A bumper beauty advent calendar from Boots, packed with designer names such as Ted Baker, Champneys, and Liz Earle, has been slashed to just half-price, down from £90 to a cool £44. The enticing sale price makes the Macmillan 24 Days of Joy advent calendar one of the most affordable beauty calendars on the market this festive season. And if the £46 saving wasn't enough, £2 from every calendar purchased will go to Macmillan Cancer Support.

The advent calendar has been listed among Boots' weekly Star Gifts offers - and you'll have to act fast to snap it up, as it is expected to return to its original retail price very soon. The Christmas countdown features 24 beauty and skincare products from big-name brands including Champneys, Liz Earle, Ted Baker, No7, and Soap and Glory, as well as Boots' own products, reports the Mirror . And the No7 products alone - of which there are five inside the advent calendar - are collectively worth £66.

75, more than the entire reduced price of the 24 Days of Joy calendar . This essentially makes the remaining gift items in the product 'free'. The calendar also includes a variety of creams, serums, a body mist, and useful beauty accessories like an eyelash curler, nail file, and face cloth.

The full list of products inside the advent calendar are as follows: Few beauty calendars can rival the price, with the only cheaper ones we've come across so far being the Profusion and 17 Cosmetics calendars, which currently cost just £24 and £27, resp.