My Top 10 Favorite Candles!

Alright so I have to admit I'm a little obsessed with candles. I have an entire shelf full in my closet and one in every corner of the house. It was hard to pick just 10 but I narrowed it down to the ones I burn most and smell the best! You'll notice a lot of fall/winter type scents because those are my favorites!

In no particular order...

WoodWick Candle - Apple Orchard

I love WoodWick Candles because you can hear the wick crackling while they burn. It sounds like you're cozy by the fire. The name is dead on with this one...it smells like you're walking around the apple orchard on a fresh fall day.

Bath & Body Works - Black Amethyst

This scent is very deep and strong. I only burn this candle in the cold bitter winter, like now, because it smells so warm and cozy. This is from BBW Signature line so the scent is strong and fills the whole room-which I love. I have just about everything from the Black Amethyst line. BBW describes it as "Italian Bergamot and rare camellias with exotic sandalwood and a surprising twist of vetiver" whatever that means...

Slatkin & Co. (Bath & Body Works) - Winter Garland

This candle smells just like my Aunt's house for our family Christmas party. All those scents of Christmas like cinnamon, pine...just Holiday. That's the only way I can describe it.

WoodWick - Amber Woods

This candle is by far my favorite. It smells like a mix of a crisp Autumn day and guy's cologne. I love "boyfriend" type scents and this one takes the cake.

Slatkin & Co. (Bath & Body Works) - Spiced Cider

This one is another typical fall scent, but a little sweeter than the rest. It has some spicy and creaminess to it. It smells like a hot cup of mulled cider. Yum!

Yankee Candle - Cozy Home

What more can I say? They nailed it. Like a cozy fall day spent inside watching movies. Love. I feel like it's  being discontinued because I can't find it anywhere :'( It's a rare occasion when I burn this baby!

Slatkin & Co. (Bath & Body Works) -Autumn

Wow, another fall scent. It has always been my personal belief that there was some kind of mix-up and this candle was named Autumn, while the next one was named Leaves. The names should be switched because Autumn smells like fresh fall leaves and apples...

Slatkin & Co. (Bath & Body Works) - Leaves

...Leaves smells like all the scents of Autumn melted into one convenient candle. Both are amazing.

Yankee Candle - Vanilla Lime

This candle is NOT fall scented! Yay! This is the perfect candle for summer, but it's not tropical. It's creamy and sweet with some citrus. It smells so good. It makes me think of a hot, typically humid, Michigan summer day. Complete with flip-flops.

Yankee Candle - Fluffy Towels

And for the last (and my current favorite) candle...Fluffy Towels! It honestly smells like when you're outside in the spring and you walk by the dryer vent and get a big whiff of the fabric softener. Ahh-mazing.

Well there you have it, my favorite candles. (Because I know you were all dying to know.)

What are your favorite candles? Brands? Types of scents?

-Liz :)

Random Babble

I'm trying my hardest not to fall asleep at this very moment. This week has been super busy so far, and it's only Wednesday. At work we have what's known as "shut-down" where our building gets, well, shut down. Only for a week but during that time we deep clean and fix things that can't be done while we're surrounded with guests. There are a few good things about it, you get to work with people who's shifts don't normally cross yours, you get to work as many hours as you want to, and you get to wear normal clothes while blasting the music. The bad things about it are that you have to work-a lot- to get the things on your list checked off, you have to balance shut down maintenance with your normal everyday workload and then there's the waking up 6 hours before you usually do to get there early. But I'll take the overtime while I can, since things are still not looking good for poor old Michigan.

One thing I'm excited about is that it's raining here. And not just sprinkling, it's pouring cats and dogs with a fierce wind. We needed the rain so much, in August we set records for how dry it was. Maybe this will break the humidity? Wishful thinking. This has been one of the hottest summers I can remember. It's hard to breathe outside. This weekend is, however, supposed to be a high of around 70 so maybe fall is right around the corner? Let's hope.

...Not that it matters, I am moving into autumn with or without the weather's cooperation. I currently have Home Alone on the TV, which I consider to be a Christmas movie, and I have a Yankee Candle in Cozy Home burning and it smells ahhmazing! Apparently (after searching on Google for the better half of an hour) it's discontinued. It makes me want to blow it out and not burn it but it just smells so yummy, like all the scents of fall melted into a cute little orange jar.

=Anyway, on to the beauty part of this blurb. I'm contemplating dying my hair dark(er). Right now, it's a medium brown with blonde highlights. The highlights are growing out, a lot, and I'm sick of giving up mucho dinero for hair appointments. Plus with the winter months coming, I like a change. I'm just unsure. I picked up a box of Garnier Fructris hair color because it's my favorite kind. The avacado and grape seed oil really nourish my hair and make it silky smooth. I got the color Chestnut, or Medium Golden Brown. Still iffy on the color and if I should even color it at all...

=In other news, I picked up the new Soft Lips in the flavor Chai Tea. I'm not too impressed with the scent, I thought it would be more spicy but it's just a sweet vanilla-esque smell. It smells good, and fall like, don't get me wrong, I just was hoping for something that smelled more like the chai tea I order from Starbucks. Great conditioning as always and I love the size of the tube :)

I'm really hoping fall gets here soon. This weekend is going to be a good one. Saturday I may or may not go into work, but if I do, it will only be until about noon. Then, at 2:30pm it's UofM Football kick-off time baby! I can't wait! BDubs, Beer and my couch is all I want. Then at night, we're heading to Detroit for a really good friend's birthday. Sunday we have a Labor Day BBQ at my mom's house and I'm sure my boyfriend's family will want to get together for Labor Day on Monday, which is fine, since we both have that day off. I'm just excited for things to come, finding a school to go to finish my degree, my birthday in two weeks and the holidays of course. For me, from September on, the rest of the year is the best time and I couldn't be happier :)

I'm sure I'll do a tutorial or OOTD on Saturday so I will see you then!