Harry Potter Carat Shop Hogwarts Trunk Advent Calendar 🧳

[@WildlyEq]

I'm so excited for the next few weeks! Such a cute advent calendar and I absolutely loved the presentation! The calendar itself didn't seem to be worth the price at all, but otherwise it was such a cute little calendar that contained those little nods to the Wizarding World that I feel can easily be incorporated into your everyday life - seemingly aimed at the younger witches 🪄 My favourites were the earrings, little Harry sweater and bracelets I was cracking up at 4:02 and 19:13 🤣🤣

[@LoveLumos]

I thought the presentation as great too! And I agree with ya on value/price. And definitely aimed at the wee ones 😁

[@cherylscollectorsgalaxy07]

I love this so much !! Everything but the button badges is so lush.TFS hugs

[@LoveLumos]

Hey Cheryl! So good to se ya and thanks for watching! Hugs back at ya!

[@kristinlueneburg5586]

I would love to have one🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@GracefulJoy]

OMGosh that flying key would've freaked me out, too!🫨😳 Knowing me, I would've thought it was a giant moth and ran off the screen.😂 Woo-hoo for advent calendar week; these videos are so fun!

[@LoveLumos]

Hehe, I really wasn't expecting that one. Oh I'm so glad you're having fun! That brings me so much joy! ♥️♥️♥️

[@LoveLumos]

Oh and I should add, we’re not just doing a week but 25 days. 😊

[@GracefulJoy]

@@LoveLumos Oh that's fantastic! Bring on the holiday cheer!🎄✨☕❤️

[@-miekeb-]

The Advent trunk is really nice!! The ornaments, the skelegro and the monster book of monsters are cute! 😊👋

[@LoveLumos]

I thought so too!!! I'm definitely considering a silver chain for the skelegrow. I would have preferred them as earrings but I think I have an extra silver chain.

[@shivanijenevive]

Aubrey! Thanks for bringing the Christmas magic! I wasn't in the mood for Christmas at all until I watched this video! Your red sweater, gorgeous earrings, and cauldron filled with Christmas goodness did it for me. I loved the trunk, snitch, sweater, scarf, and monster book but I don't think they are worth the price tag. I just feel like we should be getting more value out of these boxes and instead it feels like these companies keep cheaping out, taking our money, and running. I wish they would turn that around and make these more enticing. At this point, it feels like we have to buy it just for the experience and forget about getting our monies worth. Thank YOU for buying them so we can all enjoy them, though!

[@LoveLumos]

Awww, same! Obviously we recorded all of these in Oct but I wasn't sure I was ready until the 1st video dropped and we all just started to get that 'Christmas is coming' vibe together. 😁🎄 I totally agree! It's my hope I can take the hit for you all, and people can go, nah, not good enough. 😂 And maybe they step up their game. But in the meantime, it just be a fun watch. 💖

[@tastytraci6564]

Great video love the suitcase and the sweater the best . I actually was surprised with this one excellent review .😀The skeleton I would remove from the chain and added to my potion cabinet. Haha your reaction was priceless regarding the envelope opening . 🥰

[@LoveLumos]

Ooooo good idea with the skelegrow. I'll definitely be removing the chain. Haha! I was not exactly anticipating being traumatized by a calendar. 😂

[@WildlyEq]

I actually have the little Hedwig bookmark and it actually works really well for a metal bookmark in my opinion!

[@LoveLumos]

Interesting! Metal ones aren't my thing but that's good to know that it works well! 🦉📖

[@SinisterSlytherin]

Everything was so nicely packaged! I loved that first look when you opened the chest up. So cool that it locks, too! I wonder if you could put the skelegrow pendant on a silver chain?

[@LoveLumos]

I thought so too! It's a really nice display. I'm definitely planning to use a chain I have to swap that one. Because the skelegrow charm itself is quite nice. 💀

[@annettemalaski1967]

Sounds like 99L Brittish! The trunk looks very nice for small items! The envelope looks like a Hogwarts acceptance letter. The key was very funny!

[@LoveLumos]

I thought the trunk was quite nice too, and the envelope close to completely accurate (with a wax seal, would have nailed it), but it's one I'm bringing into the muggle job. 😃

[@B73babette]

I like the box and mbom keychain ❤❤❤

[@LoveLumos]

Those were my favorites too! To be honest, it was the box that lured us into buying it. I thought it a much better outside than last year.

[@kristincharles83]

So I really like the trunk it came in. And a few of the items but I don’t think I would pay that price.

[@LoveLumos]

It really is much too high for what you get. 🤷🏻‍♀️😀

[@1212magic]

Maroon is your color!♥️♥️

[@LoveLumos]

Awww, thank you so so much! I actually just ordered a fluffy cardigan in that color. ♥️♥️♥️

[@RuebenNomura]

Morning from Hawaii love your content on this video

[@LoveLumos]

Top of the morning to ya, from Oregon! 😃

[@nitaborreson7780]

I liked the owl pin but the hair things and bracelets are cheap looking for the price point of the box.

[@LoveLumos]

I think that's fair, and I'd quite agree. It was beautifully displayed and were might not have got it if not for the better exterior/trunk. 😃🧳

[@nitaborreson7780]

@LoveLumos The box was good 😊

[@justinejackman6029]

So glad you started with this one! Love the trunk but most of the days are a bit meh for me. I would really love to have the jumper ornament as I don’t have any representation of that. But it’s not worth buying it just for that as I would not keep most of the items. Decent quality and I’m sure the items are good for some but just not for me. Excited that advent season has started 🎄🎄🎄

[@LoveLumos]

I'm with ya, as well, but to be honest, I kinda went in expecting that (having seen an image of last year's). But for the box, had to try it. Hopefully that ad revenue covers it 😂

[@natalieanneshaw7879]

Good afternoon aubrey 😊❤ hope you n mat r well

[@LoveLumos]

I hope you are well too, Natalie! ♥️

[@lojaned]

Idk, most of the items seem like drop ship items from temu. Considering how expensive the whole thing was they must be making a huge profit. Sadly I’m kinda tired of these advent calendars with junk in them. Most of this stuff will be thrown out. There are just so many things that they could choose from but they choose useless trinkets. Thank you for reviewing, you were so nice about a lot of the items.

[@LoveLumos]

I totally hear ya. There are a good number of HP ones like that. But I sort of knew that going in. 😁 My main goal with these is to just give people a fun time, but also the option to decide what they want to spend their money on. 😊

[@shannab.squeaker2542]

I think the value isn't there in my humble opinion, which is a bummer. Some of the things are cute and great for adding to a tree as ornaments but for the most part kind of blah and pooh with chibi..lol. I also don't like that the box pretty much tells you the thing inside, takes the fun out of a mystery advent calendar...

[@LoveLumos]

Totally agree, Shanna! Psssst (between you and me, and those reading the comments) we'll be doing a video wrapping up all advent calendars. 😁 And I agree with ya on the boxes! While I loved the display, it takes the mystery away. Like how sub boxes send out images of everything in the box. It makes me glad I'm not on social media to be spoiled of those. They do know they're mysteries, right? 🤷🏼‍♀️😁

[@shannab.squeaker2542]

@LoveLumos , yeah, half the fun is the mystery...spoilers takes away the fun and magic.

[@LoveLumos]

@@shannab.squeaker2542 💯%

[@MrsKryptic]

Where did you get that smoked filled crystal ball behind you?

[@LoveLumos]

Home Depot last year, during a Halloween hunt. 😁 We'll be doing a shelf tour in December to cover everything back there. But I bought two of them I loved it so much, have one at my muggle job. 🖤

[@MrsKryptic]

@LoveLumos love it

[@squidgytofu]

The presentation is really nice, not so sure about the items inside 😅 too many buttons and pins and bracelets. I think my favourite items were the Skele-Gro necklace and the monster book of monsters keychain.

[@LoveLumos]

Those were my favorite too, and I'm right there in agreement with ya! 😊♥️

[@victoriascholl4607]

I looked this up online - I was disappointed to see it is currently sold in a paper box not the nice wood chest you found. 😒

[@LoveLumos]

I link anything I'm showing in the description. We bought ours off Amazon. I'll link here as well, but it is indeed wood: www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-EHPA00546-Collectible-Multicolor/dp/B0D1Y996M9

[@Jenny-zk2pv]

The trunk itself is so cool! But everything In there was super disappointing. Definitely not worth the price :c But again! The trunk is nice! Haha

[@SapphireMoon962]

Too geared towards a girl. A boy would be so disappointed. The trunk is the best item.

[@LoveLumos]

I think that's a very fair statement. And I agree, the trunk itself is the part I like most. 😊