August: Lately I've Been Loving

If an item is marked * I've been very generously gifted it for review. Can't believe that's us at the end of August! Here's my August loves:

Having taken part in the Blog Tour for the fabulous The Strange Book of Jacob Boyce by Tom Gillespie* in July I was over the moon and then some to receive a signed copy of the book, with my quote inside the front cover! Day was made. See my review HERE.

Discovering my little work plant was seemingly healthy enough after a few months away from the office (thanks to a colleague for watering it intermittently over that period). It seems to be thriving again though it'll need re-potted. It's nice also, but a bit strange to be back in the office!

I picked up this really cute eco-friendly soap dish from Love Lula from Poapoa which is upcycled from coconut shells. Neat! It featured also in my recent August buys.

Lovely Petra sent me this wonderful stack of books (only one in there is already in my stash). I'm working my way through them. So kind and thoughtful. It made me smile.

I'd given my dad some tomato seeds via their Romaine Calm food parcel early in lockdown. This is the first Piccolo Seeds San Marzano Nano tomato which was great to see last weekend!

A little buy of Red Delicious Apple Little Melts from Olfactory. These are beautiful - they smell just like juicy red apples. Gorgeous!

More melts! I adore these two scents from Paper & Wax - Cool Citrus Basil & The Library. I have to say I ordered these on Thursday and picked them up at the Post Office on Saturday - super speedy delivery and of course, lovely strong melts! 

What have you been loving this month?

Latest Buys: Noble Isle, Poapoa, The Ghost Family Flame, Feel Unique, Mrs Mac, Smells Good Scents

Here are my latest buys:

On return from my mini staycation I treated myself to Noble Isle's luxury hard soap bars in Orchard & Hedgerows (£16) which had been on the groaning wishlist. Inside the box is 3 x 50g Perry Pear soaps and 2 x 30g Summer Rising soaps. The set is exquisitely wrapped and comes with a gift bag. With every order you choose 30ml mini free plus for an extra fiver you can choose a 75ml product. Tea Rose won the day for me! Review of the soap set to follow but I can tell you it's lush!

I picked up this super cute coconut shell soap dish from Love Lula from brand Poapoa, who up-cycle the coconuts after using what's inside for their products! It's really lovely and very eco friendly.

Having signed up to the Ghost Family Flame Subscription Box earlier in July I decided to pick up a selection of collection boxes (a couple of which are below) as subscribers get 30% off other buys (the site is down until 7th August but I definitely recommend a look when they're back with new goodies and scents). You can see my earlier post about my purchases HERE. I've lots of lovely new-to-me wax melts to try!

 Growing Halloween Box

I picked up a Feel Unique pick 'n' mix sample box which costs £3.95 (redeemable) which contains some treats I'm looking forward to testing out.

I also picked up some wax melts which come with a little wooden stirrer from Mrs Mac. The melts are high strength, have cute little thistles in the design and are brightly coloured. I chose Spiced Pumpkin, White Sage & Sea Salt, Blackberry & Bay and Rhubarb & White Lilac.

My final recent buy is from a totally new to me wax vendor - Smells Good Scents. I picked their sample box which contains the whole of their current range. They're highly scented on cold sniff so I'm looking forward to trying them.

What have you been buying lately?