by Emily
A month or two ago I was Twittering (uh, hourly) about how potty training sucked and how my kid was driving me insane and also? MY HOUSE SMELLED LIKE POO. All the time. A reader of my personal blog, Sara, read the tweet and offered to send me some Scentsy products to try, so that maybe we could go about our day without the stench of excrement burning our eyes. I said yes, and she sent me a Scentsy plug-in system.
And I love it, for so many reasons. (Let me just pause here for a moment to make sure you understand that I am not being paid or asked to say this - it's not something we ever do here at Style Lush.)
The Scentsy plug-in consists of a ceramic base and small, nightlight-sized, low-watt lightbulb that plugs into an outlet and warms small blocks of scented wax in a hollow at the top. The scents are wonderful (I personally am in love with the Baked Apple Pie scent), the wax warms enough to melt but doesn't get hot enough to burn skin (think paraffin spa treatments), and best of all, IT IS ADORABLE (mine is from the Dandy Collection).
(Pictured above: the Scentsy Botanical Collection.)
I always loved burning candles in the house, but not so much anymore now that there are little curious hands grabbing everything they can living with me. The Scentsy warmer is a fantastic alternative, and it isn't garish and plastic like every other home-scent system I've ever used (I'm looking at YOU, GLADE).
As Sara told me, "It's a wonderful alternative to candles, which many schools and offices don't allow because of the fire hazard. And you can use it 24 hours a day, since the lightbulb is just used to warm the wax!" How many times have I walked out of the house, driven somewhere, and then panicked that I left a candle lit inside the house? Well, NEVER AGAIN.
Yesterday, Scentsy released their new spring line, and thanks to Sara, we have a Scentsy plug-in system to give away to one Style Lush reader! The system consists of a warmer and three scents of the winner's choosing. (New spring scents include Cherry Limeade and Sweet Clementine, YUM.) For a list of all the scents available, go here, and to see the full line of warmers, you can click here.)
All you have to do to enter is leave a comment here before Monday, March 8 at 11:59pm. We'll randomly choose a winner on Tuesday! And if you have any questions for Sara about Scentsy products, you can always email her at ssbagley@gmail.com. Thanks so much, Sara!
The Groovy collection is adorable! And there are a lot more scents than I would've guessed. The Tangerine tango is kind of calling to me..
Posted by: Beth G | March 02, 2010 at 03:25 PM
Looooove smelly stuff. I've heard rumblings of Scentsy, but have yet to try it!
Posted by: abby | March 02, 2010 at 03:30 PM
Awesome! What a great idea!
Posted by: Jennifer D. | March 02, 2010 at 03:48 PM
Neat! I'd love to check those out!
Posted by: Miranda | March 02, 2010 at 03:49 PM
I would love some good smelly, non-flamey house freshener options. How nifty!
Posted by: Julie | March 02, 2010 at 03:49 PM
Ooooh, those look great!
Posted by: Lexi | March 02, 2010 at 03:50 PM
These sound really great!
Posted by: Mimi O | March 02, 2010 at 03:52 PM
I have wanted to try these.
Posted by: denita | March 02, 2010 at 03:56 PM
ooh very cool! I would love to win one!
Posted by: Sensibly Sassy | March 02, 2010 at 03:57 PM
:)
Posted by: Katie | March 02, 2010 at 03:57 PM
Oooh - I have two stinky dogs and these sound wonderful!
Posted by: June | March 02, 2010 at 03:58 PM
this looks so neat!
Posted by: kathleen | March 02, 2010 at 03:59 PM
SO cute! Who doesn't like a great smelling house/room! Plus, I could use these on the days I realize BF put the trash in the backroom instead of taking it all the way out!
Posted by: Emily T | March 02, 2010 at 03:59 PM
I want! I want!
Posted by: rebecca | March 02, 2010 at 04:00 PM
I discovered Scentsy in October of last year when I was tricked into going to a party. I hate parties that sell stuff. However, after smelling all the samples I ended up buying like 6 travel tins. Dude the travel tins are awesome for keeping in your car.
So yeah, I'm all about Scentsy now. Although I would never trick someone into going to one of their parties.
Posted by: Carrisa | March 02, 2010 at 04:02 PM
Oh, I would love this now that our house is listed for sale. A nice apple pie scent - perfect!
Posted by: linsley | March 02, 2010 at 04:03 PM
These sound so great. :)
Posted by: Trilby | March 02, 2010 at 04:06 PM
Count me in! I live with 4 perpetual poopers! My nasal passages wouldn't mind something sweet for a change!
Posted by: Melissa | March 02, 2010 at 04:07 PM
My house smells like vinegar at best, dog pee at worst, so I could REALLY USE THIS!
Posted by: Hannah | March 02, 2010 at 04:09 PM
Looks great! I'd love this for my office which is rather bleh smelling most of the time.
Posted by: Raychelle | March 02, 2010 at 04:12 PM
Wow, those are adorable!!
Posted by: Katie | March 02, 2010 at 04:18 PM
All of my friends are Scentsy fanatics - I'd love to join their ranks!
Posted by: Janssen | March 02, 2010 at 04:19 PM
Awesome! I'd love to win this...
Posted by: Brooke | March 02, 2010 at 04:21 PM
oh fun! love this!
Posted by: Shelly West | March 02, 2010 at 04:22 PM
Those are beautiful! So much less intrusive than the run of the mill scent plug ins at the store!
Posted by: Sarah | March 02, 2010 at 04:22 PM