Living Light Soy Travel Tin Review

I got this beautiful candle in the recent BR vault. I was even more excited to know that it was a pillar candle not just a little one in a tin. I am usually a wax melts in a warmer sort of girl but when this popped its gorgeous head up in the vault, I knew I had to have it!! I mean cmon for 390 of my hard earned points it is soooo worth it!!!

The appearance of the candle is simply quite exquisite. Like I said it's a pillar candle and reminds me of marmalade colour. Upon smelling, I am reminded of a citrus orchard and lemon curd. I am such a huge fan of citrus and anything tangy so this would be right up my alley!

I have never tried Living Light branded candles so didn't have any real expectations. In the past I have been let down by scented candles and am often a little too anxious to leave them going for any long period of time because of the fire risk. I lit it nonetheless and waited for the beautiful citrus to fill my nostrils. I waited and I waited and it never really came. I wanted a punch of scent to hit me but all I got was a huge amount of nothingness!!! To say I was disappointed is an understatement. It now has pride of place in my emergency power outage kit because that's all it is good for now! (SAD FACE)

I love scented products and use plug-ins, candles, and incense, all the time. I hadn’t tried a Living Light candle though, so was excited to see this one in the BBBE. It is Revive Come Alive Butterfly.

It comes in an awesome little tin. On opening it, there came a strong citrus smell which scented my bedroom over a few days. I love citrus so that made me happy.

The candle is easy to light and just sit somewhere in its tin. I chose to burn it in my lounge as I’m usually in there. It is a medium sized room.

I sit the tin inside its lid so it doesn’t get too hot on the bottom.

Sadly, the strong citrus scent isn’t so easily detectable once the candle is lit. There is still a scent, but it is quite subtle and smells more like generic-burning-candle than citrus.

I think if I were to repurchase, I would leave the open tin on my duchess where it was, and not light it, as the scent is stronger that way.

Weight for weight, I think I’ll stick with incense and cheaper candles, as they give a stronger smell for a longer period, for much less cost.

I was really excited to see this in the BBBE box and got Revive, pure essential oils of lime, grapefruit and orange. I love the packaging and the screw lid tin which means you can put it away or take it away with you. The citrus scent smelled divine and I was really excited to use it. But I was so very disappointed. Once the wick was lit though, there was no sign of the lovely fragrant smell that wafted when it was unlit. I waited and waited but all I got was a waxy smell and nothing more. So disappointed that it didn't live up to my expectations, I definitely won't be buying this again.

I love that this candle is fragranced with essential oils, however, the scent is hardly there. I had high hopes for this candle but I was disappointed that you could hardly smell it at all. I have this candle in revive which is meant to smell like lime, orange and grapefruit. The citrus scents are very light and fresh, and combine to give a lovely scent. I can only really smell this when I bend down to smell the candle though. When it's lit the scent is very weak and doesn't travel well. You can hardly smell it even when you sit right next to it within a metre.

I also love that this candle is made from pure soy wax. This is meant to last longer and have a longer burn time. And so far I think it will last quite a long time. It says it has up to 18 hours of burn time and I expect this candle will last for 18 hours. So far mine has been burning for about 4 hours and looking inside the tin hardly any of the soy wax has disappeared.

This candle comes in a cute little tin, about the size of the old fashioned tins hard boiled sweets used to come in that you used to be able to buy. The tin is a nice size and would be good for traveling as you can screw the lid back on.

Overall I was very disappointed with this candle and will not be repurchasing this.