Emma’s Eco Soy Candles Review

10 / 28 / 122 / 14 / 15

It was pure fate that brought Emma’s candles to me, I won’t bore you with the details but I will tell you about these Irish handmade candles and melts.

Emma Jane McGuire started making her own candles, because she was a candle nut like us, but a lot of candles and scents gave her headaches. She wanted to make some of the finest candles out there, with only the best ingredients.

Her Eco soy candles are all handmade in Ardee, Co.Louth, Ireland; with the finest quality soy wax and essential oils.

Emma was kind enough to send me some treats to try out and review.

First up a few wax tarts. I’ve yet to find a tart I don’t like and I have nothing bad to say about these.

Lemongrass: Imagine the most lemony of lemon scents and that’s what this was like; really fresh. This would be a good substitute for citronella in the summer time.
Spring Romance: This one has Lavender, Bergamot and Ylang Ylang in it, I was nervous about the lavender because it gives me wicked headaches but I couldn’t really get any lavender off of it, which wasn’t a bad thing for me. This is just a nice floral feminine scent.
Orange & Palmarosa: A sweet orange scent, my favourite out of all three.

My next treat was a pretty little tin candle, in the lemongrass scent again.

This candle burned amazingly well as you can see and had a great strong smell off of it.

Towards the end of it I did go to trim the wick so it would last that big longer and the wick came out, but luckily it just fell back into place and I kept on burning it. I think I may have tugged a bit to hard with my wick trimmers…

Overall I liked Emma’s candles and tarts and liked that they were handmade with such love and great fragrances and that the packaging was Eco friendly (yay for green-ness!)

Check out Emma’s Eco-Soy Candles on Facebook, HERE.

Max Benjamin Sanguinello Orange Candle Review

10 / 20 / 122 / 14 / 15

I’m completely obsessed with this brand new fabulous candle sent to me by the lovely folks at Max Benjamin; orange is one of my favourite scents ever and this candle certainly does not lack in that fabulous citrus scent.

The new Sanguinello Orange candle has top notes of Sanguinello Blood Oranges (can’t you just smell it already?!) with a hint of Jasmine, I also get a sort of creamy note from it too, it’s gorgeous. Read More

Colonial Candle The Collection Review

9 / 18 / 122 / 14 / 15

Having NEVER tried them before, when the lovely folks at Colonial Candle contacted me about doing a review, I jumped at the chance.

I had a browse around their site, and it all just became one big online wishlist for me; not only did their candles look great but all the different scents sounded just heavenly.

I was over the moon (still am) when two AMAZING candles arrived at my door, from The Collection range.

These candles say “The Light of Luxury” on them and that’s just what they are, they ooze luxury. Read More

Coley & Gill Vanilla Scented Candle Review

9 / 13 / 121 / 28 / 16

UPDATE 22/10/2015 – You’ve probably found this page after searching for something relating to Coley & Gill.

We’ve been contacted too many times regarding this brand after writing one review. No, we are not Coley & Gill, I swear! We are two ladies who once purchased a candle and wrote a review about it. If you have any problems with your Coley & Gill products we’d advise that you bring them back to the store where you purchased them. Please, PLEASE do not send us threatening emails and/or pictures of your phlegm/mucus or any other bodily fluids. (Yes, this happened!) We’re too sweet and innocent to deal with stuff like that lol. Remember, you get what you pay for. – S&S

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Another of my candles from my Poundland visit and this one because it’s Vanilla was the one I was most excited about. I shouldn’t have been…

When I picked it up I couldn’t really smell the vanilla which in many circumstances would have made me put it down but it was only one pound. When I was lighting the candle I did notice that the design of the candle made a pretty pattern that made me say oooh! But the smell was where exactly?! Also the wick kept disintegrating and I ended up with speckled wax. Urgh. I have a teeny tiny spoon that I use to scoop it out, I don’t have OCD but that makes me get very OCD.

When I got about 3/4 down the candle it started to smell but it wasn’t vanilla, it was a burning smell. I know how to burn a candle, trim a wick etc and as soon as it started smelling like a bonfire it was in the bin! Obviously I blew out the flame and let it cool first.

It was just £1 so I don’t feel too annoyed but I did a bit of digging and found out that they do quite a few scents and started to think why bother, seems like a company that needs to perfect it’s candle quality first before going into lots of scents. Particularly as they don’t smell! Even for £1 I’m disappointed not by the price but by how much I love candles and when I get one that’s not so good, it makes me have a sad face.

Oh and want to eat cake.

Skittles Candles Review

9 / 10 / 122 / 14 / 15

I just love random awesome finds, don’t you? While I was out doing some shopping for groceries and stuff, I found Skittles candles!

I love Skittles, but haven’t had any in a long time because of diet and fear of the evil dentist, so I was very happy to find two of my favourite things combined into one. Read More