear make up, or do anything "beauty" related. But I love your personality and I have watched dozens of your advent calendar reviews. Keep being amazing queen.
I love your advent calendar videos so much! And I love how you put the picture-in-picture to show what was the same as last year. And, as others have noted, your hair looks great! Thanks for another fun video.
Just a thought… as you continue doing advent calendars year after year I would take notes of the ones that just send out the exact same thing year after year so you don’t buy it 12 years in a row 😂
Love the channel!! Congratulations on your wedding, and I hope you had a great honeymoon. I think your advent calendar unboxings are one of my favorite things about the Christmas season. I will say, though, I think E.L.F. has been holding on to those 12 day calendars for 2 years. You actually unboxed the same calendar in 2020 and 2021. They must be trying to beat Sephora for the most consecutive ones with no value.
I miss when ELF was a dollar for everything! They definitely do not need to do advent calendars! Last year's video while doing this one is hilarious 😂 I think next year sephora, elf, Chanel and Kylie should all be banned! List subject to change as advent season continues!
To be fair, between rapid inflation and distribution problems the prices on literally everything goes up or else the quality and/or size goes down to maintain the price. It's our unfortunate reality since the pandemic shut downs and huge deficit spending packages governments were doing fucked up the global economy so bad.
@@roxiek888 Businesses are supposed to make a profit, so I don't know why you say that like it's a point against them. If people no longer think the products are a good value, then people can just not buy them. I think Wet and Wild is still in the dollar to three dollar range, so cheaper options are still available.
@@ANPC-pi9vu yeah if they had sustained or dropped in profits (not bottomed out) I could understand but the point of these calendars is to get fun products and a good added value. They’re not giving added value, I could put all those in my cart then use a coupon and save the $10. That’s the point. They’re hitting record profits while people are going broke and homeless and have the audacity to not add a good value in their advent ? Then to sell YEAR OLD PRODUCTS as if it’s fresh and new?!? Absolutely not
This couldn't have been better timing🙌 I have Cyclic vomiting syndrome and Endometriosis, and they usually flare up together, and I just got into the bath because I feel an episode coming. I'm so glad I have you to distract me🙌🙌
@@plutoscave2066 it really is. I really struggle with my mental health during& after episodes. It's definitely hell on earth, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. I'm so sorry you have to deal with them too! ❤️❤️❤️
You should compare this year’s and last year’s “lot” numbers on the products-if the serial numbers match, they’re from the same lot, hence they are all the same age lol
Fell asleep early today cause I wasn’t feeling good woke up looking for something to watch and here you are so happy. I almost bought the elf calendars too. Hope you’re doing good 💜
Also loving your hair in this video. Would love to see an updated vid on what you use, my hair is falling out so bad but idk what products to get to help, chunks of hair are just coming out and it’s so short now that someone thought I cut it and I didn’t
The explanation I think, is like you said, “They don’t care.” But, I had loads of fun watching you unbox it! P.S. Hoping you share your wedding video soon!
I LOVE Zoolander and need to know the story! Also, you were right about the Friends episode. I recently watched it. Joey shows Chandler and Rachel the Ichiban, “Lipstick for Men” commercial.
Congrats on your wedding 💞 I hope you have a lots of love and happiness 💞 bet Scotland was freezing! You're my favourite you tuber so keep posting and calling out all the crap you receive. Sending lots of love for the future ❤️
TTM stands for trending twelve months. In accounting this is used for sales if you don’t have the full calendar year sales yet. So Elf probably used the reported sales for 9/2021 to 10/22.
Her hair is stunning and she is so adorable. Love her and she always makes me laugh. Thanks Alexandria for making my holiday season a little cheerier and bright! 🎄🎄🎄
I would love to see how YOU would make an advent calendar! Like moderately priced, what would you include in it? I think it could be a super fun video! 😀
8:30 Pamplemoose hahaha! This is French for grapefruit and I only remember that because my French class thought it was the funniest word “Pom-ple-mousse”
OK, is anyone else concerned because makeup expires and these products are AT LEAST a year old (but probably longer since advent calendars seem to be unsold items from the prior year)??? I don't know a whole lot but I feel like that's not just a ripoff, it could be unsafe to use! Love you Alexandra! Thanks for spending your money to make sure we don't!
Well, the little number symbol thing on the package that says it's good for 6 months or 12 months or whatever technically starts once you open it. That being said, I'm sure even unopened makeup does go bad after a certain amount of time, but it would take longer than that. You would be shocked to find out how many products including makeup sit end up sitting in a warehouse for a year before they end up being sold. It's wrong for elf to resell the same calender for sure. But I'm sure the makeup is fine.
I have Scentbird and got both versions of Confessions of a Rebel Get a Room and I absolutely love them ❤ Thanks for yet another great Advent Calendar season! Hope your Holidays are Merry and Bright 🎄🎁
With the exfoliator, you can pop the bottom off and there's a tiny pot of balmy stuff you can use after exfoliating! (Well, there was last time I picked one of them up, anyway.) It can be tough to get off the first time, but the produce was actually decent. Honestly, I personally like the exfoliant as well - I hate putting that stuff on from a pot, it just makes my brain cringe. 🙂
I don’t know if it’s just me who has the waste none want none mentality so with that in mind I actually prefer pots because I get to use every last drop of product just like I love benefit brand boi conclear in a pot because again I get use to use every last drop of product… hahaha🤣🫣🫠
I stopped watching your videos for awhile, but only because they stopped showing up on my feed. You've always been naturally beautiful, but you have this confidence about you, and it's fabulous to watch. You look incredible! (You always have though).
Congratulations on getting married! I am so happy for you! I enjoy your channel and am so happy for your family! God bless you and yours! Merry Christmas!
most of the dolla store is elf which is pretty great for the price, but you can go to the dollar store and get almost all this stuff (depending on which store it is).for like 30-40$
Miss Allie, I really needed a lift today. Scores of high school girls where the ones to buy Elf, because it was cheap. I remember the brush bristles falling out. The store was always having a sale, elf for .88. There advent calendar is over inflated. Thank you, Have a Relaxing Sunday.
Honestly, this video is trawling through salt and betrayal simply to enjoy the fleeting moments of dogs getting Christmas treats 😆 You have my sympathy for the process. May future calanders have SOMETHING you love 🤞🏻
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Hey guys! Sooo I think Im just getting real tired of all these brands just releasing the same advent calendar year after year! In this case one of these calendars was LITERALLY from last year! What do you guys think? Let me know if there are any calendars we have never done before on the channel that you would like to see! Love ya💖
I mean, the products should be fine. Usually makeup products have 2-5 year shelf lives (which is how long it stays good while sitting unopened on a shelf, which is not the same as the open container recommendation printed on the product itself. The open container limit is how long it should stay good after being opened. A lot of ppl confuse the 2) so technically they should be OK to use. But is it ethical to sell the same exact advent calendars multiple years in a row without stating that somewhere on the product description? That I definitely don't think is ethical, it's not like it's a chocolate advent calendar where people know it's the same thing every year. I would honestly reach out to their customer service to see if they could make it right in any way, cuz I definitely would be upset if I got the same exact calendar 2 years in a row, especially considering how expensive these are and how low the value really is. Despite liking the products or not, I would be upset 🤷♀️
ASOS I seen had a good one
I’ve always wanted to try Scentbird but never got around to it. I’m going to treat myself! Thanks for the code 🤍
That was so bad. It's so disingenuous that it wasn't advertised as being from 2021. I guess tbf it doesn't say itxs this years, but one would expect it to be. Mind you, it seems that even if it had been, it would have been the exact same products anyway. As for the second one, I can understand putting the same products in again to a certain extent when you have staples/favourites/classics, like the benefit one I understood to a certain point, I do think they could have changed out at lest 2 or 3 tems.
E.L.F. is quite different from Beneit (I believe) in the size of their range,they have so many more products to chose from. There were so many that they could have at least changed out the shades on. EG the website says new shades available on some items like plumping lip gloss, or they have a snow globe range of brushes & beauty blender (albeit available in a gift set, but they could easily have included a couple in the calendar), they have such a variation of eyeshadow sets quads & palletes. And on top of the many other products they already had to choose from in switching out, they also have some new products, such as a new mascara, no budge shadow sticks, cream eyeshadow pots, liquid liner, a clear lash & eyebrow mascara. I just don't get recycling exactly the same items when you are the company who makes the products & have so much variety to choose from in your range, it's mind boggling. On the 24 day calendar, where the items in the exact same order too?
They catch customers out because most people buying a calendar want the surprise, so they don't look to see what's in it first. The shitty, idk if it's shady, but it's definitely an asshole move that will drive away repeat customers. Their only defence could be as I mentioned above: they don't say the year on them, so they can easily argue that they're a sort of perpetual product that returns each year unchanged (while banking on most people not remembering what was in it, because they don't think of people filming opening them)...but most customers will not realise that and it is reasonable for customers to expect them to be different.
I would put in a complaint. It might not do any good but it might make you feel better for having done something.
They released this calendar in 2020, I think it was the exact same in 2021 as well.
2022 mostly the same but with a few exceptions. Looks like maybe a couple of color shade changes, but otherwise they reused the exact same form and packaging, just recolored the outside pink instead of the bluish icy color it was before. Companies are so lazy and cheap nowadays.
The power grip primer tube was a glitter peel off mask and then I think a soothing moisturizer or something.
The Putty Blush is replacing the peppermint candy looking eyeshadow duo, which had two different shades in previous years.
That green makeup setting micro mist is replacing their usual black setting spray.
Lash and brow enhancing serum appears to have been a tinted brow gel before.
Here’s the kicker- ELF marketed a mystery box and inside it was the same advent calendar. No mystery items. Just the reused advent calendar.
Gawd, that's so tacky.🤨
OMG😱
NO freakin WAY. Thats ballsy.
I almost bought that, but the price and value exactly matched the calendar and I was like…. Would they really? And decided not to get it. Lol.
Nooooooo ahahahahaa
Can we talk about how ✨STUNNING✨ her hair is!?!?
I LOVE IT ❤️
It makes her eyes pop
Heck yes! Love her hair like this.
Yessss the curls are so cute!!
Yessss!!
Yes first thing I noticed 😊
Brings new meaning to Elf on a Shelf.
Now THAT'S A Good One!!! 😆 LOL
😂 😂 😂
You're not the only one who got bamboozled. Allie Dawson was convinced to buy a "mystery box" from elf that turned out to be the silver advent calendar 🙃
As a mystery box?? I’d be furious.
That is messed up.
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I mean, I get it the last few years have been rough, but to take it out on the customers is really gross. I didn't buy any holiday releases this year. And I am so happy with my decision.
I love the fact that you showed your videos from last year during the unboxing. Definitely gets the point across that that box is for sure atleast a year old.
My thought exactly.
I wish she had checked the best before dates on products. I doubt ELF sold expired products. But the products looked really nice. I have couple of Elf products and they are all good quality and so cheap.
I just realized it's probably suspicious when an advent calendar doesn't have the year printed on it and or a dedicated theme. If it's plain and unmarked-- it can very easily be repeated.
I remember six years ago when Elf first started coming out at Walmart, they seemed like a really humble brand with really good prices. It seems like the more popular they get the more expensive they are but the equality isn’t going up. I think the fame went to their heads.
They're out here thinking they're high end now or smth 😂
They got rid of most of what I liked, though the setting spray is still my go-to.
They got ~Jeffree Star approved~ and started upping their prices without improving the quality. They also got rid of the only liquid eyeliner I wear. ):
Elf has been around for nearly 20 years. They have never been humble. They literally said they started the company to make money. They saw a market in rich people who buy cheap makeup. This is the reason their brushes are so good. They aren’t 100$ brushes but they are workhorses. I’ve bought exactly one dud. When the influencer thing popped off they were perfectly positioned because they had tools that looked like what the influencers were using but teens could afford. I have never been impressed with their makeup, though. However I have wet n wild for that.
I love when you show the old repeats video in the corner! It makes it easy to identify the repeat culprit calendars.
I love when Alex apologizes for getting ✨spicy✨ but like, I love it so much 😂😂😂 also, never apologize if the video is “going long.” I’d watch you spend 10 minutes on each of these products. I just watch Keith from Try Guys eat fast food live for 90 minutes. Does it sound like I have a lot going on in my life!? 😂😂😂
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Hahaha same!
Ditto
Dang, you sound just like me! I spent over an hour watching a guy in Japan making and eating food and it was also asmr, on TicTok...*sigh*
I just love how when Alexandria was trying to figure out the blue lip exfoliator lipstick she went from Friends to Zoolander & at the end had the realization of Spongebob... but zero context! 😂
And yet they were all accurate blue lipstick references 😂
@@cyanjackson7689 the friends & zoolander one I remember. But what the heck was the SpongeBob one? Lol
I came to the comments for that very reason 😆 She is so random and it keeps me coming back!
@@TwiggyHetfield27 it's coral blue #5 semi gloss lipstick.
It's from an episode where SpongeBob and Patrick had to paint mr Krabs home.
I can't even imagine your level of disappointment. So glad I didn't bite on these calendars. I can't wait until you open the Glossybox calendar...it's SOOOOO good!
After seeing the face stickers I realized that I really need to see you unboxing a Chanel advent calendar! Last years horror lives rent free in my head still.
She did do that one! It was amazing.
@@imperfecttimes Wait……she did it this year already?! How did I miss it.
When she opened that door I originally thought it was empty 😂
@@susannea142 She did it last year. Did Chanel even do an advent calendar this year? I don't remember seeing anything about an advent calendar from them this year.
almost spit out my coffee when the advent fell on the floor and you said "where you belong" love that.
Watching these advent calendar unboxings, have become one of my favorite holiday traditions
🎊🎄🎎
Me too. I love watching her mutilate these advent calendars lol
Same it’s becoming a holiday tradition for me! I adore Alexandria,she’s one of a kind 💕
I do not buy any make up advents but I get so excited to see you open them! Hope Scotland was awesome!
You cannot leave us on that cliffhanger of a “Zoolander past”
Also he does have blue lipstick on in a scene.
Yes we need the zoolander history story!
Just came here to say that it would be so wonderful if you made your own Advent Calendar!!! To me, you are the Advent Calandar Queen and I feel like you would know EXACTLY what the people want and what to put in it. I have always been hesitant to buy some of these Calandars because of your reviews but I would totally get one if it was yours!!!!
Id buy an advent calendar from Alexandria
I bet she could do better than them but one has to consider the logistics and the fact that she wouldn't be able to put any branded products in it most likely unless she starts her own brand and we've already seen what can go wrong when youtubers do that as a novice.
@@ANPC-pi9vu yeah, I do understand what you're saying and it makes sense why she couldn't logistically! We could dream though right😄
I love how your reactions are nearly identical! 😂 Thank you so much for doing this series, it is something I look forward to every year and it helps me not to buy any myself. I totally remembered the eyelash curler for day 12 from last year and sat with eager anticipation!
Fun fact: If you pull at the little colored, square part of the lip exfoliater tube, it will come off and there is a chapstick in it. (I think the same is with the lipsticks that have the same packaging, but I've never tried the lipsticks)
I'm not sure if it's just the darker color or a new product but Alexandria's hair looks so beautiful and shiny!
Your Advent Calendar unboxings are such a riot lol. I am a huge Elf fan but I almost broke a finger unboxing that (year old!!!!!) calendar. Come on Elf at least sell them half price in Jan like everyone else. Congrats on your recent marriage!
saw another comment saying they were pushing this a clearance item well into the summer so it seems like people just didn’t buy it
To be fair they were still advertising last year's advent calendar well into summer as a clearance item. With how much they were advertising it would make sense they had a lot left.
Soo...what's the fair part of it?
@@lethfuil It totally isn’t. i think they were trying to say that it makes sense. :)
@@sunday.444 Ok, that makes sense too. :)
Thank you for saving me SO MUCH MONEY ❤️
Yeah, it's pretty crazy. I really wonder if the lip glosses are going rancid by now.
I watched someone else unbox a 24 pc Elf "mystery box" and it was just last year's advent calendar (and apparently this year's as well) which they marketed as a mystery box. Elf is full of tricks this year lol.
Awww, the way Tater looks to Wren for cues when they're waiting for the treats ❤️ That's so sweet 🥰
At least they are enjoying their advent calendar.
@@rberks5 lol 😆 Yeah, if not Alexandria, at least the dogs are having a good time 😉
You running last year's unboxing behind you is everything!!
You can now curl both the lashes at the same time, lol! What was E.L.F thinking reselling the same advent calendars. That is so sad. They should have gone with different shades if they were going with the same product.
Right??? I'm not much of a make up person but it rubs me the wrong way. An ice blue lipstick would've been such a good choice with maybe a champagne color and a red??? It sucks to see overstock from last year being used again with little to none variation
Alexandria, you literally got your very own Elf on a Shelf (from in some warehouse somewhere where it's been sitting for at least a year waiting for Christmas to come around again) 🤣🤣🤣
These videos are a tradition for me like watching Hallmark movies. The only advent calendar I buy is the harry potter sock one...every year 😅
I just went to the elf website and the old advent calendar is out of stock. However, it was a trending item, with over 14,000 people looking at it right then. Clearly you have all of us interested to see what they have to say for themselves.
The. 👏 Natural. 👏 Hair. 👏 Slays. 👏
I really like your hair like this. It is very pretty and it makes it look really full! 💛
Aw thank you! I am trying to let it go more natural to make it healthier!
I think the doggies are getting the best advent calendar. :) Loving the bonus doggie content!
Its 1:26 am when i am watching this, monday morning. I got an advent calendar for my dog, Maggie. She really loved it. We went through the first 3 days, then when i came home from work, i found that she had gotten ahold of the calendar, and needless to say, it was destroyed and all the treats were gone! Shes not getting a new one til next year, and then i will hide it! Merry Christmas! Your babies are too cute!
sure, ELF doesn't make a new item every single week of the year, but they MUST have new stuff since last year that they could include?? hell, they even have a whole section on their website marked new makeup and skincare, they could use their own website as reference.
Last year I bought the Yves Rocher advent calendar. I was quite disappointed that almost everything in it was travel-sized or smaller. But I wasn't too upset because while I had been using that product line for years there were many things I had not gotten the chance to try and now did. I went on their website this year too possibly purchase it again since I had a coupon. But just on a hunch I went ahead and looked at the product list. Last year I had not because I was afraid of spoilers. I'll be darned if it wasn't the exact same products with maybe one or two small variations. No thank you I'll save my money. They have hundreds of products why repeat them year to year?
It would be fun if you picked your favorite from each calendar to make an ultimate advent calendar!!
I don't wear make up, or do anything "beauty" related. But I love your personality and I have watched dozens of your advent calendar reviews. Keep being amazing queen.
I love your advent calendar videos so much! And I love how you put the picture-in-picture to show what was the same as last year. And, as others have noted, your hair looks great! Thanks for another fun video.
Just a thought… as you continue doing advent calendars year after year I would take notes of the ones that just send out the exact same thing year after year so you don’t buy it 12 years in a row 😂
Make a video before advent calendar season hits with a list of the top calendars to avoid for reasons such as this.
Love the channel!! Congratulations on your wedding, and I hope you had a great honeymoon.
I think your advent calendar unboxings are one of my favorite things about the Christmas season. I will say, though, I think E.L.F. has been holding on to those 12 day calendars for 2 years. You actually unboxed the same calendar in 2020 and 2021. They must be trying to beat Sephora for the most consecutive ones with no value.
I miss when ELF was a dollar for everything! They definitely do not need to do advent calendars! Last year's video while doing this one is hilarious 😂 I think next year sephora, elf, Chanel and Kylie should all be banned! List subject to change as advent season continues!
To be fair, between rapid inflation and distribution problems the prices on literally everything goes up or else the quality and/or size goes down to maintain the price. It's our unfortunate reality since the pandemic shut downs and huge deficit spending packages governments were doing fucked up the global economy so bad.
@@ANPC-pi9vu they’ve had record profits during the pandemic through now and you want us to give them a pass? 🤨
@@roxiek888 Businesses are supposed to make a profit, so I don't know why you say that like it's a point against them. If people no longer think the products are a good value, then people can just not buy them. I think Wet and Wild is still in the dollar to three dollar range, so cheaper options are still available.
@@ANPC-pi9vu yeah if they had sustained or dropped in profits (not bottomed out) I could understand but the point of these calendars is to get fun products and a good added value. They’re not giving added value, I could put all those in my cart then use a coupon and save the $10. That’s the point. They’re hitting record profits while people are going broke and homeless and have the audacity to not add a good value in their advent ? Then to sell YEAR OLD PRODUCTS as if it’s fresh and new?!? Absolutely not
Elf items are still at most dollar stores I go to. It’s still , overall, much cheaper than some brands who think 40 dollars is good for loose powder.
This couldn't have been better timing🙌 I have Cyclic vomiting syndrome and Endometriosis, and they usually flare up together, and I just got into the bath because I feel an episode coming. I'm so glad I have you to distract me🙌🙌
I have those both too! So glad something like this came out to distract you because that is torture!
I hope you feel better soon!! Sending you prayers💜
@@plutoscave2066 it really is. I really struggle with my mental health during& after episodes. It's definitely hell on earth, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. I'm so sorry you have to deal with them too! ❤️❤️❤️
I’m so sorry. Feel better soon.
I hope you feel better soon! 🫶🏻
Ok the lovely bonus videos are the best!!
You should compare this year’s and last year’s “lot” numbers on the products-if the serial numbers match, they’re from the same lot, hence they are all the same age lol
The replay of last years video HAD ME 😂😂😂
Girl, we love "sassy" Alexandria! That's why a lot of us mention you on other peoples unboxing's...they don't give spicy enough🤣
Fell asleep early today cause I wasn’t feeling good woke up looking for something to watch and here you are so happy. I almost bought the elf calendars too. Hope you’re doing good 💜
I would really love at the end of the unboxings for Alex to do a round up - like here are the worst ones (and not worth your money) and the best ones!
Sparkling welch's grape juice is amazing
Your hair looks gorgeous Alexandria 😍
Also loving your hair in this video. Would love to see an updated vid on what you use, my hair is falling out so bad but idk what products to get to help, chunks of hair are just coming out and it’s so short now that someone thought I cut it and I didn’t
The explanation I think, is like you said, “They don’t care.” But, I had loads of fun watching you unbox it!
P.S. Hoping you share your wedding video soon!
I LOVE Zoolander and need to know the story! Also, you were right about the Friends episode. I recently watched it. Joey shows Chandler and Rachel the Ichiban, “Lipstick for Men” commercial.
Congrats on your wedding 💞 I hope you have a lots of love and happiness 💞 bet Scotland was freezing! You're my favourite you tuber so keep posting and calling out all the crap you receive. Sending lots of love for the future ❤️
TTM stands for trending twelve months. In accounting this is used for sales if you don’t have the full calendar year sales yet. So Elf probably used the reported sales for 9/2021 to 10/22.
"Like the mushed up meat stuff?" 🤣🤣🤣 I laughed so hard!
At least the pups keep enjoying their calendar!!! So nice that there are two treats per day, so they can share! :)
Congratulations on your wedding! Wishing you an abundance of blessings ❤🙏
I am totally loving the lush curly hair. You look absolutely radiantly beautiful Mrs Alexandria ….💕
I am living for the repressed aggression using beauty tools. There’s something so very southern about it. Bless her heart.❤
Advent unboxng. My favorite part of the holidays.
Her hair is stunning and she is so adorable. Love her and she always makes me laugh. Thanks Alexandria for making my holiday season a little cheerier and bright! 🎄🎄🎄
“Wow” … Owen Wilson would be proud. 🎉❤ 😆
With these these calendars you make me love Christmas more
I love the little rant at the end. It was much needed and you are completely right!
I LOVE how your hair looks in this video. The curls really suit you!!
I would love to see how YOU would make an advent calendar! Like moderately priced, what would you include in it? I think it could be a super fun video! 😀
Brings a whole new meaning to elf of a shelf now...
The first advent 😂! The second advent lippie was the best you’ve ever used❤❤❤
8:30 Pamplemoose hahaha! This is French for grapefruit and I only remember that because my French class thought it was the funniest word “Pom-ple-mousse”
You always look amazing Alex, but this hairstyle really makes your eyes pop. Stunning
So i love the putty blush I own 3 of them. They become kinda like a powder when you blend
What’s more inasane is I just saw that $95 advent calendar at TJ Maxx for $19.99.
OK, is anyone else concerned because makeup expires and these products are AT LEAST a year old (but probably longer since advent calendars seem to be unsold items from the prior year)??? I don't know a whole lot but I feel like that's not just a ripoff, it could be unsafe to use!
Love you Alexandra! Thanks for spending your money to make sure we don't!
Didn't even think of that but nasty. Also I heard that the silver one was used as a "mystery box" for the summer so it could be even older and unsafe.
Well, the little number symbol thing on the package that says it's good for 6 months or 12 months or whatever technically starts once you open it. That being said, I'm sure even unopened makeup does go bad after a certain amount of time, but it would take longer than that. You would be shocked to find out how many products including makeup sit end up sitting in a warehouse for a year before they end up being sold. It's wrong for elf to resell the same calender for sure. But I'm sure the makeup is fine.
I have Scentbird and got both versions of Confessions of a Rebel Get a Room and I absolutely love them ❤ Thanks for yet another great Advent Calendar season! Hope your Holidays are Merry and Bright 🎄🎁
I enjoy watching you do the advent calendars! You’re so hilarious. Congrats on getting married! Hugs from TX. xoxo
Also I hope you have a wonderful Christmas ⛄🌲🌲 and have a great happy upcoming new year too.
Alex, your hair looks amazing!! Thank you for being you and doing this series. ❤
loving the hair! congratulations on the wedding❤️ i hope Scotland was everything and more!
Doubt that since she went to Scotland....🤣🤣🤣
my bad!
wow for the first 7 days i’ve genuinely thought the little brand name papers in the beginning were all cheap stickers from the brand’s calendars
We use the same collar for the same reason!! Never shocking, just a beep/vibrate!
I appreciate how you try to see the good amongst the blah.
With the exfoliator, you can pop the bottom off and there's a tiny pot of balmy stuff you can use after exfoliating! (Well, there was last time I picked one of them up, anyway.) It can be tough to get off the first time, but the produce was actually decent. Honestly, I personally like the exfoliant as well - I hate putting that stuff on from a pot, it just makes my brain cringe. 🙂
Nope dollar tree sell those cheap flimsy white handle brushes not the black blushes
I don’t know if it’s just me who has the waste none want none mentality so with that in mind I actually prefer pots because I get to use every last drop of product just like I love benefit brand boi conclear in a pot because again I get use to use every last drop of product… hahaha🤣🫣🫠
I've been watching these every morning as I get ready for work. Thanks so much for exactly the fun lighthearted content I need!
Zoolanders model look was called Blue Steele and he did have blue lipstick on in one scene. 😂 That movie is hilarious.
I stopped watching your videos for awhile, but only because they stopped showing up on my feed. You've always been naturally beautiful, but you have this confidence about you, and it's fabulous to watch. You look incredible! (You always have though).
REN’s reaction to the stickers was like WTF? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Congratulations on getting married! I am so happy for you! I enjoy your channel and am so happy for your family! God bless you and yours! Merry Christmas!
I've watched your videos for years and I literally never knew you had curly hair.... I love it!
Love the huskies sweater! My brother in law studied there. It’s soooo pretty in the fall in the UP
These are my favorite part of the season!!
Welcome back hope you had a great honeymoon. Love the double Alex.
most of the dolla store is elf which is pretty great for the price, but you can go to the dollar store and get almost all this stuff (depending on which store it is).for like 30-40$
Girllllll when do we get to see wedding content!? We've been excited about this since last fall!
On the plus side, your hair looks amazing this year !
Miss Allie, I really needed a lift today. Scores of high school girls where the ones to buy Elf, because it was cheap. I remember the brush bristles falling out. The store was always having a sale, elf for .88. There advent calendar is over inflated. Thank you, Have a Relaxing Sunday.
Honestly, this video is trawling through salt and betrayal simply to enjoy the fleeting moments of dogs getting Christmas treats 😆 You have my sympathy for the process. May future calanders have SOMETHING you love 🤞🏻
"salt and betrayal" 😂
I just looked at your 2020 video, and the $45 calendar was exactly the same items but in different shades at least
Your my favourite advent calendar youtuber 🥺