QVC Advent Calendar + New Beauty Discoveries

If you happened to see my QVC Gift Ideas post a few weeks ago, you might remember that the #1 gift on my list was the QVC Advent Calendar.  Well, my friends at QVC who are so thoughtful and generous decided to send me one! I'm sad to say that it's now sold out for 2015, but the good news is, I discovered some amazing new products inside that I will definitely be purchasing in the full sizes. Not only that, today all beauty products are on Easy Pay! So if you see something here that you like, you'll definitely want to take advantage of purchasing it on Easy Pay (which charges your credit card in monthly installments rather than all at once). 

The calendar comes in a huge box and features 24 travel sized items...22 are products from various brands that are available on QVC and you also get one travel mirror and a beauty sponge. I was happy to see a bunch of my current favorites because now I have them in travel sizes, but I was even more excited to see lots of products I've seen on QVC over the past year or so and always wanted to try. Let's take a closer look inside...

On the left side of the calendar, I was excited to see a few products I already use, such as Josie Maran's Argan Oil, IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye, Mally Beauty Lip Gloss, Algenist Advanced Anti-Aging Repairing Oil, and bareMinerals Lash Domination Mascara. But I'm super excited about three new (to me) products here that I can't wait to get the full sizes of...

1. Nest Fragrances Midnight Fleur- I smelled this as soon as I opened the calendar because a little bit had leaked into the box (the cap seemed like it wasn't screwed on all the way), and I was opening all of the doors on the calendar trying to figure out what that delicious scent was! I'm into warmer fragrances that aren't too sweet and this fits the bill perfectly for me. It's hard to recommend fragrances to other people because everyone has different tastes and perfumes smell differently on different people. But I like this one because it's different than all of the fruity florals that are flooding the market right now. It has night-blooming jasmine, woods, amber, and vanilla orchid...just stunning! I have my eye on this little set with a rollerball and body products.
2. Clarks Botanicals Smoothing Marine Cream- I was pleasantly surprised by this moisturizer, because it contains exfoliating ingredients in it to get rid of those pesky flakes and reveal super soft, smooth skin. It's a bit pricey ($115!), but I'm willing to splurge on the full size because it's just that good. 
3. Peter Thomas Roth FirmX Peeling Gel- I've always wanted to try this and now that I have, I'm obsessed. You apply it to a dry face and start massaging it in, and it starts to peel off and take that top layer of dead skin with it. There's something so satisfying about actually seeing the dry skin and flakes coming off...at least for me. But I'm sure some of you guys are probably like, "gross!" right now, haha.

The second half of the calendar also had a bunch of current favorites, including Kate Somerville's ExfoliKate (such an amazing scrub), Philosophy's Amazing Grace Shampoo, Bath and Shower Gel, IT Cosmetics Hello Lashes and Mally's Evercolor Starlight Eyeliner. I also have the Wen Treatment Oil in both Sweet Almond Mint and 613, but I'm excited to try the Pomegranate Rosemary one.

 I haven't tried the LashFood Conditioning Lash Primer with Fibers yet, but it sounds amazing! And the Color Wow One Minute Transformation Styling Cream makes my hair amazingly soft and smooth...I love that you can use it on dry hair. I'll be picking up a full-sized tube for sure!

One of the many reasons I love QVC is the range of amazing brands they have, and to top it all off, they have the best prices anywhere! Then when you throw in super easy returns (even if the product has been used) and Easy Pay, there's no reason I would buy these products anywhere else. :)