What We're Lovin Right Now...

It's hard to believe that we're a year old. Well now we are over a year old, does that mean temper tantrums and teething are next? ;) Seriously though Sam does SO much stuff for the site that she does truly 'rock socks' (pink ones) and it's been fabulous to work with her and believe me we have such a similar sense of humour it's insane. Or are we insane? I forget.

Anyway this is a new feature on V&L, a little showcase of what we're lovin right now, obvious by the title and picture above right? This showcase this week is my obsessions recently and they are not all candles... just some are!

1. Lip Lishuss! Cocoa Scent Lip Balm - I have had a really bad cold recently, the cough has only just shifted. I have been bleurgh! Anyway I was in desperate need of rescuing my pale, almost white lips that had got so chapped and horrible that in one of my Poundland hauls (no judging!) I found this lip balm, actually there is two in a pack. It smells like heaven and my lips are restored. There is also one in Aloe Vera (Hello Vera).

2. Just Vanilla by Lily-Flame Candle - I love, love, love vanilla and this is my latest candle obsession. Full review to come soon but I love it loads.

3. No7 Exquisite Curl Mascara - I have tried so many mascara's over the years and I possibly have the most difficult eyelashes to make defined. Like, EVER! I have found that the best mascara's are the ones where you have to spend more for what you get. I think this is about £11 but I always really like L'Oreal's Telescopic at the moment but that is about the same price.

4. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories - I'll admit I love the song 'Get Lucky' and I was really intrigued for the album and I have not been disappointed. Everyone needs some funk in their lives :)

5. Cherry Vanilla by Scentsy - Oh my goodness me. Sam sent me this for my birthday (she really is awesome) and it's gorgeous. My vanilla obsession mixed with my cherry one. Awesomeness!

6. One Tree Hill - We both love this TV series and actually it might be our tweets about this series that we found each other on twitter... I dunno but it probably was. Anyway I've started over from the very start and I'm not onto Season Two. I just love it so much and because of my cold I was feeling really fed up it really helped make me smile again. Love it.

So there's my first showcase. Tell us below what you're lovin right now and we can obsess about it too ;)

Also Sam is super fabulous at making pretty picture graphics and I am seriously not that techy. So I made that showcase picture using two iPhone apps, Pic Stitch (to make the photo frame) and Photo & Text (to make the numbers). I am so proud :)

Happy Birthday To Us!

I actually cannot believe it, Vanilla&Lime is one year old today!

What started out as a way to share all of our borderline pyromaniac wisdom and knowledge has grown into something massive.
We thought our families and better halves would be the only ones reading our jibber jabber but it turns out there are a hell of a lot of fellow candle addicts out there. Maybe we should start having like candle-aholics shopping sprees meetings together??

We've had the pleasure of working with so many great candle companies and we're now pretty much candle experts, they taught us so much and we now know what makes a great candle, plus we're even more addicted then we ever were.
When we first started V&L there was basically only one candle company in our lives. Now there are so many more amazing ones, we still can't believe we never knew y'all existed!

We never thought it would get to the stage where we'd have a waiting list for candle reviews. "Yes we'd love to review your candles but you see it might take up to two weeks because we have about ten other candles to burn and review and we want to make sure we give your candles the best possible review we can."
We still get so excited when packages arrive for us with fabulous candles in them, our poor postmen dread knocking at the door because our giddiness can be quite annoying in the morning.

So to ALL our fans and fellow wax junkies, thank you for reading and sharing. You're the reason we're still here, still addicted to candles and why we will be for many years to come.

To Sarah, you're FABULOUS! How you have time to do everything you do and still review all the candles I send your way is incredible. Thank you for everything and especially for the sappiness. Wax buddies for life.

To all the candle companies we've worked with, continue to work with and will work with, we love you, you're awesome.
I want to give a special shout out to one candle company, who shall remain nameless but you know who you are...I miss you, I hope everything is going great and I can't wait for your return.

Let's continue making the world fabulous, one scented candle at a time.