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Where to begin, I love this box for its perfect seasonal scents plus the colour theme is out of this world. It's packed in a pretty, light baby pink paper with gold and white theme (then the melts are wrapped in gold) honestly I love the theme. Plus, we get a free baby pink Christmas tree decoration on gold string!

Mulled Wine & Berries

This is a very light, soft scent that isn't too over powerful. Its got a slight hint of sweet, sugary berries with an overall soft fresh, fruity scent. (Its a pretty hard scent to define, but it isn't too food or too floral like its a mix in between)

White Lilac & Rhubarb - RRP £2

A much different melt from the rest of this box, its a much more fresh, clean, floral like smell. It's packed full of white roses, violets and sweet apples a very refreshing scent that's something different but suited to this box.

Click to view the product on Flamingo Candles website here.

Chocolate Orange - RRP £2

This melt has a very orange like smell but the opposite to a fruit orange, much more of a sweet, sugary chocolate orange. If anything it's exactly like a Terry's Chocolate Orange you get at Christmas!

Click to view the product on Flamingo Candles website here.

Cinnamon Buns

Of course when it comes to winter, or Christmas you just need that cinnamon spice smell and that's exactly what this melt offers. It's a very cinnamon, wood like spiced scent with a slight mix of a typical bakery food like atmosphere. I love it!

Gingerbread

The name is pretty much the scent, what else is there to describe right? It's a strong, powerful fresh soft gingerbread spiced smell that's very food like and festive.

Click to view the product on Flamingo Candles website here.

Christmas Tree Gin

The scent of this melt is much more harder to define, its somewhat like a citrus spiced smell mixed with a sweet berry like. Other than that, it's very hard to distinguish a scent although I do admit I love it.

Click to view the product on Flamingo Candles website here.

Sherry Trifle

This melt is again very food like, but reminds me of raspberries with a sweet sugar coating. Its honestly one of my favorites out of this months box, it reminds me somewhat of a hint of wine too.

Bah! Humbug

This scent is very mint like, packed full of a strong spearmint scent or sort of like those candy canes you get on the Christmas tree!

Overall, I love this months box by far my favorite scent is either the Chocolate Orange or Sherry Trifle, but then again I absolutely love the gingerbread and cinnamon buns! X

Flamingo Candles | December Box

by amyjaneoldfield on 09:00

Where to begin, I love this box for its perfect seasonal scents plus the colour theme is out of this world. It's packed in a pretty, lig...

Another month, another subscription box arrives! This month packed of Christmas scents PLUS the extra Christmas goodies & surprises! First off, when I unboxed I noticed the bright pink plastic Flamingo! I love this, personally because it can be used for multi purpose - hanging on your Christmas tree OR on your dressing table! PLUS an extra melt "Snow Angel 6" which surprised me so much, I honestly wasn't expecting that!

Candles;

1. Asian Pear & Plum - £2
This melt has a super clean fresh scent that reminds me of the outdoors in a fruit shop! There is a clear scent of fruity plum but with a twist of soft fresh pear. The scent isn't super strong from first impression but does make you feel instantly relaxed.

2. Mulled Wine & Berries - £2 (Click here)
This melt is a Christmas themed one, and oh boy do I love it! It's scent is strong and instantly throws an alcohol like wine smell that feels rich with the taste of fresh clean berries. This scent just gets me in the mood for Christmas and just reminds me of Christmas!

3. Black Cherry - Melt Crowd Exclusive
This melt is also strong scented reminding me of a fruity fresh of sugary cherries. This melt is a hard one to explain other than it just reminds me of that Christmas scent on the day when your about to prepare all the different puddings!

4. Cinnamon Sticks - £2 (Click here)
This melt is another strong scent packed with ginger spice that is the perfect typical "cinnamon" scent. This type of melt can easily get you in the mood for Christmas but is also perfect for the cold winery evenings AFTER Christmas!

5. Christmas Pudding - Melt Crowd Exclusive
This melt is another perfect Christmas themed melt, filled with a cinnamon spice twist and tasty sugary food like smell.

6. Vanilla Milk Bottles - £2 (Click here)
If you know me, you'll know I'm a huge lover for sugary, sweet candy like scents. This melt is packed full of a sugary sweet vanilla scent that's mixed in with a creamy twist. Another new favorite and love of mine! (100% recommend)

7. Mistletoe - Melt Crowd Exclusive
This melt isn't as strong as the others but has a fresh clean smell to it, that reminds me of the outdoors when you go to garden centers!

8. Black Tea & Almond - £2 (Click here)
This melt is scent very dark like, filled with a fresh clean scent of floral fruity outdoors.

Snow Angel 6 - Christmas extra!

This melt is scented very fresh and clean reminding me of snow and ice on the winter days. But it also has a minty twist to it making is easy to pickup and smell in the air on dull gloomy days!

Overall, I just love this months box each melt included has become a new love of mine especially the vanilla milk bottles. The box can easily set me in the mood for Christmas but also they are perfect for burning in the cold winter nights!,

Thank you for reading & MERRY CHRISTMAS Xo

Flamingo Candles | December Box

by amyjaneoldfield on 09:00

Another month, another subscription box arrives! This month packed of Christmas scents PLUS the extra Christmas goodies & surprises! Fir...

Hey guys! So have you ever had empty jars off a product and feel like its a waste of binning them? Well STOP! I recently discovered some bloggers who reuse jars with some awesome methods, I just had to try it myself!
I had a large jar of the Yankee Candle Jelly Bean it came towards the end (where the wick wouldn't burn no more / struggled to light it, so I placed the jar into my freezer for about 2-3 hours (WITHOUT the lid on!). When I removed it the wax at the bottom had frozen solid and was freely moving around, I used a sharp knife (PLEASE BE CAREFUL - GET AN ADULT TO HELP / SUPERVISE!) and dabbed it a few times to crack the wax (You could try banging the jar but be-careful it doesn't smash). Then tip the jar upside down to let the wax freely remove, keep hold of the empty wax (let it unfreeze) then you can reuse as a melt in a candle wax burner, this works perfect because Yankee Candles are such strong scented this lasted a good few hours for about 4 days!

Then, wash the jar out thoroughly until it is completely clean - don't forget to clean out the lid too! Then you have a clean empty Yankee Candle Jar!

So, I was going to use it to store makeup brushes but I recently purchased a new jar holder for them... So I thought I'd try something a little more creative. I used some purple gem stones purchased from IKEA to fill the jar then place some votive's / melts in the top as a statement piece for my desk!

I've saw others use the jars to store sweets, candy, pencils, lip glosses etc... Comment below if you've tried anything yet? I'd love to see, I have a few more jars I need to be creative with! Xo