Tanda Modern - Review

I have a lovely candle review for you guys today.
About a month ago while I was sipping on my wine and flicking through my Twitter feed I came across a tweet from Tanda Modern (@tandamodern) about looking for a blogger to review some of their candles.

So  like the opportunist and candle lover that I am I quickly swallowed my wine, opened up my email and sent off a quick email before settling back onto the couch and continuing with my night.

I was lucky enough to be chosen to review a few products and the review I have for you today is the medium candle in lavender, cucumber and sage.*

I told Alyson of Tanda Modern to send me any fragrances. 95% of the time when I buy a new candle it will be a bakery or sweet fruity fragrance and while I love those sort of scents I was in the mood to try out something different.

And I'm so glad I did!

I'm not someone who will generally pick a herb fragrance (unless it's mint because I'm addicted to that stuff!) but this is one that will be going on the repurchase list.
While the fragrance is strong and fills the room, it isn't overpowering. The one concern I had with this candle was possibly being only able to smell one scent and that isn't an issue. You are able to smell each scent and the combination of scents is a pleasant one.

Update on the smell - I was burning another candle (we won't discuss that one because it was horrible) and I could smell this candle over the other one. It's one strong candle!

The scent throw is amazing and fills my room, with the wax pooling nicely and evenly as it burns.
Overall I'm quite impressed with this candle.

Tanda Modern candles are based in Melbourne, Australia.
All candles are vegan, kosher and animal friendly and made with soy wax and use a cedar wood wick.

Tanda has a range of 11 fragrances along with special seasonal collections. Along with candles, you can also purchase melts, reed diffusers and a bunch of different votive holders.

The medium candle burns for approximately 50 hours and is only $30.

If you wish to purchase a small candle the burn time is 30 hours and $20 with the large candle being $40 and having an amazing burn time of 90 hours!



Or if you prefer something smaller/prefer something without a flame the melts come in a pack of 6 with 10 hours burn time a melt and only $10.

*While these items were sent to me all opinions are mine and mine alone.

Mecca Maxima and Lush haul.

The day has come where Perth finally has a Mecca Maxima! I feel like waiting three weeks after the grand opening was a good time to go. It wasn't packed like it would have been opening day but still a decent amount of people.

Now onto the haul. Letting you all know now my Mecca haul isn't a big one but wih Christmas less than two weeks away and having told my sisters to get me things from there I couldn't go too crazy.

So after browsing the entire store three times (yes, three times) I walked out with three products and a free sample.

Soap & Glory Oat, Sugar and Shea Butter Scrub

Like any product that is going to be applied to my skin I has to smell it to make sure it would smell good. So I twisted off the pink lol and gave the scrub a good sniff.

If you like sweet, yummy smelling things and you haven't smelt this scrub already then you need to march yourself down to your nearest Mecca Maxima or Kit and give this scrub a smell. This scrub could very well become my all time favourite scrub because for $16 and 300ml of yummy goodness it is a bargain. And for those of you who don't scrub regularly or alternate between a few different scrubs this scrub will last you a good two years.

Side note, the scrub is not edible. Yes, I did have to check that because yes, it does smell that good.

Nars Audacious lipstick in Bette

Next up is the one thing I really wanted to get. Nars Audacious lipstick in the shade Bette. I was browsing instagram and came across a photo of Bette. The red lip addict in me told me that I wanted, no, needed this lipstick. That it will complete my life. And then my friend told me it was Christmas in a lipstick so of course into my basket it went.

Soap & Glory Hand Maid antibacterial hand gel

Last but not least for $5 I picked up the Soap & Glory Hand Maid antibacterial hand gel. I use a lot of this stuff for work but I can't stand the chemical smell of most of them. This one however has a pleasant fruity, florally scent.

Too Faced Primed and Poreless primer

And as I paid and bonded over the sales girl, who may just become my new BFF because she also thinks Bette is the most perfect red, she handed me a sample of the Too Faced Primed and Poreless primer. Have any of you guys tried it out yet? I'm yet to hear anything about it.

A I walked downstairs clutching my little gold bag of goodness and talking to my friend I caught a whiff of my all time favourite smell.

Lush.

My fellow Lush addicts know what I mean. It's that combination of Lush products that you can smell before you can even see the store. So of course I went in there and spent more money!

Golden Wonder bath bomb $7.50

From the outside this bath bomb looks like it will fill your bath with gold and glitter and I was in no rush to get it. And then Dani over at @kaboomcosmetics posted a photo on her Instagram and it's the prettiest blue in the middle and makes your bath the most gorgeous colour. So thank you Dani for making me need it! Golden Wonder is a Christmas limited edition bath bomb and smells Le sweet orange and lime.

Space Girl bath bomb $5.95

Space Girl is fizzy, purple and contains popping candy to go with its sweet black currant scent.

Dragon's Egg bath bomb $5.95

Dragon's Egg is fizzy with a citrus fragrance. I haven't used this one before so I'm keen to try it out.

Butter Ball bath bomb $5.50

Butter Ball is my all time favourites yes it may be small compared to the other bath bombs but it has the perfect combination of vanilla, yang ylang and cocoa butter to make it the perfect one for after a long day at work.

Avobath bath bomb $6.75

Avobath was another repurchase and contains avocado and lemongrass to help you wake up in the morning. 

Melting Marshmallow Moment bath melt $8.50

I don't remember seeing this one before but it contains marshmallow herb and cocoa butter and smells yum!

Ro's Argan body conditioner $7.95 for 45g travel size

Lush needs to stop putting travel size tunes of things at the register. Last time it was Rub, Rub, Rub scrub and this time Ro's Argan body conditioner. It smells like Rose Jam shower gel and contains cocoa butter, shea butter and argon oil.

That's it for today's haul. Now I'm off to smother myself in the breakfast scrub before doing my makeup and wearing Bette to friend Christmas dinner. :)