Light Up And Fill Your Home With Wonderful Aromas And A Warm Ambience (PartyLite)

Member Name: lel1969

Product:	PartyLite
Date:	21/07/09 (96 review reads)
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Advantages: Great quality candles that fill the air with wonderful scents

Disadvantages: Can only be bought through a consultant and can be expensive

I went to my first PartyLite Candle party/show many years ago and was reintroduced to it again at the start of the year. One of my friend's from work decided to become a PartyLite Consultant and being a huge candle lover and wanting to help her get her business off to a flying start I agreed to be one of the first people to host a show for her.

==A Bit About PartyLite==

PartyLite was inspired by Mabel Baker's love of candle making. In the early 1900s she started to make scented candles from local wild bayberries for her friends and family, this love of candle making grew into a very successful business, which when Mabel died at the age of 94 in 1965, was worth 6 million dollars. PartyLite Gifts became a subsidiary of Mabel's company in 1973 and in 1990 Blyth Incorporated took over the running of PartyLite to create the very successful and well loved company that it is today with over 50,000 consultants worldwide.

==A Bit About The PartyLite Wax==

PartyLite Candles are all made from food grade paraffin wax, which basically means the wax is non-toxic and hypoallergenic. Food grade paraffin wax is a very high quality wax, which makes it easier to clean up spills, it is clean burning therefore produces less candle soot and it is safer around children and pets as it has a lower melt temperature, which in theory means that PartyLite Candles will burn longer than most petroleum-based paraffin candles. When PartyLite Candles burn the wax turns completely to liquid and, as with all candles, care must be taken whilst they are burning. Their tealights are sold in clear plastic containers with 3 tiny little feet on the bottom of the container allowing the tealight to be placed directly on any hard surface without the risk of damage. When I first heard about the clear plastic container and the fact that the wax turned completely to liquid whilst burning it didn't really mean anything to me, but once I had actually started to burn the tealights myself it was only then that I fully appreciated how pretty they actually are. With the container being completely clear the clear, coloured, liquefied wax actually looks very attractive with the little flame dancing on top, they are so much more attractive than the foil containers used on cheaper tealights. Also once the tealight has finished burning there is absolutely no residue left in the container, whereas with some of the cheaper tealight there is often wax wastage left in the bottom of the container. Their tealights burn from 4 - 6 hours and obviously if you blow them out before they are finished then the liquefied wax will solidify again until the next time they are lit.

The PartyLite votives again turn to liquid during the burning process, which with the right votive holder can be very attractive. At the moment my favourite votive holders that I am using are wine glass shaped and when the votive has turned to liquid it actually looks like a little glass of wine with a flame on top, it maybe doesn't sound anything special but honestly they look stunning. When I am burning the votives, I usually get at least 12 hours from them.

Their pillar and 3 wick candles are slightly different. Again the wax does turn to liquid but the candle burns down the centre, once you have blown out the candle you should then "hug" your candle, what this basically means is that you very slightly ease the outer edges in towards the centre so that the next time the candle burns the edges will gradually melt away too giving a longer burning time and also preventing the edges breaking away and the liquid wax running down the sides, which I have had happen before.

They also have a range of aroma melts and aroma simmers. The aroma melts are basically wickless lumps of wax, which you place in a warmer, which is then warmed and slowly melts with the heat from a tealight placed below. The aroma simmers are different scents of oil, which again is placed in a warmer. The scents from both the melts and simmers are enhanced and are guaranteed to give a wonderful scent for 12 - 14 hours. The aroma melts are one of my favourite PartyLite products and I personally find the scent lasts much longer than 14 hours.

==The Scents==

PartyLite have a great range of scented waxes and unscented waxes, which are available in tealights, votives, 3 different sizes of pillar candles, 2 different sizes of 3 wick candles, jars and tins. Their scented candles are available in over 40 different fragrances. The fragrances come in a variety of different groups, Fruit and Citrus, Edible and Spicy, Floral, Fresh and Clean, Fresh Home and Wellbeing and Spa, so there is definitely something in there that will suit everyone.

Their scented candles and guaranteed to produce scents right to the bottom of the candle. By law, for a candle to be classed as scented only the top part of the wax has to be scented so this is why so often after burning a candles for a couple of hours the scent seems to vanish. The PartyLite candles definitely do give the room a wonderful scent the whole time they are burning.

==The Holders and Other Products==

Their holders are all beautifully crafted to a high quality and they have a beautiful range of holders in various ranges so you can buy different holders that match. Some are very small tealight holders and some are quite big, beautiful mosaic hurricanes to wall hung sconces, all look very stunning.

Also available from PartyLite are various reed diffusers, from small to large and again all look very stunning. They also sell a small range of body lotions, body washes and room fragrances in their Wellbeing and Spa ranges.

There are 2 extra supplements per year, a summer supplement, which has a lovely range of outdoor candles and holders specially designed for the patio, with a range of extra summer fragrances. And there is also a winter supplement with a range of winter fragrances and beautifully designed winter and Christmas holders to give your home that festive feel.

==What's In It For You==

If you do decide to host a show you will of course get money to spend on their products depending on the amount of sales you get:

Sales 15% to spend Items at 25% discount

£165 £24.75 1
£350 £52.50 2
£500 £75.00 3
£700 £105.00 4

If your sales are less then £165 then you receive 10% of the sales to spend.

There are also different special discount offers on each month for both the hostess and her guests with more being offered to the hostess if people book a party for themselves.

If you become a sales consultant yourself again obviously you will receive great discounts and will receive a starter pack with a great range of their products.

==My Views==

Before I had my party I was given the catalogue to have a look through and I must admit when I first saw the prices I was really, really shocked, they were so expensive ranging from £6.95 for 12 tealights to upwards of £60 for the larger candles holders with the average sort of price you would expect to spend on a holder between £15 - £25. It was at this point; even although I am a great candle lover and do have candles lit all the time I am in the house, that I was actually tempted to cancel the party. But doing a favour for a friend to help her get her new business up and running I decided to go ahead but didn't hold out much hope of getting much in the way of sales.

On the night of my party, as the candles and holders were set out in my home, I could feel myself warming more and more towards them, they did look truly stunning and the strong fragrances filling my house were just wonderful. I loved hearing the story behind PartyLite and learning all about wax and how the PartyLite wax is better than most and I loved watching the different effects different holders produced as the candles were lit one by one. I was amazed when at the end of my party I had over £350 worth of sales and over £50 to spend. Since March when I had my party I have been to 3 more and have 2 more to go to in the next couple of months. Also because I work alongside my PartyLite Consultant she is always tempting me each month with the special offers and of course I always end up buying something.

My range of PartyLite products grows every month, I soon won't have any room for anything else, I'll just have to start rotating them!

I absolutely love the PartyLite range of products. Yes they are very expensive but if you are a candle lover you will appreciate the good quality of their products. I love their wax. I love the way it turns to liquid and you really don't appreciate how stunning it looks until you've seen it (I didn't). Their scents really do fill the whole room and it lasts, everyone comments on how lovely my house smells when the come in. I have even found that on warmer days where the sun is shining into the house the warmth from the sun is even enough to release some of the scent from the candles. Their holders are very well made and very high quality and obviously made to last. The holders are all 100% guaranteed but obviously only when used PartyLite wax.

Even my husband and my son comment on my PartyLite collection, they love it and have their own favourite fragrances. They have never mentioned my candles before other than at bedtime when I get asked, "are all these candles out?" but now they will ask what's that lovely smell or that looks really pretty there. My collection has definitely made an impact and is loved by my whole family.

The only downside to PartyLite is the fact that you can only buy their products from a PartyLite Consultant. This doesn't really affect me at the moment because I know a consultant very well, but for someone who loves the products but doesn't know a consultant this may cause a few problems.

The do have a website, which is very detailed giving a good insight into the company and their products and it also gives you the opportunity to become a consultant, but you can't buy anything online. If you would like more details their website can be found at www.partylite.co.uk

If you like to fill you home with beautiful scents, a warm and welcoming ambience and, if you would like to use little dancing flames in ways you had never thought possible to create an atmosphere that is out of this world then PartyLite is definitely for you.

©lel1969

Summary: A definite must for all candle lovers.