Misc. Home & Garden Reviews

I am a bzzagent and I received one of these candles through a bzzagent campaign. I was blown away by the scent throw even before the candle was lit! It was delicious, but not overpowering.My first Glade candle of this type was a 3 wick one in a glass container. It burned very clean, without the typical soot everywhere. I have since purchased many more of this candle in different scents. The price is really great for the quality of candle you get. It is comparable in quality to a Yankee candle, with a long burning time, and nice fragrance, but much better price point! They offer this candle in many...

Every Christmas season for the past five years, I've photographed students and friends posed in a variety of Santa Hats.  This year, I hung up some of my Walgreen's Santa Hats over the fireplace where our stockings usually go.  You can see my starters above.  I may rearrange them and add the stockings as well.

In the meantime, it occurs to me that with an additional strong loop, each Walgreen's Santa Hat might contain just the right amount of small items representing the smaller amounts the current recession has demanded of a lot of us.

In any case, my favorite hat is the one on the far left...

I'm always looking for environmentally-friendly alternatives for the products that I usually use.  When I saw Ziploc's Evolve series of plastic storage bags, I decided to try them out despite the fact that they were more expensive than the regular ones.  Ziploc claims that their Evolve Food Storage Bags are "better for the environment" because they are ultra-light bags that use 25% less plastic and are made with wind energy. 

I typically use gallon-size food storage bags for two things: marinating meat in the fridge and storing meats in the freezer.  Ziploc Evolve Gallon Storage Bags work well...

I love candles and always have them burning throughout my house.  I change the scents to match the seasons and one of my absolute favorite holiday scents is peppermint.  I didn't buy any this year, though, because I was already overloaded with Christmas-type scents.  My sister surprised me, however, with a Mrs. Meyer's Peppermint Scented Soy Candle and I've been burning it ever since.

This 7.2 ounce candle is made with vegetable wax, fragrance, essential oils, and a paper core with cotton wick.  It is opaque white in color and has a festive minty scent.  The suggested retail price for these...

Being the fragrance junkie that I am, I jumped at the chance to receive the Glade Sense & Spray for free through Bzzagent.com.  I had seen this product at the store but the suggested retail price tag of $8.99 just wasn't in my budget. 

I've used all kinds of fragrance products including candles, plug-ins, aerosol sprays, and diffusers.  I was pretty content with all of these but now I'm hooked on the Glade Sense & Spray. 

So what is the Glade Sense & Spray and how does it work?  It is a motion-activated freshener that releases a puff of spray only when motion is detected (up to 5 feet away). ...

I really enjoy candles and am always looking for new brands and exciting fragrances.  One of the lines that I keep returning to is WickIt Good Candles, a local candle company that has 3 New Jersey shops and an online store.  Each Christmas I buy several of their Noel Candles and enjoy every minute of the fragrance that they spread throughout the house.

WickIt Good's Noel Candle is opaque white in color and has a fragrance described as a "true tanenbaum".  I'm not sure what "tanenbaum" is supposed to smell like, but I can say that this Noel scent is simply Christmas.  It seems to be a blend...

Glade sense and spray (automatic spray) is a refreshing way to lighten the air in any room of your home.  One of my favorite places for the sense and spray is by the front door, greeting guests with a sprits of clean air right when the walk in the door.  I currently have one by the front door, in our downstairs bathroom, our upstairs bathroom, our bedroom, living room, and laundry room.  So really there is not a room that does not work well with the sense and spray product.  At first I was startled a couple of times when it would go off.  Especially when I was home alone, but now it does...

I bought one of these half off last Christmas (I believe the retail was above $20 and I'm relieved I didn't pay full price.) I thought the wax fruit visible in the jar were really cute and the scent was out of this world good. However, after having used the candle throughout the year, I find myself a bit dissappointed with the value of this product. I don't really like to throw around money, so if I'm paying extra for quality I expect to hold it to a higher standard. While this candle smelled great and did have a fairly wide scent radius, I was not happy with the way it burned. The wax fruit stayed...

If you can't get these on sale or at a discount, they're a bit pricy. They're normally around $20 but I picked mine up at the smashing price of $5.99 and I'm so happy with it. I think the scent is comparable to Yankee Candles' Cinnamon Apple Berry, which you might pay more than double for at half the size. It's a nice, warming smell for the winter months and, if you live in a smaller house like myself, it can fill an entire floor with the scent. As I mentioned in the review of the Sugar Cookies scent, I can actually smell these candles outside when I get home if someone is burning one inside....

I placed this product in a high-traffic bathroom, sitting on the back of the toilet. It sprays basically whenever the light is turned on in the bathroom, or when the light is turned on in the adjacent room. I don't consider this a downside because it makes that area of the house smell nice, and I appreciate that it sprays when I am several feet from it so that I do not get spray right in the face. The scent is pleasant and very "natural" smelling, as in it smells clean rather than flowery or fruity (I believe mine came with Clean Linen scent). The only downside is the unit tends to surprise/scare...

The driver's door lock on my 1995 Subaru was getting hard to turn with the key, so I decided to get some lubricant for the lock to see if that would make a difference. I remember little spray cans of graphite lubricant at autoparts stores specifically for lubricating locks. However, the autoparts store I went to didn't have those little cans, so I asked an employee. He pointed me at Jig-A-Loo Graphite Extreme in an aerosol can, which cost $4 for 5.5 ounces.

What it is

Jig-A-Loo Graphite Extreme is a spray lubricant that uses graphite. Graphite is a crystaline form of carbon -- we're most familiar...

During the holidays, I try to find gifts that are unique and original.  When I saw this Twilight jewelery box, I knew right away that it was the perfect gift idea for my friend's daughter, who is 13.  Like most young girls, she is a HUGE Twilight fan and has Twilight jewelry that I thought she would like to be able to store safely inside this Twilight jewelery box.

I ordered this gift from Amazon for a price of $ 16.99.  I thought that was a reasonable price, and because I'd never seen anything like it in stores I jumped at the chance to order the Twilight jewelry box.  Also, I was thinking...

Hi,

I've tried theSense and Spray from Glade and loved it.It's not wasteful like other home fragrances.you can use it anywhere,dinningroom,living room and bathroom,it's guaranteed to provide the freshness you enjoy.I'm a mom and i need freshness but without the excessive smell.

The fact that it's motion activated will help conserve your refill and prevent an overpowering scent so you just get what you need when you need it( it automatically turns off its sensor for 30 minutes.

it's a smart way to keep your home fresh without wasting your money as you are in control.

My sister got the Paula Deen At Home Sugar Cookies Scented Candle at a discount store. We really hadn't heard much about them, so we were wondering if it would be a dud. It smelled absolutely wonderful unlit, but it boggled my mind that anyone could get a great 3 wick candle for $5.99 and there not be a catch. I came home the next day and I could tell that she was burning it when I hit the front steps of my house. I kid you not, I could smell it from outside, and she was on the second floor! Needless to say, I quickly scooped up as many of my own as I could. I've never had a three wick that...

I love the smell of candles but worry about the fire hazard of leaving candles unattended so I feared I would never have a nice smelling home again until I discovered the Gold Canyon Scent Pod Warmer.  I love it.  You plug it in and turn it on for a great scent experience.  The absolute best part about it is the timer!!  I turn it on for 4, 8 or 12 hours and it automatically turns off.  Being a busy mom, I have a tendancy to forget things which is why I do not use candles (one to many left on for too long) or other scent warmers (again, left on way too long).  The Gold Canyon Scent Pod Warmer...