About me

My name is Donovan....and I LOVE Bath & Body Works candles. What has gone from a mere slight fascination has quickly become an obsession. I love going to store sniffing all of the candles I can as well as buying the ones that I think I will really enjoy. I created this blog as outlet to express my thoughts and opinions on what has become one of my favorite things to buy. My blog will mostly feature reviews on candles that I have bought and burned; how they burned, what the throw was like and what I thought of the scent. I will also have occasional non-review posts - info, rants/complaints, hauls, etc.

I guess that's about it!


Comments

  1. krissyApril 14, 2016 at 4:12 PM

    I'm new to finding your blog and just starting to learn the enjoyment of using candles. I haven't bought any BBW candles yet, because I also live about 45 miles (one way) from the nearest BBW store. So I tend to shop online alot unless I am in that other city for medical which is the main reason I go other than lumber stores for those DIY home projects. So as of now I'm googling info about their candles. I love their body creams and hate their watered down lotions. (LOL I could tell you a thing or two about the difference between lotions and creams that most don't realize so I laugh when I read some reviews.) But other than body wash I haven't used a whole lot of their stuff just because I do have a business to make my own from scratch and individual ingredients. Making my own recipes as well. But as crazy as that sounds I also love using products other artisans or companies make because I love so many scents as well as types of products. Example Scrubs can vary from brand to brand, so that's another reason why I love to use things that I don't make. The fragrance is the same to make candles as it is to make bath and body stuff.... I know I can make candles, but I guess I have to put a limit on things at the moment. But that may change by my working with a local store to place my "products" in.

    But do you read your own blog after your type it out. The background and color choices of your fonts, clicked links fonts, unclicked linked fonds, and the white on pink really is killer on the eyes. And not in a good way. So I find myself scanning for info without reading the whole entry. Sometimes I copy the text and paste it into a microsoft word page just to read it, deleting it when I'm done reading. You have some great info, but I'm afraid there may be several like me who are not getting all they could simply because you really need to strain your eyes to read it. Just a little bit of constructive criticism that I hope you take the right way and not the wrong way.

    Have a fabulous weekend.
    ~krissy

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. TheBronzebloggerApril 14, 2016 at 7:35 PM

      Hey there! I'm glad you found me! And I want to say thank you for reaching out to me.

      Now to answer your question and respond to your critique...which I totally didn't take the wrong way and I'm glad you brought it to my attention

      I do check things out after I write a post and I personally didn't have any issues with the color choices. Though after reading your comments, I can see how the colors can be a little glaring. I usually change all the colors about once a month and I do worry if people have problems reading everything. To be honest, you are the first to bring this to my attention but with that said from now on I'll be more conscientious about color choices.

      Again thank you very much!

      Delete
  2. DallasDollSeptember 28, 2016 at 5:32 PM

    Are you on YouTube?

    ReplyDelete
  3. TanviJune 9, 2017 at 10:24 PM

    Hi Real Talk About Bath and Body Works Candles Team,

    My name is Anuj Agarwal. I'm Founder of Feedspot.

    I would like to personally congratulate you as your blog Real Talk About Bath and Body Works Candles has been selected by our panelist as one of the Top 60 Candle Blogs on the web.

    http://blog.feedspot.com/candle_blogs/

    I personally give you a high-five and want to thank you for your contribution to this world. This is the most comprehensive list of Top 60 Candle Blogs on the internet and I’m honored to have you as part of this!

    Also, you have the honor of displaying the badge on your blog.

    Best,
    Anuj

    ReplyDelete
  4. BasicB*CanadaSeptember 6, 2020 at 1:29 PM

    Happy to see you’re still burning & blogging. Love your narrative.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

MY LAST POST: End of an Era

Have you ever looked back at something in your life that you were once passionate about and/or obsessed with and over time, you found yourself not feeling the same way anymore? Perhaps sort of going thru the motions with it or just completely over it but not ready to admit it? That's how I feel about B&BW...more to the point, that's how I feel about talking about B&BW as a reviewer. I've mentioned before that I stopped posting regularly on IG. During last year's lockdown, I would pop my head in with a post or a story just to keep in touch a bit and show I was alive...only to see my post not get as much attention as they used to as well as also watching one follower after the next unfollow me. Apparently if you're not churning out daily content, folks can't be bothered with you, regardless of what's going on in your life. At the start of 2020, I had a little over 6000 followers (even that annoyed me as there were accounts who started later than me and...
Read more

CANDLE RETROSPECTIVE: Brozeblogger's Top 20 Candles OF ALL TIME

Well dear readers, today's New Year's Eve - we're almost at the finish line and soon we'll be able to wave goodbye and not so fond farewell to the dumpster fire that was 2020. Normally, as per my own tradition, in honor of New Year's I would write a retrospective look back on the past year and list what I thought were the best new scents that were released. Obviously I couldn't do that this year - with the pandemic, I've been avoiding stores thus couldn't do my usual WALK N SNIFFs nor did I particularly buy very much as I'm not about that shipping/handling plus tax life. But as this this New Years hits a bit differently than past ones and is the beginning of a new decade, I thought I do something different. I thought I'd do a real retrospective and look back at some of my favorite scents spanning from my time as a review and as Bronzeblogger - some from now till back in 2013 when I started this blog. I'm gonna avoid seasonal rideordie loves l...
Read more

NEWNESS UPDATE: Spring 2021 Candles

 Well we made it to 2021! I personally feel like the new year started last week on January 20th; the world got a little less crazy and I feel like I can breath again. No, things are certainly not ideal and nowhere near back to the normal but it's slowly getting there. I hadn't had much to say on here lately. I didn't engage in any SAS shenanigans for obvious reasons. Besides a few wf bulbs during the most recent sale, I haven't really bought anything. I've kinda just been laying low and slimming down my collection as I'm not about the collecting/stocking up life anymore; either burning things or giving and/or selling them away. Occasionally I peep my head into social media to see what's poppin and what newness (that I won't get to see or smell for myself to review) is heading our way. I debated whether or not it was worth posting a newness update; after putting it off and hemmingandhawwing, I decided I might as well. So here we are. So as you may (or may...
Read more