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This is a discussion I was having with a friend a little while ago.  I say yes, she said no – they make you feel too hot.  What do you think?

Anyway, it may be do a bit of online research into the topic – yes, people actually discuss this online.  I even found a Facebook discussion on the subject!!!!!

In winter yes, I would probably burn candle more often as it can make a dark, cold room more inviting.  However I burn candles all year round on my desk at work – which looks and feels the same any time of year due to the lighting and air-conditioning. At home I simply change the fragrance of the candles I burn and I would use tealights more often with an oil burner.

In winter I would suggest burning the warmer fragrances like Moroccan Fig & Cinnamon, Spicy Vanilla, Cashmere and Santal Amber.  In summer I burn more of the Lemongrass & Lime, Freesia and Quince.

In summer I do use my oil burner a bit more.  This is really so I still get the fragrance, but not so much of a flame.   I really love our Lemongrass and Grapefruit Fragrant Oil in my ceramic oil burner.

I also burn lots of candles in my bedroom, but my optometrist has just suggested that I might be better off reading with better light – bah hum bug.

Infuse Santal Amber Candle

I’m very excited everyone.  We finally have the new Dervish Diffusion Stick / Aroma Reed packaging!!!! It is sososo nice.

I know that at Dickens and Hawthorne they try to keep things changing,  as people tastes and trends change.  This new packaging for the very popular Dervish range is right on target.

New packaging for Dervish

They have kept the gorgeous Moroccan inspired pattern, and the cute little silver tassel thingy (technical term), but the box has changed and the bottle is now a groove detailed bottle rather than the smooth round.

While I finish stocks of the old packaging, you may get the old or new – I can’t really help this – but I will throw in an extra gift if you get the old packaging.

Next rumour I heard is new packaging for Drenched – can’t wait for that!!!!!

A lot of people ask me in the shop and online, how to make the most of their diffusion sticks, or aroma reeds…..so I’ve put together my 5 tips.

1. Make sure you place your sticks away from direct light, heaters or air conditioning.  Anything that will change the atmosphere around them dramatically will reduce their life.
2. Keep the opening of the bottle as small as possible to stop evaporation.  If a wooden or ceramic collar is included in your set make sure you use it.
3. Turn the sticks regularly to keep the top of the sticks from getting too dry.  I have found turning them once a fortnight works best – I’m actually such a dag that I have an alarm set on my phone to remind me.
4. Move them.  The fragrances with more tops notes (citrus, mints etc) do evaporate faster than the heavier fragrances such as sandalwood and clove, so if you notice yours evaporating too fast, try moving it do a different area in your house.
5. Only buy your diffusion or aroma sticks from a reputable place (like Some Kind Of Bliss) as you will find the cheaper ones on the market have a higher alcohol percentage (as it’s cheaper than the other ingredients – especially fragrance) and will therefore evaporate a lot faster.

BONUS TIP – Make sure you buy a fragrance you will like to have around you, as the bigger bottles can last a long time.  This may be different to what you would normally choose for a perfume for example.

Good Luck.

Keep an eye out for this new fragrance in the Purity range.

Why am I so slack at doing these blog posts????? I don’t know, the days and weeks just seem to go by till I get an email from my web team saying……”Samantha, do you think you should maybe do a new post?” I know I’m in trouble when they call me Samantha. Only joking – well I do get the email, but I’m not in trouble.

Do you find that life just gets in the way of everything? I know I do.  By the time, I work my day job, run my business, be a single mum and well try to have some interests I’ve run out of time.I’ve spent some serious time this weekend working out a more efficient schedule for myself. I know my most productive hours and I need to use them!!!! I currently have 3 blogs that I need to be active on, including this one….so I am scheduled in 30min a day for blogging.  I’m not making any promises about how often you will get updates, and I may share the same posts between blogs, but I am trying to do more.

So what is going on with Some Kind Of Bliss??? Well, I have shut down the retail space.  I had one year to go on the lease, but as the other shops around me had all ready gone, I was finding it unsustainable.  So we finally found someone to take over the balance of the lease – it cost a fortune, but it means that as of January 2011, I will have my weekends back.  I am still operating till, Xmas, especially as it’s bus season – but I am doing so from the warehouse at Dickens and Hawthorne. Online is picking up pacemaker which is great, and I’m starting to get orders for Xmas hampers and corporate gifts which are fantastic.

So now for some content…….

I have some AMAZING bargains at the moment.  6 soaps for $5!!!! I will add it to the website tonight.  The soaps are assorted soaps from 60-100gm.  They are all triple milled, and come in fragrances like milk & honey, lavender and peppermint & Agra shell.

The current Drenched packaging is on it’s way out, so over the next few weeks if you place an order the packaging may vary, but as usual I will send a little gift if it’s not exactly what you ordered.

I’ve just put the Infused Lemongrass and Lime in my lounge room and I am sososo in love with it.  Wow, it’s like a burst of summer every time you walk past.  I wish I could invent scratch and sniff web screens so you cooed experience what I am talking about….memo to self, look up some fragrance sample cards to send with orders.

Now to stuff I find really interesting (non work related).  There has been a recent discussion about if social media can influence social change. Well I say yes it can!!! It may not be the same as 50,000 people appearing in a march somewhere, but I for one am more aware of many international issues because of social media.   I find the news here in Australia can sometimes be so limited, that I take time to catch up on international events and issues online every day.  I have a rss feed app on my iPhone and iPad so that when I have ghat spare 5 minutes I can catch up on blogs I subscribe to, and news pages I prefer instead of wading through garbage.

There are many examples of the power of social media.  I ask you to look at this one clip.  It was Oprah and the Black Eyed Peas doing there thang…..the whole things was organised via social media. Wow!!!!

Don’t forget if you or someone you know is after some corporate gifts, or some own branded products send me an email sam@somekindofbliss.com

So it’s still officially Autumn, but I’m feeling winteritis already. I haven’t put the electric blanket or flannelette sheets on the bed yet, but the heater is out and I am changing my products around the house.

Why change products? Well, I know I prefer lighter scents in the warmer months in everything from my candles, to diffusers, to oils to moisturisers. Right now as it’s getting colder all of my chosen fragrances are getting heavier.

Right now I am burning a Dervish Moroccan Fig & Cinnamon Candle, I have changed my lounge room diffuser over to Aroma Home Honeysuckle & Musk Diffusion Sticks, and I’m slathering Soy Milk and Cherry Blossom Body Butter all over twice a day.

Just like you have a spring clean, you need to change your make up, personal fragrances and home fragrances as the seasons change. I even change my foundation to suit the change in climate and skin tone.

What fragrance will you surround yourself with this winter????