What's been happening at Melting Moments.....

It has been sometime since I last posted so lots to update you on.....



We've had lots of new scents arrive this week and as a thank you to all of our lovely customers, we are offering any bags of these scents at 5% off, so they will cost you £3.08 per bag. If you would like a bag of each of the new scents, then it will cost you £23.00, saving you £3.00! This offer ends on Sunday 20th October at 8pm.

Cashmere & Silk - A soft & sensual bouquet of creamy french vanilla with sandalwood, patchouli and musk accented by rose, violet, apricot and creamy coconut milk.

Party Girl - Mango, pineapple & acai berry on a melon & coconut background.

Pineapple Jasmine - A fresh pineapple fragrance with a background of jasmine & rose petals.

Pomegranate - The beautiful fragrance of fresh pomegranates.

Winter Garden - This fragrance begins with top notes of fresh lime & menthol, middle notes of Douglas Fir & lavender with full-body base notes of eucalyptus & pine.

Sun, Moon & Stars - Fresh green clover & ivy followed by jasmine & vetiver with base notes of green stem. This is a beautifully fresh fragrance.

Moonlit Path - B&B Works duplicate, clean soft powder with floral hints.

Brown Sugar & Fig - A beautiful fragrance of figs, peaches & passion fruit. Blended with exotic coconut, orchid, jasmine & freesia with a gentle kick of vanilla, caramel, sugar & musk.

We are also pleased to announce the return of our Ugly Votives!!! YAY I hear you say? YAY indeed!! These Ugly Votives are unique, no two are the same, each layer has a different scent and keeps you guessing the whole way through! Only £2.60 each or 2 for £5.00!!

Ugly Votives

Our Gingerbread Men Tubs are proving to be hugely popular and are almost sold out!! For only £6.25 you get 20 of these cute Gingerbread Men melts all in their own little tub! Grab yours quick before their all gone!!

Gingerbread Men Tub

Hopefully this blog will have updated you somewhat if you've missed posts on the page and as normal, if you have any questions/comments/ideas, please feel free to let me know!

What's been happening....

It's been a couple of weeks since my last blog, so lots to update you on!

Our Halloween range was introduced and has been very popular!

Loaded Lantern £5.25 (15 melts)

We were invited to a Bosom Pals evening to show off our wares and talk about what we do. This was a very enjoyable evening and we met a group of truly inspirational people.
Bosom Pals is a charity and support group for people who have suffered, are suffering from or who are supporting people affected by breast cancer.

After many requests for Dr Who themed melts, Mel managed to get some Dr Who moulds and these melts were introduced to our range last week.

Dr Who themed wax melts £3.25 (Bag of 24)

We also introduced some new Gift Sets but these are on limited availability.

Green Heart Burner Gift Set £8.75

Tealight Gift Set £7.50

We also have our new Weekend Super Saver Offer on which is valid until Tuesday 10th September at 8pm. The offer this weekend is on Simmering Granules -BUY 3 GET 1 FREE!!
Simmering Granules are £1.50 for a 100g bag so lots of scent for your money with this offer!

So as you can see it's been a busy couple of weeks at Melting Moments! We hope that you enjoy all of our new makes and continue to enjoy the older ones too and if you have any requests, please feel free to ask :)

It's Christmas!!!

Sooooooooooo this week saw the launch of some of our Christmas range and didn't I tell you that you were in for a treat???

Already this year, the Santa Sacks are flying out of the door! These were so popular last year that we decided to re-launch them again this year :) For those of you not familiar with the Santa Sacks, you get 8 sparkly snowflake shaped soy wax melts which will be scented from our Christmas range, you don't get to choose the scents on these as Christmas is all about surprises!! These come presented in a cute little santa organza bag and all for only £3.00. These would make great Secret Santa gifts or even stocking fillers.

Santa Sacks

A new release this year is our Snowman Balls - These are white and sparkly and come in a bag of 24 for only £3.25. You can choose the scents on these ones :)

Snowman Balls

Another re-launch this year, is our Christmas DIY Boxes. These boxes are jam-packed with 30 melts in various Christmas-themed shapes. As with our regular DIY Boxes, you get to choose up to 5 scents and receive 6 melts of each scent (we have a great Christmas scents list this year so there should be something for everyone!). These come presented in our regular boxes but finished off with some cool Christmas ribbon and will only cost you £8.50

Christmas DIY Box

Baby Rudolph is making an appearance this year :) You can grab yourself a bag of 10 Baby Rudolph-shaped melts for only £3.25 these are scented and coloured to your choice (only 1 scent per bag). We also have Daddy Rudolph along with 4 Baby Rudolph's for only £3.25, these are also scented and coloured to your choice (2 scents and 2 colours). We can even give Daddy Rudolph a red sparkly nose for you!!

Daddy Rudolph & Baby Rudolphs

 Our Christmas Tree shaped melts are sold in bags of 10 for £3.25 and would be perfect scented in our Christmas Tree scent. 

Christmas Tree Melts

I'm very excited about another new release this year - Scented Snow :) It's simple but effective and so easy to use. You just tip some into the well of your burner, light your tea light and let the fragrance work it's magic, it's that simple :) The Scented Snow is presented in a cellophane bag tied with festive ribbon and is priced at only £5.50 
This can be scented to your choice - Christmas Wreath would be my choice ;)

Scented Snow

Then we have our Candy Cane Votive's :) These are designed to resemble candy canes with the distinctive red & white striped effect. These will be scented just like the real thing :) These come with a votive glass and are priced at £3.50 each or if you already have votive glasses, then they are £2.60 each. They come presented in an organza bag or if you want them wrapped in cellophane and finished off with ribbon, just add 60p :)

Candy Cane Votives

Handy Tips...

We are often asked for help/advice/tips regarding the best/safest ways to use our wax melts and candles, so I thought I'd put together a Handy Tips blog to give you a little help:

1. Soy wax has a 'memory' so when burning a soy wax candle for the first time, it's important to allow the candle to burn until the wax has melted all the way to the edge of the container (memory burn) to avoid 'tunneling'. This basically means that if you only burn your candle for a short period of time, then you will get a tunnel down the centre of your candle and you may not get the best possible scent throw that the candle has to offer or it can reduce the life of your candle. A good rule to follow is allow approximately 1 hour burn time for each inch of diameter.
2. Soy wax melts are simply placed in the well of an oil burner and an unscented tea light is lit underneath the well. The wax will melt but doesn't evaporate, it just releases the fragrance into your home. When the tea light goes out, the wax will harden and you can just leave it in the well until next time you want to use it.
3. To remove wax melts from the well, you can wait until the wax has started to cool down after the tea light has gone out and then soak it up with kitchen roll and throw in the bin or if completely solidified, you can light a tea light underneath the well to loosen the wax and simply slide out and discard and replace with a new melt. Alternatively, you can pop the burner in the fridge once the wax has solidified for approximately 10-15mins and the wax should just pop out.
4. Always use an appropriate candle holder and place it on a stable, heat-resistant surface.
5. Keep out of direct sunlight, this helps to prevent colour fading and scent loss.
6. Store your wax melts in a cool, dry place. 

I hope these tips have helped you out but if you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask :)

WEEKEND SUPER SAVER OFFERS

A few weeks ago we decided to put up a Weekend Super Saver offer which seemed to go down really well so we have decided to put up these offers more often!

Last week we had our Lucky Dips and they are exactly that! For only £10.00 you would receive 6 items and this offer was snapped up by a fair few people. The first few Lucky Dips will be despatched on today's Post Office run so please do let us know what you think when you receive them :)

This week's Weekend Super Saver is Buy 2 DIY Boxes and get 1 Half Price. 

Our DIY Boxes are very popular and they contain 30 melts. You choose 5 scents and receive 6 of each scent all contained in a cute little box for only £8.00 each. The offer will cost £20.00 and you will get a whopping 90 melts and a saving of £4.00.

These boxes are great as gifts or if you want to try different scents.

Keep checking our FB page for any future offers :)

What's New This Week....

What's new at Melting Moments this week??

Well we've taken delivery of some fab new Heart Burners. We were really impressed with these little beauties. 

Our new Heart Burners

They are on sale for £2.50 each and are available in 5 different colours - Blue, Terracotta, Navy Blue, Red & Purple. They are approximately 8cm high and 7cm wide.

There is VERY LIMITED stock of these burners, so grab yours quickly to avoid disappointment.

We've had some more Christmas Oils arrive, keep your eyes peeled for further updates about our Christmas releases.

After last week's Special Offer, which quite a number of you participated in, those Loyalty Cards are filling up and you are getting closer to that FREE 10th bag of melts! For those of you that don't know about our Loyalty Card Scheme - For every bag of £3.25 melts you purchase, you receive a digital stamp on your Loyalty Card. When you have purchased 9 bags, you get the 10th bag FREE as a thank you from us here at Melting Moments for your loyalty and continued custom with us :)

This week's Special Offer is a £10 Lucky Dip. You will receive 6 items, one of which will be a burner and the rest is a total surprise! We have run this offer before and it was hugely popular so we thought we would offer it up again.

Countdown To Christmas......

Soooooo with only 145 days 14 hours and 50 minutes to until the Big Man arrives, I thought I'd post a teaser blog with some of our Christmas news!!

We have LOTS of fab new ideas for Christmas this year :) Those of you that were with us last year will remember our Large Rudolph Melts, our Percy Penguins, our Santa Sacks, our Xmas Chocka Boxes and those are to mention but a few! Some of these MAY be making a comeback this year....I did say this would be a teaser blog! One thing is for sure, there will be some new creations and lots of lovely goodies for everyone :)

We have already received a delivery of Christmas Oils and having had a smell of each and every one, I can honestly say that you're all in for a real treat this year! There really is something for everyone!

There MAY be some old favourites in there as well as some fab new ones... If you like the scent of pine needles, cinnamon, cranberry, spruce, bayberry, warm spices and peppermint, these are just some of the ingredients in our fab new scents :)

Keep your eyes peeled on our Facebook page for Christmas updates and releases of new products, this is currently scheduled for sometime this month.

So for all your Christmas gift/Secret Santa gift ideas as well as just a treat for yourself, pop along to https://www.facebook.com/MeltingMomentsUK?ref=hl 

Scent Review

I haven't done a scent review for a while so for those of you who have seen a scent on our Fragrance List but are not sure whether to try it, hopefully this review will help you out.

CRANBERRY

This really is a true cranberry smell, it is very fruity, sweet & light. It's not overpowering at all and is one of my all time favourite scents.

BABY POWDER

This is one of those unmistakable scents. If you've ever smelled baby powder, you'll know exactly what this one is! It smells just like the real thing! White cedar and cypress blended with the aroma of blue violets, freesia and ylang for a dry woody powdery musk.

BLACK MAGIC

This scent is one that gets overlooked time and time again because I did it myself when I read the description. Trust me when I say that you really have to try it because the description doesn't do it justice! It's a blend of fir trees, spices and smooth vanilla but it has a very subtle scent.

I hope this has given you more of an insight into a few of the scents that you may have been wanting to try and if there are any of our other scents that you would like me to review, please feel free to ask and I'd be happy to oblige!

In The Kitchen This Week

Mel has been busy this week with turning her fab ideas into reality!

This week saw the arrival of the Baby-Themed mould as well as the Little Fishy mould, keep your eyes peeled for a very clever make involving the Little Fishy mould in the not too distant future. We had some new glasses arrive for some future new candle makes along with the long-awaited Latte Glasses which will be made into those awesome Latte Candles that you all seem to love!

The Baby-Themed melts consist of little rocking horses, lego pieces, cute bears & cars. Both these and the Little Fishy melts are currently being sold for £3.25 for a bag of 12 melts and are proving to be quite popular!

Baby-Themed Melts

Little Fishy Melts

What's New at Melting Moments....

Despite the sun shining all week, Mel has been busy in the kitchen finishing up orders, buying new stock in and creating new ideas!

The Teacher's Gift Sets have been hugely popular, the Scented Tea Lights have finally made it onto the page, the new Spherical Candles made an appearance as did the Small Bucket Candles, the new Smiley Face melts are going down a storm and the Latte Glass Candles are popular as always and have sold out, although we are currently awaiting the delivery of some new glasses so keep checking the page for updates!

My favourite new make has to be the Spherical Candles, they look like the moon...or maybe that's just to me?

These candles are one of the biggest that we currently make at a whopping 300g! They are approximately 9cm high and 23cm circumference. The mould was one of the very first that Mel purchased so it was about time that she worked her magic on it! It would have been easy to just make a simple, plain Spherical Candle but that's not what Mel does. It has to be different and eye-catching and I think she has achieved both with this stunning creation. The candle is filled with different coloured wax "chunks" to achieve the "moon" look. These candles MUST be placed on a candle plate or something similar to prevent heat damage to any surfaces you place it on. All of this waxy goodness for only £8.50

Keep checking the page for updates on new products, order progress and new blogs!

Under The Spotlight - Happy As A Pig In .... Candle

There's been lots going on here at Melting Moments over the past couple of weeks! It's been busy, busy, busy for Mel in the kitchen!

She's been working on lots of new ideas and one of those ideas transformed into the Happy As A Pig In .... Candle!

This candle came about as we were brainstorming for new ideas and we were talking about how our candles hadn't really been as popular of late, so we wanted to spruce up our candle range. We looked through the HUGE stash of moulds and the piggy one is a favourite here so we decided to try and do something with that. At that point in time, Mel had poured a chocolate candle and I guess the idea just kind of created itself right there...and it pretty much named itself!

This candle is presented in a glass bowl so it is a deep candle weighing approximately 250g, giving you 35+ hours burn time. 

 
The original candle was scented in chocolate for the "mud" with 3 strawberry scented pigs melts sitting in the mud. If chocolate and strawberry aren't your favourite scents then you can choose your own scents. These candles are priced at £8.50

Under The Spotlight - Double Layered/Double Scented Jar Candles

This week Under The Spotlight features our NEW Double Layered/Double Scented Jar Candles.

These candles come presented in a small glass jar with a screw lock lid to keep your fragrance fresher for longer.

The candles are double layered which means that each layer is a different colour, chosen by you and are also double scented which means that each layer has a different scent, again chosen by you.

The candles featured on our page are scented in Chocolate & Orange which seems to be very popular but these can be scented in any 2 scents from our Fragrance List. I have tried many scents together as I get to be Chief Tester of Mel's amazing products and some of my favourites are Strawberry & Vanilla, Lemon & Lime, Banana & Chocolate, Lime Cooler & Coconut.

These are proving to be one of our more popular products due to its versatility. You can use these in any room in the home, take them on holiday with you or even on your desk at work (if your boss allows it!)

Under The Spotlight - Loyalty Cards

This week we launched our Loyalty Card scheme. We've been thinking long and hard about a way to give something back to our customers as a thank you for your custom and continued support. 

So basically, the way the Loyalty Card scheme works is that for every £3.25 bag of melts you buy, you get a stamp on your Loyalty Card. When you have 9 stamps, you qualify for a FREE bag of melts. 

To qualify for a stamp, your bags must have been purchased at the full price, any promo bags, sale bags or any bags where a percentage is given to charity do not qualify for this scheme. You are responsible for the postage on the free bag unless you already have an outstanding order with us where the bag can be added without incurring any extra postage charges.

No physical Loyalty Cards will be handed out, everything will be handled electronically by uploading your Loyalty Card with the required amount of stamps into a Loyalty Card album with your name against it so you can keep track of how close you are to your FREE bag!

We hope that you like this new idea as it is a thank you to you all for your continued support in making Melting Moments the success it has become.

In the kitchen this week...

In the kitchen this week Mel has been making the new two-layered, double scented candles. 

These come in your choice of 2 colours and 2 scents and it comes in a cute little jar with a screw-top lid to keep your candle fresh and prolong the scent of your candle. These candles have a 30+ hour burn time.

The candle in the photo is scented in Chocolate & Orange but the possibilities are endless with our huge range of scents. Strawberry & Vanilla has been suggested by a few of our customers or maybe even Lemon & Lime.

These candles are now available for only £6.50

Under The Spotlight - Starter Kits

We get a lot of people asking what wax melts are and how they work which prompted me to write the Beginners Guide To Wax Melts blog http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7661246407295680293#editor/target=post;postID=909734008250545403;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=5;src=postname This also prompted us to come up with something which had everything you need to get started with wax melts.

After a brain-storming session, we came up with the Starter Kits which contain a burner, a random assortment of 10 wax melts and 3 unscented tea lights all presented in an organza bag. This kit contains everything you need to get started except the matches or a lighter!

We currently have 2 different types of burner available to go in these Starter Kits but both types are in various colours.

The first type is the Cut Out Leaf Burner which is available in Blue, Lime, Cream, Brown & Pink







The second type is the Tear Drop Burner which is available in Brown, Red, Blue, Pink & Purple







These are a great way to get started or you can simply sample our different scents at a great price!

The Starter Kits are £6.00 each

Shop space....

In the kitchen this week Mel has been busy busy busy!! We managed to get some shop space in the lovely Candy Cavern in Deal. 

Candy Cavern is a lovely little sweet shop run by  Kelly with a great selection of sweets for people of all ages. Pop over to their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/candycavern and take a look!

We were very excited at the prospect of having our products in a shop and after having loads of ideas about what to put in the shop, we decided to put a small selection of Starter Kits, Doughnut melts, Chocolate Slab melts & Cupcake Melts.

Hopefully the stock will do well in the shop and we will have a long business relationship with Kelly and Candy Cavern! If you're ever in Deal, please pop into Candy Cavern and take a look around!

Under The Spotlight - Springtime Box

I know there will be those of you who see a product on our Facebook page and like the sound of it but are still not sure about whether to give it a try, I've decided to try and help you out by doing a product review. Each week I will review a different product (feel free to email me at MeltingMomentsUK@gmail.com with any product you would like reviewed and will feature it in future blogs) and this week I will be reviewing the Springtime Box.

Our Springtime Box is 30 wax melts scented in Very Berry, Hothouse Flowers, Breezes & Sunshine & Butterfly Meadows all presented in a cute box and finished off with ribbon. These are priced at £7.00 per box. These are great value for money because if you use 4hr tea lights and 2 melts at a time, based on 3 burns at 4 hours each, you would get approximately 180 hours burn time from this box!

Mel carefully chose these particular scents to give a real springtime fragrance to, not only the box, but also to your home. 

Very Berry is a mix of Strawberries, Blackberries & Blueberries perfect for those spring months, heading into the summer.

Hothouse Flowers is a blend of rich exotic florals reminiscent of your garden as your flowers are coming into bloom.

Breezes & Sunshine is an aromatic blend of citrus, fresh marine notes and flowers.

Butterfly Meadows is a refreshing blend of dandelion, verbena and spring meadows.

All of these scents together in a box smell AMAZING! Try melting 2 different scents together, you'll be surprised at the fragrances you can create!

If you weren't sure about the Springtime Box, I'm hoping that after reading this, you may just be tempted!

New Burners In Stock

Our new burners finally arrived this week!!

We were patiently waiting for some small burners so that we could get our Starter Gift Sets back up and running as these proved to be very popular.

The burners arrived late in the week so it was a rush to check them all, take photo's and get them uploaded for you all to see.....

These are our Tear Drop Burners which are available in Brown, Red, Blue, Pink & Purple. They stand approximately 7.5cm high and are priced at £2.00 each. These are also available as a Starter Gift Set for £6.00 which contains the burner, 10 random assorted melts and 3 unscented tea lights.

These are our Cut Out Leaf Burners which are available in Blue, Lime, Cream, Brown & Pink. They stand approximately 7.5cm high and are priced at £2.00 each. These are also available as a Starter Gift Set for £6.00 which contains the burner, 10 random assorted melts and 3 unscented tea lights.

These are our Owl Burners which are available in Stone, Blue & Brown. They stand approximately 11.5cm high and are priced at £5.00 each. These have been massively popular and as such, there is only 1 Blue one left!

This is our Flower Cut Out Burner which is available in Red, Blue & Green. They stand approximately 10.5cm high and are priced at £4.00 each. They have the flower design cut outs so will look lovely with a tea light burning.

New Scents This Week...

I thought I'd share some of the new scents that have arrived here at Melting Moments HQ.

I will do my best to describe them as best I can but please bear in mind that people interpret different smells in different ways.

Each new scent that arrives, I get to smell it straight from the bottle in it's oil form and then again as the finished product, either melts or candles.

So our latest scents to arrive are the following:

Hot Fudge - If you've ever walked into a fudge shop where they are making the fudge on the premises, this is the scent of the aroma of hot buttery fudge that greets you as you walk into the shop. From the bottle, I like the scent of this but the finished product is amazing!!

Breezes & Sunshine - I think of all the new scents, this is probably my favourite. It's an aromatic blend of citrus, fresh marine notes and fresh summer flowers. It just has a really fresh smell without being too florally. The citrus is very subtle but it just gives this scent a slightly different dimension. This really is a "must-try" if you like fresh scents!

Cotton Blossom - Not to be confused with Clean Cotton! This is more of a "just taken out of the washing machine" scent, that's the best way I can describe it lol. I love it because I love fresh scents and I think everyone should give this one a try, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised!

Pineapple - If you think of the taste of Pineapple Chunks (the sweets), that is the scent of this one. This is a true pineapple scent for pineapple lovers

Dragons Blood - I don't think this scent will be for everyone's taste, it's a potent and earthy fragrance infused with cedarwood, orange & patchouli, personally I think it has a distinct musky scent but not to be confused with White Musk. Worth a try if you like earthy scents.

Hummingbird - From the description of this one, I wasn't really sure what to expect but upon opening the bottle, everything came together and it truly is a lovely scent. It's a mix of kiwi, lilac, tiger lily, pineapples & pears but please don't be put off if there's anything in there that you don't like the sound of because I don't like kiwi or lilac but with the other scents it gives it a totally spin. You really must give this one a try!

Well I hope I've given you a little more of an insight into the new scents and maybe even tempted you to try something you wouldn't necessarily have chosen.

Beginners Guide to Wax Melts

Surprisingly there are people that have never heard of wax melts! We still have people asking how to use them so I thought I would put together a quick guide on how to use wax melts safely

All you need to get started is a burner, some melts, a tealight and a lighter or matches. You simply pop 1 or 2 melts in the well of your burner (your preference as to how many, I use 2), pop a tealight in the hole under the well and light it. The heat from the flame will melt the wax and the fragrance will scent your room!

Ok so now the technical stuff lol.... Dependent on what tealight you use, I use 4hr ones, you will get approximately 3-4 burns from the 1 or 2 melts that you put in the well of your burner, equating to 12-16 hours of burn time before the scent dissipates. You'll know when the scent has gone as you'll only be able to smell wax when burning, the wax WILL NOT disappear like a candle does as there is no direct heat source to the wax, ie the heat doesn't touch the wax directly.

Once the scent has gone or if you just fancy a change of scent, light your tealight to loosen the wax slightly and just pop it out, either throw it away if no longer required or store it away for future use.

In the kitchen this week.....

Mel is finally back in the kitchen after the kitchen re-fit which seemed to go on FOREVER!!!

Thank you to each and every one of you for bearing with us during this time, it took wayyyyyy longer than expected!

Having been away from the kitchen for almost a month, we were buzzing with new ideas which we were itching to get made and show you guys.

For those of you that have been keeping tabs on our Facebook page, you will have seen our fantastic Cupcake melts which turned out a lot better than I ever imagined they would so a huge WELL DONE to Mel!

So let me tell you a bit about how the Cupcake Melts came about..

Mel loves Buttercream Cupcakes and saw some cupcake candles whilst browsing online and thought she'd like to have a go at making them. First came the Mini Cupcakes mould which whilst they were nice, still weren't quite what she was looking for, so she did some more research and came across a couple of different moulds and different ideas. Needless to say, the moulds arrived when the kitchen was out of action so she couldn't try them out....until this week!! The Cupcake Melts were born and I personally couldn't picture what they would turn out like but I was totally impressed at the results!

Mel is now working on making Cupcake Candles, so keep your eyes peeled for updates on these!!