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CALENDAR:- 07/10/2015 11:55 Page 1 UNIQUE CALENDARS... Advent Calendars with a difference... A Beauty-ful Christmas! One of life’s simple pleasures in the run up to Christmas is opening an advent calendar. But, becoming ever more popular are calendars with a difference, offering a little more than a sweet fix and appealing more to adults than children. We take a look at the little treats available this year! No. 7, £38 Available from Boots. Could be a good way to get in Mum’s good books. A bonus is that there are six full sized products. Ho Ho Ho! Benefit Cosmetics £34.50 12 days of beauty products by Benefit… yes please! And it plays a little tune too. Surely even Scrooge himself would be happy with that! House of Fraser, £20 A bit more budget-wise, this little beauty contains House of Fraser’s own brand of products; ‘Colour Couture’ so you can look amazing whilst Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree! Selfridges, £95 Beauty addicts are bound to be excited by this one. Treats include Lancome, YSL and Victor & Rolf; enough to make our Jingle Bells Rock! The Bodyshop £60/£80 You can choose the standard or luxury versions this year. Both contain skincare, fragrance and makeup products so either one sounds like a Fairytale (of New York)! Jo Malone, £260 Available from Harrods OK, so this could be a little extravagant but how luxurious