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Milk&Cookie Candle Company Wax Melts Haul

If you haven’t guessed already, I’m a massive Milk&Cookie Candle Company fan, they’ve sent us products to review but I actually buy from them as well. My candle cupboard was looking a little bare so I knew I had to stock up on some tarts…

Milk-amp-Cookie-Candle-Company-Haul

Pineapple Upside Down Cake – I’m currently on a cherry/pineapple kick, and I love making Pineapple Upside Down Cake for my boyfriend so I knew I had to get this one. It super pineapple-y but has a hint of vanilla buttery cake-iness, very very yummy!

Vanilla Supreme – Like a rich real vanilla, super creamy ice-cream. I’ve been using this in the warmer in my bedroom, it’s a really comforting scent, perfect for bedtime.

Cherry Cheesecake – This scent is unreal, it’s exactly like Cherry Cheesecake and you can smell every layer of the scent; the buttery biscuit base, the tart and sweet creamy cheese filling and then the yummy cherry topping.Delicious.

Blue Hawaiian – This is my ultimate happy scent! It a mixture of Coconut, Maraschino Cherry and Pineapple, three scents that I just love all mixed together. It’s really uplifting and I highly recommend it.

Cherry Cola – See I told you I was on a cherry kick at the moment. I’d never tried this scent before but I was super intrigued by it. I was pleasantly surprised, it smells like cola gummy bottles and cherry candies. Just another scent I wanted to eat LOL.

Patchouli – I surprised Trish when I requested this scent, cause y’all know I’m not crazy
about floral scents, but I ordered a set of Patchouli melts for my Mom, cause it’s her favourite scent. She was so surprised when I sent it and said it was fabulous!

The Milk&Cookie Candle Company’s melting cubes are amazing, you only need one and the scents are so long lasting! If you haven’t tried their products, what are you waiting for?!

Colonial Candle Coconut Rain Air Freshener Review

Colonial Candle Air FreshenerSam gave me this ages ago… it was sat in my candle box for months before I had a proper root in that box and was like “what are you doing in here?” The packet then sat on the table by the front door ready to go into my car the next time I went out. Yeah. That didn’t happen. Anyway a week or so passed and I have been so happy with our new home, we’ve been living here for two years now but it still feels so new. I like that feeling. I obviously have worked on different ways of fragrancing our house, it is mainly open plan so it can prove difficult.

But the room I struggled most with was the family bathroom. I hate overpowering scents but I wanted something that had enough smell but I didn’t want the boys to hate it. That is quite a task, believe me! I had tried many pot pourri efforts (and is it just me or do they not smell for long any more?) and also I had lit some candles before we had visitors to make it smell lovely. But I wanted something a bit more everyday and something I didn’t need to tend to. So I grabbed the air freshener from the table downstairs and hung it over the window handle. It was a complete guess as to whether this would work, it did! Read More

Busy Bee Candles Wax Melts Review

When I first joined twitter (with my own personal twitter account) I came across Busy Bee Candles and they were one of the first companies I followed in my first few months, I soon unfollowed. They seemed to attach themselves onto the #BBC hashtag, of course it is their initials but I found it a bit too “big corporation” and although the twitter account seemed nice enough it riled me. Not the greatest start I’ll admit.

Only recently did I think about them again and decided it was time to make an order. I chose not to order from the site as I didn’t want a lot and the postage was a bit excessive for a first small try. So I ordered some items of theirs through ebay instead. Just like Sam mentioned I’ve found myself going more into buying tarts as I’m constantly changing my mind about the scents I have and this way I can change quicker without having candles pots everywhere! I ordered two wax tarts, Christmas Cookie and Black Cherry. Two of my fave scents, Christmas Cookie is one of my favourite Christmas scents and I absolutely ADORE purple so I’ll always give purple scents a go. Plus who doesn’t like a fruity scent?

 

As you can see the Christmas Cookie was broken, no major issue apart from if this had been for a gift and of course for taking the photo! They were bubble wrapped really well and also put in a jiffy bag too so were perfectly secure. There is a quote from Theo Paphitis (Dragon’s Den) on the website saying “Busy Bee Candles better then Yankee” which as a major Yankee lover was quite the recommendation.

I went with Christmas Cookie first as I was browsing online for Christmas gifts and popped it in my burner. The scent came out pretty strong for the first 30 minutes or so and then I thought I’d just got used to it as didn’t smell it any more. Then my husband came home and he said “I thought you got candles today?” and I quickly said “Yeah, there’s one on now!” and then he simply said “Can’t smell it!” Oh! He is always moaning at my candles and this one avoided the moans but it seemed to fade off pretty quickly and I did give it as long a burn as I would a Yankee but it didn’t seem strong enough. The Black Cherry one had to be better. I waited until the next day and popped Black Cherry in, this lasted longer but still not as long as others. It wasn’t as strong smelling as I had expected either and this was why I had picked it.

Overall I wasn’t impressed by my Busy Bee Candles purchases, maybe I’d selected the wrong scents as I have seen a lot of people mentioning loving the fruit cake scent which I’m pretty sure I’d love. I might go back and have another shop but it’s not on my priorities for now which is a shame as I’ve seen they are very popular. I can’t help but think they are popular because Yankee don’t always get their scents over here. Sometimes it’s months before we see some scents that have been in the US for ages.

Has anyone tried them before and what scents should I try if I want to do another order?

The Milk & Cookie Candle Company Melting Cubes Review

The Milk & Cookie Candle Company make some seriously yummy candles and are dedicated to being Eco-friendly.

Their candles are highly scented; they hand blend their fragrances and use the maximum amount of premium essential and fragrance oils possible in candle making.
They are creatively inspired by and love making super scrumptious flavors like Caramel Apple, Key Lime Pie, Cotton Candy and even Maple Bacon!

The Milk & Cookie Candle Company were so lovely to send us a bunch of treats to review…

First up lots of delicious, so surprised I haven’t eaten them, eco soy wax melting cubes.

Pumpkin Latte Wax MeltsPumpkin Latte – If you’re loving your Pumpkin Spice Lattes from Starbucks then you’ll love love LOVE this one. When you first smell it you get a sort of pumpkin pie scent but then the coffee hits you! It’s yum.

Donut Shop Wax MeltsDonut Shop – Smells exactly like it’s name, and even has sprinkles on top! Makes me want to go out and buy ALL the donuts, like everywhere.

Trick or Treat Wax MeltsTrick or Treat – This is a combination of tart apples, caramel apple and candy corn. Designed for Fall/Halloween but I’d have it going all year long. It’s sweet but you can really get a hit of the fresh apple scent.

Fresh Baked Bread Wax MeltsFresh Baked Bread – You HAVE to get this one, it’s insane! Smells like crusty white bread straight out of the oven. It’s not sweet which I love. Will most definitely be buying this scent again when my tarts run out.

Maple Bacon Wax MeltsMaple Bacon – Don’t be scared, it’s really good!
For years I’ve always said someone should make maple bacon perfume or candles, it’s one of my most favourite smells ever, and maple bacon is the top reason why I’m like a half ass vegetarian. So I was over the moon when the Milk & Cookie Candle Company sent me Maple Bacon wax melts, I thought I was dreaming. 🙂
Instead of it smelling pork-y (lol) it’s like a maple syrup smokey woody sort of scent, it’s really awesome, I’m amazed.

Over all I’m so impressed with the Milk and Cookie Candle Company; Trisha (the real brains behind the whole thing) is such a sweetheart and a pleasure to work with.

I love that they’re Eco friendly, even using recycled paper and packaging when sending out their products.
The melts give of such a long lasting scent and the packaging is just too cute, with the funky labels and the pretty hand tied bows, and how can you not love anything with sprinkles!

With a lot of unique scents (and lots of new ones for Christmas) I can’t wait to try more wonderful creations from the Milk and Cookie Candle Company.

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