Daily wax melts April 7th 2013

-Heavenleigh Apothecary Pink Lavender Serendipity in the bedroom (24W hot plate). This was a really nice scent. A mix of a sweet lavender and serendipity. Throw was medium and lasted well!

-La Dolce Vita Cotton Blossom in the first floor (4 cubes, 24W hot plate). This is a BBW dupe and it´s a very nice sweet perfumey cotton laundry scent. Throw was only light-medium though even with 4 cubes.

-BSF Creamy Coconut in the kitchen (tea light). I used 2 of these mini bundt cakes and I totally hated the scent. Of course it was strong, all scents I hate are (or seem at least) strong to my nose. It was just gross and confirmed my belief that most coconut scents (as stand-alones) are yuck!

-LSC Amaretto Buttercream Cookie in the living room (tea light). This was awesome! A sweet almond scent with a crunchy cookie bakery note. This had a solid medium-strong throw and lasted until the tea light died out (about 8 hours).

-Iheartwax Serendipity Marshmallow in the living room (24W hot plate, 2 tarts). I melted this again as this is such an awesome scent! Sweet marshmallow and rich serendipity in perfect harmony and with a strong throw. Fantastic!!

 -CFTKR Sweet Lemon Zucchini & Ice Cream Scoop Bread in the living room (24W hot plate). I mixed a slice of ICSB and the lemon scent and it was an amazing sweet lemon bakery scent. I loved this and will blend this combo again! Throw was strong and it lasted really well!

Daily wax melts March 12th 2013

-Butterfly Lane Scents Peppermint Marshmallow in the bedroom (24W hot plate). This was really sweet with very little mintbut the throw was not really that impressive. I used quite a few slivers and I could not get a scent.

-La Dolce Vita Lavender Sage in the first floor (4 cubes, 24W hot plate). Another great fresh herbal scent from La Dolce Vita. Had a good throw and stayed all day long.

-The Bathing Garden Secret Garden (2 cubes) in the kitchen (tea light). This was an überstrong green apple scent. It supposedly has mint but I can´t really detect that. It made me nauseous so I had to pour it out after a short while. I won´t be melting this again.

-Lil´Kitchen Candles 16 Candles in the living room (tea light). A blend of birthday cake and something sweet (maybe cotton candy or frosting?). I used 3 hearts and got a nice light-medium throw from this. 

-Front Porch Lemon Bread in the living room (1 loaf, 24W hot plate). I barely could smell anything which is a huge disappointment. FP usually is a solid strong quality tart maker but this particular scent had almost no throw. 

-Sassy Girl Aroma Lemon Cookie Bread in the living room (24W hot plate). I used the whole huge chunk and got a medium throw from this. It smelled really good but I would have preferred a stronger throw.

Daily Wax melts March 11th 2013

-The Bathing Garden Frozen Hearts (2 cubes, 24W hot plate) in the bedroom. This was a light minty scent with a sweet note. I did like this but the throw was very light and overall it was rather meh.

-La Dolce Vita Spearmint Eucalyptus (last 4 cubes) in the first floor (24W hot plate). I really enjoyed this crisp herbal scent of this tarts. The throw was good and the staying power as well. 

-Lil´Kitchen Candles Ice Cream Scoop Bread in the kitchen (both tarts, tea light). This was really good, a very sweet ICSB scent with good throw and lasting power.

-JLCCW Serendipity Jaimie in the living room (tea light). This is a very sweet Serendipity blend however the throw in the tea light warmer wasn´t really the greatest...IMO these do better in a 24W hot plate.

-HHS Serendipity Noel in the living room (24W hot plate). One of my favorite Serendipity blends. It´s sweet and creamy and gave a good throw using 2 of those humongous tarts =)

-CFTKR Sugar Milk and Cookies in the living room (2 tarts, 24W hot plate). This was another awesome scent. A sweet cookie with the sweet milk scent from CFTKR. This had a strong throw and great staying power!

Daily wax melts January 21st 2013

-CFTKR Grapefruit Mango in the bedroom (24W hot plate). This was a super strong fruity scent but it made me nauseous after a while so I put something minty in the warmer instead.

-Kissing Booth Blackberry Bedtime (2 cubes, tealight) in the 2nd floor. This was a good medium strong scent - tart blackberry mixed with something fresh...it was a good and unique blend I really enjoyed.

-La Dolce Vita Lavender Sage in the first floor (2 cubes, 25W lightbulb). This was very light and had almost no throw, just a light herbal scent.

-The Bathing Garden Drink me (2 cubes, tealight) in the kitchen. I didn´t like this scent at all...it was an obnoxious sweet fake strawberry scent. Throw was ok and lasting power ditto.

-K´s Kreations Toasted Marshmallow Serendipity (2 fluted melts) in the living room (24W hot plate). I got only a very light throw from these but in their defense I have to say these didn´t cure longer than just some days or a week even. 

-Front Porch Blackberry Jam Butter Cookies in the living room (24W hot plate). This was a super strong scent...the blakberry scent turned perfumey after a while but it was a good however unique scent in my opinion. Great staying power and throw as mentioned before.

Daily wax melts January 9th 2013

-La Dolce Vita Jack Frost (3 cubes) in the bedroom (24W hot plate). This is the usual sweet peppermint scent you can get from many vendors. This was pretty light and insignificant though.

-Haley´s Heavenly Scents Raspberry Lemonade (2 cubes) in the 2nd floor (tealight). This wasn´t quite as strong as I had expected but it still was a good raspberry lemonade scent with good throw and lasting power.

-Country Home Scent Pink Raspberry Lemonade in the first floor (25W lightbulb). And yet another dud from CHS. No throw on this. I think I am just going to toss the rest I have as I just have no luck with these!

-The Bathing Garden Pumpkin Walnut Biscotti in the kitchen (2 cubes, tealight). While this wasn´t a strong scent I got a light whiff of pumpkin pie spice all the time and I really disliked this. I don´t think I will melt this scent again, I am just not a pumpkin lover at all.

-Three Sisters Soap Serendipity in the living room (24W hot plate). This had a light throw and was just a regular serendipity scent. I honestly love Serendipity but only when it´s blended with other things.

-Front Porch Lemon Bread in the living room (24W hot plate). A light sweet lemon bakery scent with light throw and decent lasting power. Will let this cure a bit to see if it performs better next time.

Daily wax melts December 28th 2012

-Front Porch Peppermint Noel in the bedroom (24W hot plate). On cold sniff I only got the super strong typical FP peppermint but when I melted it the sweet Vanilla Bean Noel scent came through. Was really strong and lasted until the night! Would definitely get some 4-packs of this!

-La Dolce Vita Christmas Wish (2 cubes) in the 2nd floor (tealight warmer). Even though this didn´t really have a scent I somehow liked this as it just gave a sweetness to the air. Sounds weird but yea... I thought it was nice. Would not consider a repurchase though!

-Scentsationals Yin Yang (2 cubes) in the first floor (25W lightbulb warmer). A very strong eucalyptus spearmint scent that wandered throughout the whole house. Amazing!

-Granny´s Kountry Candles Ginger Brown Sugared Shortbread in the kitchen (tealight). I didn´t smell anything at all. I think this was from the old wax as the new ones (the majority of what I have) smell pretty strong!

-CFTKR Comfy Home in the living room (24W hot plate). This smelled so yummy cold but when I melted it I didn´t care for it at all. It was a caramel scent but it had a whacky note to it.

-Frostings Wax Melts Serendipity in the living room (24W hot plate). Now this was really amazing! One of the best serendipity scents ever! It was strong, sweet, decadent and long-lasting. I just ordered a dozen of these! AWESOME!!

Daily wax melts December 5th 2012

-La Dolce Vita Vanilla Bean Nectarine (2 cubes) in the bedroom (24W hot plate). I just love this awesome scent, it is like no other. I got a strong throw and great lasting power from this tart!

-Scentsationals Blue Basil & Sage (2 cubes) in the first floor (24W hot plate). A very nice clean herbal scent with a medium throw and good lasting power. 

-Granny´s Kountry Candles  Home for the Holidays in the kitchen (24W hot plate). This was strong and it was really good! To me it smelled like pine mixed with mint. Awesome and great lasting power, too!

-TBG Apple Crisp in the living room (24W hot plate, 2 cubes). By TBG standards this scent was really light, just had a light-medium throw. I loved the sweet un-spicy apple though!

-Front Porch Amish Friendship Bread in the living room (24W hot plate). The AFB scent from FP is awesome though it reminds me of a creamy zucchini bread rather than the typical AFB as those tend to have some fruity raisin or cherry note. Staying power left a bit to be desired as after 4-5 hours I could not smell anything anymore!

Daily wax melts November 29th 2012

-Granny´s Kountry Candles Bedtime Bath (2 cubes) in my bedroom (24W hot plate). This scent is really awesome and strong! I think I reviewed it before =) It´s a very pretty lavender bubble bath kind of scent. It lasted all day long till the night and when it started to smell a bit perfumey I poured it out (I went to bed anyway). Really love this scent!!

-La Dolce Vita Love Spell Type (4 cubes) in the first floor (24W hot plate). I was really in the mood to melt a Love Spell scent so I picked this one. 2 cubes were giving a decent throw but I wanted a super strong scent so I added the last 2 from the clamshell. All in all really good but the throw could have been a bit better!

-Beaux Savons Frais Fountain of Youth (2 cubes) in the kitchen (tealight). This was a nice strong fresh scent, I believe it´s the same as Marie Antoinette´s Boudoir from TBG...it´s a floral citrus scent and it´s gorgeous!! Lasting power and strength were amazing!

-Tiffany Candles Pink Zucchini Bread (all 3!!) in the living room (24W hot plate). This was a yummy blend of creamy zucchini bread and pink sugar however it was sooooo light (1 tart) I could not smell it at all. I then added the last 2 pieces and I got a *light* throw out of this. Very disappointing and I don´t know why I keep having bad luck with Tiffany Candles these days =(

-Front Porch Pink Cookies in the living room (24W hot plate). This was a light sweet cookie scent. While it was light I could smell it all day long. I might use 1 1/2 tarts next time to see if it will make the scent stronger.

Daily wax melts November 20th 2012

-FussAssMcGee Cat Nap (2 cubes) in the bedroom (24W hot plate). This was an awesome medium strong lavender vanilla scent which lasted all day long. Really liked this one a lot! And the label is soooo cute! =)

-Birdland Paradise Sage & Lemongrass (both tarts) in the first floor (24W hot plate). This was a very light fresh scent. A bit more oomph would have been awesome but it was pretty nonetheless.

-La Dolce Vita Peppermint Bark (2 cubes) in the kitchen (tealight). I liked this peppermint chocolate scent, it was really yummy. However the staying power was really weak, after about 1-2 hours I couldn´t smell anything anymore. I feel the tealight warmer in the kitchen is tricky, many tarts don´t throw there...probably because the kitchen is pretty open so the softer scents dissipate too much...Whatever!

-Granny´s Kountry Candles Sour Cream & Cinnamon Coffee Cake in the living room (24W hot plate). I really loved this off cold throw even though it contains cinnamon! It is like a creamy cinnamon coffee scent. It threw really only very light though!

-Sniff My Tarts Fruity Pebbles Type in the kitchen (24W hot plate). An awesome lemon bakery scent! It was pretty light for the first 30 mins but then it started kicking in! Loved this!

Daily wax melts November 7th 2012

-Kristin´s Kandles Pink Sugar Fresh Linen (about a handfull) in my bedroom (24W hot plate).  This was an amazing scent. A nice blend of a gentle fresh laundry scent combined with sweet pink sugar. I really loved this scent and will be happily melting this again, soon!

-FussAssMcGee Maid´s Day off (2 cubes) in the first floor (24W hot plate). This smells like Febréze laundry spray. So I would say it´s a clean floral scent? Scent throw was about medium which was great as a really intense dose of this would have stirred up a headache to be sure!

-Beaux Savon Frais Honey Bunny in my kitchen (tealight). I didn´t care for this scent at all, it smells a bit chocolatey and somehow off. The scent throw was ok but I just didn´t like it.

-La Dolce Vita 7-up Pound Cake (2 cubes) in the living room (24W hot plate). I didn´t care for this scent either. I love lemon bakery scents but for some reason the 7-up pound cake smell is one I just dislike. The throw was alright but alas, not for me.

-Jamie Lauren Cupcakery & Confections in Wax in Banana Nut Bread in the living room (24W hot plate). This was a nice banana scent with a slight bakery note. Lasting power was good though the scent mellowed down quite a bit after the first 3-4 hours. 

La Dolce Vita (Etsy) haul

I think this is my 2nd La Dolce Vita haul I am posting here. Please check out the other one (just click on the La Dolce Vita label below). 
Last time I only ordered her tarts as I really like them and I wanted to stock up on her Vanilla Bean Nectarine scent as it´s just awesome!
This time I ordered a bunch of her lovely handmade body products so I picked up a bunch of various body lotions, a foot lotion and a foot scrub. I am not overly fond of the foot scrub as it´s so runny and doesn´t give a lot of exfoliation. Also some of the body lotions could use a bit more fragrance but overall I still like what I got. The foot lotion is amazing, I really love that one!

Daily wax melts October 26th 2012

We celebrated a national holiday here so the kids had a day off from school and kindergarten =)

-CFTKR Sugar Milk & Lavender in my bedroom (24W hot plate). I recently posted on CFTKR´s FB fan page that I would love to see a blend of lavender and sugar milk and so to my greatest surprise and delight I received this sample with my previous order =D This smelled really strong and the sugar milk was even more dominant than the lavender. I liked it but would add a bit more lavender and a touch of something sweet as the scent was a bit tart or almost bitter. Can´t describe that better lol. Anyway, a touch of honey or fluffy marshmallow would probably make this perfect! Lasted all day and into the next day until I replaced it with a TBG Breathe Deeply tart (like Vick´s Vapo Rub) as I was feeling ill and nauseous on 27th so that was all I could stand)

-La Dolce Vita Day at the Spa (2 cubes) in the first floor (24W hot plate). This was really nice, a light-medium citrusy spa scent. Lasted all day long, too!

-Scentsationals Vanilla Woods (2 cubes) in my kitchen (tealight warmer). This was an awesome strong sweet woodsy scent. Honestly to me it smelled just like sandalwood and I really liked it! It was very strong in the beginning but mellowed out by mid of the day. I really liked this scent1

-Shayz Scentz Toastie Marshmallow (2 tarts) in my living room (24W hot plate). This had no scent throw whatsoever. I just don´t have luck with almost all my Shayz tarts so I just threw them in a box to put in a destash or something. Other people seem to be really liking Shayz but I am far from being impressed!

-Pics, Petals & Scents Iced Lemon Cookies in my living room (24W hot plate). Amazing as everything from P,P&S tends to be! A strong sweet lemon bakery scent that lasted all day long. I am so happy with this vendor!

Daily wax melts October 22nd 2012

-La Dolce Vita Amazingly Grace (2 cubes) in my bedroom (24W hot plate). This smells just like Philosophy´s Amazing Grace body care. A sweet soft pretty unobtrusive floral which I thought would be perfect for the bedroom. I got only a really light scent throw out of this, it was barely detectable. In fact my Tiffany Candles wood wick in Sinus Reliefe & Rosemary Mint was smelling stronger even though it wasn´t lightened (but the cover wasn´t screwed on). A disappointment all in all.

-The Bathing Garden London Mist (2 cubes) in the first floor (24W hot plate). This smelled pretty light in the clamshell but as almost always with TBG I got a strong throw all day long out of these 2 cubes. This was a soft fresh scent mixed with a bit of floral notes. Really lovely!

-Better Homes & Gardens Mandarin Orange Zest (2 cubes) in my kitchen (tealight). This scent was super strong. I mean smack-in-your-face-and-tickle-your-nose strong! The scent got softer after about couple of hours and I have learned a lesson: never use 2 cubes of this stuff, 1 will rock your world! It was awesome though, a super fresh citrus blend!

-Pics, Petals & Scents Orange Chiffon Cake (about 2 bars aka 8 small pcs) in my living room (24W hot plate). This also was super strong and smelled awesome! The bakery notes were faint, this was more of a sweet orange scent. Long-lasting, too! Awesome! Pics, Petals & Scents is starting to be one of my favorite vendors!

-CFTKR Sugar Cookie Zucchini (3 slices) in my living room (24W hot plate). The orange scents were both pretty overpowering this scent but nonetheless I got that sweet sugary zucchini note and it was really awesome! Lasted most of the day, too!

Daily wax melts October 8th 2012

I forgot to post about the scent I had going in my bedroom all the past week. I purchased a wood wick candle from Tiffany Candles in Sinus Relief mixed with Rosemary Mint (and per my request tinted in baby pink). I lightened it every evening and it is just such an awesome candle! The wood wick crackles so loud it´s really relaxing and the scent throw is great, too! I will post about my Tiffany´s haul later but will add couple of pics here for you to see:

The other scents going around my house were:

-La Dolce Vita Cotton Blossom (2 cubes) in the first floor in the 20W hot plate there. A pretty fresh sweet scent, it´s a B&BW type. I really loved the scent! Scent throw was ok, though I would have liked it a bit stronger.

-Pics, Petals & Scents Monkey Bread (1 of the little bundt cakes) in the kitchen in a tealight warmer (I wish I had a convenient power socket in the kitchen so I could put a hot plate there!). This was totally not what I expected. I expected a banana nut bread kinda scent but this was just a wicked strong cinnamon scent. I poured this out after couple of hours as I couldn´t stand it!

-Kristin´s Kandles Fruit Loops in the 20W hot plate warmer in the living room. This was awesome! A strong lemon bakery scent I totally enjoyed! Stayed all day, too!

-Front Porch Pink Sugar Cookie Dough Bread in my 24W hot plate in the living room. This did nothing for me. I didn´t really get much of a scent throw from this scent. By Front Porch standards an utter disappointment.

Daily wax melts October 5th 2012

Oct 4th was one of the rare days I didn´t melt anything. Or I think I actually threw in a few samples from TBG or so later in the afternoon but I don´t know what scents they were as the samples are over pours and don´t come labeled. 

So on 5th I melted:

-CFTKR Pink Sugar Vanilla Bean Noel in my 20W hot plate warmer in the 1st floor. In my opinion CFTKR tarts don´t do well in any kind of warmer except for the 24W plates where they really throw super strongly and last quite a few hours. in the 20W plate I got a light-medium scent throw and it was such an amazing scent. I could detect both the Vanilla Bean Noel and the Pink Sugar. Next time I´ll use my 24W plate though!

-Three Sisters Soap Raspberry & Lemon Verbena in my tealight warmer in the kitchen. This was a super strong tart with a really good throw. A nice fruity fresh scent.

-Pics, Petals & Scents Mulberry Zucchini Bread (2 bars) in my 20W hot plate in the living room. This was an awesome scent! The zucchini bread didn´t really come out a lot but the mulberry was pretty strong and it was a really unique fruity scent. It lasted all day long and had a good medium-strong throw.

-La Dolce Vita Vanilla Bean Nectarine (2 cubes) in my 24W hot plate warmer in the living room. This was my favorite of that day, such a unique and wonderful scent! The VB scent was quite strong in this one (as it´s normally pretty subtle) and the sweet citrus note of the nectarine just matched perfectly. I am going to order multiples of this to have some stock at home!

La Dolce Vita Soy Wax Melts haul

La Dolce Vita is an Etsy vendor with whom I placed an order a few months ago. I got mainly body care back then but also picked up a few clamshells and I had really good luck with them as they turned out to be really strong and awesome!


I picked up 27 of her tarts (a 20-pack, a 6-pack and a single one) a week or so ago and her TAT was awesome (it´s stated with 2-3 business days right now) and everything came packed safely.

I really love these tarts! I melted a few already and every single one had a great scent throw (using 2 cubes in a 24W hot plate warmer) and some scents are unique (my top favorite is the Vanilla Bean Nectarine, soooo good! Will order a few more of this!!).

Admittedly I am also a sucker for cute packaging. I´d rather pay a bit more for prettily packaged tarts than those that come with a hand-written label slapped on. That´s me and I know in the end it´s wax and it will be melted and the wrapping will be thrown...but that´s also the case with say body care and most ladies wouldn´t like sloppily done body care packaging?! Well, at least for me such things matter. La Dolce Vita has really super cute labeling so that was one of the reasons I tried out this vendor in the first place!

I paid $55 for the 20-pack which turns out the be the best value. Single pcs cost $3.25 and the 6-pack was $18.95.

Daily wax melts October 2nd 2012

Today I am really happy with my choices!

-La Dolce Vita in Bunny Burp (last 2 cubes) on my 20W hot plate in the first floor. A super awesome strong fresh herbal scent. I really love this! Dolce Vita really makes amazing tarts, my new order of 27 pcs just shipped and should reach me after tomorrow! Can´t wait!

-Birdland Paradise Coconut Citrus Sorbet in my tealight warmer in the kitchen. A good coconut and citrus scent with a nice medium throw. I am not such a great fan of coconut though so it´s not a scent I would necessarily purchase.

-Ye Olde Candle Cubbard Orange Caramel Crumble in my living room in a 20W hot plate. A good orange bakery scent but not as strong as I´d like. Still like this though!

-The Bathing Garden Frosted Fruit Cake (2 cubes) in my 24W hot plate warmer in the living room. I LOVE this one! It´s so awesome! It´s a wicked strong fruity bakery scent with prominent citrus notes. I switched the warmer on 12 hrs ago and the scent is still super strong and awesome! TBG just can´t be reached by anyone else in my opinion!

Daily Wax Melts September 19th 2012

I overdid on the cinnamon today lol so I suffered a mild case of cinnamon intoxication =X
I melted the following scents:

-La Dolce Vita (an Etsy shop) Natural Soy Melts in Lavender Vanilla (2 cubes) in my 25W lightbulb warmer in the bedroom. La Dolce Vita really makes great tarts with good scent throw and nice lasting power. I have 5 clamshells from her and they are all great. This is a lavender vanilla similar to the Yankee version. 

-Ye Olde Candle Cubbard Zucchini Bread Noel in my 20W hot plate melter in the first floor. This smelled really good though the vanilla note didn´t really come through so it smelled pretty much like a creamy zucchini bread. Staying power was good and scent throw about medium I´d say.

-Front Porch Cake Batter Funnel Cake in a tealight warmer in my kitchen. I didn´t like this scent at all. It was a weird sorta greasy chocolate smell. It wasn´t strong though and I didn´t relight the tealight once it was out.

-Tiffany Candles Doughnut Shop in my 24W hot plate warmer in the living room. A strong cinnamon bakery scent. It was really strong and stayed very well. It was giving me a headache though and I was so stupid to pair it with:

-The Bathing Garden Frosted Vanilla Graham Crackers in a 25W lightbulb warmer in my living room (my living-dining area is really huge so I put this warmer in the other corner). A strong cinnamon bakery scent with excellent scent throw and tremendous staying power. It was too much for me though paired with Tiffany´s Doughnut Shop.