Sunday 27 May 2012

I'M LOVING... YANKEE CANDLES

Apologizes for my lack of designer inspired post today, I've been outside enjoying the sunshine and the thought of spending hours sat on my laptop doing a post makes me want to cry a little bit. So here i am, with still an eBay themed post but not quite the 'usual' Sunday one'.



Yankee candle samples - £1.31 each

Last month for my birthday i received my first ever Yankee candle (vanilla cupcake) and fell in love with it straight away. It's quite a rich scent, so i don't burn it for long and i really wanted to try some others. Yankee candles are quite expensive, a large jar is usually around £18 so i wanted to get some smaller ones first to see if i liked the scent enough to buy a bigger one. In true me form i headed over to eBay to see if i could find any offers on and this amazing seller came up selling all various sizes and scents. I decided to go for the sampler offer (£1.31 each) and i ended u buying 7 (the ones above) which i think is an amazing deal as i only paid £1.85 postage for them all.

So far I've burnt midnight jasmine, mandarin cranberry and pink sands and I'm already eyeing up a large jar for the cranberry one. I probably wouldn't buy the other two again. I think getting samples is a great way to find out if you like the scent enough to buy it and because they're so small you can burn whichever scent fits your mood that day. Burn time is around 8-10 hours i think, from what I've worked out anyway. I really love these candles and I'm excited to try some others!

Have you tried Yankee candles? Which is your favourite?


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28 comments

  1. Yes, i LOVE yankee candles! There was the Christmas flavours I adored! I think they were cinnamon? I was almost tempted to eat them as they smelt so good! lol

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  2. I adore clean cotton and fluffy towels- so fresh and refreshing! xxx

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  3. Mandarin Cranberry sounds so nice! I much prefer warm or fruity scents so don't know if the others would be for me! Totes off to eBay to stock up candles (:

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  4. i loveee yankee candles! christmas scents are lush especially christmas cookie :) just finished burning fluffy towels and absolutely loved it. such a nice fresh scent for spring x

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  5. I love them too! Unfortunately they are hard to find in my country and they sell them for a way too expensive price!

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  6. There is a shop in Cardiff that just sells yankee products, I got all the halloween samples for £4 last week, so many in the bag :) will keep them until Oct now. I love all the sweet cupcake type ones but I'm going to try that mandarin cranberry one x

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  7. Love this, Yankee Candles are so nice - but not the price tag! Definitely don't blame you for not wanting to stay inside and scour the Internet! Enjoy the sunshine :) xx

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  8. I'm seriously thinking about buying a couple of these for my future apartment. How big are they (I need a size as I'm no candle expert and burning time tells me next to nothing)? xx

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  9. the mandarin cranberry is def one of my favs!!

    luv fluffy towels too!!

    http://kellinasthoughts.blogspot.com/

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  10. I love Yankee candles and could so easily stock up on them if I had the money too! I just want them all!! x

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  11. I love Yankee Candles, Fluffy Towels is one of my favourites, but I also love 'Loves me, loves me not' which I think is new but it smells amazing! x

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  12. I really like Yankee Candles,but I've bought from Busy Bee Candles too & found that the candles and scents lasted longer than Yankee ones! x

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  13. I love these! They are amazing! you get to try out so many different scents without paying so much for the full size! I bought loads of these from clintons earlier this year for like 69p or something! Well worth a look if you're near one! x

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  14. I've been loving not only Yankee Candles but candles in general recently!
    I always find great ones (including Yankee) for such good prices in TK Maxx :) x

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  15. I adore Yankee candles!!! they smell amazing! I especially love Lemon Lavender and Fresh Mango Salsa, they smell so good and are my favourite candles for summer! :)

    lovelylittlelatte.blogspot.com

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  16. I love Yankee candles. I'm currently burning midnight jasmine and love it.
    The wax tarts are also a great way of trying them out and are usually only about £1 x

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  17. Midnight Jasmine sounds lush! Their Peppermint Swirl is really nice. Almond Cookie is a really nice scent as well!

    Have you tried candles from Bath&Body Works? Not sure if they're in the UK, but they make high quality candles as well.

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  18. I love yankee candles! Got the other females in the family some for christmas/birthday gifts so I get to enjoy them when I visit :P x

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  19. @Meg - Burning time is more about the quality of the candle not the size, and 8/10 hours or something that small is pretty good.

    The sample size Yankee's which I buy are usually about 2 inches high? I think
    Am I right, Victoria?

    I LOVE the little sample size candles, they are just so convenient!

    Amber xx

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  20. my mum always has some of these around the house, my favourites are the christmas ones, but I love the fluffy towels and the fresh linen ones :)

    http://amyelizabethmartin.blogspot.co.uk/

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  21. Lve them and they burn for ages... Fruit Fusion, French Vanilla and Sweet Strawberry are my favs

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  22. love Your blog! greetings from Poland! ;D

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  23. I've been wanting to try yankee candles for ages but didn't realise you could get smaller ones and like you didn't want to spend all that money in case I didn't like the smell :) xx

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  24. Nice haul you have there!
    I love Soft Blanket and Vanilla Cupcake.

    I've just ordered one of their lip balms off eBay in Vanilla Cupcake. It looks just like their candles but a lip balm. Can't wait for it to come! haha.
    I've just seen it on coleyyyful's blog. :)

    http://itskerrysbeautyblog.blogspot.co.uk/

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  25. I've just picked up Pink Dragon Fruit - absolutely gorgeous well worth the spends for the smell, divine. Fab blog x

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  26. I love Pink Sands!

    My favourite yankee scent is Bahama Breeze.. it smells like a cocktail! haha.

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  27. I normally only spend a couple pounds on candles, as I like to have lots of little ones around my room, but don't wan't to spend lots on them. I've just bought 3 of these, as for the price, I may as well and I've always wanted to try yankee candles.
    x

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