Band of Bloggers: Dec 2016

 A full year of fragrant sharing with the Band of Bloggers rounds out 2016. Thank you for supporting the blogger community and taking the time to read and participate in our posts. We will be continuing the Band of Bloggers in 2017 but with some new writers and blogs to follow. Thank you Sunnee and Michelle for this past year of fellowship. We will miss you!

Did you have any favorite wax moments this year? A vendor who went above and beyond? A blend that knocked your socks off? Did you have a RAOK or wax community experience that left you warm and fuzzy? Please share some of your favorite wax moments of 2016 with us. 

Hello everyone, thank you for visiting my blog (or what is left of it) this year as part of the Band of Bloggers! As you can see, I haven't made a wax purchase this year and I don't foresee any in the near future as I work to use up my stash more. So I thought it best to leave BoB.

I have to say though that BoB and interacting with Deb, Julie, Lauren and Liz over all the various social media channels is my favourite wax moment(s) this year. I love the glimpses into their lives in the different parts of the world and the chats we have (lots of spazzing over Fantastic Beasts right now). When I started out buying wax again three years ago, I wouldn't think that would have netted me the friendships I have found today so I am very grateful for it.

I hope you will continue to support Bob, and I can't wait to find out who are the new bloggers that come on board.

Happy 2016, we made it!

Please visit these Band of Bloggers blogs

and help support the blogger community!

Deb, at It's Always Something.

Julie, at The Redolent Mermaid.

Lauren, at Lolo Loves Scents.

Liz, at Furianne.

Michelle, at Waxing About.

Sunnee, at Fragrance Obsessed.

Thank you and have a beautiful rest of 2016!

Band of Bloggers: Nov 2016

Sweet, lovely November. Halloween has come and gone (hope you didn't gorge on  candy!), the election is about to be over (it feels like it has been years!) and now, we're (technically) in the full swing of the holiday season! Thanksgiving will be here in just a few short weeks, and before you know it, it will be all Christmas all the time! It truly is the most wonderful time of the year!

The Band of Bloggers question for November is:

What does your ideal Thanksgiving day and table look like? What are you eating? Any candles or tarts burning/melting in the room? Who fills your table? Are you stressed? What does your house look like? How's the weather? Give us the deets!

Thanksgiving is......about family!
I have never had a Thanksgiving but American popular culture has certainly fueled me a with a lot of fantasies about it. It would be a day where everyone gets together to cook and get the table ready. A big roasted turkey, with loads of gravy and mash potatoes! No candles because the scent of food would fill the house!

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Please visit these Band of Bloggers blogs

and help support the blogger community!

Deb, at It's Always Something.

Julie, at The Redolent Mermaid.

Lauren, at Lolo Loves Scents.

Liz, at Furianne. 

Michelle, at Waxing About.

Sunnee, at Fragrance Obsessed.

Thank you and have a wonderful weekend!

Band of Bloggers: Oct 2016

Aahhh, October.  We're full steam into fall now.  Leaves are reaching full color change.  Sweaters have been hauled out of storage.  Hot chocolates are being sipped again.  Pumpkins are out.  Halloween costumes need to be picked.  Christmas trees are showing up in stores.  Wait . . . what?! 

Let's get back to the spooky task at hand.  The Band of Bloggers ghoulishly fun question for October is:

What do ghosts smell like?

Wow, I have never actually thought about this. But now that I am, I am thinking soft, delicate and fleeting. I think each will have their own unique scent to represent and identify themselves. Just like we do.

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Please visit these Band of Bloggers blogs

and help support the blogger community!

Deb, at It's Always Something.

Julie, at The Redolent Mermaid.

Lauren, at Lolo Loves Scents.

Liz, at Furianne. 

Michelle, at Waxing About.

Sunnee, at Fragrance Obsessed.

Thank you, and have a spooky day!

Band of Bloggers: Sept 2016

Welcome to our September 2016 Band of Bloggers! By now, most people should be back in school. The weather should be cooling down. Department store shelves are stocking up on fall and Halloween decorations. Countdowns are beginning for the end of year holidays.

This month we will share that special moment, activity, sound, smell, or all of the above that makes us feel like Autumn has arrived! We will also recommend our favorite places to shop for fall decor. Please feel free to share your own answers with us in the comments below!

That moment would be when the monsoon descends upon us! It comes in about late October, early November and it's pretty much my only indication in one-season Singapore that the rest of the world is going through a seasonal change. I am so jealous of people who get to experience the four seasons and the turning of leaves.

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Please visit these Band of Bloggers blogs
and help support the blogger community!

Deb, at It's Always Something.

Julie, at The Redolent Mermaid.

Lauren, at Lolo Loves Scents.

Liz, at Furianne. 

Michelle, at Waxing About.

Band of Bloggers: August 2016

Welcome to the August 2016 edition of Band of Bloggers! Record temperatures across the globe have us feeling the heat and looking forward to Autumn, especially those delicious scents that make our homes feel warm and cozy. 

This month we are sharing our favorite fall blend and also the vendor we would turn to first to order this blend.

In the non-wax related category, we're each recommending a book that we have read and loved. 

Please join in and comment with your number one fall blend and definitely give us your best book recommendations!

My favourite fall scents would be anything apple and pumpkin. Yes, I do like pumpkin scents! They are creamy and sweet and comforting all rolled up in one scent. I am not adventurous with my pumpkin scents, just sweet and simple blends. They don't need much jazzing up. And apples, they are just my favourite scent of all-time. I can melt them anytime anyday. But for fall, apple strudels are the way to go.

For my book recommendation, I am going to go with Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Imagine a future world where Cinderella is a spunky mechanic who discovers she's really a Lunar princess. Oh and she's also an android. Cinder is the first book in the series The Lunar Chronicles, along the way, we also meet Scarlet (Little Red Riding Hood), Cress (Rapunzel) and Winter (Snow White), who forms an amazing girlsquad to the save world from an Evil Lunar Queen. The series is wonderfully detailed and Marissa Meyer takes the elements of these classic fairy tales and incorporates them so ingeniously into the plot! If you have read them, let me know, I would love to discuss it with you.

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Please visit these Band of Bloggers blogs
and help support the blogger community!

Deb, at It's Always Something.

Julie, at The Redolent Mermaid.

Lauren, at Lolo Loves Scents.

Liz, at Furianne. 

Michelle, at Waxing About.

Band of Bloggers | July 2016

Summer 2016 is officially here for all of us in the Northern Hemisphere! Longer days, abundant sunshine, warm weather and fun activities will hopefully keep us busy and happy during the months ahead.

This month the Band Of Bloggers will be sharing their favorite summer memory or tradition as well as the one scent or blend that we most associate with summertime.

Enter your response here!

A recent summer memory are the times I spent during my university vacations running orientation camps and activities with my university club. We worked hard, played hard and cried hard s a team and it was one of the best time of my life! Because we were out in the open so much, we always slathered on lots of sunblock to prevent sunburn. So I guess the scent of sunblock lotion (+ sweat!) is what I most associate with summer!

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Please visit these Band of Bloggers blogs
and help support the blogger community!

Deb, at It's Always Something.

Julie, at The Redolent Mermaid.

Lauren, at Lolo Loves Scents.

Liz, at Furianne. 

Michelle, at Waxing About.

Band of Bloggers | June

Welcome to the June edition of the Band of Bloggers!

We hope you have been enjoying this little monthly conversations of ours, as much as we enjoy having them. As always, we hope you will join in this month and chat with us.

I can't quite believe that we are officially at the half-way mark of 2016. I don't know about you but the past two months felt especially whirl-windy to me. In Singapore, June is the month to slow down and relax. All the schools are out and you can almost feel the country heave a collective sigh of relief. What are your summer plans, are you doing anywhere fun with family and friends? I am looking ahead to a month of packed weekends! A good friend of mine is getting married in early July and I am going to be a bridesmaid for the first time! We just did the dress fittings and we are getting deep into the final details for the big day!

Of course, with all the rushing around and the summer heat, hydration is going to be key to keeping healthy and glowing. I drink eight glasses of water on a regular basis (keeping a huge bottle on my desk helps) and my favourite drink is an ice(cold) lemon tea! Not surprisingly, I love tea-related scents as well. I find tea scents are such a subtle way to keep the room smelling fresh and feeling cool (does that make sense?).

And so with all that rambling, my question to you is what are your favourite drinks and drink scents? Do they correspond like mine?

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Please visit these Band of Bloggers blogs
and help support the blogger community!

Deb, at It's Always Something.

Julie, at The Redolent Mermaid.

Lauren, at Lolo Loves Scents.

Liz, at Furianne. 

Michelle, at Waxing About.