As you know sometimes I like to blather home fragrance on my site and I know for a fact that many of you like myself are madly obsessed with candles from Bath & Body Works.

Sometime ago, in a land not so far away, Slatkin & Co. was a home fragrance company that was started by Harry Slatkin which Bath & Body Works’ purchased. You likely have a candle or a hundred that have the Slatkin & Co label on them that you purchased from Bath & Body Works. Don’t quote me but I think Harry had some creative control over the candles after the purchase of the company as most hardcore candle users will tell you that back in those days the candles you purchased at BBW were way better than the ones you purchase from them now. I do agree on some level.

None the less, this backstory is what brings me to Homeworx which Harry sells on QVC and which I HOPE and pray he brings to another medium because I hate paying for shipping.

The new line of candles is incredible. I’ve purchased two so far and they are so very well done. They are a whooping 18 oz (Bath & Body Works’ are 14.5 oz) in size and have three wicks. They come in very heavy glass jars which you can reuse well after the candle burns down. Not to mention they smell incredible and have fantastic throw.

With Bath & Body Works having far from good deals on their candles lately these are actually an incredible value at $39.90 for two (sadly, you do have to pay $5.50 for shipping which is more than fair considering the heavy weight of the candles).

Today, Harry is debuting a Today’s Special Value on QVC which I didn’t haul but he also debuted his new Ice Cream candles and after hearing and seeing all the ravings on Instagram I decided to haul all four!

These are sold in sets which are paired up as follows:

• Mint Chocolate Chip/Oooey Gooey Salted Caramel
• Creamy Dreamy Vanilla/Fantastic Fudge

Although these sound like one note candles they aren’t from what some of my fav candle bloggers/Instagrammers are saying. For example, Fantastic Fudge apparently has notes of espresso! Oh heck yes! Sign me up!

I’m very eager to try these!

Get them now at qvc.com.

Have you tried Homeworx yet?

Do share!

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Donna Karen Cashmere Aura is $64.97 at nordstromrack.com and I just purchased two bottles. I FREAKING LOVE this scent. It’s such a warm, cozy gorgeous smell. I can’t believe it’s on clearance please don’t say this means they are discontinuing it? That could be would prompted me to buy two not to mention it is the large 3.4 oz bottle that’s typically $115!

So yeah, in the cart those bottles went.

While you’re on the Rack site click on over here to check out some of their latest makeup clearance items. I see Lime Crime, Lorac Pirates of the Caribbean items, MAC, Bobbi Brown (Art Stick Liquid Lip are $13 bucks!), and a lot of other new goodies!

Enjoy!

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Heads up Josie Maran is on hautelook.com with prices slashed up to 60%!

Enjoy!

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Rumors are flying that Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics (OCC Cosmetics) is now out of business due to the fact their Instagram and Twitter accounts have both disappeared and they haven’t updated their Facebook page since early March and that too has disappeared as of today. Not to mention they have had an endless round of sales over the last year or so which made people question what might be going on with the brand.

There’s website is also online with a message that states: “Our website is temporarily offline, in the interim, shop OCC at Riley Rose, Urban Outfitters & Nordstrom! Questions about an existing order? Email us at [email protected].”�

As you already know I’m sure, Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics is well known for their famously pigmented Lip Tars which quickly gained a cult following. Much to everyone’s excitement the brand made an appearance at Sephora as well but quickly disappeared from shelves a short while after the debut.

One of the most interesting articles I read about the topic comes from Zadidoll who speculated that the brand’s demise could be potentially due to a Sephora contract that went bad and put the brand in potential dept.

It’s sad to see such a great Indie brand tank. I have hopes these are all rumors and perhaps OCC is planning some major come back but I’m not holding my breath.

Do you think Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics really went out of business?

Are you a fan?

Will you miss the brand?

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Artis is now sold at Sephora.com! Much to my delight the Artis Brush Collection popped up at Sephora today! This is great news as you can try these out for size if you haven’t already and at a discount starting next week (which is rare, Artis isn’t a line that goes on sale).

Sephora also sells the cleansing brush foam and cleansing pad to keep your Artis Brushes in perfect condition.

Are you an Artis fan and user?

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