Lightning Round Reviews #9!

Time for tons of lightning round reviews, waxy friends!

Candles from the Keeping Room's Palm Beach
Cold Rating: 5/10
Lit Rating: 6/10
Throw Rating: 5/10
Overall Rating: 5/10; decent dupe, a bit lighter than I would have liked, but otherwise, nice and tropical. Lasted 3 hours with a low-medium throw throughout.

Front Porch's Bear Claws
Cold Rating: 6/10
Lit Rating: 7.5/10
Throw Rating: 7/10
Overall Rating: 7/10; a nice cinnamon bakery scent that manages to not have that weird FP undertone I hate so much. This is nice and I would repurchase it. Lasted for 6 hours!

Front Porch's Celtic Moonspice Noel
Cold Rating: 8/10
Lit Rating: 8.5/10
Throw Rating: 8/10
Overall Rating: 8/10; celtic moonspice is one of my all time favorite scents, and when it's added with vanilla bean noel, it's just as fabulous. Wonderful scent, great throw, would repurchase always, lasted 7 hours.

Lasting Scent Candles Blackberry Sage Tea
Cold Rating: 7/10
Lit Rating: 5/10
Throw Rating: 7.5/10
Overall Rating: 6.5/10; the throw was pretty good, and the cold sniff scent was strong, but the sage in this was not my favorite. I love LSC's tea scent, but the floral blackberry and sage notes didn't mesh together. Lasted 2 hours but would have lasted longer if I hadn't gotten tired of it. PS: LOOK AT THOSE OILS, OMG.

Lil' Kitchen Candles Serendipity
Cold Rating: 6.5/10
Lit Rating: 6/10
Throw Rating: 5.5/10
Overall Rating: 6/10; better on cold throw, surprisingly. A decent serendipity, but nothing to write home about, I suppose. Lasted 3 hours before I needed a change. PS: this shop is now closed.

Lil' Kitchen Candles Twinkies
Cold Rating: 4/10
Lit Rating: 4/10
Throw Rating: 4/10
Overall Rating: 4/10; very light, but sweet. Decent twinkies scent, but nothing special. Lasted 2.5 hours.

Lil' Kitchen Candles Lemon Lush Noel
Cold Rating: 6/10
Lit Rating: 5.5/10
Throw Rating: 6/10
Overall Rating: 6/10; weird cleaner lemon mixed with a pie crust type of scent. It was okay, not my favorite though. Strange is all. Lasted 4 hours.

Lil' Kitchen Candles Pink Serendipity Vanilla Bean Noel Marshmallow Birthday Cake
Cold Rating: 8.5/10
Lit Rating: 8/10
Throw Rating: 7/10
Overall Rating: 8/10; amaaaaaaazing blend. This scent alone makes me with LKC was still in business. Lasted 7+ hours, sad I cannot repurchase this. Coconut cherry cakey creamy wonderment.

Scarlet Raine's Tropical Escape
Cold Rating: 4/10
Lit Rating: 4.5/10
Throw Rating: 4/10
Overall Rating: 4/10; this scent was rather boring and not particularly strong. I haven't been impressed from this company yet, unfortunately.

Scarlet Raine's Pink Marshmallow
Cold Rating: 2/10
Lit Rating: 2/10
Throw Rating: 2/10
Overall Rating: 2/10; I got nothing from this, there was a veeeeeery small bit on cold sniff, but nothing while warming.  Disappointed.

Scarlet Raine's Pink Peppermint
Cold Rating: 6/10
Lit Rating: 5.5/10
Throw Rating: 5.5/10
Overall Rating: 5.5/10; a nice pink peppermint, just not super strong. This is the best thing I have melted from this company thus far, but it's still not that high above medium.

Sniff My Tarts Pink Chiffon Pink Sugar
Cold Rating: 7.5/10
Lit Rating: 8/10
Throw Rating: 8/10
Overall Rating: 8/10; amaaaaazing. I love this scent. Pink Chiffon is a perfume dupe, and when it's mixed with pink sugar, I just loved it. Strong throw in the bedroom. Wonderful, lasted 5.5 hours, definite repurch.

Sweet Fixations Bergamot & Coriander
Cold Rating: 7/10
Lit Rating: 8/10
Throw Rating: 10/10
Overall Rating: 8/10; a nice cinnamon bakery scent that manages to not have that weird FP undertone I hate so much. This is nice and I would repurchase it. Lasted for 6 hours!

The Scented Princess' Green Apple Explosion Serendipity
Cold Rating: 7/10
Lit Rating: 7.5/10
Throw Rating: 6.5/10
Overall Rating: 7/10; awesome, unexpected blend! Green apple and coconut/cherry seem to go together well in this blend. Plus, Dawn's serendipity isn't too in-your-face as others can be. Lasted 6 hours, would and have repurchased.

The Scented Princess' Serendipity Cotton Candy Pink Sugar
Cold Rating: 8/10
Lit Rating: 8.5/10
Throw Rating: 7.5/10
Overall Rating: 8/10; I made this blend and it's fan-freakin-tastic! So, so good. Great throw, even better smell. Lasted 7+ hours both times, I would definitely buy this in scoopable.

The Scented Princess' Granny's Pie Crust
Cold Rating: 6.5/10
Lit Rating: 6.5/10
Throw Rating: 6/10
Overall Rating: 6.5/10; I think I've mentioned before that I am not a fan of crusty scents, like lemon meringue pie, key lime pie, etc. Granny's pie crust is the only form of crust I enjoy, and this was nice. Vanilla-y, luscious, not overly buttery. Nice! Lasted 4 hours, would repurchase.

I've got a ton more empties I am trying to put together in a post, so look out for that, as well as a destash soon! :)

ALSO, I am in the process of going through old posts and adding ratings to my labels/tags, so you can look through and find what I loved and what I hated. :)

Whole Lotta Empties Goin' On #2!

I've got tons of empties to share with you today from before I started Project Wax (I like to let empties and wax pile up every now and then so I have tons of things to write about).

This time around, I think I will also review some of the products (if they have other plans on other posts) that have not been reviewed before, like I am doing with my Project Wax post, just to give you some insight on how I liked/disliked the product!

• Lil' Kitchen Candles' Serendipity Noel: this was alright...the throw was decent and it was a nice serendipity, but it wasn't my favorite. It's a shame this company is closed now, though, because she had tons of great products. (Beauxsavonsfrais has picked up some of their most popular ones). 5.5/10! (3 large Hello Kitty tarts)

• Lil' Kitchen Candles' Sixteen Candles: a bakery scent, this one was nice. I don't remember what was in it, but it was super buttercreamy. 6/10! (3 large Hello Kitty tarts)

• The Bathing Garden's Cinnamon Styx: Unfortunately, this was very, very weak. I had to use the remaining 4 cubes just to get a light throw. Not my favorite cinnamon scent. 3.5/10! (6 cube clamshell)

• Front Porch's Vanilla Noel: rivals Tiffany Candles VBN, in my opinion...this is awesome. Very luscious and caramel smelling, great throw, crowd favorite, for sure. 8/10! (4-pack)

• Aunt Smellman's Peppermint (6 cube clamshell)

• Haley's Heavenly Scents' Whipped Pink Peppermints: (gift from Karen, 6 scalloped tarts)

• Front Porch's Peppermint Noel (4-pack)

• Front Porch's Peppermints (4-pack)

• The Bathing Garden's The Olive Lemon Grove: A scent I don't mind having a lighter throw. This is really nice, soothing for nighttime! Lush dupe? You get the olivey note and lemon mixed together. SO GOOD. 7/10! (6 cube clamshell)

• Tiffany Candles' Oatmeal, Milk & Honey: Another fantastic nighttime scent. This is the only mix where I don't mind "milk," for some reason. Soothing nighttime scent (again, yes), and this blend was heavy on the honey. Yum! 7/10! (3-pack of scalloped tarts, old wax blend)

• Ollie's Soaps' Serendipity Birthday: the best serendipity and birthday cake blend I have ever smelled! Strong, sweet, coconutty, fabulous! Love this! 8/10! (bag filled with 10-12 square pieces)

• Candles From The Keeping Room's Pink Sugared Serendipity: my all-time favorite serendipity blend. Carol's is the best. Ever. So good. The pink sugar is really heavy in this, but the serendipity shines through, too. YUM! 9.5/10! (5 square tarts)

• Candles From The Keeping Room's Pink Sugar Vanilla Bean Noel: another great blend! Delicious, but not as strong as others I have smelled. Nice, but would have liked this to be a bit stronger. 7/10! (4 slightly larger rounded grubbies)

Still liking these empty posts? Do you have any empties you're loving right now?

Weekend Wax Review: May 17-19

First off, I'd like to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my husband Josh! YAY! His birthday was yesterday, and we had a really nice day. :)

Also, I'd like to say hello and good Monday mornin' to all my waxy friends! Let's get into my weekend melts!

First up, I melted Heavenleigh Apothecary's Lemon Curd in the bedroom. This. Was. The. Best. Lemon. Scent. EVER (??). It was just brilliant, a bright lemon, not cleaner, not bakery, just LEMONS! It was insanely strong and made the house AND my clothes smell like lemon curd for about a day after we had turned this off. It lasted over 12 hours! On cold sniff, 7.5/10. While warming, 10/10. The throw was a 10/10, too, for a total of 9/10. JUST WOW! I would repurchase this forever!

For Friday's nighttime melt, I decided on Apple Cream Lavender from Candles from the Keeping Room. I requested it as a sample in one of my orders because I heard tons of people talking about how it was a fantastic bedroom scent. This was a nice mix of apple(ish) and lavender with a hint of some form of creaminess, but it was light. In fact, I left the room and came back and barely smelled a thing. On cold sniff, 5/10, and while warming, the same, 5/10. The throw was a 4/10, for a total of 4.5/10. I don't know if I'd repurchase this one, but I reckon it lasted about 4 hours.

The next morning, and keeping with the lemon theme, Josh chose Haley's Heavenly Scents' Iced Lemon Cookies. I got this in SarahFace87's round robin. We were both unimpressed with this, there was barely any lemon! The cookie note was too buttery for my liking. The throw was decent, but I tossed this out after it had melted all the way. I just didn't like it. On cold sniff, 6/10. While warming, it bumped down to a 3.5/10. The throw was a 5/10, for a total of 4.5/10, rounded slightly down. I would not purchase this.

Noticing a theme? While the Haley's scent shot was going in the bedroom, I figured, why not go all-out lemon? Put 2 cruller tarts of Hey Sugar from Candles from the Keeping Room in the kitchen. This had a decent strength, but not as strong as the Lemon Curd discussed above. Also, this lemon was more of a cleaner lemon with wisps of pie crust/bakery melded in between. It was nice, but not sure if I exactly liked it, if that makes any sense?? No?? Oh well! On cold sniff, 6/10, and while warming, 5/10. The throw was a 6/10 also, for a total of 5.75/10, slightly rounded up, but not much because it does deserve credit. I wouldn't repurchase this, but want it to go to a better home, so I may destash it, if someone wants it. (Also, I will have a destash box ready soon, so keep your eyes peeled!)

In the bedroom, I melted 4 fortune cookies from Lil' Kitchen Candles in Apple Cinnamon. I think it was a bad day for cinnamon scents and my nose because I did not like this at all. I don't feel right giving this a proper review, so I am including photos, but not a review. This had a balanced apple and cinnamon scent, and since I have 4 more, I will review these later! Keep in mind, Lil' Kitchen Candles is closing down.

In our spare bathroom at the same time, I melted Streetman Candle Co.'s Strawberry Rhubarb/Morning Sunrise from the Simply Sensational Sampler. This was just lovely! The strawberry and rhubarb mixed well together, and I have no idea what's in Morning Sunrise, but it was a great addition! On cold sniff, 6.5/10. While warming, 7/10. The throw was about a 6/10, for a total of 6.5/10, and I would repurchase this blend! It lasted in my Scentsy bathroom warmer all night. I don't think I'll melt non-Scentsy wax in that warmer again, though, it was a pain the the butt to get out of there!

After the cinnamon apple blend weirdness, I needed something bright and cherry to melt! So, I decided on a Snap Stick from Streetman Candle Co. in Fun in the Sun! This really was a great summertime scent, filled with fruit and general happiness. On cold sniff, 7/10. While warming, 6/10. The throw was a 7.5/10, for a total of 7/10, rounded up slightly. Loved this, it lasted about 5 hours, and I'd repurchase it!

After Hey Sugar was done, I melted Tiffany Candles Lemon Grass in the kitchen. WOW, who knew this scent would be so awesome!? I would have never thought I'd like a lemon grass scent because I'm not a huge fan of it in food, but this was great. Bright, citrusy yet earthy, sort of "dirty" (in a good way!), a great kitchen scent that lasted the rest of that day until I turned off the warmer. On cold sniff, 7/10. While warming, 7.5/10, .5+ for the surprise factor. The throw was 7.5/10, too, for a total of 7.5/10! Greatness and a repurchase!

Saturday's nighttime melt was Serendipity Peppermint from The Scented Princess. I love Dawn's stuff, it's just great, and she allows you to come up with your own blends! I tried this, and while it was strange, I sort of liked it. It was strong, too! On cold sniff, 6/10, while warming, 6.5/10. The throw was a 7.5/10, for a total of 6.75/10, slightly rounded up. I would repurchase this, but with pink sugar next time (SUGAR MINT SERENDIPITY FTW), since that's my favorite scent from TSP.

Forgot to show you the cute design I got on my box from Candles from the Keeping Room! LOVE IT!

Sunday morning we melted Faith, Hope and Love from Rosegirls. Josh picked this one, and while he loved it, I just couldn't get into it. Something in here didn't agree with me; it smelled like grape and bubbly and something floral. I didn't like it, and even he agreed that on warm throw, something changed in the composition of this tart (DAVID). On cold sniff, 5.5/10, while warming, 4/10. The throw was insanely strong, 8/10, for a total of 5.5/10, slightly rounded down. I wouldn't get this again, and I only melted it an hour, though it would have gone on all day, I'm sure.

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That's all for the weekend, after we tossed the Rosegirls chunk, there wasn't much else because it was Josh's birthday. Anyways, have a fabulous weekend, my waxy friends, and happy melting! :)