It’s a serious perk of the job here at Her.ie towers that we get to try and test some of the latest and greatest beauty releases and call it work. Lucky us. Here is a heads up on three products that got a communal thumbs up from the team in the week that was… _____________________________ Beauty Advent Calendar, €45, No7 For all those crying "TOO SOON"... it's really only eight weeks to Christmas and just five to the start of December... when you'll need to have this one for! It's also highly likely to sell out. We adore the idea of a beauty advent calendar full of mini treats for the month of December and the experts at No7 have done a fabulous job on this dreamy gift box. Revealing a beauty treat and a beauty anecdote behind every door, beauty fans will get mini treats of hero products like No7 Protect & Perfect Intense Day Cream and No7 Youthful Eye Serum, as well as the Beautiful Skin Radiance Exfoliator,  Stay Perfect Duo Nail Colour, Mini Intense Volume Mascara Black, Lip Colour Brush and Stay Perfect Metallic Eye Pencil to name but a few. The new No7 Beauty Calendar is available from 29^thOctober in selected Boots stores nationwide and on boots.ie. Lacura Special Beauty Buys, from €1.99, ALDI It might be the part of Team Her.ie that's helping us all slowly turn into our mothers - but we actively seek out the Sunday supplements that list the weekly 'Special Buys' in Aldi and Lidl. While the fishing gear or the power hoses of recent weeks may not be exactly to our tastes, Aldi is on to a real winner this week with some fab special buys in beauty, in store from October 30^th.  The Big One is undoubtably the long-awaited return of Aldi’s Lacura Concealer Pen, a much-heralded alternative to far pricier concealer pens. At only €3.99 and available in three shades, quite frankly you'd be mad to skip it. This beauty essentials are available from Thursday October 30^th in 112 stores nationwide. Here's the full list... SKINCARE Lacura Anti-Ageing Hyaluronic Gel (€8.99 each) Lacura Pro Revive Night and Day Cream (€4.99 each) NAIL CARE Lacura Nail Polish (€1.99 each) Lacura Nail Care Selection (€1.99 each) Lacura Nail Hardener, Lacura Nail Oil Lacura Nail Brightener Nail File Selection (€2.99 each) LACURA MAKE UP RANGE Lacura Concealer Pen (€3.99 each) Lacura Mineral Powder and Brush (€4.99 each) Lacura Lipstick (€2.79 each) Very Cherry, Dark Cherry, Classic Red, Rosy Nude and Shiny Beige. Lacura Mascara (€2.49 each) Glamour Volume Mascara, 3D Mascara and Wonder Curl Mascara. Lacura Eyebrow Pencil (€2.99 each) Lacura Eyeliner Pencil (€2.99 each) Black, Emerald and Smoke. Lacura Eye Shadow Box (€4.99 each) ALDI SCENT RANGE Aldi 75ml Eau De Parfum (€4.99) Heavenly, Pure or Little Secret.   Bronzed and Beautiful Gift Set, €9.99, Cocoa Brown Cocoa Brown by Marissa Carter is one of the great Irish beauty success stories. The best-selling award-winning Irish beauty brand has now launched a brand new Cocoa Brown Bronzed and Beautiful Gift Set, especially for the festive season. The gift set is exclusively available in selected Penneys stores and online via Cloud10Beauty.com from October, 2014. The cute gift box contains full size versions of Cocoa Brown’s 1 HOUR TAN and Gentle Bronze Gradual Tanner along with a sachet of their TOUGH STUFF Body Scrub. Given that it's €9.99 for €16.99 worth of product, we're tempted to treat ourselves to a few sets and crack them open long before Christmas...