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  • Home of Honey’s Rose Wonderland Wax Melt, Something Different!

    Anyone who loves wax melts will know how easy it is to become a bit of a hoarder. Buying a few, storing them away, melting one, buying more…it’s very easy to build up a sizeable collection that grows and grows and doesn’t stop! For the last few months melting is all I’ve been doing, and enjoying the wax melts I have rather than adding to my collection. My most recent melt (gifted), and currently in my wax warmer, is Home of Honey’s Rose Wonderland. But what is it like?

    Home of Honey’s Rose Wonderland wax melt
    How does it look?

    Rose Wonderland came in a cute and chunky cloud shape. Pink in colour, quite sizeable and enough for two uses.

    Fragrance

    Not what I expected! I thought this would be a floral fruity combination, like rose and rhubarb, but it’s not. Rose Wonderland has a floral rose hint to it but smells more earthy and plant like rather than fully floral. This gives it a fresh and very unusual scent to it. This is great for those people who aren’t fans of rose on it’s own and don’t want a scent that’s too feminine and flowery.

    Strength & Longevity

    I cut the wax melt in half and melted in two different areas. Strength for Rose Wonderland is a medium. I did worry if this would be on the light side because smelling the wax melt before using it the scent was faint. But in the warmer it came alive and really filled the room in an inviting way. Very natural in scent as if that’s how the room was supposed to smell like. I’ve had this melting for hours on one day and so far longevity is good. I can still get the scent, so no complaints.

    Recommended?

    Don’t let the scent name Rose Wonderland fool you because it’s not what you will expect, but better! It’s a different twist to a fresh floral and I love it! Not only is the fragrance great but the size (40g) and shape of this wax melt is generous and easy on the eye. Definitely recommended!

    This fragrance is available in different forms and shapes starting from £1.00, so head over to the website if you want to grab this. Don’t forget, using the code KARINA30 gives you 30% off your next order, so perfect time to try Home of Honey.

  • New Wax Melts Delivery From Home of Honey

    Wax melts is one of those home fragrance products you can purchase from anywhere. But I still find that small businesses that focus on making and selling these products create the most imaginative wax melts for a home fragrance fix. One UK based wax melt vendor I’ve been introduced to is Home of Honey. They kindly gave me a selection of wax melts a few months ago, and recently sent another box of wax goodies for me to try out. So what did I receive and what did I think about them?

    Home of Honey wax melts
    Opium Goddess Wax Melt Shapes

    Opium Goddess came in a variety of different shapes e.g flowers and hearts, in the colours of cream and black. Very striking because of the unusual choice of colours used. These will be easy to pop straight into a wax warmer.

    Lady Gold Wax Melt Brittle

    This makes me think of Autumn with it’s gold and cream coloured wax brittle. Large shards of flat wax with faceted heart shapes embedded into it. Very beautiful and I will struggle melting this because it looks so good!

    Lady Gold Wax Melt Brittle
    Mint Choc Chip Wax Melt Brittle

    Mint Choc Chip Wax Melt Brittle already looks like how it’s fragranced because it’s dark green with splodges of brown running through it. I’m very interested to find out how true to life this smells because chocolate in wax form can be hit or miss.

    Coconut & Shea Wax Melt Snap Bar

    This is a 5 segmented wax melt snap bar which is cream in colour with a hint of soft purple running through it. Since it’s easy to to open, I could smell this and it smells gorgeous! It has a tropical scent to it which is the hint of coconut, with a creamy, comforting element to it which is the shea.

    Coconut & Shea Wax Melt Snap Bar
    Fresh Linen Wax Melt Snap Bar

    Cream and blue in colour, Fresh Linen Wax Melt Snap Bar has that fresh, clean, almost powdery fragrance to it which will delight anyone who loves laundry scents.

    Island Hibiscus & Rainflower Wax Melt Pot

    A super cute green flower shaped piece of wax sits on top of more wax, finished off with green sparkles. Island Hibiscus & Rainflower Wax Melt Pot not only is pretty on the eye but smells INSANE! It has an earthiness to it, think plants. Mixed in with florals and a slight hit of fruitiness. Totally different to anything I’ve ever smelt before and it’s incredible!

    Island Hibiscus & Rain Flower Wax Melt Pot
    Spring Laundry Wax Melt Crumble

    This wax melt literally is in crumble form, which is fun to see. It comes with a little wooden scoop, which is perfect for anyone who doesn’t want to snap or cut wax. Very easy and efficient to use. Spring Laundry Wax Melt Crumble is a laundry inspired scent. Fresh, clean, floral and strongly fragranced.

    Spring Laundry Wax Melt Crumble
    Golden Orchid Wax Melt Discs

    A very different shape to what I usually use, these come in a box of six and are quite thick but flat discs. Cream with a generous amount of gold glitter on the top, these look luxurious!

    Golden Orchid Wax Melt Discs
    Alien Invasion Wax Melt Discs

    Like Golden Orchid, Alien Invasion came in a pack of 6 discs. Same colouring but with a mix of different coloured glitter on them.

    Alien Invasion Wax Melt Discs
    First Impressions?

    What I love about these wax melts was the different shapes, sizes and fragrances they came in. Home of Honey make and sell a varied mix of wax melts that covers everyone’s home fragrance needs. I’m impressed with how each wax melt looks and the ones I can smell at this stage smell great! So look and smell wise these are already getting ticks off me before they’ve even been used!

    If you head towards the website you will see what’s available and notice the prices are very affordable. If you need help with making your first purchase, find below some previous reviews/posts of some of their wax melts. To make your first purchase even better, you can get 30% off your next order by using the code KARINA30 which makes this the perfect time to try them out.

    My First Impressions Of Home of Honey Wax Melts

    Home of Honey’s English Pear & Freesia Wax Melt Brittle

    Home of Honey’s Lily of the Valley Wax Melt Snap Bar

  • Hands Will Love Glow’s Gin & Tonic Hand Cream

    Hand cream. Hand cream is one of those products we use but unless you use it everyday, you don’t appreciate it. Only when hands look and feel dry, sometimes cracked and aged that we are rummaging around for our magic in a tube. Or at least that’s what I’ve been doing recently! The hand cream I’m currently using is Glow’s Gin & Tonic Hand Cream, which was gifted to me by Glow a few months ago. So what is this like? Is this any good?

    Glow’s Gin & Tonic Hand Cream
    Consistency/Texture/look

    Glow’s Gin & Tonic Hand Cream is white in colour, smooth in texture and has the consistency of lotion. It’s liquid but not runny and not thick.

    Fragrance

    This has a citrus undertone to it. Earthy in scent and almost herbal. Gin & Tonic Hand Cream has a slightly masculine smell to it. It’s such an unusual fragrance and not something I’ve smelt before, especially in a body care product. It won’t appeal to everyone but it’s that kind of scent that slowly grows on you.

    The state of my hands recently

    Literally within the space of a week my hands have gone from a lovely brown colour, relatively smooth to ashy, dry and shrivelled. THIS is what going into the Winter season has done to them! So I’ve been carrying this in my pocket in work to help them look less dead like. This hand cream has had its work cut out with me!

    In use

    I tend to use this mostly in work because I’m using my hands a lot. Although this is lotion like in consistency, it has a slip to it so it feels very moisturising but it’s not sticky and greasy in feel. Sinks in very easily, and it doesn’t take long for me to be able to use my hands once this applied. My hands immediately look more healthy as the colour comes back to them and they look moisturised and not dry. Plus they feel less tight.

    I do have to use this a regularly because I’m using my hands a lot so I apply this little and often. The fragrance isn’t strong but it’s there and I get a whiff of it throughout the day. Honestly? I was unsure whether I liked how this is fragranced but the more I used it the more I think I’m softening towards it.

    Recommended?

    I like this hand cream. Easy and quick to use, leaves the hands feeling and looking moisturised but normal and not shiny. It’s quite a light weight hand cream so perfect for normal to dry hands. Really dry hands may need something thicker but for most of us this will do nicely. Recommended!

    This comes in different fragrances just in case Gin & Tonic isn’t for you. Available soon once Glow’s online store is restocked.

  • Glow’s Pick Your Own Wax Melts From August’s Subscription Box

    This year hasn’t been a year I’ve bought or melted many wax melts. Any particular reason? No not really. Sometimes I can melt constantly and sometimes I don’t turn my wax warmers on for a few weeks! Depends on my mood and how much time I have to enjoy them. But my love for wax hasn’t disappeared. An unexpected delivery I received from home fragrance, bath, body and skincare maker and vendor Glow definitely made me want to get my warmers on! Glow kindly gifted me the wax melts that featured in their Pick Your Own August Subscription Box. So what was included?

    Glow’s Pick Your Own August Wax Melt Subscription Box
    Pick Your Own Wax Melts

    5 wax melts in the following fragrances:

    Sweet Strawberry Sherbet-literally an effervescent, sweet but slightly sharp fragrance mixed with strawberry. Stunning and totally WOW in scent!

    Summer Spritz-this reminds me very much of one of my favourite drinks, which is pink gin. Subtle berries with a hint of citrus, which is how I drink my gin with lemonade! Summer personified!

    Pink Fizz-this is a gorgeous blend of a variety of different scents. There’s something floral in this, fruity (berries), vanilla and to add depth a woody note with musk. It’s perfect! Very pretty in scent, so much so I wish this was an actual fragrance or perfume!

    Frosted Strawberry Fairy-two words…strawberry Chewits! This is what this smells like to me! Strawberry, flavoured, chewy sweets! Yum!

    Strawberries & Cream-creamy vanilla mixed in with strawberry. Nothing more nothing less just totally mouth watering!

    Sweet Strawberry Sherbet
    How do these look?

    Each one of the wax melts are the same shape and size which is MASSIVE! Square, flat, measuring 10cm. But this is where the similarities between the wax melts end.

    Sweet Strawberry Sherbet is vibrant yellow in colour with the words ‘Wax Boss’ embossed into it with what looks like a wax warmer shape around it.

    Summer Spritz looks almost tie dyed in various shades of pink with butterflies, a heart shape and the words ‘Sparkle every day’ on it’s front.

    Pink Fizz is a sweet shade of lilac with embossed hearts all over the top.

    Frosted Strawberry Fairy, again, almost tie dye in effect in pink. 60’s in look (thanks to the style of font used) with the words ‘do what makes you happy’ with flowers around it.

    Strawberries & Cream white and lilac in colour, with a jar shape on front with butterflies in it and coming out of it.

    All of these are such generous sizes where they would provide hours and hours of fragrance. Not to mention themed perfectly for Summer. The look of these is so impressive, creative and stunning! Love each one and melting them has been a pleasure and a pain all at the same time!

    Frosted Strawberry Fairy
    Recommended?

    Although this subscription box is no longer available, I can’t recommend enough ANY subscription boxes (especially wax melts ones) from Glow. I only received the wax but each subscription box, including this one, always has extras added to it which is related to the theme. These wax melts are beautifully created and fragranced. I was blown away by this selection as other’s who have ordered this will have been too!

    All of Glow’s products are handmade by one super busy lady, so what’s in stock will change. So keep an eye on their home fragrance products, including their wax melts, on their website here. Be warned, their range of skincare, bath and body products is on there too. Don’t say I didn’t warn your credit card!

    Pink Fizz