Twitter Is Not Impressed With Zoella's €65 Christmas Calendar

Twitter is not impressed with the Youtube stars Boots Christmas gift box and it's not difficult to see why. The gift box is part of the Zoella Lifestyle range and is retailing for €65 in Ireland with fans and users noting how little you get for your buck.

The All You Need is Xmas calendar contains twelve 'treats' which include a bauble, confetti, a small purse, a pen, a candle, two cookie cutters, a notepad, a key ring, a room spray, and stickers. The influencer earns over half a million a year on Zoella branded products.

Youtubers such as Jack Mate unboxed the gift box and gave viewers a rundown of what kind of products you can find inside:

if you're having a bad day take a moment to watch this review of zoella's £50 advent calendar i'm howling pic.twitter.com/5nM9NMQYkv

— chia (@ginalintti) November 14, 2017

Can you believe the actual nerve of that Zoella trying to sell a 12 day advent calendar filled with shite like a cookie cutter, star shaped confetti and stickers to her 10 year old fans for £50

— don (@lolzdonz) November 13, 2017

A lot of Twitter users felt that the Zoella brand was taking advantage of young and impressionable fans as the influencers biggest following is young women:

Just looked up this Zoella advent calendar stuff and it is just plain and simple manipulation of impressionable, young followers to spend a ridiculous amount of money. Not impressed. pic.twitter.com/PDFN8MGSFN

— Leanne Woodfull (@LeanneWoodfull) November 13, 2017

No doubt scamella aka @Zoella will either totally ignore the fact that £50 calendar is a piece of shit or she will put up a YouTube video of her crying saying she spent to much time and effort creating it ?

— 2CHINZz (@2chiinzzz) November 14, 2017

On the 12th day of Christmas, Zoella sold to me:

12 bits of confetti
7 shitty stickers
2 bendy cookie cutters
A tatty furry bauble
A 5 PENCE KEY RING
A tiny bottle of spray
A pad and a pen
A couple of nasty candles

AND A PURSE TO PUT ALL OF THE SHITE IN

— ? STOP, I could've dropped my croissant ? (@HMSAaron) November 14, 2017

as if one of the "presents" from Zoella's advent calendar is 77p pic.twitter.com/WweUFP1BXG

— Charlie (@sexydinnerlady) November 14, 2017

zoella’s £50 advent calendar that is only 12 days long is just further proof she is a tory

— lily (@lllsmy) November 13, 2017

some working class families are probably busting their asses right now trying to afford that £50 Zoella advent calendar and I don't know how she can live with that knowing it's worth about a fiver

— sophie (@sophxthompson) November 13, 2017

Others couldn't help but drag up old tweets from the Youtube star when they thought of her reaction:

I find it so funny how zoella has managed to rebrand herself as some kind of sweet, unproblematic saint pic.twitter.com/aiMpGIe7ER

— ?? (@LHLX_) November 14, 2017

If anybody is wondering why Zoella’s advent calendar is £50....

It’s designer your tramps. That there in your hand is a rose gold pen! pic.twitter.com/mgVGn38oHQ

— Deborah (@DeborahMclove) November 14, 2017

Users decided to come up with their alternative Christmas gift box and whack the Zoella price tag on it:

If Zoella can do it, then why can't I? All this for advent, only £50!

1. broken eyebrow wand
2. dry wipe
3. empty Vaseline tin
4. cotton
5. empty bottle
6. used bobble
7. fidget spinner
8. lifeless batteries
9. plaster
10. LOL necklace
11. pen lid
12. lense less glasses pic.twitter.com/VpawREcAPA

— kat ? (@ChokingOnMyHalo) November 14, 2017

Zoella is a perfect example of people deliberately using their platforms for nothing other than to give themselves a bigger pay cheque every month. £50 for a poorly designed 12 day cheap advent calendar is an insult to anyone who has ever supported her

— Harriet Wright (@harriet_wrightx) November 13, 2017

Other retailers were quick to point out that their much better value for money this Christmas:

Here we have The Advent of Amazing Value at Poundland... pic.twitter.com/BAQcf9CZ9P

— Poundland (@Poundland) November 14, 2017

After seeing the reaction online Zoella explained that she was involved in the creative process and not the pricing and that she was also disappointed in the overall pricing. Click to 33:02 to see the full explanation: