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Friday, June 13, 2014

How I Plan To Review Wax (Feel free to comment if you think I am missing anything.)



All of my reviews will consist of several parts. Here is the layout

Vendor: Name of the Vendor
Order Date:
Order Received:
Pre-Review/Post Order:
   This will include anything I know about the company that I may find useful for a consumer to know.
This includes:

  • Products
  • Where to Order
  • Availability: Is it difficult to order? Do you have to be waitlisted?
  • Turn Around Time (TAT): The time it takes to produce your order, and essentially get it to you. I will indicate if this is a set TAT, or if it changes depending on the workload of the vendor.
  • Price: This will be done using $ scale,  
    -        $ Extremely Inexpensive
    -        $$ = A Good Deal
    -        $$$ = Fair for the amount of wax being sold.
    -        $$$$ = Above Average on some items, more reasonable on others.
    -        $$$$$ = Expensive
 

  • Cure Time: Sometimes vendors still recommend letting your order cure once you receive the order to allow the wax to reach the maximum scent potential of the wax. Other times, the wax is already completely cured once you have gotten it. Other times the order is said to be completely cured, but a few more cure time would do the scent good! This will let you know where the wax being reviewed stands, and the overall cure time recommended.
  • Warmer Recommended: If applicable.
  • My Order: Essentially what I will be reviewing.
  • Extra Love Received: Any extras that came with the order!
  • Picture of Order/Products
  • Wax Look: Description of how the wax looks.
  • Cold Smell: This will be a description of the cold smell for each item ordered. It will also include if it is nonexistent, pleasant, or unpleasant.



Wax Melting Review: 
This includes: 

  • Detailed Description of Each Smell
  • Comparison to Cold Smell
  • Scent Throw: Rated on a scale of 1 -5, the number corresponds with the number of rooms the scent travels.
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Sum Up:

This includes: 

  • Overall Impression
  • Pros
  • Cons
  • Overall Liked Scents
  • Overall Disliked Scents
  • If it ends up in a destash, why?
  • How the wax could be improved?/Was it missing something?
  • Was it worth the money?
  •  Would I purchase from this vendor again?

2 comments:

  1. Hi, Like the sound of your blog it is going to be great! I am not sure if a question of how long scent is expected to last while melting would work or not. I am sort of new to the wax world and for me that is one of the things I would like to know. I have ordered from different vendors and some melt good and only last about an hour and others it seems like you can keep for a day or so. Thank you.

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    1. How long a scent will last depends on a couple factors. Essentially yes, vendor is one of those factors. Another huge important factor is the warmer used. You will burn through twice as much wax using a 24 watt warmer as opposed to a lower wattage warmer, but you won't get the same strong scent with lower wattage. It is important to ask yourself, which quality is more important. On average...good wax will last 6 hours in a 24 watt warmer. I will note variations on this in the sum up section. Thank you for your input.

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