Marks and Spencer has launched its annual Summer Beauty Bag for 2026 — featuring full-size products from Clinique, Estée Lauder and ICONIC London worth over €265, all for just €49, with no minimum spend required.
The M&S Summer Beauty Bag has returned(Image: Getty Images)
A beauty deal that shoppers eagerly anticipate each year has returned – and it could well be the finest iteration to date. Marks and Spencer has unveiled its annual Summer Beauty Bag for 2026, and based on previous launches, it’s likely to fly off the shelves.
Valued at an impressive €265, this sought-after collection costs just €49, and in a departure from earlier releases, there’s no minimum purchase requirement. In the past, shoppers needed to reach a certain basket value to access the deal, but the high street giant has eliminated that hurdle, enabling customers to snap up the set independently.
Now celebrating its ninth year, the M&S Summer Beauty Bag has earned acclaim for its exceptional value and stellar product selection, and this latest offering maintains that standard. The collection boasts 11 essential items, with five full-sized products, from a mix of luxury favourites and trending brands like ICONIC London, Hair By Sam McKnight, Clinique and Estée Lauder.
Billed as ‘your passport to effortless beauty’, the kit is positioned as perfect for beauty while travelling, on-the-move or for testing new products. Additionally, it arrives in a handy, colourful mesh pouch – an ideal reusable holder for your cosmetics collection.
Standout items include the Estée Lauder Perfectly Clean 2-in-1 Cleanser, valued at €39.10 on its own – merely €10 shy of what the entire bundle costs. Also featured are the ICONIC London Prep, Set and Glow, worth €29.90, and Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion SPF, priced at €27.60.
But it’s not just the full-sized products that impress with their standard retail value. The Floral Street Wonderland Peony perfume 10ml (ideal for popping in your handbag) typically retails at €33.35, featuring notes of Blackcurrant, Pink Pepper, Sicilian Lemon and Pink Berries, reports Wales Online.
That said, beauty collections are always something of a gamble. If sea salt sprays, fauxglow products or heavily fragranced beauty items aren’t your thing, some pieces might go unused. Additionally, if you’re primarily a makeup enthusiast, this year’s collection tilts more towards skincare, bodycare and haircare rather than colour cosmetics.
On the other hand, Cult Beauty’s Chasing The Sun Skin Edit is valued at over €210, yet costs just €50. Within, customers can uncover genuinely impressive names such as Medik8, 111Skin and Supergoop!.
Over at LookFantastic, the May Beauty Box is worth €65, but is on offer for €20. It includes products from top brands including ELEMIS, Color Wow, Sol de Janeiro, Innisfree, Brushworks, and Cetaphil.
Returning to Marks and Spencer, here’s what’s inside the Summer Beauty Bag 2026:
- ICONIC London Prep, Set and Glow – Full Size
- Hair By Sam McKnight Sundaze Seasalt Spray – Full Size
- Estee Lauder Perfectly Clean 2-in-1 Cleanser – Full Size
- Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion SPF – Full Size
- Floral Street Wonderland Peony Eau de Parfum – 10ml Skinkind Mini SOS Balm
- Ultrasun Photo Age Control Fluid SPF 50 – 20ml
- This Works Perfect Body Vitamin C Glow
- Color Wow Shampoo
- Color Wow Dreaming Mask
- Leighton Denny Nail Polish – 135ml Full Size
The M&S Summer Beauty Bag went on sale today (14 May) and features over €265 worth of products for just €49. Shoppers can find the offer here.
