D-n-D Ranch Aromas, Review and Giveaway!

I spent my teenage years in the country.  While I did not exactly appreciate it then, I love it now.  Rolling hills, green pastures, farm land.  It's comforting, it's beautiful, and it's home.  D-n-D Ranch Aromas offers candles with scents from the country!  I loved browsing their scent selection and just the overall country feel I got from their website.  I felt like if I were in their store (and they do have a retail store, if you're lucky enough to live in or be passing through Colorado Springs) they'd be asking me if I'd like a slice of apple pie and a glass of milk (but I might be too busy running around smelling everything, haha!).  At D-n-D Ranch Aromas Candle & Gift Shop, and at DnDRanchAromas.com, you will find fantastically fragrant, long-lasting, hand-poured scented candles in a selection of straight out of the country jars (mason, jelly, and more), keepsake tins, votives, tealights, car air fresheners, and even tarts.   These candles are made by a candle lover, for candle lovers. 

All of their year round candles are even named after animals on their ranch.  I love that!  You can check out their year round scents right here:  http://www.dndrancharomas.com/en/products/category/13/all-year-round-scented-candles.html.  I think I'd really enjoy Bentlee's Blazin' Sage... and who am I kidding, I think I'd enjoy everything else they carry too!  They have such fun scents (Jellybeans, anyone?), and awesome collections (check out The Hunk Line, and the Renaissance line)!  Right now they even have a special, 10% off their St. Patrick's Day line of scented candles.  You can find the code right on their front page. 

With Spring and Summer on the way, D-n-D Ranch Aromas sent me one of their silver keepsake tins in the Bakin' Up Sunshine scent.  The candle is yellow, and is prepared with sweet bakey notes and a tart lemon scent.  It really captures a lemon pound cake, and just made me want to get in the kitchen and bake.  It didn't take long from the time I lit this candle in my kitchen for my entire house to fill with the scent of delicious lemon-y baked goodness.  I actually started to get hungry and contemplated blowing it out for that reason alone!  Hehe!  The tin is SO cute as well!  It fit right in with the country decor in my kitchen.

D-n-D Ranch Aromas has offered an amazing prize package to one of our lovely readers as well!  One of you will win a 4oz jelly jar, 12 pack of tea lights and 4 pack votives all in one fragrance of your choice!  I wish *I* could enter!!  Haha!  :o)

This giveaway is open to the US. 

Please leave an individual comment for each entry.

Mandatory Entry:

-Visit DnDRanchAromas.com, and comment back here with your favorite scent.

Extra Entries:

-Like D-n-D Ranch Aromas on Facebook.

-Follow Flip Flop Reviews (publicly) on Google Friend Connect.  If you already follow us, great, let us know.

-Like Flip Flop Reviews on Facebook.

-Follow Flip Flop Reviews with Networked Blogs.  (check the sidebar)

-Follow Flip Flop Reviews on Twitter @FlipFlopReviews.

-Blog about this giveaway and leave the link in a comment.

-Enter one of our other current giveaways and let me know which one you entered. (Feel free to leave one comment for each giveaway entered)

This giveaway will end on 3/16/11 at 8pm EST. Any entries after that will not count.  Please make sure that you leave an email address or some way to contact you in your comments.  If I can't figure out how to get in touch with you, you can't win!  :o)  Good luck! 

Streekers Winner!

The winner of the Streekers giveaway is...

Comment number 30!

Congratulations valerie2350!  I'll be emailing you in just a moment.

As always, winners have 72 to reply or we select a new winner.

Thank you all for entering and a great big thank you to Streekers to allowing us to host this giveaway and providing us with the prize!

TruKid Winner!

Wow, I somehow completely missed posting the TruKid winner!  I am so sorry it has taken me so long, this should have been up days ago. 

I'm putting a calender up on my desk to remind me when to select and post winners so there is more of a schedule to it.  I am still learning and growing as a review blogger, and I thank you ALL for your patience. 

Now, on to the good stuff, the winner of the TruKid giveaway!

Congratulations Nicole B. with comment 65!  (Blogger is giving me trouble with uploading...I'll try to add the screen caps in an edit in a second).

I will be emailing you in just a moment Nicole B.

As always, winners have 72 hours to get back to me or we'll have to select a new winner. 

Thank you so much for entering everyone, and thank you to TruKid for allowing us to host this giveaway! 

(Edit: adding pictures seem to be a no-go at the moment.  I keep getting an error message.)

Winners!

We have some winners here! 

First off, the Costume Squad t-shirt winner:

Congratulations kmp1919!

Now for the Charm Factory winner:

Congratulations Saleta!

And finally, the winner for the Brown Bag Candles giveaway:

Congratulations winterdazzle!

I will be emailing the three of you in just a moment.

As always, winners have 72 hours to get back to me or we'll have to select a new winner. 

Thank you so much for entering everyone, and thank you to Costume Squad, Charm Factory, and Brown Bag Candles for sponsoring these giveaways!

Auric Blends, Review and Giveaway!

Auric Blends began captivating men and women with their fragrances in 1993.  Their line of perfumes and incense are not only hand crafted, but hand crafted with the finest ingredients from around the world.   

I recently had the opportunity to try a few of the products that Auric Blends produces.  I knew immediately, as soon as I found Auric Blends, that I had to try the Egyptian Goddess scent.  The name itself drew me in.  Auric Blends was kind enough to send me a nice selection of the items they carry for review.  Three of their 1/3 ounce roll on perfumes, a jar of Amber Butter, White Gardenia perfumed solid, and Island Coconut incense.    I felt absolutely indulgent when I opened the package, everything is so beautiful.  I have not yet burned the incense but the scent is amazing.  My incense holder is too small for these sticks, but I can't wait to pick up a new holder.  I will not lie I have on more than one occaision held the pack up to my nose to breathe in the lovely scent of Island Coconut. 

One of the 1/3 ouce roll on perfume oils was in their signature scent, Egyptian Goddess.  This unique blend combines soft florals, light powder and musk to create a perfume that is seductive, feminine and enticing.  I am absolutely in love with this scent.  It's bold and captivating, while still remaining gentle and feminine, and I find myself applying it more often than any other scent in my collection lately.  Addicting.  Also included were Love, and Water Goddess.  Don't you just love their product names?  Of the three I definitely prefer Egyptian Goddess, but I do enjoy Love as well.  At first it was a bit too sweet for me, but after a little while it grew on me.  They offer so many wonderful fragrance options in this line.  Golden Honeysuckle, Lavender Dreams, Sandalwood Vanilla...  It would be really interesting to wear more than one of these at a time as well I think and create your own signature fragrance.  I am especially interested in trying their Naturals line, I love the inspiration behind them.

The Amber Butter and White Gardenia perfumed solids are a real treat.  Not only are they wonderful scents (I actually seek out gardenia scents in lotion quite often, so I was excited to find this little gem tucked into the package I recieved), but they are gorgeous.  Auric Blends line of perfumed solids includes 14 different fragrances, offering richly textured perfumes carried in a base of beeswax and coconut oil.  I know I have mentioned here before that I like solid perfumes and find the staying power to be better in my experience.  I would love to try out the Black Coconut and the Golden Vanilla, but I love the White Gardenia.  It reminds me of summers at my grandmother's house, going to the beach, sitting out on her deck smelling the gardenias she had planted.  I adore the fragrance of gardenias.  The soapstone container is gorgeous as well.  My photos do not do it justice and it is absolutely a display piece, mine is currently sitting on my dresser.  I have no desire to sweep it away into a drawer or on to a shelf where it won't be seen. 

In an equally beautiful handcarved rosewood container, is the Amber Butter.  The spicy, rich, warm and earthy scent of amber in a velvety and creamy solid perfume form.                                                                      

Auric Blends has offered to send three lucky readers each one of their 1/3 ounce perfume roll ons in the scent of their choice! 

This giveaway is open to the US. 

Please leave an individual comment for each entry.

Mandatory Entry:

-VisitAuric Blends, and comment back here with your favorite item and/or scent they carry.

Extra Entries:

-Like Auric Blends on Facebook.

-Follow Auric Blends on Twitter.

-Follow Flip Flop Reviews (publicly) on Google Friend Connect.  If you already follow us, great, let us know.

-Like Flip Flop Reviews on Facebook.

-Follow Flip Flop Reviews with Networked Blogs.  (check the sidebar)

-Follow Flip Flop Reviews on Twitter @FlipFlopReviews.

-Blog about this giveaway and leave the link in a comment.

-Enter one of our other current giveaways and let me know which one you entered. (Feel free to leave one comment for each giveaway entered)

This giveaway will end on 3/9/11 at 8pm EST. Any entries after that will not count.  Please make sure that you leave an email address or some way to contact you in your comments.  If I can't figure out how to get in touch with you, you can't win!  :o)  Good luck!