Vendor: Hay Creek Candles
Review
Author: Lindsay Sara
Order
Placed: June 12, 2014
Order
Received: July 9, 2014 (Although I received part
of my order earlier, there was a mixup and it was corrected by the posted date)
Pre-Review/Post Order:
Hay
Creek Candles is owned and operated by Janelle Rae. Hay Creek Candles wax is 100%
paraffin and is sliceable. They have been in business since 2003.
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Products:
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Loaves
o
Cupcakes
o
Muffins
o
Individual
Tarts
o
Jar
Candles
o
Votives
o
Monthly
Themed Samplers
o
Mystery
Bags
- Where to Order: https://www.facebook.com/haycreekcandles
- Availability:
It is not hard to order from this vendor at all! The vendor currently has
an open custom list of the Facebook group page! The vendor will no longer
have flash sales on the group page, however they will be holding restocks
several times during the month and will announce them with the scent list
ahead of time. They do have an Etsy store, but they do not have it stocked
as they are leaning more towards having their own website again as they
used to years ago. All of the main sales are held on the group page. They
also have monthly theme samples available. The next upcoming theme sampler
will be August "Down the Shore". Theme boxes
consist of 9 scent shots and 2 surprise non wax items related to the
theme. They are $26.50 shipped. August will go on sale sometime the first
week of July. Mystery bags are offered often. Mystery bags are $25
shipped, and are usually anywhere between 18-20 pounds + of wax. The
mystery bags are mostly fruity bakery blends, scent shots, chunks,
cupcakes, tarts etc.
- Turn Around Time (TAT): 7 – 10 business days from when the invoice is paid.
- Price:
$$$
- Cure Time:
There is no cure time on the wax, but the vendor states waiting a week or
two can never hurt.
- Warmer Recommended:
The vendor recommends using a tea-light, 20 watt Glade, or a 24 watt hot
plate warmer for the wax. The vendor personally prefers the Glade warmer.
The vendor does not recommend the Febreeze or bulb warmers. Although the
wax will melt in these warmers, it does not perform at its best.
- My Order:
- Hot Orange Danish Cream Cheese Frosting – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- Orange Creamsickle Skittles – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- Vanilla Orange Danish – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- Snickers Coffee Marshmallow – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- Peanutbutter Cup – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- Skittles – Cupcake
Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- Extra Love Received:
- Purple Cow/ Cotton Candy/Sugar Cookie Dough
- Purple Cow Wildberry Mousse
Raspberry Rainbow Marshmallow
- Picture of Order/Products
- Wax Look:
The wax is very soft. It smudges easily. Once received I popped it into
the freezer for several minutes and I could handle it fairly easily. As
you can see the cupcakes look great(only took a picture of one because they
all had a similar look). They arrived in little bakery bags.
- Cold Smell:
- Hot Orange Danish Cheesecake – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- This creamy orange scent has distinguishable bakery notes.
- Orange Creamsickle Skittles – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- A creamy berry scent with detectable grape notes.
- Vanilla Orange Danish – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- A strong orange bakery type scent with a hint of vanilla.
- Snickers Coffee Marshmallow – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- Smells like a rich coffee with sweet and creamy notes.
- Peanutbutter Cup – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- Peanuts and chocolate combine to create an interesting smell. I don’t know if I would call it a peanutbutter cup, but it was interesting. Hopefully it smells more appealing when melting.
- Skittles – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- A fruity smell with grape as the most distinguishable fruity note.
Wax Melting Review:- Detailed Description of Each Smell:
- Hot Orange Danish Cream Cheese Frosting – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- A very light orange bakery scent.
- Orange Creamsickle Skittles – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- A fruity scent with strong grape notes.
- Vanilla Orange Danish – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- A very light orange vanilla scent.
- Snickers Coffee Marshmallow – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- Smelled like freshly brewed coffee with hints of sweetness. I don’t normally enjoy rich coffee scents, but this wasn’t too bad.
- Peanutbutter Cup – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- A weak peanut smell.
- Skittles – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- A pleasant fruity combination with grape as the only identifiable fruity note.
- Comparison to Cold Smell
- Hot Orange Danish Cream Cheese Frosting – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- Similar
- Orange Creamsickle Skittles – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- Similar, but slightly less creamy.
- Vanilla Orange Danish – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- Similar
- Snickers Coffee Marshmallow – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- Similar
- Peanutbutter Cup – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- Similar, but slightly more tolerable.
- Skittles – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- Similar
- Scent Throw:
- Hot Orange Danish Cream Cheese Frosting – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- A weak 1
- Orange Creamsickle Skittles – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- 2
- Vanilla Orange Danish – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- A weak 1
- Snickers Coffee Marshmallow – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- A solid 1
- Peanutbutter Cup – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- 1
- Skittles – Cupcake Melt 3 – 4 oz.
- 2
Sum Up:- Overall Impression
- I hate to say that the
vendor seems slightly disorganized, but she does. On top of that, my
order is not the first I hear of being incorrect. Although my order did
get corrected, others did not. I heard one customer say that she informed
the vendor that she did not receive her full order, and after several
reminders gave up on trying to get the remainder of the order. I have
also heard several other negative rumors regarding this vendor, but will
not feed the rumor mill by repeating them. Until I see hard evidence to
support said rumors, I cannot attest to them. I can only corroborate my
personal experience, which was not too bad despite errors. In regards to
these rumors, I cannot with good conscious continue to recommend this
vendor. This is honestly a shame, because I did enjoy the wax.
- Pros
- Fun scents
- Cons
- Scents are lost within scent mixtures.
- Order Fulfillment Accuracy
- Overall Liked Scents
- Orange Creamsicle Skittles
- Snickers Marshmallow Coffee
- Skittles
- Overall Disliked Scents
- Hot Orange Danish Cheesecake
- Vanilla Orange Danish
- Peanutbutter Cup
- If it ends up in a destash, why?
- Hot Orange Danish Cheesecake
- Not strong enough.- Vanilla Orange Danish
- Not strong enough.
- How the wax could be improved?/Was it missing something?
- I honestly hate bakery bags with a passion unless. Unless the amount of wax fills the bakery bag, I prefer other storage.
- Anything creamy that is mixed with the Hot Orange Danish scent should only essentially add creaminess to the scent. The Hot Orange Danish should be the primary scent smelled within this type of mixture. Somehow, the Hot Orange Danish Cheesecake lost the Hot Orange Danish. This resulted in a very weak scent.
- Although Orange Creamiscle
Skittles smelled good, I felt that the orange creamiscle was lost in the
combination. After smelling the skittles by itself, I could not detect
any orange creamiscle within this combination. Perhaps adding less
skittles and more orange creamiscle will balance the scent out.
- Was it worth the money?
- Yes
- Would I purchase from this vendor again?
- Due to multiple negative stories I have heard regarding this vendor, I feel as if it would be a risk ordering from this vendor again.
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