Halloween Contest

Design your own Halloween layered Scrub! 

Step 1: Choose between these listed scents to make your own original scent. 

Step 2: Must follow & subscribe to our blogspot. 
(if you are not following our blog, you will NOT be entered in the contest)

Step 3: You must name your creation with an original name. 

Step 4: Send your scrub creation over to waxwonderscandles@gmail.com with a picture of your choice. (Must be Halloween theme) 

Step 5: Have your friends come over to www.facebook.com/waxwonders 

and cast their vote on your creation to win a free full size layered scrub. 
(see rules below) 

Scents: Blueberry muffins
Zucchini Bread
HoneyDew Melon
Maple Sugar
Lemon Cake
Pineapple isis
Fresh Coconut
Mango Papaya
Pink Sugar
Strawberry Citrus
Jumpin' jelly beans

Carnival funnel Cake
Creamy orange
Please my pumpkin
Pumpkin Apple butter Pie
Vanilla Beans
Creamy chocolate Dreams
Buttercream cupcakes
Witchery green apples
 Candy Corn
Pumpkin Cheesecake
Blackberry bling 
Dark Chocolate
                                                                   

Bitches Brew-The smoky, woody sweetness of balsamic resins and patchouli envelop herbaceous florals for a bewitching scent.

Bewitching This accord begins with freshly ground cinnamon bark,  and complimented with herbal notes of bergamot, cannabis flower, jasmine, and rose;  and sits on earthy base notes of sheer musk, black tea, and patchouli. 

                                                               

The Green Fairy- This accord begins with freshly ground cinnamon bark,  and complimented with herbal notes of bergamot, cannabis flower, jasmine, and rose;  and sits on earthy base notes of sheer musk, black tea, and patchouli. 

*This contest is open to the US/International, excluding Canada. 

*The winner will be responsible for shipping charges which is $5.50 Flat Rate USPS priority mail

*You MUST have your picture/creation submitted by September 15th,2012 Midnight GMT 

* Voting will begin October 1st-7th. Winner will be chosen on October 8th. 

Winner will be listed on our blog and our Facebook page. If winner do not claim their prize or pay their shipping within 24 hours, the next runner up will be chosen. 

Eco-Friendly Cleaning Tips

Learning non-toxic cleaning techniques can be beneficial to the enviorment and to your family or home as well. Why would we want to learn these techniques? Wouldn't you want to know how to save money, protect your health, reduce your use of valuable resources of the earth, avoid petroleum products and other non-renewable resources? Plus, most chemical products we have under our kitchen sinks eventually go into our drinking water stream, which has cancer causing chemicals. Just as antibiotics are causing drug resistance, so too are disinfectants. Here are few eco-friendly tip that really work. 

To clean and deodorize your dishwasher try adding a cup of vinegar to your empty dishwasher and run the cycle. Also add vinegar to the rinse dispenser instead of jet dry for streak free dishes.

Mix equal parts hot water with white distilled vinegar in a spray bottle to clean windows. Dry with a soft cloth for streak-free windows!

You can shine up your chrome fixtures with lemon and salt.

Hanging your laundry out to dry will save you money, and can even extend the life of your clothes.

Vinegar should be used to clean hard water stains and soap scum from your bathtub, sinks, shower and your toilet. It sanitizes as well as cleans. Dilute the vinegar with water or use it full strength.

You can remove most coffee or juice stains with a little hydrogen peroxide in water, plus a few drops of ammonia, according to kitchen designer Florence Perchuk. For everyday wear and tear of your stone countertops, buff away small scratches with superfine dry steel wool called "grade 0000."

To clean a cast-iron pan, add 2 tablespoons of oil and place on medium heat. Once the pan is heated, pour in 3 tablespoons of salt. Next, using a tong to hold a paper towel, scour until clean. Finally, rinse and coat with vegetable oil to cure. Done!

If your hand doesn't fit down a narrow vase, then fill it halfway with water and drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets to do the dirty work for you.

Source: For more cleaning tips

True or False about products

FDA approved or disapprove? 

Who can’t resist their favorite anti-aging cream that promises us hope in a jar? Perhaps you have seen those ads that this product will relieve “Eczema or Psoriasis.”  But how would you know if it really does? Sure, you checked out those customer reviews about the products. Allegations about a certain product may be true-but can companies advertise those promises?  Here we researched and checked out the real deal about how the FDA regulates products on the market. 

How does the FDA determine what is a drug or cosmetics? “Whether a product is a cosmetic or a drug under the law is determined by a product's intended use. Different laws and regulations apply to each type of product. Firms sometimes violate the law by marketing a cosmetic with a drug claim or by marketing a drug as if it were a cosmetic, without adhering to requirements for drugs.” 

  

The law defines cosmetics by these simple rules. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) defines cosmetics by their intended use, as "articles intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body...for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance". Among the products included in this definition are skin moisturizers, perfumes, lipsticks, fingernail polishes, eye and facial makeup preparations, cleansing shampoos, permanent waves, hair colors, and deodorants, as well as any substance intended for use as a component of a cosmetic product. 

So what about those product that claim therapeutic claims? Here the FDA explains in details about that as well. Promoting a product with claims that it treats or prevents disease or otherwise affects the structure or any function of the body will cause the product to be considered a drug under the FD&C Act, section 201(g). FDA has an Import Alert in effect for cosmetics labeled with drug claims.

Companies may advertise or give factual information about a specific ingredient used and what its history about its uses but cannot use terms- that products will restore hair growth, reduce cellulite, treat varicose veins, increase or decrease the production of melanin (pigment) in the skin, or regenerate cells. Those terms indicate that the product may be a drug and you may want to check with your doctor before using it. 

If you happen to come across a company practicing those kinds of business techniques, simply ask them do they have FDA approval to sell that as a drug. Depending on their answer, you may not want to purchase from them or you have the right to report them.  

Sources: FDA.GOV