Benefit 2014 Advent Calendar "Candy Coated Countdown"

Quick post, not back from my little break, but this one was an easy one.

I've noticed a lot of people talking about the Benefit 2014 Advent Calendar already. Last year's calendar was great and came with a price tag of $79. This year's advent calendar has a whopping $40 markup coming in at a massive $119. What's with the markup? Is it really worth it?

So here's what it looks like in the package, quite pretty, as usual for Benefit.

Now for the good stuff. The contents. Spoilers, my dears, if you don't want to know what's in there, don't read any further.

All of the products are sample sizes.

Day 1: Heart Paper Clips

Day 2: Ultra Plush Lipgloss "A-Lister"

Day 3: They're Real Mascara

Day 4: Stay Don't Stray (lt/med)

Day 5: It's Potent

Day 6: Porefessional

Day 7: Silver Hair Tie

Day 8: Holiday Post It Notes

Day 9: Ultra Plush Lipgloss "Dandelion"

Day 10: Stay Flawless

Day 11: Benetint

Day 12: Total Moisture

Day 13: Posietint

Day 14: Hair Tie w/ bow

Day 15: Ooh La Lift

Day 16: High Beam

Day 17: Holiday Notepad

Day 18: That Gal

Day 19: Pink Polkadot Hair Tie

Day 20: Ultra Plush Lipgloss "Fauxmance"

Day 21: Watt's Up?

Day 22: Bad Gal lash

Day 23: ChaChaTint

Day 24: Fake Up Concealer in 02 Medium

So what's different from last year? Not much, honestly. Here are the differences:

2013 contained the following products that 2014 does not:

Girl Meets Pearl

Hoola

Dandelion

Coralista

BadGal Liner in Black

Ultra Plush Lipgloss in Coralista 

Ultraplush Lipgloss in Sugarbomb

2014 new products:

They're Real Mascara

Ultra Plush Lipgloss in Fauxmance

Stay Flawless

Watt's Up

Fake Up Concealer

You might notice that this advent calendar has actually lost products. In 2013's Advent Calender there were three days containing non Benefit products (a bracelet, a necklace and a barette). In the 2014 Advent Calendar we see six days without Benefit products (paperclips, post it notes, 3 hair ties, notepad).

Is it worth the price hike? Well, that's up to you, but I think I'll be investing in a David's Tea Advent Calender this year instead. Which holiday products are you excited for?