Last year I purchased a Scentsy warmer and some bars (while they were having the Bring Back My Bar sale). I picked up Luscious Lemon and Cutiepie Cupcake. I am just about done with both of those bars, yes it took me that long. LOL! The reason for it taking so long is I have the cupcake shaped warmer. SO cute, right? Well I didn’t really have a place for it…it’s a big cupcake. BUT I have been leaving the frosting top off and have used it everyday since. After figuring out that dilemma, I bought the buy 6 bars for $25 deal.
Sugar Cookie: According to Scentsy
“Warm, sweet blend of butter, sugar and creamy vanilla.” I think it smells wonderful! It’s really a sugary sweet treat. I heard this scent is very popular and I can see why. I feel that most cookie scents are great year round scent, especially if you are trying to sell your home.
Flirtatious: According to Scentsy ”Fruity and vibrant, a combination of green apple, grapefruit, and white amber.” I think this smelled like it had melon in it. I guess it was the grapefruit throwing me for a loop. I am looking forward to trying this scent. Whenever I look at the label I feel like such a girly girl. Like it should be the name of some pop star’s perfume.
Lemon Coconut Chiffon: According to Scentsy ”Melt-in-your-mouth lemon custard layered with butter cake and sprinkled with toasted coconut.” I do believe we have a winner! If you are scared of both lemon and coconut, this might be a good scent to try. They work well together plus you get some of the bakery/cake notes. Delish!
Cherry Limeade: According to Scentsy “Zesty key lime, sweet cherry, and juicy berry: a delicious scent reminiscent of a soda fountain drink.” YES! This is a summer time treat! I love going to a certain drive thru fast food establishment that sells cherry limeade. So refreshing!
Baked Apple Pie: According to Scentsy ”Flaky crust, apples and spices combined in a strong scent.” I get a really nice sweet apple note and a sweet spicy note with just a smidge of crust/bakery. I can’t wait to see if this is as strong as smells cold.
Lucky in Love: According to Scentsy ”Sweet bouquet of mandarin, bergamot and orange with hints of peaches and berries.” This smells like Love Spell, which is one of my favorite fragrances. A wonderfully sweet scent, very beautiful.
I also ordered a plug in Jack-o-lantern for the fall. He was in the close out section for I thought why not. He’s cute, and I can keep him in the guest bath so my nephews will be able to see where they are going when they visit.
The two scents I order before:
Cutiepie Cupcake: “Sweet clementine and yellow cake batter with vanilla and sugary icing.”
Luscious Lemon: “Light, creamy lemon.”
Well after staying up until 3 am and the sale never showed up on the website, I went to sleep. When I woke up at 6 am the sale was STILL not there! I was very disappointed. How can YC have it up right on time last year and this year it was on their own time. There aren’t any real deals yet, except on accessories.
The Citrus Passion jar sleeve is only $5! Just think no more foiling your jars/tumblers.
Tea light and electric warmers are a pretty good deal too.
Large jars and tumblers in select scents are $14.
Medium jars and tumblers in select scents are $12.50.
Small jars are $5.50 and small tumblers are $8.
Tea lights are $5.
Swirl candles are $11.50.
Perfect Pillars are $10.
Select Pure Radiance select fragrances 50% off.
Select tarts and samps are a buck.
There are more deals…just check the website or if there is a store near you, stop by. You might find a scent that was hiding in the treasure cabinet. Mine didn’t have much..I am going to hold out and see what kind of deliveries my store gets in the next week or so. I have been checking online frequently. You never know when a treasure will pop up! I’m trying to stay positive!
The other day I decided to go ahead and burn one of my Kitchen Canisters from Kringle. I have been putting it off because I wanted to spend the day burning it, with the occasional blow out to trim the wick, enjoying the scent and making sure I was good and ready to write a review. Don’t worry YouTubers I will make a video for this as well.
The description on the website states “ the unmistakable scent of tropical coconut married with a rich, buttery cookie”. I’m not a big fan of coconut, as I have mentioned before, but something must have made me add this to the cart. When I received my order I was worried about this actually. I popped the lid off and WOW it about knocked me back! Super sweet coconut filled the air and I was so worried I had a tumbler full of tropical drink mix. I figured I would go ahead and light to see what it actually produced. I was surprised!
A very mild, lovely coconut smell filled most of my home. I haven’t gotten much of the buttery cookie note. I have only had this candle burning for about 8 hours so it might come out as the candle burns down. It smells like the meat portion of the coconut. Not overly tropical, more of a baking coconut, delicious. I feel that I could burn this scent all year.
If you are looking for a bakery type of coconut then you might want to look into this scent. Enjoy!
Soaps -
Mango Margarita
Lotion -
None
Body Wash -
Tangelo Woods travel size
Tarts/Votives -
Kringle Candle Crème Brulee votive
Coconut Cream Pie Kim’s Tarts
Orange Caramel Crumble Kim’s
Fruit Loops Kim’s
Yankee’s Oceanside
Island Spa votive
Candles
Ashland Home Occasions Lemon Meringue Pie
Lemon Pound Cake Walmart
Village Candle Fresh Strawberry
Yankee Candle Orchard (writing jar)
Sicilian Orange (WJ)
Candy Slices (swirl)
Strawberry Shortcake (swirl)
Slatkin/Bath & Body Works
Root Beer Float 4oz
Well I have an update about which scents are going to be on sale during the semi annual sale at Yankee Candle. These scents will either be a permanent or seasonal retirement. I found out about these from a friend and I’m not sure if he wants credit or not so I will refrain unless he says something. I think these are actually on display at the store to let their customers know what might be leaving.
Here’s the scents that I know about so far:
- Beach Flowers
- Blue Hydrangea
- Cherry Lemonade
- Coastal Waters
- Cottage Breeze
- Drift Away
- Early Sunrise
- Garden Hideaway
- Green Grass
- Island Spa
- Juicy Watermelon
- Midnight Oasis
- Oceanside
- Ocean Water
- Orange Dreamsicle
- Pink Blush
- Pink Dragon Fruit
- Storm Watch
- Sweet Honeysuckle
- Sweet Strawberry
- Tahitian Tiaré Flower
- Tulips
- Wild Passion Fruit
- I am also hearing from YC employees that it’s going to be a great sale with lots of deals. Stay tuned!
Ah … the Jar-normous. This is the bigger one out of the two (I think). It’s not just Christmas scents like the one after the Holidays.
Okay so I thought I would share which scents I would like to see at the semi annual sale at Yankee Candle. There is nothing like getting a good deal on a Yankee candle. Last year this was the run down: You could buy 6 large jars or tumblers for $69. 2 large jars or tumblers for $25. 1 large jar or tumbler for $15. Of course this was out of the select scents (treasure scents and discontinued scents) bought back just for the SAS. If they have something similar to this I will stock up if it ends up being $12 to $13 a jar. Of course there were special prices for tarts and medium jars/tumblers. I’m not sure how it will be this year, but if they bring back scents here which ones I want:
Shortbread Cookie – I know I have one already but it’s so good I want several of them. I think this could be a scent I could use all the time.
Country Lemonade – They discontinued this scent last year but I am hoping they will bring back some that are in stock. I hope!
Water Garden – A nice watery floral.
Star Fruit and Orange – I bought this scent last year and fell in love with it. Nice and bright just the way I like them!
Leather – I didn’t grab it last year and I hope it’s out again this year.
Vanilla Oak – Nice scent…different then your traditional vanilla scents.
Tutti Frutti – This was out last year too and I didn’t get it in time when I was checking out online.
Banana Cream Pie – I only could snag one last year.
Lemon Zest – Never had this one. I do have tart in it.
Peaches and Berries – I want a second since I have been using mine up.
Mom’s Apple Pie – would be nice to try this one!
Raspberry Cream – This is wonderful with Jelly Donut ..just an added bit of sweetness
Candied Apple – I have never tried this scent.
Juicy Orange – Well I do love citrus.
I like it when they have the special pours, like the 10 oz tumbler of Stormwatch and Kiwi Berries and the three wick 17 oz (I think it is) in scents like Early Sunrise, Blueberry Scone, Fruit Salad, Candied Apple, and Cinnamon and Sugar. These are great to have on hand. I like the 3 wick ones the most. The ones I have used have given off an amazing throw in my great room. If they are planning on changing over the marbled wax for smooth in the tumblers this is when they might push those out.
Of course there will be others that I can’t think of that might show up. I know some of the seasonal summer scents will be retired but I am not sure which ones will stay. I know Midnight Oasis will be leaving, it did last year. I think Cherry Lemonade was another that left after the SAS.
Anyway, here are some tips to go by when shopping:
1. If you see what you want, get it. Don’t wait because it won’t be there when you go back for it. Prices do drop towards the end since they are trying to get rid of what they have in stock.
2. Go for the best price. Find scents to make the deal work for you. For example if they have 6 for $70 don’t buy 2 jars over and over again. Chances are you are not getting the best price.
3. Have a plan. Don’t just spend money, think of birthdays, holidays, or special occasions you would want to buy a gift for in the future. This is a great way to take care of all of those things for cheap!
4. Know what scents and sizes you want ahead of time. If you have an idea you can prepare. Last year I knew the whole list of scents but this year no one is leaking the list but at least you know do you want fruit, food and spice, floral, fresh? Do you want pillars, jars, tumblers etc?
5. If you can, shop both in store and online. Last year I woke up at 3 in the morning to shop on line and grab what I wanted. I did this once a week when the new deals were released and new scents were added. Who doesn’t love shopping in their PJs. Sometimes the stores will have different scents. Make sure you check there periodically as well. The ladies at my store know I will be dropping hundreds so they take good care of me.
6. Make room now. If you have a lot of half used jars/tumblers, burn them to clear out the cabinet. That’s what I have been doing this whole month.
7.Have fun with it. <3 I enjoy the thrill of the hunt. Will I find what I want? Who knows but I feel happy when I find something special.
I hope you have fun shopping the SAS!
Let me know what you all end up getting. I love hearing what everyone finds.
They have a variety of candle/tart warmers, I have never used the ones that have a lamp shining down on the top of the candle. I believe those melt both the bottom and the top simultaneously. I am pleased with mine and would continue to buy this brand (as long as it’s in Bed, Bath and Beyond). I believe I paid $13 at BBB and now that I’m thinking about it I should have used a coupon. There is also a company called Vista Wholesale which I have heard several people mention. I have never ordered from them but they have relatively inexpensive warmers.
Let’s move on, how to get the wax out of the dish. I just place a few ice cubes on the top of the wax which will cause it to shrink. It should slide right now. Sometimes I get tarts/melts that are stubborn. When that happens, I just place the whole dish in the freezer. I leave the ice cubes on the top, sometimes it gives me something to grab on to while trying to remove the wax. This really only happens when I don’t use the whole melt/tart or it’s too thin of a layer and refuses to budge. I have read all sorts of tricks like putting a drop of water, wipe the bowl with oil or spray non stick cooking spray in the bottom of the dish. I haven’t tried these but I guess the water prevents the wax from forming a tight seal which in turn slides out of the dish or breaks into pieces. Obviously the non stick spray and oil would help the wax from sticking…it should slide right out. Something about mixing stuff in my wax, I’m afraid would make it tweak the scent.
What’s the difference between the warmer in the picture and a warmer from Scentsy or BH&G? True there are several different warmers out there. Scentsy and BH&G warmers are bulb warmers which are nice if you have children and/or pets. The wax doesn’t get scalding hot and they also can be used as a night light. I own the cupcake warmer from Scentsy and I have to say I love it. This warmer takes the low and slow approach, low heat releases the scent slowly which of course means you don’t have to replace or change out the wax (unless you are tired of the scent). As long as the wax is jam packed with oils then it will last for a long time. These warmers, however, are not made to melt a Paraffin wax melt/tart (like Yankee). You can try, but both of my light bulb warmers couldn’t even get it to melt the bottom of the tart. My PartyLite warmer does have a hot plate and an LED light inside so it’s like the best of both worlds. I have a snowman one from the holiday season and it was pretty inexpensive as well. I think I bought it during the typical after the holiday sales.
When shopping for an electric warmer keep these questions in mind:
1. Can you remove the dish?
2. Do I want a heating plate or melt by light bulb heat?
3. How wide is the dish? Remember, wider gives off more of a scent throw.
4. What is the wattage? Mine are 24 watt, which makes the wax super hot.
5. Where am I putting this warmer?
6. If décor is your thing, does it match? Don’t end up like me and wondering why I bought a big cupcake warmer. It took sometime but I found it to be perfect in the kitchen.
Here are the links to where you can purchase warmers: (this includes the Scentsy and PartyLite warmers)
**Please note I’m not a consultant for either Scentsy or PartyLite. I just enjoy both companies and have purchased products from each.