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So I was recently shopping in my local city and had to stop off at the Yankee Candle store, first off I was excited because they have now stocked up Christmas candles! They also had Christmas Calendars and sets etc.. Among the new exciting products they also had Halloween products and new sugary sweet candles!

I decided to pick these two votive's up to see if I like the scent when burning before buying full jar sizes! (I highly recommend you buy/try votive before buying the full jar size in case you don't like it, then you aren't wasting a lot of money)

Vanilla Bourbon - This is a new favorite of mine, the vanilla scent is strong but overpowered by a salty caramel like smell. Its very sugary and sweet and just smells so tasty!

Gingerbread Maple - This votive has a strong scent of Ginger but is twisted with a sugary coat of what reminds me of warm cookies..

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Yankee Candle Votive duo

by amyjaneoldfield on 09:00

So I was recently shopping in my local city and had to stop off at the Yankee Candle store, first off I was excited because they have now st...

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

Empty Yankee Candle Large Jar | Creativity

by amyjaneoldfield on 09:00

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 blo...

Yankee - " Champaca Blossom "

This candle was purchased again, as part of the QVC spring collection for mothers day gift set. The color is very "nude" like, it's smell is unusual like a fruit floral which is fresh and vibrant. I would say the smell isn't 100% strong, you have to take a big "sniff" in order to get a good smell of the scent.

This candle is currently available to buy off the official Yankee website the votive size is £1.80, but they also have this candle available in sizes / types of candle's Yankee offer check here: http://tinyurl.com/ovdswwe