Sunday, March 2, 2014

Collective January and Early February Hauls

It's the same old story. I find myself with ambitions of regularly updating this blog, but life always seems to get in the way. I took these pictures weeks ago with intentions of doing full reviews and scent descriptions for each vendor haul, but I have found it nearly impossible to find time to do that these days. I do miss being able to blog on the regular, but life has been very kind to me so I can't complain. 

I'm up to my eyeballs in wax again. Our house is about to be under construction, so I need to get the wax down to a reasonable size so I can transport it easily from room to room while things are being redone. Expect some majorly major destashes/RAOKS/giveaways/etc. from me soon. 

I've decided to share the rest of the pictures of my January hauls in this one post. Yes, I realize that it's March and I'm still trying to get my January hauls up here. So I'm a bit late. I won't be doing full scent descriptions/cold sniff reviews for each product I've purchased anymore (at least for these type of posts) so please let me know if something catches your eye and you'd like to hear more about it! I did place a few orders from new vendors which will be featured in "New Vendor Spotlight" posts, which will be more comprehensive than these types of haul posts.

Another goal: melted reviews! One day my friends. One day.

January theme: BUBBLE GUM! I became slightly obsessed with bubble gum scents this month, you may notice as such in my scent choices. Also, sping/summer/fruity scents!

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TIFFANY CANDLES



Cuttable Hearts in: Pink Sugar and Tinsel; Serendipity, Banana and Bubble Gum
Loaf in: Melon Ball Fizz and Raspberry Lemonade chunks with Pink Marshmallow overpour (amazing!)

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 DAPHNE'S DIVINE


Squares in: Loopy Mallow Pistachio (incredible!!!); Celtic Moonspice Birthday Cake
Gingerbread men in: Candied Watermelon Bubblegum
Freebie squares in: Pink Blueberry Pumpkin ZB


Macaron in: Pink Bubblegum
Chunkster muffins in: California Dreamin, Loopy ICSB, Raspberry OJ Cake Rainbow
Square small chunks in: Dieter's Dilemma

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RAINBOW MELTS



Chunky RTS brittle in: Tutti Fruity, Wildberry Mousse and Cotton Candy (to die for!!!)
Freebies in: Gooey Caramel Cider (bangin'!) and Sweet Bubbles


Cookie in: Strawberry Crunch Berries (yum!)
Bundts in: Blueberry Butter Brickle Bread (do. not. like)
Teddies in: Pomegranate Lemonade and Watermelon Punch Cotton Candy Frosting

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FRONT PORCH


4-packs in: Chocolate Raspberry Truffle, Margarita Marshmallow Noel (best margarita scent ever!), Choco Banana Mallow Cake (meh), Double Bubble Gum, Marshmallow Bubble Gum, Tart & Sweet Bubble Gum



Crapload of singles in: Apricot VBF, Lemon Mallow Rose Ice Cream (so good!), Banana Mallow Bread (also fantastic), Peanut Butter and Banana Cream Cake, Cream Filled Cake Bread, Cucumber Melon Mint, Hawaiian Sun Tan Lotion, Lemon Margarita (fave!), Pink Loving Dare, Moonspice Marshmallow Bread, Apricot Serendipity, Black Raspberry Coffee Cake, Amaretto Jubliee Cherry Ice Cream, Raspberry Blackberry Jam Butter Cookies (have decided I don't like FP raspberry anymore), Gummy Fish Candy Bubble Gum, Honeydew Lemon Serendipity, Coffee Marshmallow Noel.


Chunky muffin in: Cotton Candy/Cucumber Melon

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SUGAR SCOOPS


Chunk bags in: Edible Bouquet (awesome!) and Candy Shoppe

 Individual chunks in: Blueberry Snow (must. have. more), Breakfast Wake Me Up, Sweet Tooth (has no scent whatsoever), Pomegranate Parfait, Rainbow Wafer.


More individual chunks in: Gingerbread House (strange yet delish combo of jelly beans and gingerbread), Chocolate Fondue Bar, Mocha Madness, Chocolate Covered Banana (so delish) and Pumpkin Pie a la Mode.

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SUGAR AND SPICE 
(this was an RTS haul)

 Freebies in: Mystery cup, Mystery brittle (usually impressed with S&S freebies but these are not to my liking)
Cups in: Pineapple Honeydew Fluff (yum!!), Marshmallow Love Spell, Vitamin C, Strawberry B-day Cake Cotton Candy Fluff, Peach Strawberry Cream Cake, Kiwi (smells perfumey)


More cups in: Wildberry Zucchini Noel, Marshmallow Cake & Ice Cream Waffle Cone, Cotton Candy Marshmallow Cake and Ice Cream, Peanut Butter Crunch (smells off), Pine Peppermint Marshmallow Cake, Marshmallow Vanilla Butter Cake & Ice Cream ZB Noel, Peppermint Brickle, Eggnog Zucchini Bread and Pink Marshmallow Cake.

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UP THE CREEK SCENTS


4-packs in: Jelly Donut Sugar Cookies, Jelly Donut Butter Cookies (yum), Pink Confetti Cake, Bubble Gum Cotton Candy, Pink Sugared Bubblegum Beans, Banana Sugar Cookies (so good!!), Coffee Bean Noel


More 4-packs in: Spearmint Peppermint Twist (no eucalyptus note, love it!), Cotton Candy Sugar Beans, Blueberry Fruity Loop Marshmallows, Blue Moon, Lemon Pomegranate Noel (fantastic!) and Candy Crush.


Custom loaves in: Pina Colada/Serendipity/Bubble Gum (incredible!!) and Jelly Donut Marshmallow Zucchini Noel.
Chunks in: Blue Pink Pomegranate Fruit Punch and Strawberry Pudding Vanilla Butter Fudge
Freebies in: Confetti Cake, Jelly Donut Butter Cookies, Blackberry Jam Butter Cookies and Pink Sugared Bubblegum Beans.

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CANDLE LAB
Candle Lab is an amazing store in Columbus, Ohio where you can blend and pour your own candles and tarts! We visit Columbus quite often but never have taken the time to make our own blends. We stayed in Columbus for my birthday and made sure we had enough time to make our own this time! It was so much fun and I cannot wait to go back!



The loot!



Our blending worksheets! I vetoed my hubby's blend of pineapple/mango/guava because BBW has a similar Pineapple Mango candle but I was definitely impressed with his blending skills! (Please excuse the oily prints on mine, I kept referring back to my list as I was blending my oils)



Giant custom blended clamshells in: Black Cherry/Watermelon/Pomegranate, Dark Chocolate/Coffee Bean/Whipped Cream and Coconut/Pineapple/Brown Sugar (all are incredible!)



Custom blended candle in: Morning Dew/Hyacinth/Verbena (so fresh and spring-y!)

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BATH AND BODY WORKS TEST STORE HAUL
This was another stop on our Columbus trip.



Minis in: Pink Bubblegum, Raspberry Peach Macaron x2 (to die for!)
3-wicks in: Pomelo Grapefruit (incredible), Pineapple Palm Grass, Road to Kona, Havana Heat, Pink Petal Tea Cake and Lavender Marshmallow (amazing!!)

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That's all for now! Thanks for stopping by and hope you all have a fantastic week <3



16 comments:

  1. Overload of awesomeness! I have been looking forward to your custom candle blending! The pineapple one sounds like it might smell like pineapple upside down cake. Mmm! It sounds like a cool experience! So many new to me vendors. I love the baker's twine on the sugar scoops bags. Really cute. I hope your home renovations go smoothly and quickly while still being high quality. We are getting new flooring in a few months and I am so excited! Our carpet is 10 years old :-/ yuck. Happy melting!

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    1. Hi Julie! I'm so glad you enjoyed the Candle Lab section! It really was a blast and a half mixing my own scents! The pineapple/coconut/brown sugar one definitely has a certain bakery quality about it. I'm definitely planning another weekend one of these days to go down there again and do some more blends =) Isn't the twine on the Sugar Scoops bags so cute? It comes on the individual chunks too! Thank you for the well wishes on our home renovation, we'll need it! Having been through it once already in our old house I know what a pain it will be =) So exciting about getting new flooring! Nothing like ripping up some old carpet to help you feel fresh and new again =) Have a great week Julie and thanks for reading <3

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  2. Wow, awesome hauls! Those Tiffanys and Daphnes look so good!

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    1. Hi Michelle! Thanks so much for stopping by, I'm really enjoying reading your new blog! I'm excited to start melting through both of those orders! I haven't had a whole lot of luck with Tiffany's scoopables or their scallops but I love their scents and Tiffany is a sweetheart so I'm hoping the loaves/cuttable hearts work for me! Have a great week!

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    2. Thank you, Jacqui! I am really loving working on it.

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  3. I got so excited when I saw your Bath and Body Works candles! I guess I forgot to read that they're from a test store. Anyway, Pink Bubblegum, Lavender Marshmallow, and Pink Petal Tea Cake sound amazing! I'm sure they smell wonderful. Maybe one day we'll see these scents make it in the actual stores? I can only hope.

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    1. Hi Melissa! It's been so long since we've chatted, I hope you are well =) Those 3 scents you mentioned seem like they are not going to make wide release, unfortunately. However, I believe the website was offering Pink Bubblegum in the minis and mason jars so you can get the smaller sizes online! I know sometimes the test scents will reappear the year after their test release, for example Sweater Weather was a test scent in 2012 but was released wide in 2013 so there's always hope! Thanks for stopping by, have a great week <3

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  4. Awesome hauls! The Rainbow Melts look nice - I have been trying to score an order with Crystal. Will be on the look out for those destashes :)

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    1. Hi Crissy, thank you so much for stopping by!! I am wildly impressed by Rainbow Melts. Crystal has a great nose for blending and her wax is very high quality. I melted some of the Tutti Fruity/Wildberry Mousse/Cotton Candy brittle this weekend and it lasted over 36 hours. Amazing!! Hope you can catch her sometime, she tends to add RTS stock in small increments as she makes things so definitely check out the site a few times a week! Hope you have a great week!

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  5. Such gorgeous photos Jacqui! Love, love, love them, especially that first Tiffany's photo. How pretty are those chunks from Sugar Scoops! I hope they perform as great as they look. Excited for your melted review of those.
    I'm a bit disenchanted with B&BW candles now but the lavender marshmallow definitely caught my eye. I might have to be un-mad (raising prices w/o improving quality) at them just long enough to buy a couple of those.
    The Candle Lab's packaging is eye catching, as is the simplicity of their clamshells.
    I'm so excited for your house renovations --I can't be the only one that wants a house tour post when it's completed!
    Have a great week my friend!

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    1. Hi Sunnee, thanks for stopping by girl! I am really excited about my Sugar Scoops things, I've melted a few chunks before and got excellent throw! She does use a softer wax so I get the best results in lower wattage warmers. I know what you mean about the BBW candles, I haven't bought too many lately especially with the price increase, but since we were going to be by the test store I had to go! Lavender Marshmallow is wonderful, I really hope it releases wide at some point so I can get more of that scent. I'm loving The Candle Lab's packaging too, they are almost cured and I'm anticipating melting them soon =) LOL it may be a few years before everything is complete but I'm sure I'll post pictures somewhere as things are moving along. Hope you have a great week too <3

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  6. Oh boy I was AMPED to see this post lol. I got home tonight after a real dumpster fire of a day and all I was hoping for was a waxy package or two on my doorstep. Nada. Zip. Zilch. But reading this post was like getting a stack of wax!! Such great pics and so.many.amazing.hauls. I recently ordered a ton of RTS stuff from Rainbow Melts and now I'm even more excited to get those orders :) Thanks for brightening my night!!

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    1. Hi Mel, sorry to hear you had such a craptastic day! Glad my post could cheer you up a bit, there's nothing like some wax p0rn to put you in a good mood! I am basically obsessed with Rainbow Melts at this point, her stuff is fantastic! I'm waiting on a small custom order and then I'm on the custom order list and I will definitely be making that one a biggie =) Thanks for the compliments on my pics and thanks so much for stopping by <3 <3

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  7. OMG I'M DROOLING GUUUUUUUUURL! I haven't seen a lot of those b&bw candles yet, let the hunt begin! GREAT hauls! I love these kinds of posts! I've been loving bubblegum scents too lately! It was SO CUTE seeing yours and Remy's sheets for blending; what an awesome concept and idea that is! LOVE THIS POST!!!!!

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    1. Heyyy Dana, thanks for stopping by girl <3 Of the BBW candles I bought, only the Pineapple Palm Grass, Pomelo Grapefruit and Rapsberry Peach Macaron were released wide, the rest I believe are scents that are exclusive to the 2 test stores in the US. Hopefully some of them do get released eventually though because they are all fab! Bubble gum is my lover right now, I can't get enough!! Lol I'm glad you loved seeing our blending sheets! We had so much fun doing it, I just wish it was closer because I would be going ALL THE TIME! Maybe it's best that it is a couple hours away actually lol. Thanks for reading <3

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  8. What a FUN post. I enjoyed so much looking through all the photos. I haven't yet tried several of these vendors. Some are on my wish list, and others I am probably going to add to my wish list now. LOL! :)

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