SKIMS' Accessories Advent Calendar costs $148 and holds twelve small accessories. It went on sale on 29 October 2026 with the brand's Holiday Shop, and within a week a TikTok unboxing had turned it into the most argued-over advent calendar of the season. On 8 November SKIMS told TODAY it had contacted every buyer and offered a full refund or a SKIMS credit. This page gathers what is known: what is behind each door, what it costs in each market, who said what, and how it compares with other boxes at the price.
We list the box on its own page, SKIMS Accessories Advent Calendar 2026, and every other SKIMS box on the SKIMS brand page. This article is the news layer on top of it, and we keep it up to date.
What is inside the SKIMS advent calendar
SKIMS itself names only "hair accessories, keychains and more". The day-by-day list below was published by The Tab on 3 November, taken from the brand's website, and matches the list printed by the French outlet Toutes les Box on 5 November.
- Day 1: bear keychain
- Day 2: three hair ties
- Day 3: three satin scrunchies
- Day 4: three hair pins
- Day 5: squishy stress toy
- Day 6: two hair clips
- Day 7: two bra-strap headbands
- Day 8: three hair pins
- Day 9: comb keychain
- Day 10: logo keychain
- Day 11: three scrunchies
- Day 12: faux fur compact mirror keychain
That is four keychains, two sets of bobby pins, a stress toy and a run of hair ties and scrunchies. There is no SKIMS clothing in it, which is the point many buyers say they missed. The brand's page calls it an "accessories" calendar, and defenders have pointed to that label.
How much it costs
- United States: $148 (some headlines round it to $150).
- United Kingdom: £158.
- France: €188, about €15.67 a door, sold out on the French site on the morning of 5 November according to Toutes les Box.
- Australia: AU$276, per Marie Claire Australia.
- Poland: 698 PLN, with a waitlist when we checked on 4 November.
At $148 for twelve doors the box works out at about $12.33 a door. For comparison, the median 2026 box on this site costs $3.05 a door; see advent calendar statistics 2026. The Tab priced two of the items against the brand's own shop, a SKIMS scrunchie two-pack at $24 and a silicone-case keychain at $12, and found a five-piece satin scrunchie set for $7.94 at Walmart.
Timeline of the backlash
- 29 October: the calendar goes on sale with the SKIMS Holiday Shop.
- 3 November: The Tab publishes the full list and calls it "daylight robbery".
- 5 November: sold out in France (Toutes les Box). TODAY reports a TikTok posted on 5 November with more than 47.7 million views by the afternoon of 7 November. FashionUnited puts creator Kayla Ryan's unboxing at more than 18.9 million views and 1.7 million likes; she said she hoped the last door was "a $150 gift card".
- 6 to 7 November: the TikTok unboxing by @wetsloppyswollen ("way too expensive for this") is picked up by In Touch Weekly, Complex and NBC New York.
- 8 November: SKIMS tells TODAY it is "aware of the feedback" and has "personally contacted every customer" with a choice of a full refund or a SKIMS credit, and that the feedback "will directly shape how we approach future releases".
- 9 November: Fashion Times reports the email said the product "fell short this time", with the usual return shipping fee waived and store credit equal to the full purchase price.
Refunds and credit
SKIMS' statement, as quoted by TODAY and Marie Claire Australia (which cites Page Six), says the company understands that for some "the calendar didn't meet expectations". Buyers can choose a full refund or a SKIMS credit towards other products. Fashion Times adds that returns go through a returns link with shipping waived. A letter circulating online, reproduced by TV Shows Ace, tells buyers to email SKIMS with the option they prefer; we could not verify that wording against SKIMS. We have not seen the email ourselves, so check the terms in your own order confirmation. Neither Kim Kardashian nor SKIMS had commented beyond that statement in any report we read.
Alternatives at a similar price, or less
If it was the idea you liked, small accessories behind twelve or twenty-four doors, these 2026 boxes hold more for the money. Prices are the list prices in the record; per-door figures are the price divided by the doors.
- Kitsch Holiday 2026: the hair-accessory brand whose scrunchies the comparisons keep using. Twelve doors, $110 to $119, about $9 to $10 a door.
- Crocs Jibbitz Nostalgic Noel: 26 charms for $59.99, about $2.31 a door.
- Pura Vida Advent Calendar: 24 doors of bracelets and accessories for $138, about $5.75 a door.
- Altar'd State 12 Days of Charms: twelve jewellery doors for $98, about $8.17 a door.
- ebelin Beauty and Hair: 24 doors for €32.95, the cheapest way to fill a month with hair accessories.
Browse the rest in the fashion calendars archive, or sort every box by what a door costs on the 2026 Advent Index.
Questions people ask
Is the SKIMS advent calendar sold out?
TODAY, Complex and Toutes les Box all report it sold out on SKIMS' own shop, with a waitlist. Boxes from buyers who change their minds can turn up secondhand, which is why we list the box with a search for it in your country.
Is it worth $148?
On what is in it, the criticism is hard to dispute: the items are small and cheap, and comparable accessories sell for a fraction of the price. If you wanted the SKIMS name on the packaging, that is what the price pays for. If you want twelve doors of something you will use, the boxes in our full 2026 catalogue and the advent calendars for women hold more per dollar.
Was the product described honestly?
The page says accessories, hair accessories and keychains. It did not list the twelve items before sale, and the price sits well above what the contents would cost separately. Both of those are true at once, which is why the argument has not settled.
Last updated 9 November 2026. We will add anything SKIMS or Kim Kardashian says next.