Vendor: The Bathing Garden
Review
Author: Lindsay Sara
Order
Placed: June 1, 2014
Order
Received: July 3, 2014
Pre-Review/Post Order:
Shannon is the genius behind The
Bathing Garden. Shannon has been in business for 10 + years, and started making
wax when she started making soap. Shannon was a history major in college, and
finds herself inspired by different time periods and by everything within
nature.
- Products:
- Wax Tarts
- 8 oz Sugar Scrubs
- 4 oz Whipped Soap
- Keep an eye out for body/hair mists! (COMING SOON as
per the vendor!)
- Where to Order: http://www.thebathinggarden.com
- Availability:
The website is stocked every 4 – 6 weeks. Items are only for sale for a
particular time period, but the stock is not limited during that time.
- Turn Around Time (TAT): Approximately 4 – 6 weeks.
- Price:
$$$
- Cure Time:
The vendor recommends a 10 day cure time on the wax tarts, but states it
is not necessary on other items. As I always do, I will be curing my
products for about a month prior to completing the review.
- Warmer Recommended:
24 watt warmer
- My Order:
- Midway Bites Clamshell
-
Sugar dusted funnel
cake, strawberry cotton candy, and sweet caramel apple cake.
- Blushing Lemonade Clamshell
-
Lemonade, strawberry,
lime, orange, watermelon, and vanilla.
- Freak-Show Clamshell
-
Butterscotch, funnel
cake, and vanilla ice cream are topped with a cinnamon sugar crumble.
- Vanilla Cherry Cola Clamshell
-
Effervescent cola,
vanilla cream, and a cherry splash.
- Vintage Circus Clamshell
-
Blue cotton candy is
layered over candy apples.
- Layered Rootbeer Float Shea Butter Scrub
-
Creamy vanilla ice
cream is layered over bubbly root beer.
- Extra Love Received:
- Hall of Mirrors Wax (Large Tart)
- Butterscotch Chip Pumpkin Waffles (Small Tart)
- Hall of Mirrors (Whipped Soap – 2 oz)
- Picture of Order/Products
- Wax Look: This package literally went through hell and back. It was sent during heat advisories. All things considered, I am very pleased at the shape the wax arrived. The wax was honestly beautiful, even if some had very slight melting (very little). Shapes were still intact. The little pretzel on Midway Bites was adorable and I swear it smelled like a pretzel more than the rest of it. The color and sparkles in the Hall of Mirrors large tart was just beautiful, and honestly the melting didn’t distract from that at all.
- Cold Smell:
- Midway Bites Clamshell
-
A very
pleasant pretzel smell.
- Blushing Lemonade Clamshell
-
A sweet
lemon with hints of sour pomegranate.
- Freak-Show Clamshell
-
A very
pleasant aroma. For some reason it reminds me of Aunt Anne’s cinnamon sugar
pretzels.
- Vanilla Cherry Cola Clamshell
-
Smells like cherry cola.
- Vintage Circus Clamshell
-
A sweet floral scent.
Wax Melting Review:
- Detailed Description of Each Smell
- Midway Bites Clamshell
-
A pleasant pretzel smell…I swear I
can even smell the salt.
- Blushing Lemonade Clamshell
-
A light
lemonade scent with hints of pomegranate.
- Freak-Show Clamshell
-
A
cinnamon sugar smell with distinctive bakery bread notes.
- Vanilla Cherry Cola Clamshell
-
Smells like cherry cola.
- Vintage Circus Clamshell
-
A floral/perfume scent.
- Comparison to Cold Smell
- Midway Bites Clamshell
-
Similar
- Blushing Lemonade Clamshell
-
Similar,
but with less emphasis on sour notes.
- Freak-Show Clamshell
-
Similar,
with more bread like bakery notes as opposed to a distinctive pretzel.
- Vanilla Cherry Cola Clamshell
-
Similar
- Vintage Circus Clamshell
-
Similar, but less sweet.
- Scent Throw:
- Midway Bites Clamshell
-
2
- Blushing Lemonade Clamshell
-
1
- Freak-Show Clamshell
-
A
consistently strong 1
- Vanilla Cherry Cola Clamshell
-
A strong 1.
- Vintage Circus Clamshell
-
Barely a 1
Sum Up:
- Overall Impression
- This vendor is highly
sought after, and I can see why. She comes up with some interesting
unique blends. Honestly, her wax is just fun! I can’t wait to see what
future scents this vendor will release!
- Pros
- Stock not limited during
the time the store is open.
- Cons
- Scents didn’t last very long in a 24 watt warmer – approximately 2 hours.
- I am not sure how I would
get more of the scents I like. If she does have left over from previous
restocks, they go very fast.
- Overall Liked Scents
- Midway Bites
- Freakshow
- Vanilla Cherry Cola
- Blushing Lemonade
-
I
actually thought I wouldn’t like this scent, but I didn’t dislike it.
- Overall Disliked Scents
- Vintage Circus
- If it ends up in a destash/RAOK, why?
- Vintage Circus
-
I don’t
like florals/perfume scents. Overall it wasn’t strong enough to be something I
would keep regardless of the scent.
- Blushing Lemonade
-
Although I liked this scent, I didn’t
like it enough to keep it. When you have as much wax as I do, you learn to be
very selective.
- How the wax could be improved?/Was it missing something?
- The sugar scrub smelled great, but it was not the best scrub I have tried. I personally prefer a more abrasive sugar scrub that would better allow for exfoliation.
- She is onto something with some of these scents. I do wish the throw was slightly stronger.
- Consistency of how long the
wax lasted. I felt like Freakshow was throwing for much longer than other
scents.
- Was it worth the money?
- Yes
- Would I purchase from this vendor again?
- This vendor keeps buyers guessing what scent combos she will come out with next. If enough of the scent combos interest me, I will most definitely be buying from this vendor again.
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