SKIMS to refund $148 advent calendar filled with hair ties, bobby pins

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Some internet critics likened its contents to the sort of items a person finds stuffed between couch cushions or underneath an oven.

Kim Kardashian’s shapewear brand SKIMS says it will offer refunds to customers who purchased its $148 (CAD $210) advent calendar after the company faced criticism over the quality of the Christmas gifts inside.

The calendar, which includes a range of small accessories, was marketed as containing “twelve days of fun surprises” according to the BBC, but is filled mostly with hair ties, keychains, small ornaments and bobby pins, according to media reports and online reviews.

Some internet critics likened its contents to the sort of miscellaneous items a person finds stuffed between couch cushions or underneath an oven; one person online suggested that Kardashian had filled them with items she “cleared out her car.”

In a TikTok review of the calendar, which has been watched more than eight million times, a person in the comments called the product a “box full of pranks,” while someone else wrote it was “disrespectful to customers” to fill such a steeply priced item with only cheap knickknacks.

“I could go in my daughter’s room each day and find this sh*t laying on her bedroom floor,” another person commented.

Meanwhile, in another unboxing TikTok with over 22 million views, influencer Kayla Ryan said the calendar was “starting to p*ss her off” while filming herself unwrapping what she described as “scraps from the warehouse.”

“I hope nobody buys this calendar…this is terrible…zero out of ten,” she said.

The calendar is currently out of stock according to the company’s website.

Since the backlash, a representative for the company told NBC’s Today.com that it would refund customers who purchased the calendar and said it was “aware of the feedback.”

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