The Body Shop has two beauty advent calendars for Christmas 2026, and both were in stock on its UK website on 15 October. The Classic costs £65 for 24 travel-size body, bath and skincare treats, with a stated worth of £134.50. The Ultimate costs £139 for 25 products, six of them marked full size, with a stated worth of £269.50. Delivery is free on both. Here is what is inside each one, and which we would pick.
Two calendars for The Body Shop’s 50th Christmas
Both boxes carry the same festive artwork with shooting stars and the line “Celebrating 50 years of gifting”, a nod to the brand’s 50th anniversary. The difference is scale. The Classic is a compact box (1.7kg, according to The Body Shop) of 60ml shower gels, 50ml body butters, 30ml hand creams and sheet masks. The Ultimate is a big, chest-style calendar weighing almost 7kg, packed with 250ml shower gels, a 200ml body butter and a run of skincare in full size.
The Body Shop says the products in both calendars are enriched with Community Fair Trade ingredients from around the world.
What is inside the Classic Beauty Advent Calendar (£65)?
The 24 doors hold travel sizes of the brand’s bestsellers, with plenty of body butter and shower gel:
- Camomile Cleansing Butter (20ml)
- Shea Body Butter (50ml)
- Dewberry Body Butter (50ml)
- Coconut Hand Balm (30ml)
- Dewberry Shower Gel (60ml)
- Vitamin E Sheet Mask (18ml)
- Shea Intense Repair Shampoo (60ml)
- British Rose Shower Gel (60ml)
- British Rose Body Butter (50ml)
- Satsuma Shower Gel (60ml)
- Mango Body Butter (50ml)
- Almond Milk Shower Cream (60ml)
- Vitamin C Sheet Mask (18ml)
- Ginseng & Rice Polishing Mask (15ml)
- Shea Intense Repair Conditioner (60ml)
- Mango Hand Balm (30ml)
- Shea Shower Cream (60ml)
- Shea Lip Butter (10ml)
- Almond Milk Hand Balm (30ml)
- Aloe Sheet Mask (18ml)
- Pink Grapefruit Hand Cream (30ml)
- Mango Shower Gel (60ml)
- Strawberry Lip Butter (10ml)
- Strawberry Shower Gel (60ml)
Source: The Body Shop, product page checked on 15 October 2026. Order the Classic Beauty Advent Calendar on The Body Shop website.
What is inside the Ultimate Beauty Advent Calendar (£139)?
The Ultimate has 25 doors and moves up a size almost everywhere. The Body Shop marks six of them as full size: the Camomile Cleansing Butter, the Vitamin C Glow Boosting Moisturiser, the Vitamin E Barrier Boost Cream, the Edelweiss Cleansing Concentrate, the Tender Tonka Body Cream and a Matcha Latte Born Lippy lip balm.
- Shea Body Butter (200ml)
- Camomile Cleansing Butter (90ml, full size)
- Vitamin C Glow Boosting Moisturiser (50ml, full size)
- Vitamin E Barrier Boost Cream (50ml, full size)
- Shea Intense Repair Shampoo (250ml)
- Shea Intense Repair Conditioner (250ml)
- Matcha Latte Born Lippy Lip Balm (10ml, full size)
- Shea Hand Balm (30ml)
- British Rose Shower Gel (250ml)
- Edelweiss Cleansing Concentrate (100ml, full size)
- Dewberry Body Butter (50ml)
- Peppermint Shower Gel (250ml)
- Vitamin C Sheet Mask (18ml)
- Passionfruit Shower Gel (250ml)
- Tender Tonka Body Cream (200ml, full size)
- Shea Lip Butter (10ml)
- Ginseng & Rice Polishing Mask (15ml)
- Satsuma Hand Cream (30ml)
- Edelweiss Sheet Mask (21ml)
- Mango Body Butter (50ml)
- Almond Milk Body Yogurt (200ml)
- Strawberry Hand Cream (30ml)
- Aloe Sheet Mask (18ml)
- Almond Milk Lip Care Stick (4.2g)
- Strawberry Lip Butter (10ml)
Source: The Body Shop, product page checked on 15 October 2026. Order the Ultimate Beauty Advent Calendar on The Body Shop website.
What we think
The Classic works out at about £2.71 a door, and the stated worth is roughly double the price. It is a stocking of minis: lovely for trying scents, handy for the gym bag or travel, and very easy to give. The flip side is repetition. Seven of the 24 doors are shower gels or shower creams and four are body butters, so if you already own a shelf of Body Shop, you will recognise most of it.
The Ultimate costs about £5.56 a door, and it is where the value really sits if you use the products. Three 250ml shower gels, a 250ml shampoo and conditioner, a 200ml Shea Body Butter, a 200ml Body Yogurt and six full sizes add up to products you will still be using in February. The skincare is more interesting too: the Vitamin C moisturiser, the Vitamin E Barrier Boost Cream and the Edelweiss cleanser are proper face-care buys rather than samples. It is also heavy and big, so think about where it will sit.
Which one should you pick?
- Pick the Classic if you want a gift under £70, a fun daily treat for a teenager or a friend, or a first taste of the brand.
- Pick the Ultimate if you will actually use body care in big sizes and want a few face-care full sizes, or if you are buying for someone who already loves The Body Shop.
- If you would rather have a mix of brands for a similar budget, the LOOKFANTASTIC beauty advent calendar costs £120 and leans on skincare and makeup names rather than bath and body.
Looking at other budget options? Our guides to the No7 advent calendars, the Superdrug 24 Days of Beauty calendar and the L’Occitane advent calendar cover the £55 to £99 bracket, and the Rituals calendars are another body-care favourite. For every brand in one place, see our beauty advent calendar guide.
Price and availability: the essentials
- Classic Beauty Advent Calendar: £65, 24 travel sizes, stated worth £134.50.
- Ultimate Beauty Advent Calendar: £139, 25 products including six full sizes, stated worth £269.50.
- Delivery: free on every advent calendar, according to The Body Shop.
- Availability: both in stock on thebodyshop.com on 15 October 2026; the brand warns that its calendars can sell out before Christmas.
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