Candles
I'm not a huge candle person, but I like ones that make your house smell good. It's more fun to burn them in the fall or winter because they make houses seem cozy. I love candles that have mostly natural ingredients and not a lot of dyes, etc. So now that it's September, here are my favorite candles:
Caldrea - They make wonderful cleaning stuff that smells really good. Pete and I chose the Basil Blue Sage scent for our house, and we use their dish soap, countertop spray, hand soap, and linen spray. They also make very pretty candles in the same fragrances that smell fantastic.
Tocca - I have loved their lotion forever, but didn't buy their candle for a long time because it's spendy. I got over that, and I adore their candle in the Stella fragrance. It smells like blood oranges.
l'Occitane - I received a lavender candle from their store for my birthday and I'm loving it. I looked at their website, and there are several others I'm interested in trying. I'm in the market for an orange/cinnamon type candle for the kitchen, and I think they might get the nod.
Thymes - Their Frasier Fir scented candle will be coming home with my this holiday season :) Pete says we can't have a real Christmas tree because of the needles. This makes me sad, because I've never had a fake tree. In my family we always had Douglas Fir Charlie Brown Style trees. So this year we'll be putting up a fake tree and in exchange for my compliance, Peter will be purchasing me the most realistic smelling pine-scented candle. This one.
Caldrea - They make wonderful cleaning stuff that smells really good. Pete and I chose the Basil Blue Sage scent for our house, and we use their dish soap, countertop spray, hand soap, and linen spray. They also make very pretty candles in the same fragrances that smell fantastic.
Tocca - I have loved their lotion forever, but didn't buy their candle for a long time because it's spendy. I got over that, and I adore their candle in the Stella fragrance. It smells like blood oranges.
l'Occitane - I received a lavender candle from their store for my birthday and I'm loving it. I looked at their website, and there are several others I'm interested in trying. I'm in the market for an orange/cinnamon type candle for the kitchen, and I think they might get the nod.
Thymes - Their Frasier Fir scented candle will be coming home with my this holiday season :) Pete says we can't have a real Christmas tree because of the needles. This makes me sad, because I've never had a fake tree. In my family we always had Douglas Fir Charlie Brown Style trees. So this year we'll be putting up a fake tree and in exchange for my compliance, Peter will be purchasing me the most realistic smelling pine-scented candle. This one.
posted by anne elizabeth fern @ 3:48 PM
2 Comments:
At 4:05 PM,
Corey said…
Booo, Pete, booo....You have to have a real tree. Besides with the hardwood floors throughout your house the needles will be easy to clean up. Anne, I say veto Pete's bill. You're practically the new president now anyway, with being engaged, and all. :P
At 5:03 PM,
anne elizabeth fern said…
Yeah, I don't want to use all my stored up goodwill (and believe me, there's a lot of it with all the bike related purchases lately) on a Christmas tree when we won't even be here for Christmas. Pete says that Minnesota Christmas trees come from tree farms and have prickly needles. I'm gonna miss driving up Lolo pass and cutting my tree, though. The beauty of Douglas Firs is that their needles aren't sharp.
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