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Chocolate advent calendars are lovely and all, but your girlfriend deserves better than a waxy Santa behind door number 7. Whether she’s a skincare obsessive, a gin girl, a coffee snob or someone who’d appreciate something a bit spicier in the run-up to Christmas, there’s a calendar for her.
The good ones sell out fast, so don’t leave it too late – several of 2026’s biggest beauty calendars have already gone. Prices were correct at the time of writing (November 2026).
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- Beauty advent calendars
- Adult advent calendars for couples
- Food, chocolate and coffee advent calendars
- Gin, wine and whisky advent calendars
- Book advent calendars
- Advent calendars for big kids
- Advent calendars under £70
Beauty advent calendars
Lookfantastic Advent Calendar
25 doors and one of the best value calendars of the year, with Elemis Pro-Collagen Night Cream and an Avant eye cream among the highlights. A safe bet for anyone into skincare.
Liberty Beauty Advent Calendar
The splurge. 25 doors of properly luxe products, including MZ Skin’s Bio-Placenta Eye Cream and Sisley’s Essential Skin Care Lotion. If you want to look like you really, really planned ahead, this is the one.
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Glossybox Advent Calendar
A solid mid-price option with 25 doors, including Rodial Collagen Booster Drops and a full-size Doctors Formula moisturiser.
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Adult advent calendars for couples
For the girlfriend who’d rather unwrap something a bit more interesting than chocolate. These are best opened together.
Lovehoney Loved by Lily Enjoy Advent Calendar
24 doors of toys, accessories and treats from the UK’s biggest sex toy brand. A fun way to try a few new things over December without committing to one big purchase.
Lovehoney Couple’s Advent Calendar (24 Day)
24 doors mixing toys, lingerie and body care like massage oil and a massage candle. More of a full date-night kit than just toys.
Sinful Original Advent Calendar 2026
A shorter 12-day countdown with toys, satin ties and playing cards. Good if 24 days feels like a lot of commitment.
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Food, chocolate and coffee advent calendars
Charbonnel et Walker, Victorian London Chocolate Advent Calendar
Advent of a classic: Charbonnel et Walker’s calendar is filled with truffles, from Brownie and Milk Sea Salt Caramel to Coconut Snowball, Raspberry and Pistachio. The illustrated box shows Victorian London at Christmas – streetlamps, twinkling trees, top hats and satin gloves. Founded in 1875 and still on Bond Street (now in the Royal Arcade), it’s one of Britain’s oldest chocolatiers, and it carries a Royal Warrant.
Buy from Chocolate Trading Company
Rise Coffee Advent Calendar
This coffee advent calendar contains pre-ground coarse coffee suitable for cafetière, filter, pour over, AeroPress, Chemex.
Check out our favourite coffee pod machines if she hasn’t got one yet.
Buy from Not on The Highstreet
Gin, wine and whisky advent calendars
Premium Gin Advent Calendar 2026
Buy from Not On The High Street
Virgin Wines Mixed Wine Advent Calendar
Featuring 24 superb white, rosé and sparkling wine miniatures. One for each day in the run up to Christmas and a full-size anniversary edition bottle to enjoy on Christmas Day.
English, Irish, Welsh And Scotch Whisky Advent Calendar
A luxury advent calendar featuring 25 premium 3cl regional whiskies from across the UK and Ireland, complete with video tastings and a 30-year-old finale.
Buy from Not On The High Street
Prefer to mix something yourself? Try our spiced rosemary Old Fashioned.
Book advent calendars
This romantic idea is on us…
Pick 12 sapphic reads (one for each of the 12 days of Christmas) or a stack of smaller paperbacks, wrap them in brown paper, number them and write a little note on each about why you chose it. If 12 books feels like a lot, mix in bookmarks, a reading light or a nice candle.
Need ideas? Start with our 80+ must-read lesbian books, then buy them from one of these 16 queer bookshops across the UK – many, like Queer Lit in Manchester, ship nationwide.
Advent calendars for big kids
For the girlfriend who still gets genuinely excited about a tiny Lego. No judgement – we’re right there with her.
Funko Advent Calendar 2026 Advent Calendar by Disney
LEGO City Advent Calendar
Advent calendars under £70
- Grind Coffee Pod Advent Calendar. Buy from GRIND
- Cat Lovers Tea Advent Calendar | Advent For Cat Lovers. Buy from Not On The High Street
- The Body Shop Classic Advent Calendar. A cruelty-free beauty classic. Buy from Lookfantastic
Still stuck for a present? Our Christmas gift guide is coming soon, and in the meantime there’s always our lesbian Christmas movies list for the cosy nights in.
Happy unwrapping,
Nonchalant x
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This article was written by one of our creative team writers here at Nonchalant Magazine.
