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  • Introducing *New* Bath & Body Products From Glow

    The purpose of body products isn’t just to help the skin on our body be in good condition, it also can help us feel good. Have you ever used a body lotion and the fragrance and feel on the skin makes you smile? That bath bomb that hissed and danced in the bath was so relaxing it made you want to sleep? When I use products on my body I want to enjoy them equally as I want them to perform a job. So when I received (gifted) a selection of the new bath and body products created from UK wax vendor Glow, I was unbelievably excited!

    *New* Body & Bath Products from Glow
    What was I given?
    • Pink Sugar Foaming Baths Salts
    • Amber & Lavender Body Butter
    • Butt Lift Body Butter
    • Lemon & Peppermint Hand & Foot Balm
    • Madame Coco Roller Ball Perfume
    Pink Sugar Foaming Bath Salts

    Glow’s Foaming Bath Salts is made up of Epsom and Himalayan Salts. Unlike traditional bath salts, these are designed to create foam on top of the benefits salts give with added fragrance too. Pink Sugar Foaming Baths Salts is pale pink in colour, and is less crystal like compared to other baths salts and more of a powdery consistency. The fragrance of this is to die for! It’s sweet (not sickly), has a berry element to it, cotton candy and vanilla.

    Glow’s Pink Sugar Foaming Bath Salts
    Amber & Lavender/ Butt Lift Body Butter

    Both of these body butters look like whipped and set desserts in their pots. They look incredibly rich in texture and inviting. Amber & Lavender is white in colour and has such a beautiful scent to it. There’s a musk in this (amber), which you would expect to find in some fine fragrances. The lavender balancing it out giving it a herbal sweetness. Butt Lift Body Butter is pale blue in colour and smells like Summer in a pot! This is another sweetly fragranced product, possibly with caramel or vanilla undertones? I swear this has a tropical element to it like coconut. Not too sure but it’s delicious!

    Glow’s Amber & Lavender Body Butter
    Lemon & Peppermint Hand and Foot Balm

    This looks like a typical balm consistency. Solid, opaque and will melt when it makes contact on the skin. The scent is a great alternative to a typical minty scent especially for products aimed at the feet. The peppermint in this, of course, gives it that fresh and cool feel you would expect. The addition of lemon gives it an added freshness and a slight zest making this smell fab!

    Lemon & Peppermint Hand & Foot Balm
    Madame Coco Roller Ball Fragrance

    This is fine fragrance! Traditional, timeless and classic fine designer like fragrance. There’s white floral in this because of it’s freshness plus a more deeper floral, probably rose. Scent wise, there’s a slight warming element to this so I’m heading towards amber and an uplifting and refreshing fruit in this too. It’s stunning! And going by the name of this it’s probably inspired by a famous designer fragrance which Google will help you with if you needed to figure it out.

    Madame Coco Roller Ball Fragrance
    First Impressions

    I’m blown away! Firstly, these are the types of products I love anyway. I adore body butters, fragrances, balms and bath salts so I’m already half way there in appreciation. But these are on another level. The fragrances are intoxicating, the textures are decadent. Going off first impressions I am totally sold and ready to make an order for ALL of these bath and body goodies!

    There will be reviews/posts on each of these products going into how they perform. But if this has already wet your appetite, they are available for sale on the Glow website here.

  • You Need To Try Glow’s Snapdragon & Patchouli Diffuser

    Home fragrance comes in different forms. It could be plug ins, candles, wax melts or even room sprays. There’s a product out there that suits everyone’s needs and home. One that I’ve been enjoying for the last few years is diffusers. I was so excited my Glow’s Christmas 2022 Wax Melt Advent included a diffuser as Day 25 because I’ve wanted to try this product for AGES! (the diffuser included in the Advent is not the usual size sold, it’s a smaller version). It’s taken me a few weeks to finally open the box, but I can safely say I’ve been using Glow’s Snapdragon & Patchouli Diffuser and I think I’m in love…..

    Glow’s Snapdragon & Patchouli Diffuser
    What is this and how does it look?

    Glow’s diffusers work in the same way a traditional reed diffuser does but with a difference. This diffuser houses it’s oil in a sleek, clean and simple white bottle with a black rim round the top. There are no reeds to place into this. Instead, this came with what I would describe as a flower head shaped (cream in colour) looking piece, which has a string attached to it. This string is what you place into the bottle (like with a reed diffuser), and this sucks up the oil. The oil goes through the string, into the ‘flower’ head and releases fragrance.

    Glow’s Diffuser
    Fragrance

    I could never have guessed how this fragrance would smell from it’s name alone. It’s quite fresh, having a marine like scent to it with a slight floral sweetness thrown in. There’s a hint of musk and woodiness to this (that’s why I mention the marine smell) which makes this fragrance quite sophisticated and beautiful. This equally could be masculine or feminine in scent.

    In Use

    Taking the little stopper out of the bottle (this keeps the oil safely contained in it) was actually not bad at all. Normally it’s a struggle getting these out of other diffusers but this was ok. I put the rim back onto it and popped the string into the bottle so the flower sat on the top of the bottle, which made it like a little ornament. It looked super cute!

    I placed Glow’s Snapdragon & Patchouli Diffuser in my son’s bedroom, which is small in size. It took a couple of hours for the fragrance to come through. When I looked at the diffuser the flower had turned into a soft mint green colour. I came back a few hours later and the scent was intensified and the flower even darker in colour.

    Every time I’ve been in my son’s room the scent is there and it’s stunning! It’s actually the perfect fragrance because it has that fresh and clean smell to it (needed for stinky boy teens!). And having a diffuser that looks pretty and colour changes is an added bonus.

    Colour changing!
    Strength & Longevity

    Strength is fabulous! It’s strong but not overpowering in my son’s bedroom and a medium in mine (my bedroom is larger). Longevity? I’ve only been using this for the last 5 days but the strength, scent and quality is not fading and it’s consistently great. I walk into his room and despite the clothes on the floor, half drunk water bottle on the side, this scent makes me smile when I’m in there.

    Recommended?

    I’m going to be honest. The size of this is quite small (the bottle is just over 4cm in height). I’ve used reed diffusers this size before, and they are classed as mini, and they didn’t deliver a good strength of fragrance. But this DID NOT DISAPPOINT! Strength is even better than larger sized diffusers I’ve used in the past. Fragrance is amazing, unusual and utterly gorgeous. This is the BEST diffuser I’ve ever used and it’s not even the full sized version! So recommended 110%!

    What I love about getting these types of products from small business such as Glow, you will get fragrances you won’t find on the high street. Dupes for well known fragrances and some other stand out fragrances are available, making your home smell great and not like anyone else’s. This diffuser costs £11.00 (for the full sized version of 100ml). This maybe more than what you pay in a discount store, but you are paying for something special and worth it!

    Visit Glow’s website here (website is being restocked at time of writing this post so may not be live) if you need a diffuser just as much as I need more!

  • Glow’s Christmas 2022 Wax Melt Advent

    Buying myself an advent calendar is a yearly tradition. If I don’t buy myself one, who would?? It doesn’t matter what type of calendar it is I need one. My favourite advent doesn’t contain chocolate, it contains wax, wax melts to be more specific. I’ve recently taken delivery of an AMAZING Christmas 2022 Wax Advent Collection from UK wax vendor Glow. I secured this a few months ago at a cost of £25.00 which included p&p.

    Glow’s Christmas 2022 Wax Adent
    Why did I buy this?

    Where do I start? I love this wax vendor! I’ve bought individual wax pieces from Angela (the lady behind the business) before. I’ve been lucky enough to be gifted items and I’ve bought themed monthly boxes which have been phenomenal. So, I knew this would be a collection not to be missed, especially with it being a Christmas advent. And I’m glad I didn’t..

    What was included?
    • A small light up Gonk
    • A small LED light up Christmas lantern
    • 12 mini pots of wax melts numbered 1-12.
    • 12 mini wax melt bars
    • Day 25 is a closed box so not sure what surprise is in this yet!
    First Impressions

    WOW! This was delivered in a small box, but this box was a TARDIS because there was so much living in it! The Gonk is a super cute addition. It’s a seasonal favourite for many and totally adorable. The lantern is just as sweet. I love how these are included to give this collection a more personal touch and Christmas vibe. They weren’t necessary. Let’s be honest, if you order a wax melt advent calendar you expect wax melts. But with the themed monthly boxes I’ve seen and received from Glow, they always go that extra mail.

    The wax pots are generously sized for one melt (possibly even two) which should provide a good number of hours of fragrance. Each one a different colour and dusted with glitter.

    The wax bars are all different in regards to look, design and colour. The attention to detail is brilliant! It’s hard for me to list every piece and what they look like. But as an example, there are some large shoe prints with the words embossed into it ‘Santa Claus’. This sits on top of different coloured rectangular shaped wax. Another is a Christmas gingerbread man shape, again, on top of another piece of wax. These are just delightful and when I say they bring a smile to my face I mean it!

    Fragrance wise it’s easy for me to have a quick sniff of some of the wax in the pots. From the ones I’ve smelt the scents are varied. I’m getting some warming and spicy scents. Some rich, buttery bakery scents and some uplifting fruity ones and more. They all tie in perfectly with the idea of Christmas and this time of year.

    Last thoughts?

    I cannot wait to start melting these little beauties! This collection is a whopper of colour, design and creativity. For £25.00 this is a crazy amount of wax (with extras). It must have taken a long time to create these pieces because the attention to detail is fantastic. So, expect my next post/s on this collection to really get into the wax itself, the fragrances, strength, longevity etc. But for now, I feel like it’s already Christmas and I just KNOW this will NOT disappoint me!

    Previous Glow Posts:

    Autumn Home Scents Glow’s Cafe Coffee Inspired Wax Melts

    Glow’s Ruffles At The Palace August Wax Melt Subscription Box

    Glow’s Ruffles At The Palace August Wax Melt Subscription Box Part 2

  • Autumn Home Scents Glow’s Cafe Coffee Inspired Wax Melts

    There are two things I have a fondness for. One is coffee and the other is wax melts. Strangely, I’ve never thought about combining the two together…until now! A few months ago, I won a small competition in UK wax vendor Glow’s Facebook group, and I received a selection of coffee inspired scented wax melt pots. Now the weather is colder, the days are gettering darker quicker, and I want to hermit more, I thought this was the ideal time to start melting these. So, what scents did I get?

    Glow’s Cafe Wax Melt Pots
    Fresh Coffee

    This smells like a fresh made cup of coffee with a small amount of sugar added, finished off with a bit of cream. It’s the slight sweetness that makes this fragrance enjoyable and softer than what I expected and it’s really good, and still remains aromatic.

    Coffee Cream

    Smells similar to the Irish cream drink but with a little more warming spices in it, such as nutmeg. This is a mouthwatering fragrance which I genuinely can’t stop sniffing!

    Cafe Latte

    This is the little sister of Coffee Cream scent wise. The only difference is when I smell them side by side Coffee Cream definitely has that whiff of alcohol in it and spices and Cafe Latte doesn’t.

    Choca Mocha

    Chocolate and coffee. That’s what I get with this one. But more hot chocolate than just a bar of chocolate. Despite not being a fan of this combo in real life chocolate form it, smells great.

    Caramel Vanilla Latte

    Caramel Vanilla Latte has a slightly burnt sugar/caramel type undertone to it on top of the creamy coffee scent. If you love the idea of a slightly sugary, full of depth coffee fragrance this would go down well.

    Pumpkin Spiced Latte

    This has got to be the standout scent in this set. It’s so different from the others and screams Autumn thanks to its bold, spicy notes. I would say this smells the least like coffee but more spicy, pumpkin which is sweet (not too much!) and very inviting.

    Which one is my favourite?

    I would probably say Coffee Cream. These are all great scents but for some reason this one catches my nose the most. All of these are beautifully fragranced. If the idea of coffee scented wax melts makes you feel unsure (like it did with me) please don’t! These all smell amazing. And if you naturally love coffee and how it smells you will adore these pieces.

    Recommended?

    Glow never fails me when it comes to their wax. Whatever piece I receive, whatever the scent is, they have always been fantastic! And I have to say, I’m won over by this small but might box of fragrant wax goodies. I would 110% recommend trying out any Glow waxy pieces but also their coffee inspired ones too. And guess what’s currently available in the cutest coffee bean shapes EVER!? Caramel Vanilla Latte and Coffee Cream. A 4 pack of coffee bean shaped wax melts costs £2.50. Grab yours here now and well-done purchasing, you will love them!