Halloween Chocolate Orange Cake - It's Immense

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Chocolate orange is one of my favourite flavours when it comes to chocolate, that zesty addition of orange is just everything, and as Halloween is going to be a little bit different for all of us this year I thought I'd put that epic combination into a delicious 3 tier cake and jazz it up for Halloween! Of course chocolate orange is an epic festive flavour too, so you could use this recipe at Christmas time but just decorate it Christmassy.

Halloween Beauty with KISS!

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Grab your pumpkins, face paint and best Halloween costume, because on the 31st October something is about to go bump in the night. Whether you’re off to a Halloween party this year or just looking to add a spooky, mesmerising element to your look, then look no further because I have just the lashes and nails that will have you looking fierce this Halloween in a matter of seconds!

It's no shocker that I adore KISS and imPress nails, they have soooo many designs, lengths, shapes and pretty colours too choose from not to mention the application and removal process is so quick an easy, so an occasion like Halloween gave me the perfect excuse to try some darker styles that I might not usually go for! 

Firstly I have the Power Up set, these are so pretty and maybe on the safer side for Halloween, perfect for someone who doesn't want to go too dark and vampy! The set is made up of 30 nails in a mix of mysterious purple and duo chrome nails, theres lots of different sized nails to pick from so you can mix and match to get the best fit and once stuck on these babies are waterproof so you can get the longest wear out of them. The second set of KISS nails I have are the Glam Fantasy nails in Wake Up Call, these are much more spooky but still gorgeous! Within this set you get 28 nails in a mix of the deepest darkest forest blue matte nails and some stunning diamond FX 3D beauties that add a textured effect! With this particular set you get two options for the application process, theres nail glue so you can glue the nails on if you wish, or theres mega adhesive tabs so you can apply them just like the imPRESS ones - which is my favourite way and definitely better for the nails because you can just peel them off safely once your done with them.

If you want fierce looking lashes then the KISS Lash Couture Faux Mink Lashes in Midnight (£7.99) are perfect! I've actually tried a few different styles of the KISS faux mink lashes previously and have always loved them, their layered up with multiple lengths, curls and angles for a full fluttery look without looking too fake and they are contact lense friendly which is great news for contacts wearers and can be reused up to 10 times when you look after them. The Midnight set feature wispy edges and lots of different lengths which blend in with my natural lashes really well, their really comfortable to wear and look epic with smokey Halloween looks!

Have you tried the KISS imPESS nails before beaut's? Or the stunning faux mink lashes? What did you think? I'd love to know!
You can find the KISS nails and lashes in store or online at Superdrug for £7.99 each.



*This post contains gifted items, all opinions are my own!

Spooky Chocolate Skeleton Biscuits From Zoella's Cordially Invited Book!

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When I heard that Zoella was releasing a new book all about celebrations and hosting throughout the seasons I just knew I had to buy it, as we all know Zoe always goes above and beyond for any celebration so I knew the book would be pretty epic! The book gives us all of Zoe's hints, tips, recipes, do's, donts about any occasion/season and obviously being the keen baker than I am the recipe pages called out to me first, I just had to get into the kitchen and whip up a batch of Zoe's Chocolate Skeleton Biscuits. The biscuits where really easy to make and if you don't have the book yourself but would like to make these Halloween inspired biscuits just in time for that spooky day then fear not because I've got you covered! FYI - I halved the recipe because I only wanted a small batch of the biccies but the full recipe is below!

What You Will Need 
*250g butter, softened
*140 icing sugar
*1 egg yolk
*2 tsp vanilla extract
*300g plain flour
*50g cocoa powder
*1 tube of white writing icing (I actually made a batch of my own with icing sugar and water)

How To 
* In a bowl, beat the butter, icing sugar, vanilla and egg yolk until creamy and well combined then sift in the cocoa powder and the flour and mix again. I did find the mixture was quite dry and crumbly for a while but stick with it because it does come together after a while and then you can bring the dough together into a ball.
* Once your mixture is formed into a ball wrap it up in some cling film and pop it into the fridge for around 30 minutes to chill. Whilst the dough is chilling it's the perfect time to get a couple of baking trays at the ready and pre heat the oven to 190/170 fan/gas mark 5.
*After 30 minutes roll out the dough between two pieces of greaseproof paper, I never usually do this when making biscuits, I usually just roll on my floured kitchen worktops but I followed the books steps and it actually made it extremely easy to roll without any dough sticking to the rolling pin or tearing.
*Once the dough is rolled out use cookie cutters to cut out your little skeleton people, I just used a gingerbread man cookie cutter for mine! Then bake for around 10 minutes!
* When your biscuits are completely cool use some white writing icing to create the bones and skeletons on the biscuits, I used a batch of my own icing I made with icing sugar and water but I did find this was a little runny and not very precise so I would recommend getting the thicker writing icing! I finished mine off with two little black ball sprinkles for the eyes and voila!

I found these biscuits so easy to make and they where so yummy and super chocolaty! Mine aren't decorated half as good as Zoe's are in the book but their rustic and I'm happy with rustic ha ha!

Have you bought Cordially Invited beaut's? Have you made or baked anything from the book yet? I'd love to know!

20 Things To Watch This Halloween

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Halloween is fast approaching so it's time to carve yourself a pumpkin or two, stuff your face with spooky sweets, get your blankets at the ready and get cosy with some Halloween movies or TV shows! I must admit I like more light-hearted Halloween movies/TV shows than scary and bloody ones, like many Hocus Pocus is my absolute favourite and I end up watching this loads during October, the Harry Potter series also really gets me into the magical wizard mood and TV shows like Stranger Things and Sleepy Hollow are perfect to watch during Halloween and the autumnal months! Below I have shared a few other movies and TV shows I absolutely love to watch at this time of the year, do let me know your favourites!

Movies

Hocus Pocus

The Harry Potter Series

The Craft

Casper
The Nightmare Before Christmas 
Coraline
Monster House
The Adams Family
Corpse Bride
The Twilight Series
Edward Scissorhands
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ghostbusters
The Haunted Mansion
Beetlejuice

TV Shows
Stranger Things
Sleepy Hollow 
The Vampire Diaries
Pretty Little Liar's 
Grimm

Have I featured any of your favourites beaut's! I'd love to know!

Lush Pink Pumpkin Bubble Bar Review

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It's that time of the year again where I ditch the quick showers and start enjoying long, hot relaxing baths so of course that meant that I needed to take a trip to Lush and treat myself to a couple of bath bombs. I didn't go mad this year, I just picked up four goodies to try, three of which where from their Christmas range and one from their Halloween range - the new Pink Pumpkin Bubble Bar!

The Pink Pumpkin Bubble Bar is new to Lush this year and it's so dreamy to look at, it's pink, it's so sparkly and iridescent and pumpkin shaped with a tiny little cinnamon stick stalk, whats not to love! The scent of this one is very feminine and floral, it's made up of a mix of geranium, bergamot and jasmine that come together to create a sweet girlie fragrance which I love, it actually reminds me of a perfume I once had but I cant for the life of me put my finger on what one!

Once crumbled into the bath it creates lots of soft white fluffy bubbles and turns the water a gorgeous shade of pink, in the picture above I only used a large chunk of the bubble bar so I still have plenty left for another two baths or so, I imagine if you crumbled the whole bubble bar into your bath you may fill you entire bathroom with bubbles as it really does bubble up a lot ha ha. Despite being super sparkly and glittery to touch once the Pink Pumpkin is in the bath you don't actually get covered in glitter, the glitter is literally just on the outside of the bubble bar so if your worried that you might come out the water resembling a disco ball fear not he he!

If your looking for a girly, floral bath this Halloween I cant recommend the Pink Pumpkin enough, it smells gorgeous, looks cute and creates sooooo many soft bubbles, I love it and I'm so happy I picked it up to try!

You can find the Pink Pumpkin Bubble Bar for £4.25 HERE. 

Pumpkin Spiced Cupcake Recipe

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I've always wanted to bake some cupcakes around the Autumn/Halloween season that included pumpkin, I mean I'm a huge pumpkin lover when it comes to Halloween anyway but more in the decoration, homeware and carving sense not the eating sense, but I was determined this year to bake with pumpkin! Obviously to bake with pumpkin I needed to get some Pumpkin Puree or Pumpkin Spice, both of these are quite tricky to get in the UK but I managed to grab a tin of the puree online, so I based my bake around the puree and came up with a pretty epic Pumpkin Spiced Cupcake recipe, even if I do say so myself he he!  

What You Will Need For 12 Cupcakes

50g butter, softened

1 large egg

90ml milk

125g pureed pumpkin 

100g caster sugar

3 tablespoons brown soft sugar

140g plain flour

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 tablespoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

What You Will Need For The Cinnamon Buttercream

150g unsalted butter

300g icing sugar

1-2 tablespoons milk

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Sprinkles to decorate (optional)

How To - The Cupcakes

 1. Firstly you want to preheat your oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases.

2. Cream the butter and the caster sugar together in a bowl until pale, then pop in the egg, milk and pumpkin puree and mix again.

3. Then your going to want to add in your brown sugar and mix again, then pop in the rest of your dry ingredients including the flour, spices, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda and mix until it becomes a smooth batter.

4. Divide your batter between the 12 paper cases and bake in the oven for 18-20 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into one of the cakes comes out clean, then set aside to cool.

How To - Cinnamon Buttercream

1. To make the buttercream just beat the butter with an electric whizzer for a couple of minutes until it starts to go pale and fluffy then gradually add in the icing sugar and beat again for a few minutes. If you find your icing is slightly stiff just mix in a small amount of milk to loosen it up a bit.

2. Once the buttercream is done your going to want to add in your half a teaspoon of ground cinnamon and mix that through the plain buttercream, to be honest you can add as much cinnamon as you like but I would go quarter teaspoon a time if your going to add it to your taste preference, I like my buttercream to have a light cinnamon taste so half a teaspoon was fine for me. You can also do this 'to taste' method with the spices in your cupcakes depending how much spice you like but I like mine quite delicate!

3. To decorate the cupcakes I just whacked my buttercream into a disposable piping bag and just snipped off the end to create a rounded swirl design, I didn't even bother with a pipping nozzle this time around.

4. I finished the cupcakes off with some orange sprinkles and some candy corn pieces on the top of each one and voila!!! 

I'm so pleased with how these cupcakes turned out, they had a light 'autumnal spiced' taste and the pumpkin made them so moist and sweet, and the buttercream was to die for. I would definitely bake with pumpkin again, I do have quite a lot of the puree left in the can I bought so I might try pumpkin pie next he he. If your struggling to find pumpkin puree I know certain Tesco stores have cans of it and certain Waitrose and Ocado delivery's have it too, their are also recipes online to make your own too!

Do you like cooking with pumpkin beaut's? I'd love to know!

Candy Corn Inspired Cupcakes

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Halloween is fast approaching (yayyy) so that means I not only get to fill my house full of pumpkins and all thinks spooky but I can get in the kitchen and bake some yummy treats, and I couldn't resist sharing my super cute Candy Corn inspired cupcakes! These are so simple to make as their just vanilla sponges, but I wanted to share them as I think they would make the perfect centre piece at any Halloween party whether its for kids or adults!

What You Will Need For The Cupcakes
120g butter, softened
120g caster sugar
1 egg
1tsp vanilla extract
120g self-raising flour
1-2 tsp milk (optional)
Yellow food colouring
Orange food colouring

What You Will Need For The Buttercream
100g Stork with butter
200g icing sugar
milk
Yellow food colouring
Orange food colouring
Yellow and Orange sprinkles (optional)
Candy Corn pieces (optional)

How To - Cupcakes
1. Firstly you want to preheat your oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases.
2. Cream the butter and the sugar together in a bowl until pale, then pop in the egg  and the vanilla extract and mix again.
3. Fold in the flour, adding a little milk to the mixture if it's too thick. When fully mixed separate the batter as even as you can into two bowls and add yellow food colouring to one and orange food colouring to the other until bright and vibrant, then pop a tablespoon of the yellow batter into each cupcake case and the top with the orange batter! 
4. Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes, or until golden on top and a skewer inserted into one of the cakes comes out clean, then set aside to cool.

How To - Buttercream
1. To make the buttercream just beat the butter with an electric whizzer for a couple of minutes until it starts to go pale and fluffy then gradually add in the icing sugar and beat again for a few minutes. If you find your icing is slightly stiff just mix in a small amount of milk to loosen it up a bit.
2. Once the buttercream is done your going to want to separate it into two bowls and add yellow food colouring to one and orange food colouring to the other until bright and vibrant just like we did with the cupcake batter!
3.  To decorate the cupcakes I decided to do go for two tone look and pipe the yellow and orange buttercream together at the same time to really recreate that candy corn look, to do this you need 3 pipping bags, fill one with yellow buttercream and another with the orange buttercream then pop both of those into an empty pipping bag with your chosen nozzle and pipe away, the two colours pipe out together and it looks pretty cool to be honest.
4. I finished the cupcakes off with some yellow and orange sprinkles and some candy corn pieces on the top of each one and voila!!!  

These are so simple to make as their just vanilla sponges and vanilla buttercream but the fun is in the decoration, and because I coloured the batter once you bite into a cupcake you get this cool yellow and orange marble effect, I love them and think their perfect for Halloween!

American Sweets Haul - Halloween Edition

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A couple of my many loves in life are American sweets and Halloween so when the two come together it's like a match made in heaven for me, unfortunately here in the UK it's pretty hard for us to get American food however, when I was searching online recently I came across a website which is based in the UK that sell LOADS of American food, drink and sweeties! After taking a look at the website I actually found quite a lot of Halloween sweets that I had been searching for last year, and actually the prices weren't that harsh, of course there where certain things on the site that where expensive but there was also quite a few bits that I thought where pretty reasonable so I placed a cheeky order!

The first thing I knew I wanted to search for was some M&M's, theres soooo many cool flavours too choose from in America, I'm so jealous! I decided to pick up 2 bags of White Chocolate Candy Corn M&M's to try and I couldn't resist a giant bag of  White Pumpkin Pie M&M's either he he, I have some cool Halloween baking plans with these!

I then picked up a few mini bits and pieces to try as they where so cheap, I got a couple of the Hershey's Candy Corn bars, these where just 30p each and are made up of white chocolate and mini candy corn pieces. I then grabbed a few bags of the Trick or Treat Reese's Pieces for my boyfriend which where 30p each and finally the Caramel Apple Milky Way bites sounded too yummy to scroll past and at 20p each I couldn't resist!

The Branch's Autumn Mix (£1.99) was just what I was looking for to decorate my autumn and Halloween bakes and treats with so I grabbed a bag, they also have other variations of candy corn and some of the bags are huge too!

Now I know Haribo is pretty easy to find in the UK but I loved the idea of these Ghostly Gummies (£1.24), the pack is crammed with pumpkins, skulls, bats and mummy's, cute! I also picked up a couple of boxes of Pop Tarts for my boyfriend, a tin of pumpkin for some pumpkin pie making and a bag of Jolly Ranchers for me because I bloody love them! 

Overall I spent £18.13 for 19 things which I think is pretty good and I'm so pleased with what I picked up! If your interested in treating yourself to any of these I'd be pretty quick, last year I added loads to my basket and then clicked off the site, then when I went back a couple of days later to buy everything 90% of the stuff had sold out so it does go pretty quickly!

You can find the American Sweets website HERE.

Halloween Nails by Leighton Denny!

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Who else is super excited for all things Autumnal, roll on crunchy leaves, cosy jumpers, boots with cute socks, candles oh and Halloween... Speaking of Halloween, can you believe it's something like 50 more sleeps to go, time is just flying by like a witch on her broomstick isn't it (see what I did there hehe)... Anyway I'm going off track now, I've recently been giving three Leighton Denny nail polishes a whirl that are perfect for creating a spooky manicure.

The first shade that I've been trying out is Maneater*, this new shade from Leighton Denny is pretty much a Halloween staple, it's a wet-look glossy jet black shade that will add some spooky drama to those nails. I love how this shade applies, usually blacks can be pretty tricky to get opaque but two thin coats was all this needed and it was as dark as night, I love it. The next shade is Caught Red Handed*, this is a bright, iridescent red that gives a 'naughty but nice' impression. I feel like this shade could easily take you from Halloween to Christmas because it's such a striking red, it look fab on toe nails too. Finally we have Miss Behavin*, this is the most gorgeous enchanting midnight blue shade. It's the deepest shade of blue I own which has a hint of shimmer and sparkle to it, despite being quite mystical it's actually pretty too.

Formula wise... these three are lovely, they are all super opaque and only take two thin coats for complete coverage on my nails, when they go on they aren't streaky and they don't bubble up at all and they dry really quickly too which is always a bonus. Lasting power was really good too, I'm really heavy handed at work and at home with housework and what not and these kept up really well and didn't start chipping away until 3-4 days of wear which is really good for me.

Overall I really like all three of these polishes by Leighton Denny, for such dark shades they performed and applied so well and definitely add a spooky element to any manicure. Have you tried any shades from Leighton Denny beaut's? Which would you suggest? I'd love to know!

You can find the Leighton Denny Nail Polishes for £12.00 each HERE.

£3 B&M Halloween Candles Reviewed

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Its no surprise that I like a candle or 50 at this time of the year ha ha, however being in the UK I feel like we sometimes miss out on some of the amazing candle scents that you can get from places such as Bath and Body Works, however recently B&M's £2.99 candles have been taking over the blogasphere and have been named the ultimate Bath and Body Works candle dupes, so I decided to take myself off to B&M and check those bad boys out, unfortunately for me all of the autumnal dupes had sold out, however I did manage to pick up a couple of the Halloween Candles and a couple of the Christmas candles woohoo.

The B&M Halloween collection actually consists of four different scents but there was only two scents left for me to choose from so I decided to pick them both up to try. The candles come in large, heavy glass jars which you can definitely reuse once the candles have burnt down, I always keep mine for makeup brushes or cotton buds. The candle have two wicks which is so good because they burn evenly and don't leave any wasted wax around the sides of the jars.

The first candle out of the two that I lit straight away was Pumpkin Spiced Cheesecake, now I will admit in the shop I didn't really get much of a scent out of either of the candles so everything rested on getting them home to try and thank goodness they actually smell good once you burn them. Pumpkin Spiced Cheesecake has subtle hints of cinnamon and vanilla running through it with the odd dash of pumpkin here and there, I love my sweet, foodie scents so this ticked all the boxes for me and the scent throw did fill my entire house despite being quite delicate. Then we have Vanilla Pumpkin, this one is actually less of the pumpkin and more of the vanilla, so if you love vanilla frosting or vanilla cake kind of smells in candles then this one will be for you! 

Have you picked up any of the B&M Bath and Body Works candle dupes beaut's? Which would you recommend? I'd love to know.

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Halloween Beauty Picks 2016

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Halloween is creeping ever closer and I just cant help but get super excited, I'm honestly like a big kid at this time of year and get into everything Halloween and autumnal, I've even been to our local pumpkin patch and picked up all of our pumpkins already too he he... Anywhooo today I thought I'd share with you all some of my Halloween inspired makeup and beauty picks, I done this last year and really liked it so thought I would follow suit and do it again this year. Halloween certainly isn't just for the kiddies, us 'adults hehe' can join in the fun to by either rocking a dark smokey eye with some spooky lashes, a vampy dark lip or even just going for something a bit more daring on your nails, theres certainly something out there in the world of spooky beauty that us girlie's can enjoy he he. 

Maybelline Lasting Drama Gel Pen in Black Excess £8.99 / Barry M Gelly High Shine Nail Paint in Black Cherry £3.99 / Barry M Gelly High Shine Nail Paint in Black Pistachio £3.99 / Collection Velvet Kiss Moisturising Lip Cream £2.99 / Makeup Revolution Beyond Vamp Matte Lipstick Collection £6.00 / Makeup Revolution Eyeshadow Palette The Dead Are Alive £6.00 / House of Holland Nails Party Collection Jet Jems £13.00 / Black Basic Witches Short Sleeve T-Shirt £7.99 / Elegant Touch Trick or Treat Halloween Nails £7.95 / Eyelure The Raven False Lashes £5.95 / Scandaleyes Reloaded Smudge Proof Mascara £4.99 / Makeup Revolution Ghost Contour Stick £4.00 / Black Lace Bow Choker / The Library of Fragrance Pumpkin Pie

What Halloween inspired makeup are you loving at the moment beaut's?? I'd love to know!!

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Easy Halloween Cupcakes with a Blood-Filled Centre

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I've been baking again, but this time around I've done some super easy Halloween themed cupcakes! I got the inspiration for these cupcakes from my Tanya Bakes book and because I found them so easy and fun to do I thought I'd share them all with you! Their basically super yummy chocolate cupcakes with chocolate chips within the batter and what makes them slightly spooky is that they have a blood filled centre which is actually jam, they taste absolutely divine and I was so pleased with how they turned out!

What You Will Need For The Cupcakes

50g butter, softened

180g caster sugar

1 egg

splash of vanilla extract

100g plain flour

60g cocoa powder

2 teaspoons of baking powder

160ml milk

100g milk chocolate chips

Jar of raspberry or strawberry jam

What You Will Need For The Icing

400g icing sugar

200g unsalted butter at room temperature 

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Food colouring or coloured gels of your choice

How To - Cupcakes

1. Firstly pre-heat your oven to gas mark 4 /180 and line a muffin tin with your cupcake cases.

2. Then in a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and the sugar until light and fluffy.

3. Stir in the egg and vanilla extract and then fold in your flour, cocoa powder and baking powder.

4. Slowly add in your milk until you get a smooth batter then stir in your chocolate chips until their well distributed through the batter.

 5. Pop a tablespoon of the cupcake batter into each cupcake case and the top each one with any left over batter.

6. Bake in the oven for around 15 minutes or until the top of the cupcakes are springy to the touch, then transfer onto a wire rack to cool.

7. Once the cupcakes are completely cool you want to make a hole in the middle of them and squeeze in jam for a jammy 'blood' like centre, I done mine by using the end of a teaspoon to push into the cupcakes to make the holes (you could also use a straw if you had one) and then I filled a sandwich bag with jam, I cut the corner of the sandwich bag off which then made a makeshift piping bag and squeezed the jam into the cupcakes that way, it was a lot less messy and super precise doing it like that. 

How To - Buttercream

1. In a large bowl, beat the butter until smooth and slighter paler in colour and then start adding the icing sugar slowly to avoid the dreaded icing sugar cloud and again mix until smooth.

2. Once your buttercream is ready you then want to divine it evenly between three bowls (this is only if your going for three different coloured icings like me) then start added in your food colourings to the buttercream and mix well until you get your desired colour.

3. Pipe or spoon the buttercream on top of the cupcakes and top with any Halloween themed sprinkles or sweets and voila!

And there you have it, very easy yet extremely scrumptious and a tad spooky Halloween cupcakes. I found these so simple and fun to make and the texture is lovely, their so light yet moist and I love the gooey, jammy centre and topped with the Halloween coloured buttercream it just finishes them off perfectly!

Do let me know if you give these Halloween Cupcakes a whirl beaut's, I'd love to know!

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Mini Seasonal Yankee Candle Haul

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As the season of me going completely candle crazy is upon us and I simply cant resist buying candles I thought I would share the latest few that I picked up in my local garden centre, I decided to repurchase a couple of the Halloween candles and of course buy a few festive ones too, well it would of been rude not too wouldn't it!

Firstly I knew I wanted to stock up on Yankee Candles Halloween scent Candy Corn, this is my all time favourite Halloween scent because it's so sweet and yummy. It has a 'candy/sugary' vibe running through it, and I also get waves of vanilla, caramel and butterscotch when I burn this, oh my it's divine! Even though Candy Corn is a sugary, sweet scent it isn't sickly or heavy at all, instead its very light and and the scent throw is subtle but still recognisable. I love this one soooooo much and my boyfriend even treated me to the medium size jar as well as another votive, what good egg he is!

Moving on to the three festive scents I picked up, and I have to add I was very and I mean very restrained when buying these, I actually shocked myself that I only picked three up he he. The first one I got my paws on was the ever so popular Christmas Cookie, as you can probably already tell I like my sweet, foodie scents and this one ticks all the boxes for me, it's sugary sweet, has vanilla running through it and it has a bakery vibe too as if you where actually baking sugar cookies, it's absolutely delicious! I then picked up Berry Trifle, I believe this was new to Yankee Candle in 2015 so I'm so happy they have brought it back this year because I loved it last year, it's quite a fruity yet sweet scent and raspberries and cranberries definitely comes through, theres a light vanilla fragrance too which comes from the vanilla cream but the berry scent is definitely what comes out on top and is the most recognisable, it's gorgeous. Lastly but in no means least I got Christmas Memories, again I had this one last year and was so happy to see it on the shelves again, it's literally like every festive smell within one candle, it's sweet, spicy, warming and so christmasy, I'll definitely be buying more of this one over the Christmas period!

Have you picked up any seasonal Yankee Candles yet beaut's? Which did you go for? I 'd love to know!