Weekly Wax Meltdown #6 - 3/3/2013 to 3/23/2013

Hi everyone! I'm baaaaaaaaaaack!! DID YA MISS ME?! I actually got back from vacation last Sunday but I needed the whole week to recover. Well, that and I've been super busy with school for the past week (a.k.a le suck fest). Also, my husband and I got to hang out with Dana from Dana's Little Wax Blog and her fiance Jeff and we exchanged a lot of wax and drank a lot of booze. Definitely the highlight of my week! Now that things are finally getting back to normal, I'm here to share with you all my melted wax reviews for the past few weeks or so. I'm glad to be back!

Here we go!

• Sniff My Tarts Lemon Bundt Cake Fudge - This was the first thing I melted from my SMT Facebook lot and it was pretty good. Pretty good. Not amazing. This particular scent is a blend of Lemon Bundt Cake and Vanilla Butter Fudge. I melted a few smaller chunks that had crumbled apart, probably about 2 ounces total. I definitely got a background of the lemon bundt cake but the predominant scent that I picked up on was a very buttery vanilla, almost like buttered popcorn without the popcorn note. It was nice, but not my favorite. The throw was medium, lasted about 6 hours in a 24 watt hotplate warmer. This is the second thing I've melted from SMT and while the first thing blew my socks off, this was less than thrilling for me. For how coveted these tarts are, I was expecting better. But again, it wasn't bad, just not a favorite. I like this one much better on cold throw than warmed because cold I can only smell the lemon bundt cake.
• Rosegirls Beach Vacation - LONGEST LASTING TART EVER. For real. I have been melting a chunk of this one for a week on and off in my 24 watt hotplate in my bedroom (I have a huge bedroom) and this sucker just will not die. The first time I melted it on Tuesday for over 24 hours straight, and each subsequent day for about 8-12 hours each time. This STILL has scent left in it. I am in awe of this tart. Oh yeah, what does it smell like? It's a blend of coconut suntan lotion and Pink Sugar, though I mostly only smell the coconut scent. That's okay though because it's simply amazing. I need a bag in this scent next time I order for sure. Maybe even a giant pie! Hell, I'll take a whole truckload. 
• Rosegirls Florida Key Lime Pie, Serendipity and Vanilla Ice Cream - This one, however, was pretty underwhelming. On cold sniff, the notes smelled awesome together but I didn't get much throw when I warmed it. Light to medium throw at best. Granted, it could have been the warmer I was using which was a 25-watt lightbulb warmer. I have one chunk of this left after giving away a few so I will definitely be melting the last one in a 24-watt hotplate to see if it throws better. It's funny how you can get two things from the same vendor and have them perform completely differently from the other. Just goes to show that sometimes even the best vendors will have some duds. It's all trial and error. 

• Combo #1:  Pics, Petals & Scents Pumpkin Pie Spice and Tiffany Candles Cheesecake - I cleaned out my wax drawers a bit this week and I found a single Tiffany's Cheesecake tart in the old wax at the bottom of one of my drawer and I figured I should use it up. I didn't get a strong throw from this scent in the old wax so I knew one tart wasn't going to cut it, so I decided to blend it with a cube of PPS Pumpkin Pie Spice. It was a very yummy blend, but the Pumpkin Pie Spice scent dominated the cheesecake after a few short hours and all I smelled after that was pumpkin pie spices. No pumpkin, no cheesecake, just spice. I didn't mind the after scent but I wish the other notes would have lasted longer. Medium to strong throw in my 18-watt hotplate. Lasted about 4 hours.
• Combo #2: ScentSationals Lemon Chiffon and Cupcake - One cube of each of these in my 18-watt hotplate threw like crazy! If you've never smelled Lemon Chiffon, it pretty much smells like other vendors' Fruit Loops scents. Very strong and fruity, and that cupcake toned it down a bit and added some creaminess to the blend. Strong throw. Lasted about 8 hours. This blend is a classic, I'll do it over and over and over again. You just can't beat the throw and price of these ScentSationals clamshells!

• Febreeze White Peach - This is from a new line of wax melts available at Wal-Mart. Most of the scents in the line are clean, fresh, febreeze-y type scents but there's a few fruity and foody ones as well. This one is one of my favorites of the bunch, it's a nice juicy peach scent with a distinct floral undertone. Very nice! Medium to strong scent throw in my 24-watt warmer. 2 cubes lasted about 6 hours. 
• Scentsy Lucky in Love - I've had 2 cubes of this laying around forever so I decided to just use it up. This is a dupe for Victoria's Secret Love Spell, which is a sweet, candy-like fruity floral scent. Very pretty but a bit overdone for me. Medium scent throw in a 24-watt hotplate warmer. Lasted about 4 hours, but these are meant to be used in lightbulb warmers so I'm sure they would have lasted a lot longer had a I used a proper warmer. Oh well!
• ScentSationals Chillaxin - Again, I had 2 cubes of this left so I wanted to use it up. It is a eucalyptus mint scent. I'm always going back and forth on Eucalyptus Mint scents, I like them and then I hate them. This week, I hate them. This was too cloying and masculine for me. It smells like a very strong cologne. Super strong scent throw, but I turned it off after about 30 minutes because I couldn't stand it any longer. 
• Yankee Lemon Lavender -  I feel like Yankee gets a bad rap in the wax community because I always have great luck with them in my tealight warmers. This is a classic Yankee scent, a nice blend of tart lemon with herbal lavender. Strong scent throw. Lasted about 8 hours. Would definitely repurchase!
• Scentsy Thunderstorm - Yet another clamshell I had lying around with only 2 cubes left. This used to be one of my favorite Scentsy fragrances, a nice, ozonic scent with a hint of a masculine undertone. I still really like this one but I don't think it's a favorite anymore. Medium throw in a 24-watt hotplate. Lasted about 6 hours. 
• Better Homes and Gardens Candied Caramel Apple - This was another attempt to use up another clamshell but I didn't quite get around to it, as I only melted one cube of this one because it was so strong! Very nice and authentic caramel apple scent. You get both the caramel and the apple here. Strong scent throw in a 24-watt hotplate. Lasted about 6 hours. 

• Country Home Scent Holiday Eggnog - In my attempt to use up some older stuff this week, I used up the rest of my CHS tarts. I was so bummed when CHS went out of business because I loved their stuff. But, the packaging they used was not cello and was bound to suck the scent out after awhile so I figured their days were numbered at this point. Holiday Eggnog was a nice, spicy eggnog scent. It was a medium to strong throw, lasted about 6 hours. I'm not sure I'm a huge fan of eggnog scents but this one wasn't bad.
• Country Home Scent Gingerbread House - This one was phenomenal!! It was a sweet gingerbread scent, very similar to a lot of donut shop or cinnamon donut scents from other vendors. This was super duper strong, but only lasted about 4 hours in my 24-watt hotplate. I probably should have melted these in a lightbulb warmer since they were such a soft wax, but I only have my hotplates out right now so that's where they got melted. I have the Gingerbread House scent from a few other vendors and they smell the same as this one off of cold sniff so I hope they perform as well!
• Country Home Scent Gingerbread Brulee - This one was more of a true gingerbread scent with a bit of a burnt sugar undertone. It was good, but not nearly as awesome as Gingerbread House. Medium to strong scent throw. Lasted about 6 hours on my 18-watt hotplate. 
• Country Home Scent Tinsel - This is a favorite scent of mine from any vendor, and CHS's version did not disappoint! Tinsel is a blend of fruits (strawberry and pomegranate) and peppermint. If you've never smelled Tinsel before, you must! It's marketed as a holiday scent but I think it could definitely work all year round. Just a nice, fresh fruity scent with a kick from the peppermint. Love!

• Lil' Kitchen Candles Strawberry Banana Smoothie/Orange Dreamsicle - This is a custom blend of mine. It just didn't blow me away. I started out with 2 giant cubes but got no scent throw so I threw in two more and was finally able to get a medium scent throw from it. I got mostly a strawberry note, no banana and no orange dreamsicle. Honestly, I am not at all impressed with LKC from what I've melted so far. It seems to be one of those newer vendors that just got a lot of hype and is not living up to my expectations. I've heard of other people having issues with her stuff lately as well. I don't think I will be placing another order with this vendor. 
• Lil' Kitchen Candles Circus - Last time I melted this, I got absolutely no scent throw from 4 of the little lego tarts so I just threw the last 6 in, hoping I would get something from it. The scent is a blend of orange dreamsicle, banana smoothie and cotton candy. It did have a light throw, but the scent was extremely unpleasant. I don't know, maybe it's her orange dreamsicle oil that is throwing off a lot of these blends. It is, undoubtedly, the worst orange dreamsicle scent I've ever smelled. It smells like plastic. In addition, her clamshells have a strong plastic scent to them as well. No go for me. 
• BeauxSavonsFrais Pink Cherry Sugar Cookie - Now here's a newer vendor that I actually had a good experience with! This was a blend of Pink Sugar and Cherry Sugar Cookie. I couldn't really smell any Pink Sugar in this, but the cherry sugar cookie scent was very strong and long lasting! The cherry was sweet, not medicinal like some cherry scents can be, and the sugar cookie added a nice crunchy note to the blend. Lasted over 12 hours in my 18-watt hotplate. I can't wait to melt more of my things from this vendor! 

• Lasting Scent Candles Wildberry Mousse - This was from my very first LSC haul back in October so I figured it was time to use it up! This smells like every other Wildberry Mousse scent I've smelled, very sweet and creamy berries with a slight bakery undertone. It was good but I prefer Wildberry Mousse blended with other notes, I think. Strong throw. Lasted about 6 hours in my 18-watt hotplate warmer.
• Lasting Scent Candles Honey Vanilla Pound Cake - This was another one from my first ever LSC order that needed to be used up. It was a nice vanilla cake scent with a hint of a butterscotch undertone. It was about a medium scent throw, which is to be expected for most plain vanilla scents. Lasted about 6 hours in my 24-watt hotplate.
• Lasting Scent Candles Peppermint Marshmallow Snow - This blend of marshmallow and peppermint is a favorite scent of mine, but for some reason it was a bit weaker this time around than I had remembered. Last time I melted one of these, the throw was very strong. This time it was only about medium in my 24-watt hotplate. Perhaps my nose was having an off day. I still have a few of these left so I'll try another one in a few weeks to see how it does. 
• Victoria's Designer Creations Cotton Candy Milkshake - There has been a lot of talk lately about how VDC isn't performing well for people so I wanted to try a few of mine this week and see how they did. This one smelled absolutely amazing off of cold sniff, very strong and a true cotton candy scent. It's a very sweet cotton candy scent (think Parfums de Coeur Cotton Candy body spray) mixed with a bit of a sweet, milky note. Warmed, it was a medium throw in my tealight warmer and only lasted about 4 hours. However, I loved the scent so much that I went and ordered a whole loaf of it! Yes, a whole loaf. This was my first loaf purchase ever, and probably my last. I don't normally see the need for a whole 2 pound chunk of wax, but I figured since this is a lighter scent, I can use as much as possible when I want to melt it. 
• Victoria's Designer Creations Pumpkin Muffin - This one, however, had absolutely no scent throw while melting. I'm not sure how old this was, as the person I got it from got it from a destash, but it smelled yummy off of cold throw so I was hoping it would be good warmed as well. Cold, it was a nice pumpkin bakery scent with a hint of spice. While it was melted, I could only smell a faint hint of spice while hovering over the warmer. I have a small order coming from her with the loaf and will be participating in a RR with some of her products, so I will try some of those before I come to a final conclusion about her stuff. Her wax is just so darn pretty so I'm trying really hard to like it. 
• Can-Do-Candles Sugar Butt - This was a really nice sweet, buttercream frosting scent. It had a strong scent throw which is unheard of for buttercream-type scents but it only lasted about 4 hours. Still, based on scent throw alone, I'd definitely repurchase this scent.

• Beezy Tarts Sweet Potato and Brown Sugar - This is another favorite scent of mine, and Beezy's is another favorite vendor. If only he had more scents, he may even be my #1 vendor! Anyways, this is such an awesome scent of an almost savory sweet potato note mixed with brown sugar and spices. It's such an authentic scent, I've never smelled another sweet potato scent that was more true to life than this one. Strong scent throw in my 24-watt hotplate warmer. Lasted 12+ hours. I have quite a few of these left but I think this will be the last one I melt before fall. I have a few other sweet potato scents I'd like to try out before then.
• Orchid Lakes Grapefruit Blackberry - This was a nice fruity scent. The tartness of the grapefruit blended really well with the floral-sweet blackberry note. Medium to strong scent throw in a 24 watt warmer. I have to say though, I'm not sure I'm a huge fan of Orchid Lake these days. Even with these mega 2 oz. tart cups, I'm not getting as strong a throw as I'd like with them. I got an order in from them the other day and most of the things that I ordered had a VERY weak cold throw, and that is after almost 2 weeks curing. I do like this particular scent but I think I'm going to try to find this scent from another vendor because I don't see myself ordering from OLC again, unfortunately. 
• Skinny Dip Soaps Blueberry Cobbler - This could have been a nice blueberry bakery scent, but had a hint of that sharpness that some blueberry scents have that I do not care for. I melted this in a tealight warmer and it did have a strong throw but the scent wasn't really speaking to me. This is another company that I don't see myself ordering from again, I wasn't overly impressed with my order. I know a lot of other people like this vendor though, as everyone's nose and preferences are different! 
• Blues City Candles Pink Vanilla Buttercream - I got this tart out of a Round Robin so I'm not quite sure how old it was. The tart cup was in pretty bad shape, cracked and nearly falling apart so I was nervous that some scent had escaped. I was pleasantly surprised that I got a nice medium throw from this tart, which is good for this type of scent. Lasted about 8 hours. I smelled mostly Pink Sugar in this but I definitely got a fair amount of the buttercream note in here as well. I have heard very mixed reviews on this company but I am eager to try more from them. 
• Granny's Kountry Candles Changing Seasons - This was another tart that was pretty much on its last legs. The oils had seeped into the cup so much that the cup was basically fused onto the tart! I had to peel back the cup, it had become extremely soft. However, none of the scent was sucked out of this one because it was SUPER STRONG! Because this is a seasonal scent, I couldn't find an official scent description but to me it smelled like a mix of Scentsy's Honey Pear Cider mixed with a spiced apple scent. It was awesome! I will for sure be buying this again if she carries it again for the fall. Strong scent throw in my 24-watt warmer. Lasted over 12 hours. 
• Sweet Fixations Blue Hawaii - In case you haven't heard, Blue Hawaii is the new Serendipity ;-D. Blue Hawaii is another cherry-coconut-citrus tropical scent, but it is much heavier on the coconut than any Serendipity scent that I've smelled. I can't wait to start doing blends with this scent! It had a medium scent throw, and although I was hoping for a stronger scent, it was still awesome. I am going to try Blue Hawaiian from a few more vendors to see which one is strongest for me. This will be a summer staple in my house for sure! 

• Candles from the Keeping Room Sugar Milk and Cookies - OMG this one was so awesome! I now see what the hype is all about! I didn't get too much off of cold throw with this one but it was phenomenal when melting. It is a blend of sugar milk and CFTKR's famous sugar cookie scent. I smell both notes when melting, and that milk note adds a richness to the cookie scent that sets this one apart from every other cookie scent I've smelled. So good. Medium to strong scent throw in a 24-watt hotplate warmer. Lasted about 8 hours. I have a bag of this one coming from Shelby and I'm so excited to melt more of this scent!
• CFTKR Holiday Treats - This one, however, was a bit underwhelming for me. It is supposed to be a Vanilla Bean Noel cookie kind of scent. When melting, it to me smelled just like a generic sweet scent, I couldn't pick out any cookie or bakery notes. It was just meh for me. Light to medium scent throw in a 24-watt hotplate. Lasted about 6 hours. Meh. 
• CFTKR Sea Island Grapefruit - This is a great, fresh grapefruit scent. It has a slight ozonic undertone to it, and that sets it apart from most other grapefruit scents on the market. I would classify this scent as more of a fresh scent as opposed to a fruity scent. It had a medium to strong scent throw in my 24-watt hotplate warmer. I'm not sure if I'd order it again but it was nice. 
• CFTKR Wildberry Mousse Indian Bread - I was really excited about this one because the Indian Bread note smelled like sugar corn pudding to me. Unfortunately, as much as I love sugar corn pudding scents on cold sniff, I'm beginning to realize that I just don't like them when they are warmed. Even the wildberry mousse note in here couldn't save it for me. It had a strong scent throw, but I dumped it out after about an hour when I just couldn't stand it anymore. I think I will be purging the rest of my sugar corn pudding/indian bread tarts from my stash. 
• Front Porch Cotton Candy Cookies - Last time I melted this, the throw wasn't as strong as I had liked so I threw in 2 grubby tarts in my 24-watt hotplate to ensure a strong throw. WOAH MAMA, this was incredible! I don't know what my deal was last time but this was SUPER STRONG! Cotton Candy scents are pretty iffy sometimes but I am so glad to have found a strong one. It lasted for well over 12 hours, and I could even smell it the next morning after turning it off before going to bed the night before. I'm going to need a big honkin' jar of the scoopable wax in this scent FO SHO!
• Front Porch Cake Shoppe - This was a scent that I got in my very first FP order so I figured I should just melt it! Do you see a theme with me using stuff up this week? Haha anyways, this was just okay. It was just a super sweet vanilla cake scent with a slight hint of chocolate. I always hear such good things about this scent, so I'm not sure if the age of the tart had something to do with it but it just wasn't anything special for me. Medium scent throw in an 18-watt hotplate. Lasted about 6 hours.
• CFTKR Peppermint Meringue - I got this little guy in a gift from Shelby, and Dana requested that I melt this one when she was over the other day. It was a very nice sweet peppermint scent. Nothing that blew me away but it was very good. Strong scent throw, lasted about 8 hours.

• Haley's Heavenly Scents Whipped Peaches and Cream - I was so excited to melt this one, as it was my absolute favorite peach scent off of cold sniff that I had ever smelled! Sadly, it just wasn't as strong as I had liked when melting. I had to use 2 of these tarts to get a medium scent throw off of this one. Super bummed because I thought I had found my perfect peach scent! The sweetness that I was picking up on cold throw turned into a weird, almost buttery note when melting. Not sure if my nose was off that day but I'm definitely going to have to give this one another try. Medium throw. Lasted about 4 hours. 
• Haley's Heavenly Scents Americana - Now this was an awesome scent!! It is a blend of strawberry, vanilla and Blue Sugar. Not very many vendors do Blue Sugar blends so I was pleasantly surprised to come across this scent. I melted one scalloped tart in a tealight warmer and got a super strong throw. I think next time I'll blend this with a strawberry scent to bring out the strawberry a bit more. 
• Tiffany Candles Winter Dreams - I was trying desperately to use these last 4 heart tarts up this week but I couldn't do it. I'm so sick of this scent! When Christmas rolled around, I wasn't sure if they would be discontinuing this scents so I bought a whole jar of tarts and a 12-pack refill. Of course, they didn't discontinue it so there was no need for me to do that haha. Anyways, Winter Dreams is a really nice fruity-mulberry-spicy-pine scent. Really great for the holidays. I hope I haven't overdone it on this scent because I'd like to be able to melt it again this year around the holidays. Strong scent throw from 2 heart tarts. Lasted about 6 hours.
• Tiffany Candles Lemon Poppyseed - Amaaaaaaaaazing. Amazing. Such a great bakery lemon scent, no pledge notes here. Used the whole scent shot in a tealight warmer and it lasted through about 4 tealights. Love this one, always a repurch!

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WHEW! That was a lot! I will definitely now be back to doing these posts every week so they don't build up like this! I'll be seeing you guys all week with lots of haul and review posts. See you all soon and thanks for stopping by <3

Weekly Wax Meltdown #5 - 2/17/13 to 3/2/13

Hey everyone! I'm back here with another edition of my Weekly Wax Meltdown! 

As you may notice from the dates, this is actually two weeks worth of melts. I took a few days off from melting last week and I've been pretty busy these past few weeks so I just haven't been melting as much in general. I need to up my game this week! Also, ever since taking a few days off from melting, I am finding that I can smell things much better and the scents seem to be lasting much longer for me. Anyways, I am leaving for vacation this Friday so this will probably be my last weekly melt post for the next few weeks. 

Also, I am going to change the way I do these posts. Before, I would separate the different aspects of my review for each scent and it was just taking too much time. So, I'm just going to keep it simple and just do all parts of my review in one blurb. Also, I am no longer going to link to each vendor's site in my reviews. I plan on compiling a list of vendors, their abbreviations and their websites very soon and I will link it at the top of the page. I really did like the system that I was using and it was nice and organized, but again, just too time consuming. Maybe I'll switch back to that format later on down the road but for now, I need to try to keep things a bit more concise. 

I once again didn't melt any candles. I really need to start melting through my candles, I am going to make that a goal for when I get back from vacation! In fact, I think I am going to start a project wax. More on that later.

Here's what I melted these past two weeks:

• Combo #1 - ScentSationals Raspberry Fizz and Front Porch Pink Sugar Marshmallow - This was such an amazing combo! Shoutout to my friend Dana over at Dana's Little Wax Blog (check out her blog, she just started it this week) for picking up this Scentsationals for me! Raspberry Fizz is a super sweet and effervescent raspberry scent. It smells like raspberry pop! The FP Pink Sugar Marshmallow added a nice sweetness to the Raspberry Fizz and they really worked well together! The Raspberry Fizz was still the dominant scent but the FP was definitely there. Strong scent throw on this combo. Used 1 cube of the ScentSationals and 1 FP tart in a 24-watt hotplate warmer. Lasted 12+ hours. Scentsationals and FP are two vendors that never let me down in terms of scent throw and longevity. Good stuff!

• Combo #2 - Candles from the Keeping Room Wildberry Mousse Noel and Beezy Tarts Pistachio Pudding Cake - I have been seeing a lot about this combo from various youtubers and I wanted to try it for myself. I used a full scent shot of the Beezy's and one CFTKR tart. It was a really nice combo but the Pistachio Pudding Cake definitely overpowered the Wildberry Mousse Noel scent. Together, the sweet berry scent really went well with the pistachio pudding cake scent but I wish I would have smelled more of the wildberry. I am going to try this again but next time, I will only use half of a scent shot of the Pistachio Pudding Cake. Strong throw together. Lasted about 8 hours.

• ScentSationals Coffee Cake Swirl - Yet another gift from the lovely Dana! This is a new scent for spring 2013 and I was having a hard time finding it here so Dana hooked me up.This scent is absolutely phenomenal, I don't know how I've lived without it this long. It is one of the most perfect cinnamon bakery scents I have ever had the pleasure of smelling. I can smell notes of flaky pastry as well as some sort of cake scent, and then a sweet frosting and a true cinnamon scent. No coffee notes here! Just the glorious scent of spiced coffee cake. Used 1 cube in a 24-watt hotplate. Strong throw. Lasted about 8 hours. Would repurchase this one again and again!
• Better Homes and Gardens Butterscotch Maple Cream - Whoa mama is this one strong!! It's definitely a super sweet butterscotch and maple scent. I can smell both notes in here. I used one cube in an 18-watt hotplate and it just about knocked me over all the way in a different room. Next time I melt this one I'll probably add some sort of vanilla scent to tone it down. If you're looking for something super sweet that will knock your socks off scent-wise, this is the tart for you!
• The Kissing Booth After Church: The Little Ones - I am not exactly the hugest Kissing Booth fan these days but I am pleasantly surprised by this one. The scent is a blend of frosted graham crackers and fruit punch, inspired by the owner's favorite after church snack as a child. This is such a yummy blend. The fruit punch note is tempered by the creamy graham cracker scent and together, it's a creamy-fruity-crackery-cookie blend. I honestly don't know that I will be ordering from this vendor again so I will have to ration what is left of this scent! Used 2 cubes in an 18-watt hotplate warmer. Medium-to-strong scent throw. Lasted about 6 hours.

• Sweet Fixations Banana Caramel Pound Cake - I did a lot of SF these past few weeks. Good stuff! Banana Caramel Pound Cake is probably my favorite banana-caramel-bakery scent ever. It has a true, ripe banana note, a strong caramel note, a slight nutty note and then an awesome cake note underneath it all. Most Banana Caramel Cupcake scents I've smelled are super heavy on the caramel but this is an even blend of all the notes. Amazing! I have a huge stash of these tarts and I've been passing them on in a lot of swaps and round robins lately so people get a chance to experience the awesomeness. 1 scent shot in an 18-watt hotplate warmer. Strong throw. Lasted 12+ hours. So awesome.
• Sweet Fixations Banana Cream - This one was pretty good, but not a favorite. I don't think I like the combination of banana with Pink Sugar, they smell kind of odd together. The Pink Sugar was the dominant note here but the banana is prominent as well. 1 scent shot in an 18-watt hotplate warmer. Medium-to-strong throw. Lasted about 8 hours. Not a repurchase.
• Sweet Fixations Georgia Peach - This is the perfect straight up peach scent. No perfume-y notes, nothing artificial. Just a nice, juicy peach scent. I need to get a few more of these. I think this would be great for blending too! Strong scent throw in a 24-watt warmer. Lasted about 12 hours. Love this one!
• Sweet Fixations Watermelon - Another great straight-up fruit scent. This one is a sweet watermelon scent, without the candied note that a lot of watermelon scents tend to have. Just sweet and juicy watermelon. Definitely one of the more authentic watermelon scents I've smelled. If only it were a bit stronger, it would be perfect. Medium scent throw in an 18-watt hotplate warmer. Lasted about 6 hours.
• Sweet Fixations Sinus Relief - This is a Vick's Vap-o-Rub scent. It has a strong herbal menthol note and that's about it. I'm finding that with the couple vendors' sinus relief tarts I've tried, they're not quite as strong as I would like them to be. If I need sinus relief, I need to be able to breathe in and feel the menthol clearing my chest and sinuses. It was about a medium throw but I would have loved for it to be punch-me-in-the-face strong. Lasted 12+ hours.

• Front Porch Lemon Cotton Candy - This is incredible. It jumped right up into my top 10 scents of all time the moment I could smell it when melting. You can smell the lemon, of course, but there is a super strong note of cotton candy as well. I haven't been having much luck with FP cotton candy blends lately but this one is an exception. It's so strong and so good. It smells like some sort of lemonade drink you would get at the county fair. Amazing is an understatement. Strong throw in a 24-watt hotplate warmer. Lasted 12+ hours. SO GOOD.
• Front Porch Sweet Pine Noel - Yet another Front Porch favorite! I got this one out of Shelby's round robin. The pine in this is very sweet, and then you get the added sweetness from the Vanilla Bean Noel. I don't know how else to describe it other than a super sweet pine scent. It's not really a bakery sweetness, but just a creamy sweetness. Make sense? No? Well, order this next holiday season and you'll see what I mean! It's so awesome. Strong throw in a 24-watt hotplate. Lasted 12+ hours.
• Front Porch Cherries Jubilee Ice Cream - This one I got out of Stephanie's round robin. These were in the super cute mini ice cream scoop shapes. Out of all the unique shapes I have in my tart collection, these ice cream scoops are among my top favorites. The scent was fantastic as well. It was a super strong, sweet cherry scent with almost a syrup-y sweetness to it. There's also the sweet, creamy ice cream note and a hint of chocolate as well. The husband said that this one smelled like a cherry cordial and I have to agree. I am in love with both chocolate and cherry scents lately so this was a really good pick for me. Strong scent throw. Lasted about 8 hours.

• Candles from the Keeping Room Coconut Strawberry Cake - This one was quite yummy! I'm used to seeing raspberry/coconut blends so to see a coconut/strawberry blend was a nice change of pace. The coconut is just a hair stronger in this blend but I could smell the strawberry in there as well. I didn't get much of a cake note but that's fine with me because the strawberry and coconut scents blended really well together. Medium-to-strong scent throw in a 24-watt hotplate. Lasted about 8 hours.
• Candles from the Keeping Room Honeydew & Whipped Cream - This was a nice surprise all around! I was out shopping with my mom last weekend and when I came home, the husband had done a bit of cleaning and had popped this tart into the warmer, all by himself! How adorable is that? This scent isn't a favorite in my stash off of cold throw but I was pleasantly surprised when this was melting! The honeydew is a very strong and fresh and has a bit of a floral/powder note to it. However, this powder-y not wasn't at all unpleasant. In fact, it was AWESOME! I'm not sure I smelled much whipped cream, but I did get a super strong floral-honeydew scent. Really, really good. Kudos to the hubby for picking this one out! Strong throw in a 24-watt hotplate warmer. Lasted 12+ hours.
• Candles from the Keeping Room Strawberries and Cream - Yum. That's all I really have to say about that. Haha okay, I guess I can share a bit more. This is a very sweet, creamy strawberry scent. Yes, it is an artificial strawberry scent but I LOVE it. It smells like these cupcake dolls I used to have when I was a kid. Does anyone remember those? It's a very nostalgic scent. Anyways, I got a medium-to-strong scent throw with this one in a tealight warmer. Lasted about 5 hours. I will always need to have this in my stash! 

• Rosegirls Celtic Moonspice Pancake Batter - Someone hand me a rag, I can't stop the drooling! This one was incredible! Celtic Moonspice is one of my favorite spice-based scents, it's a nice, cinnamon-y scent with a hint of a bakery undertone. Pair that with the scent of fresh pancake batter with the slightest hint of maple syrup and you've got a real winner on your hands. It's amazing! I first started out melting a chunk in my 24-watt hotplate and got a strong throw from it. I wanted the rest of the downstairs of my house to smell like it so I did a small chunk in a tealight warmer in the front of my house as well. My whole house smelled like a cinnamon pancake. Wonderful. As my friend Shelby would say, it's a great breakfast scent!
• Rosegirls Pumpkin Creme Brulee - I got this one out of Shelby's round robin. This is another hit from Rosegirls. The blend itself isn't unique, as it smells exactly like my Pumpkin Creme Brulee tarts from Tiffany Candles. This little chunk just about knocked my socks off with scent throw. You get a really nice pumpkin pie scent with lots of spice and then the crunchy caramel creme brulee note. This is a very "Jacqui" kind of scent. Lasted 12+ hours. Glorious!

• Lil' Kitchen Candles Serendipity Cotton Candy - I didn't have much luck from the last LKC tarts I melted (little legos in Circus) but this one was fantastic! I didn't get much cotton candy, just a nice strong Serendipity scent. Perhaps the cotton candy added an extra bit of sweetness to the blend. Used 1 Hello Kitty tart. Strong scent throw in an 18-watt warmer. Lasted about 8 hours. Really good but nothing too special, I have lots of other serendipity blends where I can smell the other notes better. 
• The Scented Princess Strawberry Satsuma - This was the first thing I melted from the Scented Princess and I have to say, I was quite impressed with the scent throw. However, the blend was very one-sided. I could pretty much only smell the satsuma with a slight hint of strawberry here and there. Off of cold throw, most of the blends I got from this vendor were pretty heavy on one note so hopefully with time, she will get better with blending. I melted 1 of these large scallop tarts in a 24-watt warmer. Medium-to-strong scent throw. Lasted about 8 hours.
• Yankee Candle Black Coconut - This was definitely my favorite scent out of all of their new scents for spring. This is a deep coconut scent with a background of musk and a bit of a perfume-y note as well. Really nice. I would call this one a "sexy coconut" scent. I melted this in a tealight warmer and had a super strong scent throw for about 3 hours but it fizzled pretty fast. By hour 4, I couldn't smell this one at all. I have a candle in this scent and I can't wait to melt it because I know there will be a nice, stready scent with that one. 
• Ollie's Soaps Elf Sweat - Another pick from Shelby's RR box. This was a popular scent around the holidays. It is a peppermint scent with a strong effervescent note and the slightest hint of spice. You know me and effervescent scents - I just can't resist them! I can definitely see why this would be popular around the holidays, as I've heard it compared to the scent of ribbon candy. Really nice. I got a medium-to-strong scent throw off of just one of these little stars. Lasted about 5 hours in a tealight warmer. Next time I'll probably throw the last two of these in a hotplate warmer to get a more long-lasting scent.
• Can-Do-Candles Lessie's Coco-Mint Frost - This is an amazing blend of creamy coconut and mint! I had never seen a coconut and mint scent before but now they seem to be popping up everywhere. In fact, I received a coconut mint scent from Rosegirls yesterday and it is just as awesome! This one is pretty evenly blended between the creamy coconut scent and peppermint. It wasn't as strong as I had hoped when I melted it, about a medium scent throw in a 24-watt hotplate. I really like this blend so if the Rosegirls one doesn't perform well for me I will for sure be buying a couple more of these. 

• Orchid Lake Caramel Coconut Cookie - This one was a nice coconut and caramel cookie scent. I could smell the caramel, the coconut and the cookie notes equally in this blend. However, it just had a medium scent throw for me. I'm finding that a lot of my Orchid Lake bakery scent shots (even the 2 oz. ones) aren't quite as strong as I would like them to be. It had a medium scent throw in an 19-watt hotplate. It was a very pleasant scent but if only it was a bit stronger, it would be perfect. I have another one of these coming in my most recent order and I am going to try that one in a 24-watt hotplate to see if I can get a stronger throw from it.
• Orchid Lake Pixie Dust - This one, however, was nice and strong! This one is a blend of pomegranate, berries, peppermint and vanilla. If you've ever smelled a Tinsel scent, this one is very similar but with a strong pomegranate note. Really nice and refreshing! I need to get my hands on more of this scent for sure. Strong scent throw in a 24-watt hotplate. Lasted 12+ hours.
• Pics, Petals and Scents Iced Lemon Cookies - This was a birthday gift from Shelby. Man, was this one fantastic! Iced Lemon Cookies scents are a lot different from most other lemon bakery scents because they have a strong almond-y undertone, almost like a biscotti note. Love that! I get a nice, sweet lemon with a crunchy, almond cookie scent. Super strong scent throw in an 18-watt hotplate. Lasted about 12 hours. Great performance for just a teeny 1 oz scent shot! Color me impressed. 
• Sugar and Spice Gourmet Soy Peach Margarita - I'm really into peach scents lately and this is a nice change of pace from all the sweet and bakery peach scents I've been melting. I don't really get much of a lime note per se, but I do get a really tart, almost fizzy note along with the sweet peach. It does have a bit of an artificial note to it but I actually like that about this scent. Strong scent throw in a 24-watt hotplate warmer. Lasted about 8 hours. Definite repurch!
• Nene's Kitchen Melts Cherry Chip Cake - I have been having awesome luck with my Nene's tarts lately! If you've never tried this vendor, I highly suggest it. This is another nostalgic scent for me, it's a super creamy, fake cherry scent with a hint of an underlying cake batter scent. I know that the words "fake" and "cherry" don't sound like they would make for a really yummy scent, but I promise they do. Again, it smells like some kind of scented doll that I had as a kid. I just ordered 8 ounces worth of this scent today because it seems like she's discontinuing this oil. Strong scent throw in a 24-watt hotplate. Lasted about 8 hours.
• Sugar Works unnamed mystery tart - Sugar Works (a.k.a Isle of Eden) is a very popular bath and body vendor who is famous for her body scrubs. I placed an order from her in October and received this as a freebie. It's a wonderful orange creamsicle bakery kind of scent. So strong and so awesome. Unfortunately, I believe that she shut down her online store and only sells her products in a brick and mortar store. Bummer because this was really fantastic. I would definitely order this one again if I could.

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That's it for today kiddos! I hope that my new melt review method is okay for you guys. Let me know what you think! Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you all soon! 

Birthday Surprise from Shelby Swatches!

Hey everyone! Hope your week is off to a good start. Today I am here to share my surprise birthday gift from my friend Shelby. Shelby and I are both nail bloggers and I was so excited when I saw her making wax videos because I didn't know she was into wax. We did a really fun swap and from there, we've become great friends and are always chatting about wax, school, and life! Anyways, I had no idea she was sending this to me, and when I got home from school last night all of these goodies were waiting for me! It was so generous and thoughtful of Shelby to send this to me so thank you very much!! Sweetest birthday gift ever <3 

She sent me a bunch of different vendors that I have never tried before so that was super exciting! I'm going to show you what all she sent and give some quick cold throw impressions. Enjoy!

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• Granny's Kountry Candles Blitzen's Breakfast - A brand I've never tried before! This is super yummy! The scent description of this is maple syrup, honey, butter, apples, pecan and cinnamon. It is such a delicious breakfast scent. I can't really pick out any of the individual notes but together it's like a scrumptious, crunchy, sweet, spicy breakfast! Lol!
• GKC Changing Seasons - I couldn't find the scent description for this one but it smells like apple cider with something extra. I like this one too, though it has an odd note that I can't put my finger on. I am going to melt this one soon to try to figure out what that note is!
• GKC Santa's Workshop - This one is described as a hot cider scent with spices, pomegranate and strawberry. To me, this smells like a strong pomegranate with a hint of strawberry. Can't really smell the spices or cider yet, but that's okay because I absolutely love pomegranate scents! Delish!
• GKC Cotton Britches - This is a cotton scent, it smells very similar to Yankee Candle Clean Cotton. Really like this one! I have definitely been warming up to laundry and linen type scents lately. 

• Pics, Petals and Scents Iced Lemon Cookies - Another new-to-me brand =) Iced Lemon Cookies is always a favorite scent, it's an almond and lemon cookie fragrance. This one smells right on the money! Love it.
• PPS Pumpkin Pie Zucchini Bread - This one is a bit iffy. I can smell an actual zucchini note in this one, it's definitely different from all the other ZB blends I've tried. I also get a hint of pumpkin pie spice. Not my favorite of the bunch but I'll give it a whirl.
• PPS Pumpkin Pie Spice - A very strong pumpkin pie spice scent! I can't really smell any pumpkin, just the spices. Very good, but I'll probably blend it with a creamy bakery scent to tone down the spices a bit.
• PPS Plum Delicious - This one is awesome!! I wish there was a scent description on the site because I'm so bad at figuring out notes on my own. I can definitely smell the plum, plus some spices and a bakery note. So yummy! I don't have anything else that smells like this in my wax collection.

• Sniff My Tarts Pumpkin Apple Butter Mallow - I seriously jumped up and down when I saw this!! I have been DYING to try some SMT products but their TAT is so long that my order isn't going to be here for awhile. This smells phenomenal. Pumpkin, apple, gooey marshmallow. I'm melting it right now =) I'll be chatting about this in my weekly melts on Sunday!
• Victoria's Designer Creations Butter Rum Raisin - Yet another vendor I have been dying to try. I have an order in with her as well but her TAT is crazy long also. This one smells DIVINE. It smells exactly like butter rum raisin ice cream. I can't wait to melt this bad boy! And it is HUGE by the way, basically the size of my entire hand.

• Better Homes and Gardens Classic Frosted Gingerbread - Shelby knows this is one of my favorite scents ever an I'm so glad I have a backup! I would't call it a frosted gingerbread though, as it's pretty much just a straight spicy bakery scent. No frosting. It smells exactly like this Gingerbread spray I used to have as a kid and it reminds me of Christmas =) Love it!
• Yankee Candle Caramel Pecan Pie - This was one of my favorite scents that came out this fall and I'm so glad to have it in a tart now. Very true caramel pecan pie scent. Yum!
• Yankee Candle Harvest - I am a huge Yankee fanatic and Harvest is one of my top 10 favorites of all time. It's such a lovely soft spice scent. Obsessed!
• Slatkin (Bath and Body Works) Cinnamon Sugared Donut - Another favorite! As you all may know, I am obsessed with donut scents. This one was fairly light in the 3-wick so I'm glad to have a mini to put in my tart warmer!

• Sweet Fixations Apple Mango Tango - I have been so curious about this scent an I'm glad to finally try it! It is a very nice dupe of Gain's Apple Mango Tango detergent. Another laundry scent that I'm liking better than I would have thought!
• SF Honeysuckle Peach - This is such a pretty floral scent! I don't smell any peach, but the honeysuckle scent is very true to the flower. I can't wait to melt this in the spring! Very strong.
• SF Violet & Birch - I love violet scents so I was excited to see this one! It's very strong on the birch note with a light, powdery hint of violet. Really pretty!

• Scent Appeal Candles Hansel & Gretel's House - Another yummy gingerbread scent! It kind of smells similar to the BHG one but with a hint more sweetness to it. I am a gingerbread fanatic so this one will be well loved for sure. And look how pretty it is with the red and green sanded sugar on top!
• Beezy Tarts Red Velvet Cake - This one is pretty light off of cold throw. I can definitely smell the cake and frosting noes but no chocolate as is usually found in red velvet scents. It does smell really good though and Beezy's stuff is always super strong so I'm sure this will smell great when melting!
• Beezy Tarts Kettle Corn - This one really smells like kettle corn! So crazy! I didn't think I would like a kettle corn scent but I really do. I can't wait to see how this smells when it's melting.
• Front Porch Sugary Marshmallow - This one is a blend of Warm Vanilla Sugar and marshmallow. It is so yummy! I absolutely love Front Porch's marshmallow scents, the oil they use is amazing. I'm also melting this one right now =)

• Tiffany Candles Buttercream Frosting - This is a really nice, sweet buttercream frosting scent. I believe these little guys are in the new wax. I'm melting these right now as well!
• Tiffany Candles Vanilla Sandalwood - Absolutely love this one. I got a sample of this in my order as well so I'm so glad to have two now. This smells very similar to Bath and Body Works Sandalwood Vanilla. Really great scent!
• Ten Digit Creations Pistachio Coconut Fluff - Love this one!! I'm a huge fan of both pistachio and coconut scents and together they are amazing. It's definitely stronger on the pistachio but the coconut adds a nice bit of sweetness.
• Orchid Lake Candles Mistletoe - This is amazing! I absolutely love pine/balsam type scents and this one is quite realistic. I'm not sure what mistletoe actually smells like but this tart smells like Christmas to me. So good.
• Candles From The Keeping Room Peppermint Meringue - I absolutely love peppermint scents and this was one of the ones I had not yet tried from CFTKR so I'm super glad she sent it! This is a nice, strong peppermint scent with a hint of vanilla. Yum!

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That's all for now! Thanks again to Shelby for this amazing gift! If you haven't already, you all should go check out her youtube channel here: Shelby Swatches Youtube Channel. Thanks everyone for stopping by today and I will see you all again soon with more wax reviews =)