Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 11/27/16-12/4/16

I finally was able to find some of the new Better Homes & Gardens winter wax melts this week, so that's a success! Overall, this wax week was a bit of let down. I had more duds than wins, but that's OK. Experimenting is fun anyways!

Ten Digit Creations Peppermint Meringue 
Scent Description: sweet peppermint, fluffy marshmallows, and whipped cream make up this sweet confection
My Thoughts: Peppermint scents are about the only sweet-type scents I do actually like. This one was alright. There is a definite peppermint note, but the cream and marshmallow notes are subtle. The scent is nice, but it's not 100% for me. The scent wasn't as strong as I'd like it to be either especially for a peppermint scent.
Scent Throw: 2.5/5
Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations

Better Homes & Gardens Winter's Sleigh Ride
Scent Description: Seasonal blend of orange zest, cool winter spices, smoky woods, incense and mountain fir, with a warming base of oakmoss, blue cedar and vanilla bean.
My Thoughts: This was my favorite scent this week. It's a smoky Christmas tree scent that is warm and cozy. The Christmas tree notes in here are not overpowering or strong as the smokiness really softens and mellows them out. I do detect a bit of citrus in this too. This is really a nice cozy winter air scent. I really like this one.
Scent Throw: 4/5
Where To Buy: Walmart

Yankee Candle Over the River
Scent Description: A cool and calm stroll by the river. . . watery green notes with hints of sage, amber and oak.
My Thoughts: This is one of those water and masculine cologne type scents. The watery notes and sage are most prominent to my nose. It's not the most original type scent, but I do really like it. That being said, the throw on this was weak. I could smell it very strongly if I was less than 3ft away from it any more than that it was undetectable to me. This is a common problem with Yankee tarts.
Scent Throw: 1/5
Where To Buy: Yankee Candle

Lake Providence Lodge Sparkling Lemonade
Scent Description: Ice cold lemonade with a touch of fizzy citrus soda added.
My Thoughts: I should have known better when I purchased this one, but I love fizzy and effervescent scents so I thought I'd try it anyways. This is just way too sweet for me. It's very sugary and scents this sweet just turn my stomach. I think if you like sweet scents like many people do you would like this one. There is that fizzy note in there that I love, but it's just too sweet for my tastes and stomach!
Scent Throw: 3.5/5
Where To Buy: Lake Providence Lodge

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 11/13/16-11/20/16

It's been a fairly good wax week. I did start breaking in some holiday scents, but held it together and didn't start plowing through them yet. The temptation is strong though! I'm sure this next week I'll blow through some!

Better Homes & Gardens Season of Joy
Scent Description: Balsam and fir adorned with festive red berries join notes of warm woods and oriental amber accented by vanilla caramel and shimmering spice
My Thoughts: This to me is an excellent holiday scent without being stereotypical holiday scent. I definitely get berry notes, followed up by some woodsy, caramel, and perfume-like notes with the balsam rounded it out in the background. It smells like it could be a holiday perfume but it's not overpowering or strong. It's just right. I really love this scent.
Scent Throw: 3/5
Where To Buy: Walmart

Lake Providence Lodge Tree-lined Trail
Scent Description: The scent of sweet fir, cypress and fresh mountain air.
My Thoughts: Whew-wee this is strong! Too strong for my liking. This is just so resinous and has that strong sweet woodsy tree scent to it it's just too much. I do like Christmas tree scents, but I prefer them to have a lighter and brighter touch because they can get heavy handed easily. This was sadly the case for this one. Too much!
Scent Throw: 4.5/5
Where To Buy: Lake Providence Lodge

Ten Digit Creations Zero Tolerance
Scent Description: a lemongrass scent on steroids
My Thoughts: Accurate scent description. I go through phases with lemongrass. Sometimes I love it sometimes I don't. Right now, I'm in a love phase and this scent is excellent. It's crisp, fresh, citrusy, and clean. It is a true lemongrass scent, it's strictly lemongrass nothing sweet or weird added to it. Just lemongrass and I dig it! 
Scent Throw: 3/5
Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations

Ten Digit Creations Snuggle 
Scent Description: just like the original Snuggle fabric softener
My Thoughts: I was scared of this scent so it's been sitting around for awhile in my wax drawer. I do like laundry scents, but laundry scents can go too strong and headache inducing pretty quickly for me. On cold sniff, this smell S-T-R-O-N-G so I was hesitant. I was brave today and melted it and it mellowed out immensely when melted. It left the perfect light fresh laundry scent dispersed in the air. This is one of the few times I'd rather a scent be light than strong. I'm happy this was the case.
Scent Throw: 3/5
Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations  

Happy Sunday!

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 10/30/16-11/13/16

I'm sorry I was MIA with my wax post last weekend. I had a busy weekend and was downright lazy because of it! I'm back on schedule now. I'm starting to teeter into holiday wax territory. Holiday scents are my favorite so I'm going to try my best not to overdo it! My most recent melts have been pretty good over the past 2 weeks though.

Wilma Black Cedar Juniper
Scent Description: Clean, crisp, and fresh! A seductive blend of rain drenched cedarwood and moss. A Jo Malone duplication.
My Thoughts: I don't know the Jo Malone scent so I can't compare, but I do like this scent. It's a definite masculine cologne scent, but it is very crisp and clean. I get a strong water note with some woodsy and green in the background. 
Scent Throw: 3/5
Where To Buy: Wilma's Shop

Lake Providence Lodge The Lodge
Scent Description: Our signature scent of warm spices, pies baking and whole apples filled with cinnamon and sugar and baked in the oven. This is an ideal cinnamon scent.
Scent Throw: I was very curious how this would be different from LPL's The Cabin scent. I feel like The Cabin is more of a fall scent, it has a stronger apple presence whereas The Lodge is more of a Christmas scent because it's stronger on the cinnamon. It just smells more festive. I enjoyed this one.
Scent Throw: 4/5
Where To Buy: Lake Providence Lodge

Wilma Celtic Moon Spice
Scent Description: A warm blend of spices. A very inviting aroma.
My Thoughts: I'm not sure why it's called Celtic Moon Spice, but this a very nice spice scent. It's a blend of kitchen spices like nutmeg, clove, and cinnamon. What I like about it is while it has all those elements of baked goods, it really doesn't smell like a baked good. It's just spices. 
Scent Throw: 4/5
Where To Buy: Wilma's Shop

Ten Digit Creations Frosted Winter Berry
Scent Description: N/A
My Thoughts: This smells nothing like frosted, winter, or berries. This smells exactly like cherry almond, though. I was expecting a wintery berry scent and I'm just getting Jergens original lotion scent. Not my favorite.
Scent Throw: 4/5
Where To Buy: N/A this was a test scent from Ten Digit Creations and is no longer available. I don't think it will make the cut! 

Happy Sunday!

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 10/9/16-10/23/16

This is more like a review of wax over the past 2 weeks. Last week, I caught a cold. I couldn't smell anything for a week, so I skipped last week's post. My sense of smell returned this past Thursday, so I have 2 waxes pre-cold and 2 waxes post-cold to share with you today.

Lake Providence Lodge Lovely Grace
Scent Description: This is a duplication of a famous actress’ fragrance although I think it smells also like another fancy line’s shower gel and lotion. So, I combined the name! This scent is for those who love clean, fresh and slightly floral scents.
My Thoughts: This smells like Philosophy's Amazing Grace scent. It's a lovely feminine, perfume-like scent that is soft and pleasant. I love this scent as it has a more sophisticated touch, but it's still a clean scent. I really enjoyed this one.
Scent Throw: 3.5/5
Where To Buy: Lake Providence Lodge

Yankee Candle Crisp Fall Night 
Scent Description: The autumn evening invites with brisk earthiness and dreamy interludes of lavender and woodland notes.
My Thoughts: This is a soft woodsy scent. I go through phases of loving woodsy scents and not being able to stomach them. This one is nice because it's a softer scent. It's not overbearingly woodsy. I definitely get the lavender and woodsy vibe going on and it works well. Yankee Candle wax tarts are known to be really light in throw, this one is light-medium, but it works for a scent like this. I don't think I'd want it to be stronger.
Scent Throw: 2.5/5
Where To Buy: Yankee Candle

Lake Providence Lodge Chamomile & Lavender 
Scent Description: Sweet, calming chamomile is blended with an herbal lavender creating a relaxing and clean scent.
My Thoughts: Chamomile and lavender blends are probably my absolute favorite and this one delivers. It's the perfect soothing, cozy, and relaxing scent I want when it's bedtime or I just need to relax. It's soft, clean, and powdery. I love the throw on this one too, it's strong unlike similar blends from other vendors. 
Scent Throw: 4/5 
Where To Buy: Lake Providence Lodge

Wilma's Bonfire Bliss
Scent Description: Roasting marshmallows at a bonfire!
My Thoughts: I'm guessing this is a dupe to BBW Marshmallow Fireside. I have a Marshmallow Fireside candle and I do detect some differences. Bonfire Bliss I can't help but get a weird coconut note from it, it's not as marshmallowy or smoky as the BBW. It's a nice scent, but not exactly what I wanted from it.
Scent Throw: 3/5
Where To Buy: Wilma's Shop

Happy Sunday!

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 9/25/16-10/2/16

It's been a pretty good wax week. I don't have any major complaints. I can tell you it's only the beginning of October and I can sense I'm over pumpkin smells. I haven't melted any new ones this week, so they won't be in this review, but I did melt some older ones and I had to turn them off quickly because I was done. I think I need a take a week off pumpkin and hope I can reignite my love for it before the pumpkin seasons is over. Anyways, here is the new stuff I melted this week.

Lake Providence Lodge Fancy Salon
Scent Description: You know the one. The moment you walk up to the door, the botanical smells entice you in. This oil is the scent of their famous, most PURE shampoo. Comprised of multiple flower and plant essences. Clean and relaxing just like a day at a high-end spa.
My Thoughts: Do I know the one? I don't know? The only shampoo vendor scent I see often is Aveda's Shampure, this doesn't smell like that to me though. I have some Shampure scents and they're very herbal, this smells a lot softer and more frilly than herbal. I like it the scent a lot, but I'm entirely sure what I'm smelling. It's a very floral, herbal, feminine scent, but I can't be more descriptive than that.
Scent Throw: 3.5/5
Where To Buy: Lake Providence Lodge

Ten Digit Creations Orange Peel
Scent Description: sweet oranges freshly peeled
My Thoughts: This smells like oranges, and the scent description is correct with "sweet". There is something slightly sugary about this scent. It's not overly sweet though. I'd say it's about 75% natural scent outside that sweeter note. I wish it was 100% pure orange scent. It's not bad. I don't dislike it, but I wish it had a hint more tang to it rather than more sweet. Also, the throw was fairly weak after only an hour of melting.
Scent Throw: 2.5/5
Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations

Ten Digit Creations Lavender Apple
Scent Description: soft lavender and a mix of juicy apples
My Thoughts: I'm not the biggest apple scent fan. I like the scent, but I don't need to be immersed in apple scent if you catch my drift. This scent is an excellent blend and makes me appreciate the apple scent without being enveloped in it. This is 50/50 soft herbal lavender and apple. I was pleasantly surprised how much I liked it. It's a very fresh scent and a great clean scent with some fall-like touches. 
Scent Throw: 4/5
Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations

Lake Providence Lodge Autumn Spice
Scent Description: True cinnamon mixed with kitchen spices. A cozy and comforting spice blend.
My Thoughts: This is the quintessential fall craft store scent. This is cinnamon brooms and pinecones. This is strong cinnamon scent with hints of other spices. It's very natural and had an excellent throw. I loved this one.
Scent Throw: 4.5/5
Where To Buy: Lake Providence Lodge

Happy Sunday!

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 9/18/16-9/25/16

I can't complain much about my wax week. It was pretty good. I only had one I didn't care for much and the rest were pretty awesome! Again, I've been trying to back off a bit from fall scents this past week because I don't want to get overloaded. I'm doing pretty good. I haven't burned out yet or overdone it on fall scents.

ScentSationals Adventure
Scent Description: Travel the wild, tree-filled mountains with this fresh, masculine scent. Musky and clean, Adventure brings to mind wild plants and running streams.
My Thoughts: I would say their scent description is pretty spot on. This is a blend of a clean masculine scent and fresh greenery. It's very crisp and clean. It's not overpowering or too sharp like some masculine scents can get. It had a moderate throw which was perfect for a scent like this one. 
Scent Throw: 3.5/5
Where To Buy: ScentSationals

Lake Providence Lodge Lavender
Scent Description: A clean, relaxing herbal lavender scent.
My Thoughts: This is really bizarre. I'm almost thinking that either I got the wrong scent or this scent accidentally got blended with something else. This doesn't smell anything like a herbal lavender to me at all. I get a lavender note at the base, but I'm also getting this weird grape juice note in there too. It's this weird acidic grape note really doesn't flatter the lavender.  I found this scent so offputting and very far off from any lavender I'm used to.
Scent Throw: 3.5/5
Where To Buy: Lake Providence Lodge

Wilma's Peppermint Eucalyptus 
Scent Description: A refreshing clean blend of peppermint and eucalyptus.
My Thoughts: Yes! This is scent perfection. You see a lot of spearmint and eucalyptus but not a lot of peppermint and eucalyptus. This is a strong and crisp peppermint with the eucalyptus in the background. This is a scent monster and had amazing throw. I had this melting on and off for 3 days before it started to lose its potency. This is such a great clean and energizing scent. 
Scent Throw: 5/5
Where To Buy: Wilma's Shop

Wilma's Twilight Woods Type
Scent Description: Sweet woods with notes of berries and a touch of musk.
My Thoughts: This is a dupe to the Bath & Body Works scent. It's spot on in my opinion. I got this as a surprise sample and I had forgotten how much I loved this scent. It's a really nice perfumey take on a fall scent. It's a soft, warm, and feminine scent I have difficulty really describing, but I really like it. 
Scent Throw: 3.5/5
Where To Buy: Wilma's Shop

Happy Sunday!

Fall Fun Series: Fall Melting Stash

It's time for another post for the Fun Fall Series. Today's post is on our fall melting stash. Well, my fall drawer of wax is at capacity. I have a lot, and I'm sure I might acquire some more as time wears on, but I'd like to try to behave myself!

As you know I do Weekly Wax Wrap Up posts on Sundays and these fall posts will also feature wax. I will be just showing you wax I'm melting with maybe some very brief thoughts/descriptions in these fall series posts, but if you want full wax reviews they will be posted on my Sunday Weekly Wax Wrap Up posts.

Let me show you what I have in my fall melting stash. I'll break these down into smaller parts so you can see everything further down in the post!

The Fall Melting Stash

ScentSationals, Better Homes & Gardens, and DD

ScentSationals Crimson
ScentSationals Cider House Donuts
ScentSationals Vanilla Pumpkin Cream
Better Homes & Gardens Simmering Apple Cider
Better Homes & Gardens Autumn Afternoon Stroll (Golden Oak Leaves + Apples & Acorns)
Better Homes & Gardens Farm Apple Pumpkin
ScentSationals Ginger Pumpkin
Better Homes & Gardens Perfect Pumpkin Ale
DD Woodland Walk
ScentSationals Pumpkin Spice

Ten Digit Creations

Pomegranate & Juniper Berry
Black Oak & Currant
Pomegranate Cider
White Pumpkin & Lilac
Autumn Sage
Pumpkin Honey Chai
Roasted Pine Cones
Autumn Night
Frosted Pumpkin
Pumpkin Carving

Yankee Candle

Autumn Gathering
Farmer's Market
Spiced Pumpkin
Apple Cider
Harvest
Crisp Fall Night
Pumpkin Pie
Gingerbread Maple

Lake Providence Lodge

Apple Barn
Spiced Pumpkin
Autumn Spice
The Cabin
Sweet Honey Cornbread

Think I have enough to cover me for fall? Haha!

Check out my blogger friends below to see their fall melting stashes!

Amanda at ThriftyPolished

Ashley at The Bohemian Sassenach

Hayley at Polished at Heart

Jaybird at The Candle Enthusiast

Jessica at The Meltdown Blog

Julie at The Redolent Mermaid

Lauren at LoloLovesScents

Lindsey at Little Bit of Lindsey

Liz at Furianne

Sandra at Finger Candy

Stephanie at Imperfectly Painted

Sunnee at Our Sunny Life

Happy Monday!

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 8/28/16-9/4/16

We've made it to September! That means I'm not going to feel so ashamed if I go full force into autumn everything. We still have a few weeks left of summer, but September has always been fall month for me regardless if it's still blazing hot out and sticky humid. I like to pretend it's fall. This was a fairly good week in wax for me.

Ten Digit Creations Autumn Sage
Scent Description: sage drying outside with freshly fallen leaves
My Thoughts: I really enjoyed this scent. It is a nice blend of herbal sage with a fresh outdoorsy airy note. This is a nice transitional scent as in it doesn't scream fall, but it definitely eases you into it. This is a scent you could really melt year round, but it does have some hints of fall into it so it's perfect for September. My only complaint is the throw isn't quite as strong as I would have liked. 
Scent Throw: 3/5
Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations

Lake Providence Lodge The Cabin
Scent Description: A wonderful scent of cozy and warm spices including allspice, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Like Fall at the Lodge curled up under a quilt by the stone fireplace.
My Thoughts: This is an apples and cinnamon type scent to me, but a little more upscale. I can't stand Glade Apple Cinnamon because it's generic and artificial smelling. This one smells natural and is pleasant. I can't say this is the most inventive scent, but it's probably the best apple cinnamon scent I've come across. 
Scent Throw: 4.5/5
Where To Buy: Lake Providence Lodge

ScentSationals Cactus Blossom
Scent Descriptions: Freshly picked eucalyptus leaf intermingles with ozone-infused citrus, sea salted herbs and hints of wild apple wrapped in sparkling marine greens and the warmth of mossy woods.
My Thoughts: This is a very water based scent. What I get from this scent is like a mix of sweet water, aloe, and a hint of masculine cologne type thing going on. I don't hate it, but I don't really like it much either. There is something artificial about it that I couldn't ignore when melting it. 
Scent Throw: 4/5
Where To Buy: ScentSationals

Lake Providence Lodge Hot Bath
Scent Description: This is a clean and very feminine scent. We blended our Lovely Grace with a sweet, fresh powdery scent to create a scent that smells as inviting as a nice, hot bath.
My Thoughts: This was my favorite melt of the week. It smells just like a bubble bath. It's a very soft subtle feminine scent with this clean powdery note blended within. You know how your skin smells after a hot bath or shower? This is that smell. It's the perfect cozy and clean scent. 
Scent Throw: 3.5/5
Where To Buy: Lake Providence Lodge

Happy Sunday!

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 8/21/16-8/28/16

I think I'm definitely a seasonal melter. Last year, after fall/winter season I couldn't stand any woodsy scents. I found them really off-putting. Now, I'm noticing I like them as well as some bakery scents. While right now, summery ocean or tropical scents sound repulsive. I'm guessing it's because I definitely overdo it with seasonal scents in their season to the point I get sick of them. Then I go 6 months without melting them and somehow something resets in my nose and I like them again.

Anyone else like this? 

On to this week's melts!

ScentSationals Vanilla Pumpkin Cream
Scent Description: Enjoy a smooth, creamy swirl of pumpkin and vanilla on a perfect autumn night. Baked with nutmeg and sprinkled with cinnamon, this scent is a flawless addition to any fall evening.
My Thoughts: I'm not bakery scent person usually, but I tend to warm up to them in fall. This really doesn't smell anything like vanilla or cream to me, though. This smells really buttery like a pumpkin flavored butter cookie. It's really scrumptious smelling and it's not really sweet which is probably why I like it. 
Scent Throw: 4/5
Where To Buy: ScentSationals

Ten Digit Creations Black Oak & Currant
Scent Description: lush black currants and rich forest woods are fused with amber, black pepper,geranium, clementine, and patchouli
My Thoughts: This is a really unique and sophisticated scent. It has a really dark, rich, and complex woodsy base balanced out with a tart currant. This is really high-end and luxury scent that reminds of something along the lines of Jo Malone or Tom Ford where you'd pay like $65-$110+ for a small candle of a scent like this one. I'm really impressed with it!
Scent Throw: 3.5/5
Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations

ScentSationals Crimson
Scent Description: Cranberry & Oak
My Thoughts: This smells like a woodsy vanilla men's cologne. The woodsy notes are the most prominent. I don't really detect cranberry in this, but there is the tiniest hint of something fruity perhaps plum? This reminds me of B&BW's discontinued body care scent called Vanilla Noir. It's not a bakery or sugary vanilla note, but a rich and mature vanilla note. I really love this one!
Scent Throw: 4.5/5
Where To Buy: Walmart

Lake Providence Lodge White Tea
Scent Description: This is clean, fresh and floral. White tea leaves mingled with light florals. A very feminine and lovely scent.
My Thoughts: I'm not sure I can add much to the description because it is spot on. It's a nice blend of tea and florals that is clean and inviting. It's definitely a soothing scent for me even though it is fairly girly. The throw could be a bit stronger for me, though.
Scent Throw: 2.5/5
Where To Buy: Lake Providence Lodge

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