Unboxing Beauty

First Flickerbox for the Year of the Rooster ~ I’ve been stalking Flickerbox’s IG page, as they did provide spoilers.  This month’s theme is For the Love of Books ~ a trio of candles celebrating authors and just book lovin’!  For all of us bookworms out there, this is a great box.

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Flicker Box is inspired by a love and appreciation for handmade candles. We believe that people appreciate products produced by quality artisans made in the United States. We want to connect candle lovers with people who love to make candles. Each Flicker Box contains a variety of artisanal candles made from candle artists from around the United States. We share their story and ship subscribers a delightfully curated box right to their doorstep. Flicker box costs as low as $25/month and can be purchased as an automatically-renewing monthly subscription or 3, 6, or 12 month term subscriptions.  from myflickerbox

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Starting on the left:  Hearth & Hammer “Burning Books,  From The Page “Reading Nook”,  Paddy Wax  “Edgar Allen Poe”

Hearth & Hammer “Burning Books”  This candle’s brand was a variation in our box this month ~ you could receive Walden Woods, Signal Fire, The Green Light, Open Road or this one, Burning Books. I would never burn a book, but I do love this scent ~ it is a cinnamon, orange and pine fir.  Hearth & Hammer is located in Batavia, IL and are literary inspired ~ with series like their Literary Classics.  These candles are made in small batches, hand poured natural USA sourced soy wax with lead free, eco cotton wicks. This candle comes in a brushed glass jar with a screw top lid.  Burn Time 35 hours  8 oz  RV $18.00

Description: Burn candles not books! This candle is packed with cinnamon orange heat. Smells like you’re sitting by a fire reading your favorite banned book.  

From the Page “Reading Nook” From Valley Stream, NY, Etsy shop From the Page candles are inspired by novels ~ they are hand-poured with USA sourced soy wax, which is eco-friendly and clean burning. This candle has a lovely aqua-blue tint to the soy wax and it has a musky-vanilla scent to it. I looked up the product description ~ and yes, it is a very earthy scent  ~ “Is there anything better than a cozy spot to read? Make yours smell great with this musky, warm Reading Nook candle!  The scents used are bergamot, amber, coriander and vanilla” Burn Time 20 ~ 24 hours   4  oz travel tin  RV $6.00  Promo Code:  Use FLICKER to get 10% off your purchases at From the Page. Expires 02/28/2017

Paddywax “Edgar Allan Poe”  ~ “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” – Edgar Allen Poe  Paddywax makes another appearance in Flickerbox with their “Library” Collection ~ This series is wonderful as I have purchased a few of them myself in the past. The long rectangle copper tin with a “book label” on top, with an old time-y script. Edgar Allan Poe, the creator of the first detective story plus amazing Gothic horror stories, was a literary genius. Like most geniuses, he was a troubled soul and died way too young. This candle’s scent is cardamom, absinthe and sandalwood, which is perfect for Poe and it is a really sexy scent.  This candle is made from soy wax with  2 cotton wicks.  Burn Time 20 hours  2.5 oz  Travel Tin RV $8.00

I love all three scents ~ these are great for the winter time, with their piney, earthy scents.  I love Burning Books and Edgar Allan Poe ~ those really are my type of scents and Reading Nook is a great musky scent as well ~ I enjoy seeing candles that have a color other than white or cream!  Great job with the tint on that candle.  This box’s value is $32.00 and I paid $34.00 for my box, as I am on a month to month subscription and I am grandfathered in, so my shipping is included in the price tag.   When you subscribe to Flickerbox, don’t expect to have a HUGE value placed on it, as shipping costs for candles is expensive and the products are made by artisans, making their eco-friendly candles with their own scents and hand crafted, it is a great deal.

Flickerbox also has a store, where you purchase candles that were featured in their past boxes.

Do you subscribe to Flickerbox?  What did you think of this month’s candles?  Let me know in the comments below!

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