Candles
BOUJEE BOUGIES CANDLES
I’ve been blogging for 11 years in April, and in that time I have met quite a few fragrance writers/experts who speak of perfume/fragrance/smellies in a way that is so...
07/01/2021
DIPTYQUE LIMITED EDITION WINTER COLLECTION (LUCKY CHARMS)
The Christmas Diptyque Limited Editions are here and they are lush. The new lucky charm creations have been designed in collaboration with the artist Olaf Hajek. This year's carousel is...
11/11/2019
Seven Seventeen Candles
File under: Candle Addicts Anonymous. I know a lot of you share my candle obsession and this lovely new brand will only make it worse. Founded by friends Sarah Slade...
18/02/2017
Cult Beauty Box of Dreams Volume II - What you need to know
Last mention I promise, but the Box goes on sale tomorrow (Wednesday) and I wanted to give you the full run through. May Lindstrom Pendulum Cleansing Oil – Deluxe Size...
06/12/2016
Incoming, Upcoming, and Outgoing
Outgoing: my beloved Fig Clarins Hand Cream, sadly only available in a small size as a Limited Edition in a three pack with other flavours. Please, please, please, Clarins,...
23/10/2016
Instagram and Blog Update
Hi All! It's been well over six weeks since my last Instagram blog post so I thought I would add a little general update to this post. Going forward...
09/10/2016
FAVE FIVES: SPRITZS/HYDRATING TONERS
Hi All! Spritzs/Hydrating Toners (liquid moisturisers) – with loads more in the planning. As I say in the video if you are on a budget, these are where you...
13/07/2016
NARS Monoi Body Glow II and Monoi Candle
OK so lovers of all things monoi - and longtime purchasers of Hei Poa - we finally got NARS to come up with the goods candle-wise. The downside is that...
18/05/2016
Jo Loves Shot Candle Collection
On Monday I visited the brand new Jo Loves Shot Candle Studio at the back of their beautiful flagship Elizabeth Street store. Two hours of blissful smelling and mixing later...
23/04/2015
Jo Malone White Lilac & Rhubarb Charity Candle
Charity projects always put me in two minds: is the money reaching the end target? Are the brand doing it purely to satisfy their CSR demands? So when something like...
18/04/2015
Zara Home Pure Gardenia Candle
I'm kind of worried about posting this one. Mainly for selfish reasons. If you, like me, are a candle lover (obsessive) and have not seen Zara Home's selection, you...
14/04/2015
Bella Freud 'Loving' Candle
Regular readers of the blog will know of my obsession penchant for all things white flowers. Gardenia and tuberose are easily my favourites. The Loving candle from Bella Freud is...
21/03/2015
The White Company Paper White Votive Candle (and Christmas preview)
Source - Quietude A few weeks ago I gatecrashed attended The White Company Christmas Preview. To say it was the most spectacular Christmas display I've ever seen would be understating...
03/08/2014
Jo Malone London Tuberose Angelica and Velvet Rose & Oud Candle
When I was in California in February I approached what appeared to be, from a distance and without my glasses, a bunch of white stocks from a flower stall outside...
16/06/2014
Pure Candle Porn. Jo Malone Just Like Sunday Collection
I don't need any new candles - says Mr Hirons. That's besides the point - says me. Jo Malone just unleashed these beauties as their Just Like Sunday Collection and...
06/01/2014
Fortnum & Mason Candle Room
Total eye candy post. I popped into Fortnum's for a meeting last week and had my first proper look at the Candle Room. Sigh. Every single smell you could wish...
29/10/2013
Candle of the Week. Timothy Dunn Arabian Fig - and a special mention to Mr Hirons
Four score and twenty years ago - a woman in red married a cute floppy-haired musician in West London. OK - 18 years ago. Just setting the scene. I...
17/12/2012
Candle of the Week. Aromatherapy Associates Fragranced Candle Duo.
Candle of the Week is this GORGEOUS duo from Aromatherapy Associates. Containing Relax and Comfort - both natural wax candles burn for 20 hours and are the absolute dogs...
07/12/2012
Candle of the Week - Diptyque Vetyver
When looking for this week's candle it did occur to me that I should possibly re-name this 'Diptyque Candle of the Week' such is the ridiculous amount dotted around the...
06/10/2012
Candle of the Week - Cire Trudon Spiritus Sancti
There are few things I love more than a candle. Especially a candle that smells of Church. A full-on Orthodox-incense-waving-everywhere Church. The turn of the weather for the worst last...
24/09/2012
OSKIA Signature Glow Facial & Skin Smoothing Massage Candle
I didn’t go into the beauty business expecting to be paid for reviewing and trialling facials and treatments. It just organically happened. In a really wonderful way. Sometimes it’s not...
09/06/2012