Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 12/18/16-12/25/16

Merry Christmas to all out there who celebrate. I'm glad it's Christmas because per usual I'm mostly over holiday scents. I've melted all I want and care to melt. After fall and holiday melting pretty much September-December, it's time for a change. This is usually the turning point where I like to start melting brighter and cleaner scents, but this past week was mostly all holiday scents. It was a good wax week too!

Mainstays Winter Mittens
Scent Description: N/A
My Thoughts: This smells a lot like a B&BW Mahogany Teakwood or Yankee Candle Midsummer's Night type scent if you're familiar with those. It's a musky, masculine, and woodsy cologne type scent which I do really like. I wish it had some mint in there to brighten it up so it seems a bit more wintery, but I can't really complain about anything else.
Scent Throw: 3.5/5
Where To Buy: Walmart

Butterfly Lane Spearmint Spruce
Scent Description: N/A
My Thoughts: This one was gifted to me and I can't find a scent description. I'd say the name says it all. It is a balance of spearmint and Christmas tree scent. I was worried about a scent like this because those two scent notes are typically really strong on their own and can be overpowering. This wasn't though, it was a softer scent that still had a nice throw but wasn't too much.
Scent Throw: 3.5/5
Where To Buy: Butterfly Lane

Ten Digit Creations Christmas Spirit 
Scent Description: cranberry, bayberry, fir needles, clove
My Thoughts: This scent has a lot of nostalgia for me. It smells like this Christmas tree that used to be at this inn we'd stay at every Christmas vacation in California when I was growing up. It's a very bright, fresh, and slightly sweet Christmas tree scent. The bayberry really comes through in this scent the most to my nose. I wish I could describe it better because it's so nice and unique to other Christmas tree-like scents.
Scent Throw: 3.5/5
Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations

Ten Digit Creations Baby's Butt (now Rockabye Baby)
Scent Description: baby lotion with notes of baby powder, lavender, and lilac
My Thoughts: This is one of those scents I was for sure I'd never like but decided to give it a try and I regret not trying it before. This scent is the perfect cozy and freshly clean type scent. I've been melting this in my bedroom at night and it is so soothing. I don't like the name, but it does smell like baby products hence the whole soothing thing, NOT a dirty diaper baby's butt scent 😂
Scent Throw: 3.5/5
Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations

Merry Christmas!

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 4/3/16-4/10/16

This post was meant for Sunday, but since that was my blog birthday I pushed it back to today. I had a fairly good wax week. I didn't have any waxes I detested, so that's a start! There are many weeks where I have one I really can't stand. This week not everything was a favorite, but nothing was a dud.

Colonial Candle French Lavender
Scent Description: Whisk away with this soft and soothing lavender fragrance. Top: Fresh Green - Middle: Lavender - Bottom: Musk, Woody
My Thoughts: This isn't my favorite type of lavender scent, as I prefer a more herbal take, but I still like this one. It does have some of those herbal notes, but it has softness to it and I think touch of powderiness that I believe comes from the bottom musky and woody notes. I'm not usually into powdery scents, but this one works. It's a nice balance of soft and soothing. 
Scent Throw: 3.5/5
Where To Buy: Colonial Candle

Mainstays Darkest Sandalwood
Scent Description: N/A
My Thoughts: This is a very masculine scent, not in the sense that it smells like cologne, but it's very rich and deep. This smells like pure wood blended with leather and hint of bergamot.  I'm not usually into woodsy scents aa they tend to have a sweetness to them I find unpleasant. This one is just so dark, rich, and complex I'm not really getting any of that. The problem with this one is throw was poor.
Scent Throw: 2/5
Where To Buy: Walmart

Wilma Victorian Cleaning
Scent Description: Our own blend of clean cotton linens and lemongrass with a slightly green note.
My Thoughts: The main note I'm getting from this lemongrass with a hint of laundry scent in the background to balance it out. This is a pure lemongrass scent too. It has that amazing herbal aromatherapy-like quality. I liked this blend. It's a very crisp and refreshing scent.
Scent Throw: 4/5
Where To Buy: Wilma's Shop

Colonial Candle Rainshowers
Scent Description: Capturing that moment when the rain first falls, carrying hints of ozone, clary sage and oakmoss, saturating the ground and cleansing everything it touches. Top: Ozone Mint, Grapefruit, Glacier Water Accord - Medium: Sage Clary, Lavender - Bottom: Oakmoss, Coumarin, Tonka Bean.
My Thoughts: There is a lot going on in this scent and that means it could go either way. It can either be awful or spectacular. This one is spectacular. This is such a sophisticated and unique clean water scent. I can identify all of the fragrance notes it listed. It's a refreshing blend of herbal, minty, water, and green rolled all into one.Those are all my favorite type of scents, so it's no wonder. This one had great throw, but the scent only lasted for a few hours. I wish it lasted longer!
Scent Throw: 4/5 
Where To Buy: Colonial Candle

Re-Melts of the Week:
Ten Digit Creations Cool Citrus Basil
Ten Digit Creations Sea Salt & Ocean Breezes

Happy Tuesday!

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 3/13/16-3/20/16

Happy Spring! I actually did a little something different this week. I burned a candle! I had a Bath & Body Works gift card burning a hole in my pocket so I found a candle I liked. I must admit, B&BW doesn't have the greatest selection in candles anymore. I'm pretty sure there are so many dupes of different candles in there from previous years just renamed that I don't know if anything is really new. I had some wax too and overall it was a good wax week.

Ten Digit Creations Avocado & Sea Salt
Scent Description: salty marine notes blend with bright grapefruit, soft white rose, and creamy avocado
My Thoughts: I l-o-v-e this scent. It is such a lovely clean and fresh that is unlike others I have. Yes, you smell avocado in here, but don't think guacamole. Think freshly sliced avocado, which has clean and creamy scent. The added sea salt notes and the grapefruit really create this spa-like scent. There isn't anything herbal like an aromatherapy type scent, just straight clean, fresh, and natural. You really need to smell this one to understand it! It's one of my all-time favorite scents of all time, plus it's strong in a good way.
Scent Throw: 5/5
Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations

Bath & Body Works Tahiti Passionflower 
Scent Description: blend of Tahitian flowers, orange blossom & solar musk
My Thoughts: I'm pretty confident this a dupe to a previous year's Aloha Waikiki candle. This smells like Hawaii, it says Tahiti, but I haven't been there. I've been to Hawaii and this is what the outdoors there smells like. It's this beautiful blend of tropical floral and salty clean fresh air. This one is very fragrant as far as floral, but I love this type of floral because it's very fresh and crisp. The salty sea air note is an excellent pairing and elevates this scent. 
Scent Throw: 5/5
Where To Buy: Bath & Body Works

Mainstays Soothing Spa
Scent Description: N/A
My Thoughts: On cold sniff this smells almost exactly like ScentSationals Zen which is a dupe to  B&BW Stress Relief Eucalyptus Spearmint. That being said, when melted it's a bit different. SS Zen the spearmint notes are very prominent while the eucalyptus is the secondary note. The Mainstays Soothing Spa it's the other way around the eucalyptus takes the spotlight with the spearmint in the background. SS Zen is one of my favorite scents, but I actually like Mainstays Soothing Spa better. I love that stronger greener eucalyptus note in this one! I just wish this one had as strong of a throw as SS Zen. It's not weak, but it could be a touch stronger.
Scent Throw: 3.5/5
Where To Buy: Walmart

Mother Earth Creations Lemon Lavender
Scent Description: Fresh lemon mixed with soothing lavender
My Thoughts: I love lavender blends and this one is nice. I love the combination of the soothing herbal lavender with fresh and crisp lemon. My issue with this is the lemon really overpowers the lavender. I wish it was more of balance or even if it were more lavender as lemon is such a strong scent. It also didn't have the strongest throw.
Scent Throw: 3/5
Where To Buy: Mother Earth Creations

Re-Melts of the Week:
Better Homes & Gardens Salt Water Winds
Ten Digit Creations Cactus & Sea Salt

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Happy Sunday!

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 2/7/16-2/14/16

I had a fairly good wax week this week. I didn't get around to melting any indie/vendor wax, so it's all retail wax you can find in stores. I had quite a few pleasant surprises!

Better Homes & Gardens Serene Spa Resort
Scent Description: N/A
My Thoughts: This is a really nice blend of a cologne, sea salt, water, and clean scent. The cologne note in it is well balanced between the other notes and isn't overpowering. I really like this blend. It's refreshing, clean, and crisp. It's one of those scents I see as being universally flattering. I think it would appeal to many tastes. This has an excellent throw that lasted over 24 hours for me.
Where To Buy: Walmart

Mainstays Tahitian Sunset
Scent Description: Crushed orange peel, fruity paradise mango and sugared papaya gleam with the warm essence of ambered mango wood, salted sands, smooth cedar, earthy patchouli and Twilight musk
My Thoughts: This is wonderfully juicy scent balanced out with some rich woodsy notes. I really hate woodsy scents, but the blend of the fruit notes with the woodsy ones really creates a lovely combination. It's like a sophisticated tropical scent. There isn't any coconut to this either which is a major plus! This had a nice throw for several hours.
Where To Buy: Walmart

Mainstays Peach & Mango
Scent Description: Fruity notes of sweet mango and fresh papaya swirl with accents of juicy apricot and ripe guava fruit, wrapped in floral highlights of island jasmine and golden ylang ylang
My Thoughts: Remember last week's BHG White Peach Mango? This is what that should of been. This is exactly what I want in peach scent. This is fresh, natural, fruity, and refreshing. There isn't a hint of anything artificial,  musty, or noxious in this scent. It's a very pleasant scent. This had great throw for several hours. If you like peach scents please pick this one over the BHG one! 
Where To Buy: Walmart

Living Colors Coastal Breeze
Scent Description: N/A
My Thoughts: This is unlike any other ocean themed scent I own. It is really hard to describe because of that. I'd say this is a blend of a light clean laundry note, a grassy green note, a faint cologne note, and perhaps like a sandy/beachy note? All the notes are evenly balanced and it really is a unique scent. It definitely reads as an ocean scent, it just is different than what I'm used to from those types of scents. I do really like it though! This didn't have the greatest throw, but was average for a few hours.
Where To Buy: Big Lots

Happy Sunday!

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 9/27/15-10/3/15

It's time for another Weekly Wax Wrap Up. If you missed my first post, check it out here. I didn't melt as much new stuff as last week, plus there was some crossover. I did do a fair a bit of melting though.

Mainstays Mulled Cider
Scent Description: N/A
My Thoughts: I wish these had scent descriptions, but they don't. This has that perfect warm and cozy apple cider scent. The scent on this was strong, but didn't last very long. I think it lasted me about 4-6 hours tops, whereas other melts I can get a good 8-12 hours out of it. These melts are very small too. I used half the package in one go. The entire package is $0.93 cents a Walmart, so it's a cheap buy anyways. The quality though was great, but go ahead and buy 2 packages!

ScentSationals Zen
Scent Description: N/A
My Thoughts: This to me smells exactly like Bath & Body Works Stress Relief in Eucalyptus Spearmint. This is my go-to scent. If I don't know what to melt, I melt this one. It's a favorite for me and my boyfriend. The scent is very fresh, soothing, and hint on the masculine side. I always buy this in the Value Pack (12 melts) for this reason. I need to always have this one on hand. I get this at Walmart for around $3-$4, they have a regular size pack (6 melts) for $2. 

Ten Digit Creations Cranberry Citrus
Scent Description: cranberries, grapefruit, tangerine, orange, and lemon-lime
My Thoughts: I love cranberry scents. I always gravitate them when I'm craving something fruity in fall or winter. This was very strong on the other citrus, orange in particular, when I first started melting it. The cranberry started to take the forefront a few hours in. I wish the cranberry notes were stronger in this one. Don't get me wrong this a great punchy and bright citrus scent that I love, but it feels a bit more summer to me than fall. This can be purchased on the TDC website. 

K's Kreations Blue Corn Moon
Scent Description: Notes of cider, fresh baked sweets, earthy fire, and creamy sugar corn pudding
My Thoughts: I like this scent, but I don't love it. It definitely fits for fall and it's a nice foodie scent for the season. I definitely detect the corn pudding. I feel like it's missing something though, like it could be a bit sweeter or brighter? I find that sometimes bakery scents get heavy, not as in strong, but as in they can get muddled and feel like they need freshning up. It's a nice scent overall, but it needed a bit more punch for me. You can purchase this one on the K's Kreations website. 

Ten Digit Creations Supernova
Scent Description: champagne cocktail of orange and cognac
My Thoughts: This is a Lush dupe. I haven't smelled the Lush version, but I L-O-V-E this scent. It smells like fancy hotel spa or bathroom products. It's soft refreshing citrus scent that is balanced with this soapiness. It is divine. It's a very pamper yourself and feel all lush and special scent. This is one of my favorite TDC scents for sure. You can purchase it here. 

That's all for this week! Until then!

Happy Sunday!