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19 February 2014

YANKEE CANDLE IN PINK SLIPPER LADY




Yankee Candle Pink Lady Slipper, 354 g

"A wonderfully soft and sweet spring bouquet, reminiscent of lovely rose petals, jasmine and violets."

I love this floral scent! I am not usually keen on floral scents as I much prefer citrus essences so this was a surprise to me. Yankee Candle in Pink Lady Slipper/Escarpin Rose has a beautifully baby pink colour that you cannot appreciate from the photos as I forgot to take a picture before I used it up. Sorry!

Describing scents is not something that comes easily to me so you might as well have to live with the Yankee Candle description above as I can only describe it as a light floral scent, nothing too intense just as I like it. When you light the candle up you won't notice the fragrance at first, you have to wait several minutes until the scent slowly distributes throughout your flat and then you can enjoy the unobtrusive fragrance. As I said, the scent is not too strong and some might find it even too weak but I prefer it this way. I like my flat to smell after the candle pleasantly and I don't appreciate it to be too overwhelming.

It claims to burn for 40-50 hours which I can neither confirm nor confute. However, I can honestly say it requires countless of long evenings to burn this lovely candle down.

The only negative I found is that you cannot burn the candle down completely. As you see from the photo above there is still quite a lot of wax left and it breaks my heart I cannot use it. The wicks are that big you use them up and there is still wax left at the bottom of the tumbler below their level. It is such a shame because I can see the wax lasting for couple more hours.

If you are into floral scents that are not too sweet or heavily scented this one is for you. I can highly recommend it for the upcoming spring season.

15 February 2014

NEW IN #1





I am starting first of my planned series called "NEW IN" where I am going to show you my new purchases and the reasoning behind the purchase of each product. As you can tell, it will not be a review in a sense of sharing my opinion on the performance of each product but just to make you aware of the future reviews coming.

Today, it will be more hair related post as I think they need a lot of love and care due to the drastic change I am going through currently.

1. REDKEN Extreme Strength Builder (250ml)
This is a product which was highly recommended by Kate from gh0stparties. She bleached her virgin hair to white blonde few weeks ago (or is it months already?!) and says that it really saved her hair. Since I am in a phase of going back to my natural colour from a very dark red, I need to incorporate as much as help to my hair routine as possible and this seemed just like the right product. The fact is I am also just about to run out of Philip Kingsley Elasticizer Extreme (review is already in the works) and this seemed like a good option.

2. Dr. Rewinn's Renunail Nail Strengthener (30ml)
My nails are in desperate need of some strengthener and since O.P.I. Nail Envy Original did not seem to help much in this department I decided to try this HG of all beauty bloggers. I expect it will transform my nails from weak and brittle to super strong and healthy...which just reminds me I should do something about my diet too to make it more healthier in order to help my nails. What do you think I should start eating/drinking? I'd appreciate any suggestions.

3. KMS California Tame Frizz Taming Creme (125ml)
After seeing Rosie's Blow Out tutorial on her lifestyle blog The Londoner last year I knew I had to give it a go as I always envied her hair. The hair is picture perfect on each and every photo of her. How does she do it?! Well, the answer is in the blog post and even though I have not quite mastered the blow out technique yet I have added the taming creme to my beauty cabinet to help it a little bit. It claims to smooth out frizz, flyaways and protect the hair from the heat. I am excited to try it.

4. REDKEN Extreme Anti-Snap (250ml)
Yet another hair product recommended by Kate from gh0stparties. This time it's a product that should prevent breakage, split ends and should keep the hair healthy. I hope this product will help me to grow my locks longer even though I am still destroying it by all the bleach and colour.
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