Now you don't need to own those votive holders for mixing scents. Though I do find them very convenient & they come highly recommended by me because I love mixing, there are other ways to do it. You could just burn 2+ jar candles or different votive/tea lights in different holders. Place them near each other to have the mix stronger, or even further away from each other for a slight mix of scent or different scent experiences depending on where you are in the room.
I actually had a triple votive holder I got from Party Lite a while back that I never used, though it has been out for decoration the entire time. I decided I was going to use this for my next mix. It being autumn, I went through my votive box looking for some autumn scents & came up with this mix:
Many people don't think of grapes as an autumn fruit but they are! I think these were good choices considering this time of year most people go overboard on the pumpkin & spices. Not that I don't like those scents. I do! I just like to be different. I do think the Vineyard was a bit overpowering of the 3 so if I go this route again, I'm not sure what I'd swap it out with.
I'm sure you've noticed in the last few years YC has been putting out some... well... different & odd choices for candles. Their MMM, Bacon, for example, was NOT one of my favorites. The scent was more of a sweet bacon smell & I choked on it after getting a whiff. The other week I got a new YC catalog & I just love how they have their pages that you can sniff! So I'm flipping through & see a new, odd scent that they have come up with. Turkey & Stuffing! It actually smells REALLY good! Going through the reviews with the bacon candle, it seemed either a hit or miss if you liked the scent or not. For the Turkey & Stuffing candle, the reviews seem to point out a lack of strong scent to it, not that the scent is bad. The catalog gave an amazing scent of roasted turkey with perfectly herbed stuffing! Only problem is that it will give you a hankering for some turkey & stuffing (or tofurky if you prefer) so it may be disappointing when you don't have a turkey dinner to nosh on after burning this candle.
We did end up checking out the candle in the store & the reviews are spot on advising of the lack of a strong scent. (Too bad!) Since I had a B2G2 large candles coupon we ended up getting the Cranberry Chutney for our home and 3 others as gifts. If you want the deal online, just enter the code CANDLES at checkout.
FYI, tomorrow starts their Veteran's Day sale & they will have $1 tarts & samps. Also, if you have a YC store in your area see if they are participating in the Holiday Open House on November 9th, 10am-4pm. They will have giveaways every hour & food!
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I'm really trying to get in the fall spirit but it has been hard. We finally had a week where the weather was cooling down but last week we were in the mid 60ºs! I had ladybugs swarming all over my building & even saved one inside my home from the cats.
On Halloween it rained and the wind picked up. 65º and rain is better than 40º & rain, at least for trick-or-treaters. I remember trick-or-treating in the snow once. A few inches of snow actually. We never get any kids here. :(
My Halloween consisted of carving pumpkins & listening to some Halloween rock music with Chris. Then we put on the Sabres game to listen to. Milton had his Oskar & Klaus tie on & was (what we call) "helping" Chris carve his pumpkin. We set the carved pumpkins on the table on my back porch facing the glass door so we could see them & lit a candle in them. Chris roasted the pumpkin seeds & then blended some of the pumpkin innards to use in yummy pumpkin cream cheese muffins he made a few days later. We ate some of the roasted seeds & drank apple cider while watching the glow of the jack-o-lanterns. It was a good night.
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So one of my BFFs, Colleen, has now started a blog of her own called Let's Stick Together. She's a go-to for craftiness & also has a love, like I, for fine soaps. (She also introduced me to my new addiction, Trader Joe's Chicken Pot Pie Bites!) Check her out!
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While at Target the other week I found an Aveeno product I wanted to try. Skin Relief Shower & Bath Oil. There was only 1 left, I had a coupon, & it smelled of almonds! Target currently has a promotion with most Aveeno products where if you buy 3 you get a $5 Target gift card. It was tempting but I decided against it. This one would be enough for now.
This product is EXTREMELY oily. Luckily I have treads on the bottom of my tub, but even with those, exiting my tub I almost slipped. This is one of the oiliest products I have ever used & you will still feel greased up after drying yourself off. I would recommend this for winter use or you will feel very sticky in the summer. In the bath I tried it with 2 tablespoons & it seemed like too much. 1 tablespoon, or even just 1 cap full (what I used the 2nd time), was more than enough for me.
I mentioned, in the bottle it smelled like almonds, but there is no almonds or almond oil in it. The 1st ingredient is mineral oil, then oat kernel flour. When you add it to the running water the scent changed to something not very attractive. It was on odd, damp smell that it gave off. The reaction in the water was also strange as the oat flour created this oily, frothy, white foam in patches here & there.
Overall, even with my dry skin, I felt kind of gross and sticky after using it in the bath & I'm one of those people who usually doesn't mind using oily products. After my bath I wanted to take another shower to scrub myself clean of it. Maybe it would wash off better, or feel better on my skin if I used it as directed in the shower instead of the bath? I'll have to try that later. But, for $6 a bottle it's not a bad find if you have extreme eczema, psoriasis, or scaly skin. Personally, I wouldn't buy this again.
