Kindred Fires - Personalised Candle Gifts

With all this nonsense about the changing of star signs and something called Ophiuchus - also known as the Serpent Bearer, the supposed 13th Sign of the Zodiac, it has all gone over my head. I am, always have been a Cancerian and I definitely have some of those traits.  Tomorrow is actually my birthday and from Kindred Fires, I have been gifted this stunning Starsign Birthday Candle.

These candles are all handcrafted from a Manchester Workshop and each candle is not only hand poured but each one is made using quality soy wax and premium fragrance oils in containers that you are encouraged to reuse.  I will re-use mine to put some flower seeds once I am finished.

When purchasing a candle from Kindred Fires you have a choice of what kind of candle you wish you purchase from a variety of categories. Those categories include but are not limited to - Engagement, Wedding, Anniversary, House Warming and of course birthdays.  My candle as you can see denotes the Cancerian star sign which is clearly displayed on the label.  

Once you have made your choice of a candle, there is the option to personalise the label with a brief message and then the exciting part is to choose your fragrance. I went for Floral Blossom, the description of this fragrance is that it is a light floral scent with subtle hints of freesia, lemon and jasmin.  For me, this candle has a really fresh floral fragrance with a hint of citrus which comes from the lemon, it isn't overpowering and it adds a nice scent to the room. The candle has a burn time of around 25 hours, which of course can change depending on how long you burn it for.

I think these candles make a fabulous gift, be it for a family member, friend or even someone you work with.  We have all just been through quite the time with this pandemic, which is still hiding out there, so a perfect time to send someone a gift, especially if you haven't seen them for some time now, to say 'I'm thinking of you'It can be combined with a bunch of flowers. Thanks to modern delivery services, there is no problem to send a gift to Paris or anywhere in the world.  The Kindred Fire Candles are priced from £16 rising upwards in price depending on your candle of choice and whether or not you choose to upgrade it to a hamper, which sounds just lovely.

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ASOS Grooming Box

There are very brands that actually do a whole box of Grooming products, yet every now and again ASOS do a really good value for money box and this is one of them.

Sticking to the £12 box price, inside, as you can see, there is a total of five products for grooming and hair care. 

Contents include

• THE INKEY LIST Caffeine Eye Cream: 15ml
• Murdock London Beard Moisturiser: 150ml
• Johnny's Chop Shop Wild Cat Hair Clay: 70g
• House 99 All Bright Natural Bronzing Effect Moisturising Gel: 20ml
• American Crew Boost Powder: 10g

The box comes presented in an ASOS branded box and it makes a great little treat for the man in your life! Available to purchase now* from ASOS whilst stocks last.

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The Hair Care Heroes Kit - Cult Beauty

Looking after my hair and scalp is as important as looking after my skin and this little Limited Edition Hair Care Heroes Kit* from Cult Beauty looks amazing.

This 10 piece collection is said to be worth over £65 and you can get your hands on it for free when you spend £55 or more on hair care!

The Contents Include:

1. Briogeo - deluxe Be Gentle, Be Kind Avocado + Kiwi Mega Moisture Superfood Mask (30ml)
2. Virtue - deluxe One for All 6-in-1 Styler (15ml)
3. NatureLAB Tokoyo - deluxe Perfect Shine Clarifying Scalp Scrub (44g)
4. Innersense - travel size Pure Harmony hairbath (59ml)
5. Innersense - travel size Pure Inspiration Daily Conditioner (59ml)
6. Oribe - deluxe Power Drops Damage Repair Booster (3ml)
7. Cult Beauty - Travel Make Up Bag (small size)
8. Larry King Hair Care - travel size A Social Life For Your Hair (30ml)
9. Slip - Pure Silk Hair Scrunchie (x1 Skinnie)
10. Color Wow - travel size Kale Cocktail Bionic Tonic (50ml)

This 10 piece collection is made up of products to nourish, strengthen, protect and length-heal for the hair and it comes packaged inside a Cult Beauty Branded zip bag, perfect for travelling with!.

Grab your Hair Care Heroes Kit here* whilst stocks last!

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Pinterest Worthy Home?

One of my go to places for blog inspiration, recipe ideas, crafts and even DIY help is Pinterest, it also happens to be my biggest source of traffic for my blog! 

I have mentioned the use of Pinterest on my blog quite a few times, particularly when it came to renovating my bathroom and making plans for both the lounge and hallway with changes and currently on my hallway board there is a whole host of choices between Engineered Wood flooring and the Parquet that is similar to what we currently have. For the lounge, I am still stuck on deciding if it should be a new carpet, keeping it plain with a coloured rug, though my obsession with PomPom rugs is still very much there.

Now we all would love to have that brand new feeling to our home and achieving that Pinterest-worthy look does often seen unachievable with the white walls, marble effect kitchen worktops and the open plan kitchen and diner, but we can't all have that. So, taking my inspiration from Pinterest, I do have a few ideas I want to incorporate.

1 - Gallery Picture Wall. I love seeing people use their Instagram to show off the latest prints they have from Desenio or a store on Etsy and between Instagram and Pinterest, I have started to build my own gallery wall, making it a mixture of my own artwork and photos. 

What I love is that there is no right or wrong way to choose how to hang your pictures on the wall, there are no rules.

2. The Sideboard.  We have noo room for a coffee table to style books on, I even have a coffee table styling board on Pinterest because they fascinate me. So instead we have a sideboard which houses candles, a few books and then some stationery for when we work from home. But on top, there is a nice bit of space which now houses my electric wax burner, a few books and a lantern. What I love is that it makes the corner of the room much cosier than it once was, but there is still room to add a candle or two, but it is a work in progress.

3. Plants.  I have shared the outdoors, my concrete terrace on Instagram a fair few times, showing off the homegrown veggies that we have somehow managed to grow. It all stems from my obsession with tomato plants, which remind me of my childhood and from there we have added onions, spring onions, runner beans, peas, beetroot, garlic, coriander, basil, chives, parsley, potatoes and carrots. But inside plants are where my attention has moved too and once again, Pinterest has been my inspiration. In the bathroom, I now have my Cacti and a recently added Aloe Vera, both fairly easy to look after and maintain. 

However, I am now pretty taken with water plants and, like this one again a Pinterest thing and have my eye on a few ideas.  I would ideally like to have at least one plant in every room!

4. Lights.  I really hate the light fitting I have in the hallway, it has been there since we moved in and now the hallway has been painted. As my hallway is fairly short, we need something that allows a lot of light, particularly in the winter months, so block colour, for me, wouldn't work. 

My current light shade of choice is this Hiko Easy-To-Fit from John Lewis, it has been sat in my basket for a few weeks now and at £55 it isn't as expensive as others that I also like.

I have kept my list quite small, I wanted to create something that was achievable and didn't turn into a bucket of stress. As one task is completed I will add another one to it and so on, until I have got as far as I can go. I am definitely not someone who is a master of interior design, but I am enjoying making a few changes to my home.

Do you use Pinterest and are there any changes you want to make?

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