The Harrogate Candle Company

Living in Yorkshire, I'm a big lover of Harrogate, I immediately think of afternoon tea at Betty's and a relaxing session in the Turkish baths - and that's exactly what happened on my hen do, which I had in Harrogate (*disclaimer, there was a lot of alcohol involved too, tee hee!)

I love supporting local business, so I was delighted when Deborah & Fiona sent me their " Mood Collection" Gift set which contains one of each of their 10cl mood candles (18 hours burn time per candle)

The set comes presented and packaged in a very sleek and sophisticated black box with a card to detail all the different "moods" and fragrances and it even shows which ones are aimed to be used from daytime through to nighttime (if you want to, I tend to burn to suit my mood at the time regardless of day or night)

The Mood Collection has 5 candles;

"Happy" - Lime & Black Pepper - Refreshing and vibrant for an early morning energy boost
"Inspire" - Geranium, Eucalyptus & Orange - for some mid morning inspiration
"Lovely" - Rock Rose & Pink Pepper - Soothing & comforting for early afternoon relaxation
"Divine" - Dark Amber & Sandalwood - Rich & sensual for an afternoon de-stress
"Dream" - Vanilla Musk & Lavender - Calming & relaxing for some post work wind down

For those of you that follow me on Instagram, you'll know when it comes to fragrances and perfumes, I'm a Tom Ford gal, I like strong, deep, spicy, woody, quite masculine scents, so it was not much of a surprise that "Divine" is my favourite scent from the collection.

The candles give off a really good scent (lit, or un-lit!) certainly enough to fill the room, which is what you want from a luxury candle, and I was even more surprised at how evenly they burn - I'm halfway through some of mine and they look as neat as they did brand new, with no burn marks to the glass either - bonus!

The Mood Collection is priced at £48.00 and would make such a lovely gift. Other products including Reed Diffusers, Diffuser Refills, Mood Mists and other gift sets are all available on the website, here. The products are also stocked in John Lewis (Leeds) and a number of Harrogate stockists too, including the Turkish Baths.

All in all, I genuinely only have positive things to say about the candles and I'm eyeing up the 3 wick Divine candle for Christmas!

Do you have a favourite candle ?

Lauren x

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Easter with The Yorkshire Soap Company

Imagine a shop window filled with delicious, perfectly iced cakes. Before your eyes is an array of coloured cupcakes, huge gateaux with intricate icing detail, cute little flower-topped truffles - no, we aren't talking about Willy Wonka's Chocolate factory, this is the shop window of The Yorkshire Soap Company.

It was possibly the best news ever, when Yorkshire Soap Company opened up a store in Leeds city centre, literally a 6 minute walk from my office (yes, I have timed it) and since then I have enjoyed visiting the store, where I have always found the staff to be super friendly, informative and smartly dressed, as for the products...we'll move onto them shortly.

Now, having lived in Yorkshire for over 15 years, I've come to believe that if it's not from Yorkshire, it's shyte ahem, I mean, not worth having... take Yorkshire tea for example. I rest my case.
Joking aside, I really would rather support a local, independent company and more so, one that started over 10 years ago round the kitchen table. Further to this all products are handmade, suitable for vegetarians and never ever tested on animals. The guys have it nailed!

As you can imagine, I've tried a number of products on offer and some of my favourites include the shower gels and body creams from the Blend Collection - Night Night Sweetheart & Manderella are distinctively similar to the well known and well loved Jo Malone Pomegranate Noir and Lime, Basil and Mandarin fragrances.

I was very kindly sent their Ultimate Easter Hamper and the contents reached cuteness levels of 10/10

The hamper includes;

Easter Bunny Soap (Chocolate fragrance)
Easter Chick Soap (Lemon fragrance)
Bath truffle gift box (4)
Easter Egg Half (Cherry fragrance)

As as you can see from the photos it comes packages in the cutest little hamper, which could be re-used afterwards.

All the items in the hamper can be purchased individually and there's more products to the Easter range too - I've got my eye on the Prosecco soap cake slice, because if you love prosecco as much as I do, you want to wash it in as well as drink it...you get me.

If you're not a fan of soap - fret not - I'd highly recommend the bath truffles - they are packed full of cocoa butter and almond oil and melt away in the hot water leaving the bathwater deliciously creamy and sweetly fragranced - the scent lingers for hours after they leave my skin feeling super soft and nourished.

If you can get to one of their stores, I highly recommend it they are located in York, Beverley, Hebden Bridge, Leeds and Knaresborough.
If not, don't worry, all the yumminess is available online and if you spend more than £30, you qualify for free delivery.

I'd love to hear your favourite bath time treat and if you have tried anything from The Yorkshire Soap Company!

Lauren x

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