Thanks again to Bright Cellars for sponsoring this video and for the limited-time offer! Click here bit.ly/BrightCellarsAlexandriaRyan8 to get $50 off your first 6-bottle box! Hey guys! So today we have the Bath and Body Works Advent Calendar! Last year the calendar wasn't my favorite but this yet I think they fixed the biggest issue I and many other people had! I still think there is room for improvement but In my opinion its much better than last year! What do you guys think? Love ya💖
@@mammie19621962 you must not be too annoyed because this is at least the second video you've watched and complained about it on. Don't be such a grinch.
As a former B&BW employee.... The value of the advent calendars with them is that you can legit go to any B&BW with whatever item you didn't like the scent of and choose one of the same type of item and exchange for the scent you want. It's part of the guarantee they have about liking items...
@@catiebabii1991 That's why everything is marked with the price as they are all individually sold items in the store anyways. And TBH, that's one of the reasons they are priced so high...technically, with a receipt they will take back slightly used items as well, as long as you say you didn't like it.
They’ve changed the policy now. Just a heads up. If you don’t have a receipt they give you the lowest value. I tried to exchange a soap I was gifted and had to pay the difference.
@@Championgirl246 It's also kinda store to store? My personal store let you do like for like without a difference...but if you were returning a soap and wanted a lotion, then yes, we'd change the difference. Just depends on the manager/location.
Hey Alexandria, here's a little tip for you. When you order these advent calendars, create a folder in your email so you can keep track of the invoices and prices. That way you don't have to try to remember.
Even a google doc spreadsheet would make everything easier. Date purchased, cost, value advertised. But organized and Alexandria don't overlap in the Venn diagram of chaos we get here on this channel! 😂
I suspect she makes A LOT of money off these videos. She literally doesn't care how much they cost individually. That's why she "can't remember" what she paid. Because she makes probably triple the amount in ad revenue.
I really love that your dogs have some "snout" on them! I love seeing pug/ bulldogs with more nose, it's a great direction to see the breeds going towards.
@arthursmarthur some breeders are starting to try to bring the breeds that way which I think is amazing but yeah if they're Bostons then they do tend to have more nose than pugs/bullies
@@arthursmarthur Boston Terriers have had the same muzzle shortening issues as pugs and bulldogs. If you try to get one from a papered breeder, you are more likely to have a shorter muzzle because show dogs lean that way. It's sad. You really have to look to find a reputable breeder (screening out other health issues) that has longer muzzles like her dogs. I have 2 bostons myself that have longer noses. 1 my family bred and one was a rescue. I'm part of a lot of BT groups on Facebook and it's become very common place for puppies to have to get nose surgery to open up their airways.
My problem with advent calendars overall, especially beauty ones, is companies usually treat them as a way to get rid of excess crap, rather than treat it as its own, special product. Imagine how beautiful and collectable these advent calendars could be with limited edition christmassy-themed products in them like this
It's the most wonderful time of the year where Alex Ryan spends all of her money on advent calendars to bring us cheer and joy and fill her with ire and woe 🎶🎶🎶
Hi, BBW employee here. There really isn’t much of a difference between candles labeled White Barn and Bath and Body Works besides aesthetics. White Barns tend to be more minimalist/farmhouse looking, and Bath and Body Works is more just fun and random. I also think White Barn candles smell alittle stronger but may just be me. :)
I’m also an employee but sometimes the white barn packaging is way busier than the other packaging. There’s a lot of inconsistency. It’s nice to have different packages because people are displaying them.
I have a question for you guys, have you noticed anyone complain about the quality of the car jars in the last few years? I used to love them, great fragrance, strong scent, long-lasting… but the last several I’ve purchased had little to no scent at all even on the first day. Do you know if they switched manufacturers or maybe the ones you find outside of BBW stores are of different quality? Just curious 😁 I used to work retail, try and keep your sanity in the next couple days. This time of year can be tough ❤
@@KG9551 yeah I’ve seen a lot of complaints about that too! They’re getting pretty expensive and I can’t smell them either. Not sure why but you’re not alone there
I'm just full of comments these days. It must be the season. Why have I never noticed how much Alexandria uses her hands. Probably because she always has products in them but she is very expressive with her hands. It really is quite lovely.
I love and appreciate the bonus calendar unboxing. While the regular calendar unboxing is always great and it’s why I started watching you a couple years ago, I lost my Boston at the beginning of November this year and getting to see your Bostons being their adorable selves warms my heart. Thank you.
It's not the Holiday season without the Bath & Body Works candle lady! Her rant and the glorious re-enactment are just as essential as cookies, snow and a Christmas tree.
I totally feel the same way about Bath and Body Works and the Christmas feeling you described! It was totally a staple in the 2000s for sure. Your unboxings make me smile! Thanks for doing this with such hilarious commentary. :)
I actually liked this advent calendar! I think it showed all the products offered at bath & body works! It would have been nice to see more of the winter scents like winter candy apple, or twisted peppermint! I look forward to watching your advent calendar videos so much! Truly has become a holiday staple for me!
My only real "issue" with this calendar was the ornament! I wish it was a candle too, or if they had to include it, swapped days with the Merry Cookie candle. It was kind of an underwhelming end to the calendar. So glad to see you review it and have the same thought I did, lol.
They definitely couldn't have made a candle ornament though because someone would have put it on their tree and lit it and burned their house down. But i do think they should have swapped days so the candle was the last day.
You're giving me some serious nostalgia bringing up the Bath and Body Works cucumber melon. I LOVED that scent as a teen! I got almost the whole array of products with that scent. Lotions, shower gel, body spray--all of it! I still smell it when I go through my old stuff that I've boxed up from those days.
Vanilla Bean Noel is one of the staple holiday scents. And definitely a safe choice. But I wish they would have had a balanced mix of all 3 scents. Vanilla Bean Noel, Winter Candy Apple and Twisted Peppermint.
The Merry Cookie Single Wick Candle, Merry Cookie Gentle Foaming Hand Soap and 3-wick candle ornament were all exclusive items that could only be purchased in the calendar. They were supposed to be the "big deal" items that everyone is apparently overlooking.
I just got a Lindt Chocolate Advent Calendar for my kids (wanted chocolates for desserts) it was $10 now $1.30 at Giant!! I felt amazing to get this deal!!!
Omigawd! That is my absolute favorite chocolate on the whole world. Not much I wouldn't do for a Lindt red wrapped truffle (the milk chocolate) ones. Although, the white chocolate ones are delicious, too 😋 ‼️
Remember the 2021 Rituals calendar? I don't have personal experience with the Rituals brand products, but the advent boxes that became a whole holiday village was so attractive and creative.
White barn uses more essential oils, at least that's what I read because I was confused too before I looked it up. Love these videos on yours! Happy holidays!
That may be so but White Barn was the mall trifecta for Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works, selling intimate apparel, soaps and lotions, and candles. Turns out, they didn't do as well separately as they were supposed to, so now the company just sells all of those things at Victoria's Secret and combined Bath & Body and White Barn.
Vanilla Bean Noel is one of my fav fragrances from them. It has caramel notes in it and a bit of musk…which makes it unique to other vanilla scents to me. ❤
I admire the restraint your doggies show when it's treat time! My puppy starts going around in circles like a maniac when she sees treats and then she tries to get the older dog excited and that usually ends up in tears for someone.
I honestly really liked this calendar. I’m definitely a vanilla bean person, so I love that there was so much of this scent in it. I don’t like a lot of Christmas scents like pine, balsam, etc., so maybe they played it a little safe for people like me (sorry! lol). 🎄
Every year my mother collects as many of the vanilla bean noel scent as she possibly can and then uses it all year long. So I associate that scent with my mother
As a retired teacher and disabled veteran due to pancreatic cancer I think it’s a blessing to be able to afford to buy all of these advent calendars and I love seeing the dogs at the end!
Oh my gosh! That allergy test they did on me when I was so little. With the needles that they prick in your back for each particular allergen that they put on your back… I’m so glad they don’t do that to people now but it was awful!
I love that Wren will start eating treats when the sibling does. My cats do the same thing. Older cat didn't like treats until younger cat started eating treats and the suddenly he likes treats. It's pretty cute.
So far this seems to be the best value for an Advent calendar. And of course there would be a majority of vanilla scents. It's a basic calendar aiming for the widespread audience. Not surprising. Also, a whiff of a contracted soap is gonna be strong girl! Lol!
Bath and Body Works was huge even in the early 90’s when I was in high school. Cucumber Melon for sure. Everybody wore it. The school had to have just reeked of it. 😂. I had a dog with those type of allergies. Finally the vet just placed him on a prednisone pill everyday. He lived over 10 more years.
All Bath and Body Works products come out in collections usually you can tell a collection by matching or cohesive labels and White Barn is just one of the collections. It’s considered a faceted collection, which just means it’s there all year round or is in very standard packaging.
I’ve been loving your hair lately! The curl/wave looks lovely and so shiny! If it is natural, you need to share your tips and tricks because I have naturally wavy/curly hair and it never looks that nicely put together.
I think this is one of the nicer ones in the way that it is a lot of product variety, not a bunch of just body care or just home. I'd enjoy getting a completely different thing every day!
This is being such a fun year for calendars I don't recall ever clicking as quickly as I have this year usually I at least read the title. It even feels like we've become an even tighter knit community. As soon as we get to see Alexandria in her wedding dress I will be super satisfied. LOL
This calendar would have made me happy. I’m a big vanilla person. I have a full size of the VBN body spray. Warm Vanilla sugar is my absolute favorite.
now that you have those two little precious babies in the house just wanted to warn your some plug ins and candles and air fresheners and heated essential oils can make your dog very sick (I know tea tree oil is famous for either making dogs and cats very ill some do not make it do believe cinnamon is another that does not sit well with animals) make sure you know the ingredients and google to see if there is any scent in the item that would make your pup/kitty really ill ... this is the second one you have unboxed that I have found to be not a bad one.... but my fav still came at the end... seeing the pups in their sweet little sweaters enjoying another day from their calendar brings my such happiness.
You were freaking me out swing the twissers around 😆 I was like omg don't poke your eye. Also I love your videos. First time commenting but been watching your videos for awhile now.(think 6 years ago) My comfort videos, especially advent calendars. Ty
I like that they at least matched the scents, so you're getting multiple items that match. But it's a balancing act between 'vanilla and... crazy Kylie lip colors.
I think this is a great advent calendar from B&BW. I really miss being able to use their products because I was an B&BW addict in the 90's. Somehow, I became allergic to almost all of their products about 12 years ago and had to stop using them completely. I got a yummy coconut scented set for Christmas one year. I used the body wash, lotion and spray and my skin started burning. It was so painful I had to jump back in the shower and wash it all off. All the other stuff gives me a headache. 😢
im from the uk where we don’t have bath & body works but it is stocked by next (a clothing store in the uk). they have a mini B&BW chain attached to the next in the manchester arndale (where i went the other day) so i decided to go in for the first time ever and i actually bought a full size of the winter candy apple body mist 😂 it smells sooooo good. i also got a gingham vibrant one which is frickin lush!! i now kinda understand the B&BW hype 😂❤️
As someone who used to live in Appleton Wisconsin (and if you know Appleton, you know it's quite small considering it's right next to Hortonville) I get sooo excited when people reference that silly video lmao.
I really enjoyed this year’s calendar! I have most of these scents myself at home, and think they did good hitting the holiday on the head. The one thing I wish they’d change is a cuter plug for the wallflowers. I do believe however that all of these items are full sized. ☺️
I think using vanilla bean Noel is a “safe” move, because it’s a pretty basic scent and most people like vanilla, compared to say coconut, cherry, twisted peppermint. Personally I LOVE going around the whole month of December smelling like twisted peppermint, but I’m sure a lot of others wouldn’t like that😅
@@bridgidthepirateelf4135 We don't have Bath & Body Works here in Germany, so prettty much all I know about it is that lady, Peach Bellini, Oshkosh/Appleton and "Jen".
I can totally relate to being allergic to everything- I like to tell people that the world is trying to reject me, much like a body rejects an organ transplant.
So I got six of these advent calendars to give as gifts and for dirty Santa parties. I purchased them when they had their BOGO on pretty much everything, which is how I justified buying so many. Otherwise, I may not have bought one at all. Getting the advent calendar for so cheap made it worth it to me. Although, I do have to say, the fake candle is the only not so great product in the box. All they would have to do is put a little light in the ornament that you could turn on so it would glow like a candle or put a hole in the bottom to place one of your tree string lights through. This would give the illusion of a glowing g candle on your tree and then I think it would seem more worth the $10.50 and would be be much more fun and festive. Even my 8 year old said, “Momma, why doesn’t this light up like a real candle for decoration?” 🤔 Its so close to being a good advent calendar. Maybe next year BABW! 👍
I’m sorry if you did this already or if someone mentioned it before, but it would be SUPER cool if you made a video, creating your ultimate advent calendar! You can pick a theme or just have it be your favorite items…You have such good ideas and valid critiques of the ones you open; it would be such a cool video! Love your videos! They’re my favorite thing about the holiday season. 💛
Written before the reveal of everything: Wow, look at that packaging! 10/10! And the best part of them giving you the wallflower thing first is that you can use it the entire rest of the days through the advent calendar! After everything is out: Aww, that was a little disappointing. I am not a fan of Christmas scents other than trees (pine, fir, etc), but I also don't like vanilla too much, either. And giving us a candle ornament that is not the candle that was in the box is such a tease.
I remember when white barn was it’s own store. Bath and body works was only body stuff and white barn was the candles and scents… they were connected sort of like a Victoria secret and the pink store. They each had their own entrance but were open in middle between stores. They also did not have the same scents. I don’t recall being able to get a white barn candle in cucumber melon 🍈 but I could be wrong on that!
The thing I love about bath and body works is if you don’t like a scent you can take it back to get one you do like. I got a scent in the spring and took it back in the summer when they were getting rid of it (I live far from the two locations in my city) so I exchanged it for something I loved
This one was fun! But I agree the vanilla is a little boring. They could have done peppermint, or spiced cider, mulled wine, or just a cinnamon based scent. But at least it wasn't all pine scented. Lol.... those go on 90% off in February. 😆 🤣 😂. You pups are so adorable! When do we get to see wedding photos? At least 1 of you in your dress! I get that your hubs is more private, but we all want to see how beautiful you were on your wedding day!
I can understand doing a lot of vanilla scents since technically a 12 day calendar is for the 12 Days of Christmas, which fall after Christmas rather than Advent, which leads up to it. Most people don’t want to smell like Christmas in mid-January when still using these products. Also the ornament is a sad ending. Can’t even use it until next year!
I work at bath and body works rn and we have the last box of the year so if you spend $30 you get the box for $35. It has a value over $100 and you get body care and two candles....oh and socks! It's champagne toast box. Tempted it get it cause with that discount it will be less! Also wallflowers last like about a month or so lol. Can confirm Merry Cookie smells better in candles. Only Karen story surprisingly is she mad three of our employees cry including our main manager. She thought that she knew about our coupons better then us. She is now banned from our store and we let bath and body know about her.
White Barn was a sister company to Bath and Body Works, but they closed down all White Barn Locations and transferred everything into Bath and Body Works. It's the same thing with C.O. Bigelow.
Winter Candy Apple and Twisted Peppermint are the two scents I love! I buy my yearly soap during the Christmas time! There hand soaps are great! I don’t ever set foot in a physical store, online only!
Hi, sweet girl, I just love your videos, you always make me smile! Right now I especially love the end with your fur babies, they’re so adorable! Hugs!🥰
I NEED you to do a video on the products/routine for your hair. I have similar hair and am struggling to get it to look good after years of treating it like straight hair
Aww the sweaters 😍😍😍 I think some of these companies like keep with a theme, so when they pick one scent, which vanilla is probably the most popular, they make it all about that.
Just wanted to say I found your calendar videos this morning and watching them has really cheered me up when I was feeling low, you're so much fun and so passionate 😊 also your hair looks especially stunning in this one, the curls really suit you. Wishing you and your family a lovely Christmas ❤️
When I first started using wallflowers I almost broke the bottle bc the cap twists the wrong way and I was doing it the normal way. So much relatable content.
Winter candy apple is my fave smell! I don't even really shop at Bath and Body Works the rest of the year but I stock up at holiday time. The winter candy apple body spray is my everyday perfume year round. The body lotion too.
I love bath and bodyworks but in the UK a store called Next have started selling b&bbw items but it's a bit rip off in price. My favourite scents range from sea island cotton to cucumber melon 🍈 😍
I would love to see Alexandria's collection of tissue tidbits and assorted gift wrapping bows and such. I see you sweetie grabbing all those little bits and pieces to be used later I seen that for years. Fortunately my daughter never wants to keep any of the bags or tissue so I get to take all of hers home as well.
I just found out my long distance boyfriend who I drive to visit every other month lives in the same city as your store! I'm so excited to come check it out and shop around ^^
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Hey guys! So today we have the Bath and Body Works Advent Calendar! Last year the calendar wasn't my favorite but this yet I think they fixed the biggest issue I and many other people had! I still think there is room for improvement but In my opinion its much better than last year! What do you guys think? Love ya💖
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It ruins the video and is SO ANNOYING!!! Occasionally might be ok BUT NOT EVERY SINGLE VIDEO!!! 🤬🤬🤬
@@mammie19621962 girl that’s how she makes money to make these video. Scoot.
@@mammie19621962 you must not be too annoyed because this is at least the second video you've watched and complained about it on. Don't be such a grinch.
Saw this one weeks ago ❗ It's boring needs more Christmas scents like twisted peppermint and some more body products. Simply not enough variety 😬
Maybe if the ornament lit up, it wouldn't have been so disappointing?
As a former B&BW employee....
The value of the advent calendars with them is that you can legit go to any B&BW with whatever item you didn't like the scent of and choose one of the same type of item and exchange for the scent you want. It's part of the guarantee they have about liking items...
Really?! That’s amazing!
@@catiebabii1991 That's why everything is marked with the price as they are all individually sold items in the store anyways. And TBH, that's one of the reasons they are priced so high...technically, with a receipt they will take back slightly used items as well, as long as you say you didn't like it.
They’ve changed the policy now. Just a heads up. If you don’t have a receipt they give you the lowest value. I tried to exchange a soap I was gifted and had to pay the difference.
@@Championgirl246 It's also kinda store to store? My personal store let you do like for like without a difference...but if you were returning a soap and wanted a lotion, then yes, we'd change the difference. Just depends on the manager/location.
As a current employee, that's about the only good thing. There's not a great savings value, if any. It's better to just get the holiday boxes.
Alexandria doing advent calendars is the legit best part of this season on TH-cam.
I know! Especially since I never get these myself
Agreed!
Agreed and makes me feel like I'm not missing out not purchasing any of them lol :)
Yessss it's so fun
Truly saving us so much disappointment 😂
Hey Alexandria, here's a little tip for you. When you order these advent calendars, create a folder in your email so you can keep track of the invoices and prices. That way you don't have to try to remember.
Even a google doc spreadsheet would make everything easier. Date purchased, cost, value advertised. But organized and Alexandria don't overlap in the Venn diagram of chaos we get here on this channel! 😂
I think several of us have suggested this.. but it’s part of her charm that’s shes NEVER PREPARED
Hey but that's half the fun ! 😄
I suspect she makes A LOT of money off these videos. She literally doesn't care how much they cost individually. That's why she "can't remember" what she paid. Because she makes probably triple the amount in ad revenue.
@@superr_effective in the end she probably has to do that since these are business expenses
I really love that your dogs have some "snout" on them! I love seeing pug/ bulldogs with more nose, it's a great direction to see the breeds going towards.
I think they’re boston terriers.
It would be nice to see pugs/bulldogs to get a snout, however. It makes me sad to see them
@arthursmarthur some breeders are starting to try to bring the breeds that way which I think is amazing but yeah if they're Bostons then they do tend to have more nose than pugs/bullies
@@driverjayne it’s good that breeders are trying to fix them now. That’s good to hear
@@arthursmarthur Boston Terriers have had the same muzzle shortening issues as pugs and bulldogs. If you try to get one from a papered breeder, you are more likely to have a shorter muzzle because show dogs lean that way. It's sad. You really have to look to find a reputable breeder (screening out other health issues) that has longer muzzles like her dogs.
I have 2 bostons myself that have longer noses. 1 my family bred and one was a rescue. I'm part of a lot of BT groups on Facebook and it's become very common place for puppies to have to get nose surgery to open up their airways.
i know, i loove Tater's little nose! He's such a handsome fella without the bulging eyes :)
My problem with advent calendars overall, especially beauty ones, is companies usually treat them as a way to get rid of excess crap, rather than treat it as its own, special product. Imagine how beautiful and collectable these advent calendars could be with limited edition christmassy-themed products in them like this
It's the most wonderful time of the year where Alex Ryan spends all of her money on advent calendars to bring us cheer and joy and fill her with ire and woe 🎶🎶🎶
I couldn't have said it better myself... thank you.
An ornament makes more sense for Day 1. That way, you actually have time to use it. Also: Tater's and Wren's little moose sweaters are everything.
Like why do they give a wallflower plug that you can’t do anything with until the next day? It doesn’t make a good impression 😂
Yeah not great that you can’t hang it until Christmas day
Hi, BBW employee here. There really isn’t much of a difference between candles labeled White Barn and Bath and Body Works besides aesthetics. White Barns tend to be more minimalist/farmhouse looking, and Bath and Body Works is more just fun and random. I also think White Barn candles smell alittle stronger but may just be me. :)
I’m also an employee but sometimes the white barn packaging is way busier than the other packaging. There’s a lot of inconsistency. It’s nice to have different packages because people are displaying them.
I have a question for you guys, have you noticed anyone complain about the quality of the car jars in the last few years? I used to love them, great fragrance, strong scent, long-lasting… but the last several I’ve purchased had little to no scent at all even on the first day. Do you know if they switched manufacturers or maybe the ones you find outside of BBW stores are of different quality? Just curious 😁
I used to work retail, try and keep your sanity in the next couple days. This time of year can be tough ❤
@@KG9551 yeah I’ve seen a lot of complaints about that too! They’re getting pretty expensive and I can’t smell them either. Not sure why but you’re not alone there
I'm just full of comments these days. It must be the season. Why have I never noticed how much Alexandria uses her hands. Probably because she always has products in them but she is very expressive with her hands. It really is quite lovely.
Oh my gosh those sweaters on the pups are precious!! And Tater is such a little zoomie and Wren watches like, "kids."
I love and appreciate the bonus calendar unboxing. While the regular calendar unboxing is always great and it’s why I started watching you a couple years ago, I lost my Boston at the beginning of November this year and getting to see your Bostons being their adorable selves warms my heart. Thank you.
It's not the Holiday season without the Bath & Body Works candle lady! Her rant and the glorious re-enactment are just as essential as cookies, snow and a Christmas tree.
I’m still in awe that your natural hair looks like THIS!!! and you’ve been hiding it and saying it’s terrible for the longest time. MA’AM!
I totally feel the same way about Bath and Body Works and the Christmas feeling you described! It was totally a staple in the 2000s for sure. Your unboxings make me smile! Thanks for doing this with such hilarious commentary. :)
I actually liked this advent calendar! I think it showed all the products offered at bath & body works! It would have been nice to see more of the winter scents like winter candy apple, or twisted peppermint! I look forward to watching your advent calendar videos so much! Truly has become a holiday staple for me!
My only real "issue" with this calendar was the ornament! I wish it was a candle too, or if they had to include it, swapped days with the Merry Cookie candle. It was kind of an underwhelming end to the calendar. So glad to see you review it and have the same thought I did, lol.
They definitely couldn't have made a candle ornament though because someone would have put it on their tree and lit it and burned their house down. But i do think they should have swapped days so the candle was the last day.
@@driverjayne Ah, I meant just take the ornament out and replace it with just a single-wick candle. Not an ornament that is also a candle.
@mizz_g0at oh that makes more sense lol!
@@driverjayne omg 😂😂
It's actually exclusive to the advent calendar and not sold in stores. In Bath & Body Works' mind it was a big deal!
You're giving me some serious nostalgia bringing up the Bath and Body Works cucumber melon. I LOVED that scent as a teen! I got almost the whole array of products with that scent. Lotions, shower gel, body spray--all of it! I still smell it when I go through my old stuff that I've boxed up from those days.
Vanilla Bean Noel is one of the staple holiday scents. And definitely a safe choice. But I wish they would have had a balanced mix of all 3 scents. Vanilla Bean Noel, Winter Candy Apple and Twisted Peppermint.
If it had twisted peppermint i probably would have rushed to buy it after watching. I LOVE twisted peppermint
The Merry Cookie Single Wick Candle, Merry Cookie Gentle Foaming Hand Soap and 3-wick candle ornament were all exclusive items that could only be purchased in the calendar. They were supposed to be the "big deal" items that everyone is apparently overlooking.
Bright Christmas morning is also extremely popular. I wish they included that one. It’s not as strong as twisted peppermint.
I just got a Lindt Chocolate Advent Calendar for my kids (wanted chocolates for desserts) it was $10 now $1.30 at Giant!! I felt amazing to get this deal!!!
Omigawd! That is my absolute favorite chocolate on the whole world. Not much I wouldn't do for a Lindt red wrapped truffle (the milk chocolate) ones. Although, the white chocolate ones are delicious, too 😋 ‼️
They are the best!
Remember the 2021 Rituals calendar? I don't have personal experience with the Rituals brand products, but the advent boxes that became a whole holiday village was so attractive and creative.
White barn uses more essential oils, at least that's what I read because I was confused too before I looked it up. Love these videos on yours! Happy holidays!
That may be so but White Barn was the mall trifecta for Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works, selling intimate apparel, soaps and lotions, and candles. Turns out, they didn't do as well separately as they were supposed to, so now the company just sells all of those things at Victoria's Secret and combined Bath & Body and White Barn.
Vanilla Bean Noel is one of my fav fragrances from them. It has caramel notes in it and a bit of musk…which makes it unique to other vanilla scents to me. ❤
Don’t ever stop this series! I would seriously watch you do this every day of the year! ❤
I admire the restraint your doggies show when it's treat time! My puppy starts going around in circles like a maniac when she sees treats and then she tries to get the older dog excited and that usually ends up in tears for someone.
I like how they gave the scent plugin as the first two days so you can use it throughout the advent
Those room sprays are amazing and the scent last for a long time.
I honestly really liked this calendar. I’m definitely a vanilla bean person, so I love that there was so much of this scent in it. I don’t like a lot of Christmas scents like pine, balsam, etc., so maybe they played it a little safe for people like me (sorry! lol). 🎄
I just wanted to say how much i love advent season. Also I love your hair so much! It looks so good curly/wavy. Super cute.
I started watching your videos to talk myself out of buying a random skin care advent calendar and now I'm hooked lol
Love this ❤
For 35$ it would be an excellent deal or gift idea. 55 would be a little pricey.
I really enjoy these videos. Thanks for being so delightful!
Every year my mother collects as many of the vanilla bean noel scent as she possibly can and then uses it all year long. So I associate that scent with my mother
As a retired teacher and disabled veteran due to pancreatic cancer I think it’s a blessing to be able to afford to buy all of these advent calendars and I love seeing the dogs at the end!
Oh my gosh! That allergy test they did on me when I was so little. With the needles that they prick in your back for each particular allergen that they put on your back… I’m so glad they don’t do that to people now but it was awful!
Wren eating treats after he sees Tater take one is such sibling behavior lol
I love that Wren will start eating treats when the sibling does. My cats do the same thing. Older cat didn't like treats until younger cat started eating treats and the suddenly he likes treats. It's pretty cute.
yes, i also love buying Bath and Body Works stuff around xmas. growing up i loved cucumber melon and juniper breeze
Vanilla Bean Noel is my all time favorite scent from BBW
So far this seems to be the best value for an Advent calendar. And of course there would be a majority of vanilla scents. It's a basic calendar aiming for the widespread audience. Not surprising. Also, a whiff of a contracted soap is gonna be strong girl! Lol!
Bath and Body Works was huge even in the early 90’s when I was in high school. Cucumber Melon for sure. Everybody wore it. The school had to have just reeked of it. 😂. I had a dog with those type of allergies. Finally the vet just placed him on a prednisone pill everyday. He lived over 10 more years.
My holiday season would not be complete without you, Alexandria! Much love!
All Bath and Body Works products come out in collections usually you can tell a collection by matching or cohesive labels and White Barn is just one of the collections. It’s considered a faceted collection, which just means it’s there all year round or is in very standard packaging.
I’ve been loving your hair lately! The curl/wave looks lovely and so shiny! If it is natural, you need to share your tips and tricks because I have naturally wavy/curly hair and it never looks that nicely put together.
Love this series and love the bonus advent calendar, absolutely adorable. Much needed video after a long day, Thanks Alex!
I think this is one of the nicer ones in the way that it is a lot of product variety, not a bunch of just body care or just home. I'd enjoy getting a completely different thing every day!
I love that Alexandria notices the little things, like the bears on the vanilla bottle. It’s one of the reasons I love this channel!
The candle lady lives rent free in my head ever since I saw her video. So funny.
I love this advent calendar, I love Bath &Bath bodywork’s. It brings back such nostalgia, grew up with watermelon and cucumber era as well.
This is being such a fun year for calendars I don't recall ever clicking as quickly as I have this year usually I at least read the title. It even feels like we've become an even tighter knit community. As soon as we get to see Alexandria in her wedding dress I will be super satisfied. LOL
This calendar would have made me happy. I’m a big vanilla person. I have a full size of the VBN body spray.
Warm Vanilla sugar is my absolute favorite.
now that you have those two little precious babies in the house just wanted to warn your some plug ins and candles and air fresheners and heated essential oils can make your dog very sick (I know tea tree oil is famous for either making dogs and cats very ill some do not make it do believe cinnamon is another that does not sit well with animals) make sure you know the ingredients and google to see if there is any scent in the item that would make your pup/kitty really ill ... this is the second one you have unboxed that I have found to be not a bad one.... but my fav still came at the end... seeing the pups in their sweet little sweaters enjoying another day from their calendar brings my such happiness.
If you open the tag on the wallflower it says notes of the scent. Same thing with the bottom of candles. Skincare is on the back of the bottle.
Winter candy apple used to have a bar soap that was absolutely my favorite scent in the world. It was not like the lotion or the other stuff.
We still have the bar soaps! We have a lot of low key sales on them because people don't go for them but I actually kinda love them
@@ZakBaganslover4ever9 really😁 i know ive seen other sence in them but yall still have the winter candy apple bar soap?
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You were freaking me out swing the twissers around 😆 I was like omg don't poke your eye. Also I love your videos. First time commenting but been watching your videos for awhile now.(think 6 years ago) My comfort videos, especially advent calendars. Ty
loving the natural curly hair, look so healthy
I like that they at least matched the scents, so you're getting multiple items that match. But it's a balancing act between 'vanilla and... crazy Kylie lip colors.
I think this is a great advent calendar from B&BW. I really miss being able to use their products because I was an B&BW addict in the 90's. Somehow, I became allergic to almost all of their products about 12 years ago and had to stop using them completely. I got a yummy coconut scented set for Christmas one year. I used the body wash, lotion and spray and my skin started burning. It was so painful I had to jump back in the shower and wash it all off. All the other stuff gives me a headache. 😢
I really do love The Nutcracker theme they have this year. I'm a big fan of thr nutcracker.
im from the uk where we don’t have bath & body works but it is stocked by next (a clothing store in the uk). they have a mini B&BW chain attached to the next in the manchester arndale (where i went the other day) so i decided to go in for the first time ever and i actually bought a full size of the winter candy apple body mist 😂 it smells sooooo good. i also got a gingham vibrant one which is frickin lush!! i now kinda understand the B&BW hype 😂❤️
As someone who used to live in Appleton Wisconsin (and if you know Appleton, you know it's quite small considering it's right next to Hortonville) I get sooo excited when people reference that silly video lmao.
I really enjoyed this year’s calendar! I have most of these scents myself at home, and think they did good hitting the holiday on the head. The one thing I wish they’d change is a cuter plug for the wallflowers. I do believe however that all of these items are full sized. ☺️
I think using vanilla bean Noel is a “safe” move, because it’s a pretty basic scent and most people like vanilla, compared to say coconut, cherry, twisted peppermint. Personally I LOVE going around the whole month of December smelling like twisted peppermint, but I’m sure a lot of others wouldn’t like that😅
Thanks to you, I looked up the "original Karen" video last year & have shared it like a hundred times. HIGHLARIOUS
that woman kills me everytime. I can't hear or see bath and body works without thinking about her.
Omg those poor B&BW employees within driving distance of her...at all the stores she stalks...
It's a classic! Shout out to Appleton Wisconsin. 😂
Yeah, to a retail employee it's not hilarious. It's a horrible reflection of our society and how minimum wage workers are treated.
@@bridgidthepirateelf4135 We don't have Bath & Body Works here in Germany, so prettty much all I know about it is that lady, Peach Bellini, Oshkosh/Appleton and "Jen".
You know what could stay the same every year and I would not complain one bit? Wren and Tater getting Advent Calendar treats in your videos!
One of my favorite Bath and Body Works scents is Champaign Toast. Love it.
Mine too! It’s also my go to scent for gifts, everyone seems to love it.
Same my shut zu Mahiya was I swear allergic to air.. we had him allergy tested same with the monthly shots
I'm the exact same way with the Bath and Body Works / holiday connection!
I can totally relate to being allergic to everything- I like to tell people that the world is trying to reject me, much like a body rejects an organ transplant.
So I got six of these advent calendars to give as gifts and for dirty Santa parties. I purchased them when they had their BOGO on pretty much everything, which is how I justified buying so many. Otherwise, I may not have bought one at all. Getting the advent calendar for so cheap made it worth it to me. Although, I do have to say, the fake candle is the only not so great product in the box. All they would have to do is put a little light in the ornament that you could turn on so it would glow like a candle or put a hole in the bottom to place one of your tree string lights through. This would give the illusion of a glowing g candle on your tree and then I think it would seem more worth the $10.50 and would be be much more fun and festive. Even my 8 year old said, “Momma, why doesn’t this light up like a real candle for decoration?” 🤔 Its so close to being a good advent calendar. Maybe next year BABW! 👍
I’m sorry if you did this already or if someone mentioned it before, but it would be SUPER cool if you made a video, creating your ultimate advent calendar!
You can pick a theme or just have it be your favorite items…You have such good ideas and valid critiques of the ones you open; it would be such a cool video!
Love your videos! They’re my favorite thing about the holiday season. 💛
Not a bad box at all. At least this company gives the value. I love the ornament! 😁
Written before the reveal of everything: Wow, look at that packaging! 10/10! And the best part of them giving you the wallflower thing first is that you can use it the entire rest of the days through the advent calendar!
After everything is out: Aww, that was a little disappointing. I am not a fan of Christmas scents other than trees (pine, fir, etc), but I also don't like vanilla too much, either. And giving us a candle ornament that is not the candle that was in the box is such a tease.
I remember when white barn was it’s own store. Bath and body works was only body stuff and white barn was the candles and scents… they were connected sort of like a Victoria secret and the pink store. They each had their own entrance but were open in middle between stores. They also did not have the same scents. I don’t recall being able to get a white barn candle in cucumber melon 🍈 but I could be wrong on that!
The thing I love about bath and body works is if you don’t like a scent you can take it back to get one you do like. I got a scent in the spring and took it back in the summer when they were getting rid of it (I live far from the two locations in my city) so I exchanged it for something I loved
This one was fun! But I agree the vanilla is a little boring. They could have done peppermint, or spiced cider, mulled wine, or just a cinnamon based scent. But at least it wasn't all pine scented. Lol.... those go on 90% off in February. 😆 🤣 😂. You pups are so adorable! When do we get to see wedding photos? At least 1 of you in your dress! I get that your hubs is more private, but we all want to see how beautiful you were on your wedding day!
I can understand doing a lot of vanilla scents since technically a 12 day calendar is for the 12 Days of Christmas, which fall after Christmas rather than Advent, which leads up to it. Most people don’t want to smell like Christmas in mid-January when still using these products. Also the ornament is a sad ending. Can’t even use it until next year!
I work at bath and body works rn and we have the last box of the year so if you spend $30 you get the box for $35. It has a value over $100 and you get body care and two candles....oh and socks! It's champagne toast box. Tempted it get it cause with that discount it will be less!
Also wallflowers last like about a month or so lol. Can confirm Merry Cookie smells better in candles.
Only Karen story surprisingly is she mad three of our employees cry including our main manager. She thought that she knew about our coupons better then us. She is now banned from our store and we let bath and body know about her.
White Barn was a sister company to Bath and Body Works, but they closed down all White Barn Locations and transferred everything into Bath and Body Works. It's the same thing with C.O. Bigelow.
Winter Candy Apple and Twisted Peppermint are the two scents I love! I buy my yearly soap during the Christmas time! There hand soaps are great! I don’t ever set foot in a physical store, online only!
Hi, sweet girl, I just love your videos, you always make me smile! Right now I especially love the end with your fur babies, they’re so adorable! Hugs!🥰
I NEED you to do a video on the products/routine for your hair. I have similar hair and am struggling to get it to look good after years of treating it like straight hair
Aww the sweaters 😍😍😍
I think some of these companies like keep with a theme, so when they pick one scent, which vanilla is probably the most popular, they make it all about that.
You have the idea with White Barn vs B&BW. It is the aesthetic. We used to have a White Barn store by us - but it went away.
Vanilla Bean Noel was my scent for YEARS I have so many back up bottles in my drawer
I love, love Winter Candy Apple. I go and get them when they come out and stock up for all year.
Just wanted to say I found your calendar videos this morning and watching them has really cheered me up when I was feeling low, you're so much fun and so passionate 😊 also your hair looks especially stunning in this one, the curls really suit you. Wishing you and your family a lovely Christmas ❤️
How how how there are two of the most cute and adorable christmas babies at the end ❤❤❤❤❤
When I first started using wallflowers I almost broke the bottle bc the cap twists the wrong way and I was doing it the normal way. So much relatable content.
Of all the calendars you’ve done, this one is best for the money. I liked this one!
Winter candy apple is my fave smell! I don't even really shop at Bath and Body Works the rest of the year but I stock up at holiday time. The winter candy apple body spray is my everyday perfume year round. The body lotion too.
I love bath and bodyworks but in the UK a store called Next have started selling b&bbw items but it's a bit rip off in price. My favourite scents range from sea island cotton to cucumber melon 🍈 😍
Yes, bath and body works and Victoria's secret lotions were always in my bag back in the day 😂😂😂
My mother's signature scent is Vanilla Bean Noel (she buys them by the case during the buy 2 get 1)
I would love to see Alexandria's collection of tissue tidbits and assorted gift wrapping bows and such. I see you sweetie grabbing all those little bits and pieces to be used later I seen that for years. Fortunately my daughter never wants to keep any of the bags or tissue so I get to take all of hers home as well.
My favorite part? The boys' holiday sweaters! So adorable 💜👍🎄💕
I love the candle ornament.
The bath body works owns, white barn and Victoria secrets! Omg your so funny😂😂😂
Vanilla Bean Noel is my favorite smell at Bath and Body.
I actually have a foaming hand soap dispenser from B & BW, that I have refilled for over 6 years now. :) ( Just with other body washes. ) So handy!
I just found out my long distance boyfriend who I drive to visit every other month lives in the same city as your store! I'm so excited to come check it out and shop around ^^