The Starlit
Corner Initial Wax Review
Vendor: The Starlit
Corner
Review Author: Lindsay
Order Date: July
25, 2024
Order Received: August 2, 2024
Pre-Review/Post-Order:
The Starlit Corner is owned by
Ashley. Ashley loves creating unique fragrance combinations that match her
unusual style of wax melt-making. Ashley takes pride in offering melts you may
not find anywhere else while adding a lot of whimsy and drippy weirdness!
Ashley started her wax business venture in 2016 when she was pregnant, and she
was home bored with nothing to do. Ashley reports falling in love with wax and
never looking back. Ashley is a small-batch wax artist who likes to make each
melt an experience. Feel free to join the Facebook group and share your
experiences and feedback!
· Products
o RTS - Wax
Melts (Various Shapes)
o RTS - Wax
Brittle
o RTS - Room
Sprays
o Subscription
Boxes
· Where to Order: https://www.thestarlitcorner.com/
· Facebook Group: The
Starlit Corner Facebook Group
· Availability:
o RTS and subscription boxes are
available on the website.
o Rarely offers customs but does
so occasionally.
· Turn
Around Time (TAT):
o TAT is 1 to 2 weeks during the
summer when her children are out of school.
o 1-7 business days during the
school year.
o When customs are offered, the
TAT is 3 to 10 weeks depending on the size of the order.
· Price:
o $$$
· Cure
Time:
o The vendor recommends 4 weeks
of cure time.
o Each label has a pour date to
keep track of cure time.
· Warmer
Recommended:
o Tealight warmers or hot plate
warmers work well with the Starlit Corner wax!
· My
Order:
o Wax Brittle – Dangerous but
Fun
o Wax Brittle – Siren’s Song
o Wax Brittle – Cherry Ice Cream
Float
· Extra
Love:
o Pies before Guys
o Strawberry Pancake
o Clean Tea
· Scent
Descriptions/Combinations
o Dangerous but Fun – Cherry + Pineapple
+ Orange Soda
o Siren’s Song - Pink Sugar + Cream
Soda + Lavender + Avobath
o Cherry Ice Cream Float - Vanilla
Ice Cream + Cream Soda + Cherries
· Picture of
Order/Products
· Wax
Look:
o I never fault a vendor if
their wax has some melting during transport in the summer, but I will say I was
surprised with the lack of melting from this vendor’s wax.
o This wax is so adorable and
cute. It looks as if the vendor has fun making these melts!
· Cold
Smell:
o Dangerous but Fun – Cherry is
the first distinguishable note to hit the nose with the other scents combining
to resemble a delicious Hawaiian Punch-type scent.
o Siren’s Song – The citrus
notes of the Avobath meld together with the sweet florals of the Pink Sugar.
The entire scent has a subtle effervescence to it from the cream soda.
o Cherry Ice Cream Float –
Although there are no bakery notes within this scent, the combination creates a
light indistinguishable bakery smell and cherries.
Wax Melting Review:
· Detailed
Description of Each Smell
o Dangerous but Fun – A sweet
fruity scent with cherry being the dominant scent.
o Siren’s Song – A light creamy
sweet scent with a super subtle citrus undertone associated with the Avobath
within the blend.
o Cherry Ice Cream Float – A sweet
bakery scent with cinnamon and subtle fruity undertones.
· Comparison
to Cold Smell
o Dangerous but Fun – Similar,
but not as strong.
o Siren’s Song – Similar, but
not as strong.
o Cherry Ice Cream Float - Similar
· Scent
Throw:
o Dangerous but Fun - 1
o Siren’s Song - 1
o Cherry Ice Cream Float - 2
Sum Up:
· Overall
Impression
o Super cute and fun wax with
very fun blends!
o Because she essentially
included as much free wax as paid wax, I did feel as if I had to mark the price
as more affordable than had she sent fewer samples or none.
o
· Pros
o The wax brittle was soft
enough to break with my hand, but not so soft that it had any melting during
ridiculously hot summer temperatures (seriously, this defies science).
o The free samples make the wax
more affordable. The vendor reports that she tends to put in more free samples
on initial orders. This is not a bad idea for business as it allows the
customers to try other scents that they may like for future orders.
o The
vendor reports not making much of a profit due to production costs and wanting
to keep prices affordable to the consumer. Considering the cost of production
and the effort the vendor puts into her product creations, she may be
undercharging for her products.
o Subscription boxes allow
individuals to try different blends when unsure of what to order or when they
are just wanting to branch out and extend into scents they may not normally
try.
· Cons
o If it had not been for the
free samples, the wax would have been a little bit costly for the amount
received. The vendor reports that the price of her products is based on the
costs of production. While this is more than fair, I think that the effort she puts
into her wax is worth the price. The wax does show how much effort the vendor
puts into wax creation, so the price is understandable even if the products may
not be in everyone’s price range.
o I personally prefer a stronger
scent throw.
· Overall
Liked Scents
o Dangerous
but Fun
o Cherry
Ice Cream Float
· Overall
Disliked Scents
o Siren’s
Song
· If it
ends up in a destash, why?
o Siren’s
Song – I am on the fence about destashing this one. I like the cold smell and
hope that with time it may get stronger. Most likely the combination of scents
was individually too light to create a big punch! I will probably keep this one
temporarily to see if a little added cure time increases the throw.
· How
the wax could be improved? /Was it missing something?
o To
make her max more affordable to those who want to try her wax and blends, I
would recommend sample packs or wax that does not require the vendor to put so
much effort into the creation (essentially colorless, plain wax).
o The
wax is beautiful, but I feel the strength of the wax scent throw upon warming
could be improved. This could be dependent on the actual scent, and not the wax
formulation. I plan to place an order in the future for review in order to test
this possibility.
· Was it
worth the money?
o Yes
· Would
I purchase from this vendor again?
o Yes,
simply because she has a lot of scent combinations that I am curious about. I
am hoping that the scent throw is dependent on the actual scent. So, I do feel
as if I will order again in order to test that theory for review purposes.
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