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Or £411 of beauty in 'Ultimate' calendar for £170. See our unboxing videos

This year's No7 beauty Advent calendars are here. Yes, it's very early to be talking about 'Advent' calendars, but they're a great way of bagging your wish list beauty products at a fraction of the normal cost, or for dividing up as gifts throughout the year.

If you sign up to the No7 waitlist* by 11.59pm on Monday 17 August, you can get £10 off one calendar if you buy online on Tuesday 18 August, or £5 off if you buy online on Wednesday 19 August.

Don't simply buy a calendar because of the discount, but if you're planning to get one anyway, you may as well do it on Tuesday 18 August to score £10 off – Boots will email you a code on Tuesday morning.

We've full details of each calendar's contents below, but briefly, there's a £65 calendar (before any discount) which we've calculated has £243 of No7 beauty in it, and a £180 one with £411 of stuff.

Delivery is free, and orders will be shipped within standard Boots timescales, so there's no extra wait.

The Advent calendars are available to all from Thursday 20 August (no £10 or £5 off), and are in stores from Thursday 3 September.

Here's what you'll find inside each calendar, along with MSE Olivia's verdict on both below.

£65 No7 '25 Days of Beauty Calendar'*

This contains a mix of eight full-size products and minis. Boots says the contents of the calendar would cost over £249 if you were to buy the items separately at full price. Based on current offers when checking on Monday 10 August, we calculated it'd cost £243 – the usual No7 3for2 isn't counted in this calculation due to the number of minis which aren't available separately, so bear this in mind.

Here's the full calendar contents, along with their current individual prices:

• Pro Artist matte muse lipstick in nude glam, 3.3g – £14.95

• Pro Artist Luxe Liquid Blush in pink, 6.1ml – £14.95

• Flawless finish blending sponge – £8.95

• Wash cuffs – £4 for a similar item

• Protect & Perfect lip care, 10ml – £9.95

• Radiance+ daily energising exfoliating cleanser, 50ml – worth £7.48 based on 100ml

• Radiance+ Vitamin C daily brightening moisturiser, 25ml – worth £9.98 based on 50ml

• Restore & Renew face & neck multi action serum, 5ml – worth £5.49 based on 30ml

• Protect & Perfect intense advanced night cream, 25ml – worth £13.98 based on 50ml

• Future Renew damage reversal serum, 5ml – worth £7.59 based on 25ml

• Radiance+ Vitamin C Glow Toner, 50ml – worth £3.74 based on 200ml

• Prime Forever serum, 15ml – worth £18.98 based on 30ml

• Future Renew damage reversal body serum, 50ml – worth £8.24 based on 200ml

• Beautiful Skin blissful body wash, 50ml – worth £1.99 based on 250ml

• Future Renew damage reversal peptide cleanser, 50ml – worth £8.32 based on 150ml

• Pro Artist lip liner in nude glam, 1.2g – £12.95

• Pro Artist lip shine oil in rouge luxe, 6.1ml – £14.95

• Pro Artist That’s A Wrap tubing mascara in black, 8.5ml – £17.95

• Restore & Renew multi action eye cream, 5ml – worth £7.65 based on 15ml

• Future Renew damage reversal SPF 40 day cream, 25ml – worth £18.98 based on 50ml

• Pro Artist 12-hour artist eye pencil in noir black, 1.2g – £12.95

• Lift & Luminate triple action primer, 30ml – £17.95

• Future Renew damage reversal night serum, 5ml – worth £7.99 based on 25ml

• Radiance+ illuminating hydrogel eye mask, 3.6g – worth £2.99 based on five-pack

• Voucher – £5 off a No7 Future Renew product (not included in our calculation)

No7 '25 days of beauty' calendar unboxing

£180 No7 'The Ultimate Beauty Advent Calendar'*

All items in this calendar are full-size. Boots says the contents would cost £551 if you were to buy the items separately at full price. Based on current discounts and Boots' 3for2 offer when checking on Monday 10 August, we calculated it'd cost £411, or £514 excluding the 3for2 offer.

• Pro Artist moisture muse lipstick in rose couture, 0.8g – £14.95

• Future Renew damage reversal SPF 40 day cream, 50ml – £37.95

• Pro Artist gilded glimmer cream eyeshadow in dusk rose, 3.4g – £11.95

• Future Renew damage reversal SPF 15 hand cream, 75ml – £17.95

• Future Renew damage reversal serum, 25ml – £37.95

• Radiance + daily energising exfoliating cleanser, 100ml – £14.95

• Prime Forever reusable silicone under eye patches – £17.95

• Prime Forever transformative gel-oil-milk cleanser, 150ml – £15.96

• Pro Artist luxe liquid blush in taupe, 6.1ml – £14.95

• Pro Artist on-the-go eye palette in golden hour, 7.68g – £16.95 based on a similar product

• Pro Artist satin glitter lipstick in starry nights, 3.3g – £8

• Eye make-up remover, 100ml – £7.95

• Future Renew damage reversal body serum, 200ml – £32.95

• Pro Artist lip shine oil ruby reverie, 6.1ml – £14.95

• Hydraluminous+ hydrating dual phase mask, 100ml – £14.95

• Pro Artist instant impact volumising mascara in black, 7ml – £17.95

• Pro Artist perfect glow highlighter & bronzer, 8g – £19.95 (according to No7)

• Free Pro Artist foundation voucher – £19.95

• Future Renew damage reversal night serum, 25ml – £39.95

• Pro Artist 12-hour artist eye pencil in noir black, 1.2g – £12.95

• Future Renew damage reversal eye serum, 15ml – £13.97

• Pro Artist luminous glow lip shine in diamond pink, 6.8ml – £14.95

• Pro Artist angled powder brush – £19.95

• Future Renew damage reversal night cream, 50ml – £37.95

• Youthful replenishing facial oil, 30ml – £27.95

No7 'Ultimate' Advent calendar unboxing

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Link Boots Advantage Card with a valid Student ID

Students can get 10% off selected items at Boots* online and in-store (find your nearest*).

To get the discount you'll need to:

1. Sign up to the free Boots Advantage Card* via the app or online.

2. Head into a Boots store and go to the till to link your Boots Advantage Card with a valid student ID. Unidays, Student Beans or TOTUM IDs, both digital and physical, are accepted. Your ID must have a valid end date.

To continue to use the offer, you'll need to repeat step two above to reactivate your discount on 1 September each year to be able to use the discount for another year, if you're eligible (it doesn't continuously roll over).

How good is this deal? We've previously seen Boots boost the discount to 20% off for a limited time (for example, we saw it from Friday 15 August until Monday 18 August). Boots occasionally offers discounts of 10%-20% for all, but these tend to come with a minimum spend or brand restrictions. So, if you're after specific products, the 10% off is a good ongoing offer.

Via Advantage card app for the month of your birthday

If you're a member of the Boots Advantage Card* scheme, you can get double points for your birthday month via the Boots app*.

To qualify, you'll need to have given Boots marketing permission. Then, you'll receive either a digital communication or direct mail through the post.

You'll need to add the promotion manually to your Advantage Card via the app before swiping it in-store, or you won't get your double birthday points.