When the lovely people at Jewel Candle got in touch and asked me to review one of their candles, I couldn't help but squeal - I'd been eyeing their candles up for a while but hadn't taken the plunge yet to actually buy one.
Each of their candles has a piece of jewellery in, worth between £10 and £250. You get to pick from either a ring, or earrings.
After virtually leafing through their online catalogue, I finally settled on their passion fruit ring candle from their classic edition - these seem to be quite large candles compared to others in their collection. I'm a sucker for sweet, fruity, zesty scents like this, and a sucker for a pretty ring. My only concern would be if the ring fitted, but fear not, it did :)
On the back of the candle there is a picture of a ring, and on the other side of the glass, in the candle, some foil which the jewellery is wrapped up in. I'm not kidding, it must have taken 10+ hours of burning to get down low enough to get the jewellery out, and that was burning maybe a quarter of the candle, so there's some serious burning time to be had with this one.
The scent is lovely - it didn't 'fill the room with scent' but when you were near it you could really smell it, and I loved the bright happy colour of the wax. The ring is made of sterling silver and has the appropriate hall marks and is arguable very pretty! It's quite light, so I would hazard a guess that it's at the lower end of the value scale, but the only way to really find out is to take it to a jeweller to appraise it for a value. That's probably my only niggle with this - it'd be nice if the value was printed on the tag attached to the ring, but that's a minor niggle.
Overall I'm really impressed with the candle and the novelty of having jewellery inside. The burn time on the candle is great - even if you buy one of their smaller ones you'll get a decent amount of hours out of it. If you're looking for something more seasonal, they have some festive themed candles from their classic edition too, like cinnamon bun, santa claus and merry christmas.
Each of their candles has a piece of jewellery in, worth between £10 and £250. You get to pick from either a ring, or earrings.
After virtually leafing through their online catalogue, I finally settled on their passion fruit ring candle from their classic edition - these seem to be quite large candles compared to others in their collection. I'm a sucker for sweet, fruity, zesty scents like this, and a sucker for a pretty ring. My only concern would be if the ring fitted, but fear not, it did :)
On the back of the candle there is a picture of a ring, and on the other side of the glass, in the candle, some foil which the jewellery is wrapped up in. I'm not kidding, it must have taken 10+ hours of burning to get down low enough to get the jewellery out, and that was burning maybe a quarter of the candle, so there's some serious burning time to be had with this one.
The scent is lovely - it didn't 'fill the room with scent' but when you were near it you could really smell it, and I loved the bright happy colour of the wax. The ring is made of sterling silver and has the appropriate hall marks and is arguable very pretty! It's quite light, so I would hazard a guess that it's at the lower end of the value scale, but the only way to really find out is to take it to a jeweller to appraise it for a value. That's probably my only niggle with this - it'd be nice if the value was printed on the tag attached to the ring, but that's a minor niggle.
Overall I'm really impressed with the candle and the novelty of having jewellery inside. The burn time on the candle is great - even if you buy one of their smaller ones you'll get a decent amount of hours out of it. If you're looking for something more seasonal, they have some festive themed candles from their classic edition too, like cinnamon bun, santa claus and merry christmas.
The lovely people at Jewel Candle have also offered one for one of my readers to win, so it's giveaway time! All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning, is follow Jewel Candle and me on Twitter - there's other ways to earn extra entries too. The giveaway will run for 1 week from Sunday to Sunday, and the winner will be picked at random after the giveaway closes. The winner will have 48 hours to reply to my email once they have been notified of winning, once that happens the winner will pick which candle they want and their details will be passed to Jewel Candle to dispatch. If the winner does not reply within 48 hours, a new winner will be picked.
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I've wanted to try one of these candles for ages, they look amazing!
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I have been eyeing up the candles for so long, they look amazing (: The ring you had is beautiful & the scent sounds lovely (: xx
ReplyDeleteA candle with an added surprise is a lovely idea and they look wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI would really love to try this and what a great giveaway! Is the giveaway international?
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I've been considering buying one of these for a while now, I love the idea!
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I've been wanting to buy these candles for so long but then I kind of forgot about them so I'm really glad you wrote this post, haha :) x
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Great comp. I'll share this now as I've seen lots of my friends either use them and love them...or want to try them! x
ReplyDeleteThanks lovely :) They're lovely candles!
ReplyDeleteHa, thanks! I hope you've entered the giveaway? :)
ReplyDeleteYeah it's something really different, I think it'd make a good gift for a candle lover for xmas :) Good luck in the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteHi Shireen, I'm just finding out for you - I'll reply back here when they get back to me :)
ReplyDeleteYeah so different isn't it!
ReplyDeleteYeah the ring is really pretty :D
ReplyDeleteGood luck in the giveaway :D
ReplyDeleteOoh your ring is gorgeous.. I love that the rings in these candles are so unique in their style, and that swirl detail is so pretty xx
ReplyDeleteGemma | Miss Makeup Magpie
Yes, I did! It's such a great one :)
ReplyDeleteHi Shireen, I've had a reply back from Jewel Candle and I'm afraid it's not open internationally :(
ReplyDeleteThanks Gemma :) It's a really pretty ring :)
ReplyDeleteOhh, that's a shame but thanks for checking with them xx
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