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  • Scents From 77 Vanilla & Berries Mini Wax Melts

    As a wax melt lover, I enjoy discovering new wax vendors to buy from. I’m very lucky to know many people who can recommend various small businesses who make and sell great quality wax. Scents From 77 was recommended to me to purchase from. My first purchase contained various wax melts including Vanilla & Berries. This cost £2.00 for 6 mini wax melts.

    Scents From 77 Vanilla & Berries Mini Wax Melts
    Why did I buy this?

    Scents From 77 sell wax in various forms, but I love wax shapes and mini melts. No cutting or chopping required, easy to store away in a drawer and the ideal structure to mix scents if and when needed when melting. This particular scent I went for because I LOVE vanilla and fruity scents so this seemed a winning combination.

    How do these look?

    This pack contained 6 small mini melts shaped like basic flowers. Creamy off white in colour with tiny dots of blue and pink running through them. Simple but pretty.

    Fragrance

    Delicious! The vanilla provides warmth, creaminess and is very soothing. The berry element is sweet but not sickly, and of course smells fruity and mouthwatering.

    In melt

    I melted three of these in my electric Yankee Candle wax warmer They melted very quickly but evenly, so the scent was released superfast and filled the room well.

    Strength & Longevity

    This poor fragrance has had to battle against various meals cooked as it was melting away in my kitchen, but it stood it’s ground against food smells. Strength has been light to medium, with longevity good considering three of these have been melting on and off for a few days.

    Recommended?

    For a vanilla lover this is a must! It’s a beautiful fragrance with a slightly fruity twist to it. So vanilla fans, bakery and fruit lovers give this a whirl as it’s delicious. Good quality wax, perfect strength for the scent and longevity is great. And for £2.00 to get 6 mini melts is a great price and very competitive. Visit Scents From 77 for their up to date stock of waxy goodies and fragrances.

  • Perfect for Summer, SBC’s Refreshing Watermelon Shower Gel & Shampoo

    Finally we are getting a taste of Summer! It’s warm, bright and dry in the UK. Warmer weather means my skin and body care products sometimes change. Lighter textures, fruiter fragrances and quicker and easier applications is definitely a Summer thing when choosing what I use on myself! One of my favourite products sitting in my bathroom at the moment is SBC‘s Refreshing Watermelon Shower Gel & Shampoo. I bought this a few months ago in a set from the shopping channel QVC. Tt was sold at a special price known as a Today’s Special Value.

    What is this?

    A whopping 1ltre size of a 2in1 shower gel and shampoo formulation. Housed in a pump action dispenser making it super easy to use.

    Appearance & Consistency

    Red in colour, semi opaque and is of the typical thickness you would expect from a shower gel or foaming/bubble bath product.

    SBC’s Refreshing Watermelon Shower Gel & Shampoo
    Fragrance

    This smells gorgeous! Watermelon is an odd scent as I don’t think it’s specific enough in regards to how it smells, or at least the actual fruit isn’t. But this version is fruity and berry based, sweet although not sugary and sickly. A perfect fragrance for me and perfect for Summer!

    In the shower & bath

    I used this in the shower and found I didn’t need to use much. One pump on a sponge, mixed with water made this lather up so well and easily washed my whole body. In the bath I used a few pumps, and the amount of foam produced was a lot. This created a very foamy and fragrant bathing experience!

    On the skin

    One thing I noticed with this product was my skin felt very clean after using without drying it out. It left a faint scent to my skin which was pleasant and enjoyable to smell.

    Family

    My son uses this in the shower. He’s at an awkward age where bathing isn’t top of his priority list. Although he does it, he wants it over and done with as quick as possible. But he likes using this because of how much it foams and how it smells. So this product isn’t just for the adults in the family!

    As a shampoo

    This is a bath, shower and shampoo product. But I can’t comment on how this performs on hair. I haven’t used this as a shampoo on my hair or children’s. But its good to know it’s a multi-functional product.

    4 Piece Summer Collection from QVC
    Recommended?

    YES! This is what I call a Summer in a bottle product! This smells great, it works well on the skin and the size makes this ideal for family use. You can purchase this individually direct from SBC’s website from £4.50 for 100ml size here.

  • Zoella Gelat’eau Body Mist

    Zoella Gelat’eau Body Mist

    Do you purchase designer fragrances regularly? I can’t remember the last time I bought a branded/fashion eau de toilette or eau de parfum. It’s a considered purchase for me. Despite the fact I love to smell nice, I purchase fragrances that are affordable. Lower cost means I can buy a wide range of fragrances at a fraction of the price of just one designer branded one. This gives me a variety of scents potentially at my disposal. Body mists are a great way of getting a fragrance hit without breaking the bank. I recently added to my collection Zoella’s Gelat’eau Body Mist from Home Bargains at £1.49 for 45ml.

    Why did I buy this?

    It was a few days before my family holiday and I thought it would be nice to take a new fragrance with me. The packaging caught my eye first, then the price. I didn’t get a chance to smell this but I guessed this would be quite a youthful and uplifting scent.

    Who is Zoella?

    Zoella is a social media personality. She has a beauty range on the high street which is very popular, so already has solid background in this field.

    How doe this look?

    Simple and sweet in look, but looks more expensive than what it costs. White bottle, copper coloured lid, peach, grey and copper/gold coloured writing. This screams to me something aimed at a younger market. Even though this is a body mist, it’s presented more like a perfume which I like.

    Zoella Gelat’eau Body Mist
    Fragrance

    Its an effervescent, fruity and sweet fragrance. This is similar to things that are scented with one of my all time favourite smells, which is rhubarb ( but not quite! ). Not sickly or overpowering, and somehow remains quite fresh and quite clean.

    Strength & Longevity

    Strength wise this is light to medium. This is my go to fragrance to wear for work and this does have to work quite hard as my job is quite physical. If I spray this on in the morning I can still smell it in the afternoon. Although it’s not as strong as when it’s first applied, it’s still there. So this lasted very well.

    Recommended?

    Definitely! If you love your fragrances to be fruit or sweetie based, this one is for you. It’s youthful, energising and perfect to wear during the Summer months and for day time use. If you are lucky to see this for the price I paid in a discount store, its worthwhile buying a few of these as its not a regular stock item on the high street.

    This is what I call affordable luxury!

  • Like A Piece of Art! Geode Bath Bomb From LUSH

    For any bath lover, bath bombs are a must for a bathing experience. Although they’re available anywhere on the high street or online, there is one store that is so well known for their bath bombs they require no introduction, LUSH! With their reputation comes a higher than average price tag on their products. So for me LUSH products are a treat not a constant repeat buy. And did I treat myself recently? Yes I did! I bought their Geode Bath Bomb recently from my local store. So what was it like?

    Why did I buy this?

    One of their amazing and helpful store assistants recommended this bath bomb. Visually it looked beautiful and very different compared to others being sold in the store. She popped this into a bowl of warm water and I was so impressed with how it looked I was sold!

    What’s so special about Geode Bath Bomb?

    Geode Bath Bomb is designed to cleanse and purify the skin on the body, along with aiding relaxation of the mind and body.

    LUSH’s Geode Bath Bomb
    How does this look?

    The top of it is almost flat. It has irregular, deep purple coloured small salt crystals embedded into it. The bath bomb itself isn’t perfectly formed, and circular from the top down. It has a handmade feel and look to it with slight lumps and bumps to it which makes it look very appealing. It’s colour is almost a pale beige but glistens due to being covered with a light dusting of gold shimmer. Size is quite regular for a bath bomb if not slightly bigger, with a decent weight to it.

    Fragrance

    No dominant scent to this bath bomb. I got the tiniest hint of citrus but other than that I couldn’t give a description to what this smells like as I didn’t feel it have much of one.

    In the bath

    This bath bomb bobbed, weaved and fizzed in the water immediately. At first you could see it releasing a peach coloured stream into the water along with a small amount of foam. This then turned into different colours such as pink and purple. Not only did this provide colour to the surface of the water, but underneath left trails of a gold shimmer, giving a liquid gold effect. While this bath bomb continued with the visual colour show, it also entertained me by providing audio in the form of popping sounds thanks to it containing popping candy. Very different, fun to listen to and watch and the fizzing of this made it even more special.

    Once the fizzing stopped…

    Never have I ever seen a rose gold coloured bath before but I did after using this bath bomb! It was so pretty and pure decadence as it looked like liquid gold. Importantly, it wasn’t an issue cleaning up and the shimmer and colour washed away with a problem. My skin afterwards was normal. No irritation or skin drying out, although I didn’t feel as if this bath bomb added anything to my skin it definitely didn’t take it away.

    Recommended?

    It’s a beautiful looking bath bomb which is eye catching and unusual. It could easily have been a chunk of rock carved out showing it’s jewel like insides off the the world. It created a pretty bath that was relatively relaxing but more fun to watch the bath bomb being placed into the water. And the clean up was easy. Only issue is the fragrance. There was barely anything there. A stronger fragrance would have given a better bath because how can something so pretty smell so weak? Would I recommend this? If you like a pretty bath bomb to create a pretty bath then yes. If you want the full bath bomb package then no. It’s not a product I will be buying again but glad I tried it out.

    It’s no longer available to buy in store in the UK and I think this was around the £6.00 mark. Definitely worthwhile checking out there other bath bombs to get bath art AND fragrance here.

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