Scentsy with bonus Ruthie and ghosties.
Sep. 28th, 2015 01:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
impyThe problem with flu shots is that after I get one, my arm is awfully sensitive for a couple of days afterwards. Sigh.
Yesterday Cass dropped off my Scentsy order. It came in a huge box and it had some surprises in what I liked and what I didn't.
First up, I haven't plugged her in, but I can definitely see why Lumina here sold out. I think I got her just before she (because my warmer is a she, why not?) sold out. The vine is a gorgeous metallic shimmer and it's just one of those things where you stop and stare at it because "oooooooh, pretty!" is a definite thing. I wish she glowed (you have the technology, Scentsy, freakin' use it!) but you cannot win them all.
The Nevermore wrap was actually the first thing I took out of the box. I have a couple of the older wraps (and have two of the cores running around. Well, Widget has one and I have one) and I swear they feel more... substantial than this one does? This one I had to ping the metal to make sure it wasn't plastic. It felt very light and the wings look odd because one is in a different position on the backside. It's hard to explain but Cass felt the same way. I still like it but I was expecting something a little different.
I tried out Pumpkin Graveyard:
It glows. I never got one of the gallery warmers (which these remind me of) but the side panels feel less like glass and more like plastic but I'm not dropping this on the floor to test that theory out. :P
I have House on Haunted Hill going currently and it's actually really pretty. I like that it casts a purple scene onto the wall and it seems to warm the wax pretty darn quickly. There is a but, however.
The lightbulb is obnoxiously visible on the Moon scene side and it's just a little jarring. If you go in expecting it, though, maybe it'll be less annoying for you.
^^ This one is mine, btw. Just look at my happy little ghosty!
(These two can be made into a Combine and Save special which is how I ended up with them.)
Now onto the bars before I circle back to the big mama.
Christmas Cottage: smells kind of like you'd imagine based on the name and description. Will let you know if I upgrade to "like it" or not. As it is, enh.
Duchess: This one is interesting. I'm not sure how much I'll like it when I melt it because I think Mum hit the nose on the head when she said it was a bit like a rich older woman in church. I was going with the scent of Tuesday Morning just before Christmas, but it's a similar idea. I don't know why they picture it as red since it's purple, but whatever.
Apple S'mores: Holy freakin' cedar. That's the first scent that hits you and that is unacceptable. I choked out "I have made a terrible mistake" but we'll see if that remains true when I work up the courage to melt it.
Sugred Cherries: Anyone who doesn't tell you this smells like candy is a damn liar.
Autumn Sunrise: I don't really like this one. Mums requested it in the downstairs bathroom and the scent carries, but I don't think I actually like the scent of pomegranate so that's probably where she and I differ. (She has a fake candle that smells like pomegranate and she loves it and I hate having to turn it on because then I smell like it for hours. Why did I buy this one?)
Rum Raisin Cookie: Smells like Oatmeal Raisin Cookies with cinnamon. I'm planning on trying this one upstairs in my room as soon as I figure out my warmer situation up there.
Davenport: Is the prettiest looking bar of the bunch but it's decidedly meh at the moment. We'll give it a whirl and I'll let you know.
Blueberry Rush: More candy. I gifted this one to Mums immediately. It's not one I hate, but I basically figured it wouldn't be for me.
Reorders:
Cinnamon Bear remains delicious.
Cider Mill is still one of my favorites.
Mandarin Moon is Cider Mill's sibling who is ready to beat up anyone who says anything bad about either one. (I owe Miss z a million thanks for introducing me to this one!)
Pumpkin Roll: I ordered three. I mean, this should tell you something.
Okay. So. When making various orders over the course of the month, I kept coming back to whether I should buy Haunted House. I mean, look at this majestic creature:
Seriously. This thing looks awesome and everything about it calls my name. Eventually I caved (it cost about as much to order this sucker and then get freebies as it would if I'd just gone with the shipping after the rest was calculated. Screw Scentsy's shipping math.) and I just tell myself that it was bought using hostess credit. Which it sort of was, although I think technically we did it another way. The point is, money was saved.
I have to admit to a shortcoming of my own: I have no concept of size. If you give me one of those tests where you have to figure out what 3-D shape some weird pattern will create, that I can do no problem. But if you tell me something is This Tall by This Wide, I will have no real grasp on how big it'll really be. Some things I can cheat (18 inches is the height of an AG doll or my teddy bear) but usually the dimensions mean less than nothing to me.
The grim centerpiece of your Halloween décor, Haunted House towers ominously over an eerie tombstone garden.
I knew, going in, that aside from Pumpkin Graveyard and House on Haunted Hill, none of the Halloween warmers would glow this year. I wasn't happy with it, but it was something I accepted before I commited to buying. (Seriously, all of their warmers this year would have looked AMAZING if they glowed in some way.) However, I didn't realize a couple of things about this warmer, and had I known them, I would not have bought it. I really, really would not have bought it.
1) This thing is tiny. When Cass handed me the box, I actually asked her if that was it. She nodded sadly. Elsewhere (so not on the standard Consultant site) it specifies that it's 7.9 inches tall, I think. But this sucker is freakin' tiny. I would not use the words centerpiece or towers or even ominiously to describe a damn thing about this warmer. I really am going to take a picture of this tiny, tiny house. I was so pissed.
2) While I knew there'd be no glow, I figured maybe there'd be light holes and that, if they did them near enough a window, would be cool. Nope. This sucker is a freakin' element warmer. Which means there's no light at all. NO LIGHT. No light in the freakin' HAUNTED HOUSE. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
I will never, ever tell Mums the price on this (before the credit), but for you lot to fully understand my rage, this damn thing is being sold for $55. They won't let you use a half price credit on it because, and let me allow Scentsy to dig their own grave:
With an intricate hand-painted finish and at 7.9 inches tall, this seasonal warmer is larger and boasts a more complex design than others in our Harvest Collection, so it’s offered at a slightly higher price. As a result, Haunted House is not available for purchase with Half-Price Host Rewards.
Larger? LARGER? Are you INSANE? This is only slightly taller than Whoot, which is one of the larger non-lampshade warmers (which you can use half price credits on) and not any taller than Nevermore. :P If returns were truly possible and wouldn't fuck my friend over, this thing would be going back with a nasty, nasty letter. As it is, this thing and I are just going to have to accept one another. But seriously, don't buy this unless it goes on sale.
Ruthie has volunteered to give you a size comparison. It's... small, k? There's nothing centerpiece-y about this. :/ Save your money. Trust me on this.
Yesterday Cass dropped off my Scentsy order. It came in a huge box and it had some surprises in what I liked and what I didn't.
First up, I haven't plugged her in, but I can definitely see why Lumina here sold out. I think I got her just before she (because my warmer is a she, why not?) sold out. The vine is a gorgeous metallic shimmer and it's just one of those things where you stop and stare at it because "oooooooh, pretty!" is a definite thing. I wish she glowed (you have the technology, Scentsy, freakin' use it!) but you cannot win them all.
The Nevermore wrap was actually the first thing I took out of the box. I have a couple of the older wraps (and have two of the cores running around. Well, Widget has one and I have one) and I swear they feel more... substantial than this one does? This one I had to ping the metal to make sure it wasn't plastic. It felt very light and the wings look odd because one is in a different position on the backside. It's hard to explain but Cass felt the same way. I still like it but I was expecting something a little different.
I tried out Pumpkin Graveyard:
It glows. I never got one of the gallery warmers (which these remind me of) but the side panels feel less like glass and more like plastic but I'm not dropping this on the floor to test that theory out. :P
I have House on Haunted Hill going currently and it's actually really pretty. I like that it casts a purple scene onto the wall and it seems to warm the wax pretty darn quickly. There is a but, however.
The lightbulb is obnoxiously visible on the Moon scene side and it's just a little jarring. If you go in expecting it, though, maybe it'll be less annoying for you.
^^ This one is mine, btw. Just look at my happy little ghosty!
(These two can be made into a Combine and Save special which is how I ended up with them.)
Now onto the bars before I circle back to the big mama.
Christmas Cottage: smells kind of like you'd imagine based on the name and description. Will let you know if I upgrade to "like it" or not. As it is, enh.
Duchess: This one is interesting. I'm not sure how much I'll like it when I melt it because I think Mum hit the nose on the head when she said it was a bit like a rich older woman in church. I was going with the scent of Tuesday Morning just before Christmas, but it's a similar idea. I don't know why they picture it as red since it's purple, but whatever.
Apple S'mores: Holy freakin' cedar. That's the first scent that hits you and that is unacceptable. I choked out "I have made a terrible mistake" but we'll see if that remains true when I work up the courage to melt it.
Sugred Cherries: Anyone who doesn't tell you this smells like candy is a damn liar.
Autumn Sunrise: I don't really like this one. Mums requested it in the downstairs bathroom and the scent carries, but I don't think I actually like the scent of pomegranate so that's probably where she and I differ. (She has a fake candle that smells like pomegranate and she loves it and I hate having to turn it on because then I smell like it for hours. Why did I buy this one?)
Rum Raisin Cookie: Smells like Oatmeal Raisin Cookies with cinnamon. I'm planning on trying this one upstairs in my room as soon as I figure out my warmer situation up there.
Davenport: Is the prettiest looking bar of the bunch but it's decidedly meh at the moment. We'll give it a whirl and I'll let you know.
Blueberry Rush: More candy. I gifted this one to Mums immediately. It's not one I hate, but I basically figured it wouldn't be for me.
Reorders:
Cinnamon Bear remains delicious.
Cider Mill is still one of my favorites.
Mandarin Moon is Cider Mill's sibling who is ready to beat up anyone who says anything bad about either one. (I owe Miss z a million thanks for introducing me to this one!)
Pumpkin Roll: I ordered three. I mean, this should tell you something.
Okay. So. When making various orders over the course of the month, I kept coming back to whether I should buy Haunted House. I mean, look at this majestic creature:
Seriously. This thing looks awesome and everything about it calls my name. Eventually I caved (it cost about as much to order this sucker and then get freebies as it would if I'd just gone with the shipping after the rest was calculated. Screw Scentsy's shipping math.) and I just tell myself that it was bought using hostess credit. Which it sort of was, although I think technically we did it another way. The point is, money was saved.
I have to admit to a shortcoming of my own: I have no concept of size. If you give me one of those tests where you have to figure out what 3-D shape some weird pattern will create, that I can do no problem. But if you tell me something is This Tall by This Wide, I will have no real grasp on how big it'll really be. Some things I can cheat (18 inches is the height of an AG doll or my teddy bear) but usually the dimensions mean less than nothing to me.
The grim centerpiece of your Halloween décor, Haunted House towers ominously over an eerie tombstone garden.
I knew, going in, that aside from Pumpkin Graveyard and House on Haunted Hill, none of the Halloween warmers would glow this year. I wasn't happy with it, but it was something I accepted before I commited to buying. (Seriously, all of their warmers this year would have looked AMAZING if they glowed in some way.) However, I didn't realize a couple of things about this warmer, and had I known them, I would not have bought it. I really, really would not have bought it.
1) This thing is tiny. When Cass handed me the box, I actually asked her if that was it. She nodded sadly. Elsewhere (so not on the standard Consultant site) it specifies that it's 7.9 inches tall, I think. But this sucker is freakin' tiny. I would not use the words centerpiece or towers or even ominiously to describe a damn thing about this warmer. I really am going to take a picture of this tiny, tiny house. I was so pissed.
2) While I knew there'd be no glow, I figured maybe there'd be light holes and that, if they did them near enough a window, would be cool. Nope. This sucker is a freakin' element warmer. Which means there's no light at all. NO LIGHT. No light in the freakin' HAUNTED HOUSE. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
I will never, ever tell Mums the price on this (before the credit), but for you lot to fully understand my rage, this damn thing is being sold for $55. They won't let you use a half price credit on it because, and let me allow Scentsy to dig their own grave:
With an intricate hand-painted finish and at 7.9 inches tall, this seasonal warmer is larger and boasts a more complex design than others in our Harvest Collection, so it’s offered at a slightly higher price. As a result, Haunted House is not available for purchase with Half-Price Host Rewards.
Larger? LARGER? Are you INSANE? This is only slightly taller than Whoot, which is one of the larger non-lampshade warmers (which you can use half price credits on) and not any taller than Nevermore. :P If returns were truly possible and wouldn't fuck my friend over, this thing would be going back with a nasty, nasty letter. As it is, this thing and I are just going to have to accept one another. But seriously, don't buy this unless it goes on sale.
Ruthie has volunteered to give you a size comparison. It's... small, k? There's nothing centerpiece-y about this. :/ Save your money. Trust me on this.
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Date: 2015-09-28 05:47 pm (UTC)Yeah, I was torn at first "Oooh, a lot of this new stuff looks so cool!" but then when the new minimums started coming out and lack of free shipping and rip-off prices (still can't even process that diffuser crap)...ugh. On the plus side, I'm glad they still have mandarin moon!
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Date: 2015-09-28 06:30 pm (UTC)I still can't believe the diffuser sets sold out (temporarily). Who... what... why? And their shipping is somehow worse than AG and I never realized that was possible.