DIY coffee candle

I saw this around the internet and thought I'd share my views on it.
I firstly thought this would be a waste of coffee beans considering a lot of them are used here. However, I love the smell of coffee - it really helps with keeping myself on track. The idea is the heat from the candle will make the coffee bean scent more noticeable  The scent of coffee doesn't radiate the room strongly but lingers around the room. If you leave and come back into the room you can definitely smell coffee and in such a nice warm way!
It's athletically pleasing too, looking simple yet different. I think these would be great in a coffee shop too, they just look great!
Here's the original picture I found from pinterest:

Obviously the more you have the stronger the smell will be although I doubt it would ever be overbearing. I've had 7 new candles recently and this sort is by far my favourite, even more so than the christmassy ones! 

(Just don't do what I did and knock it over. Coffee beans everywhere. They really do fly.)

Whetting your appetite

Has it really been 11 days? It feels like a month!
I've been m.i.a recently for no other reason than being a bit rubbish. However, the 11 day hiatus will soon come to an end! I've got a ton of post ideas.
Here's a few to whet your appetite.

• Product reviews including Benefit, Clinique, Yves rocher and LUSH. 
• Essential skin care products on a budget
• A christmas type haul.
• Candle idea (this is really exciting for me)
• Vegan and vegetarian recipes* - most of them are incredibly quick because I am incredibly lazy and impatient. Some will be:
• flapjacks 
• soups
• 5 minute dinners
• quick nutritional breakfasts
• smoothies 
• deserts 
• Tips to to shop wisely in charity/second hand shops
• Homemade natural face masks and cleansers 
• Various knitting app reviews

If any of these things catch your fancy make sure you stay tuned! I'm going to try to post one a day but we'll see how that goes. I'm always too ambitious - some may say that's a good thing but I'm also lazy and those two really don't mix.

Have a great day/night/evening/morning/TIME, HB x



*I want to clarify that I am no longer a vegan or vegetarian but I don't particularly like keeping meat in my house or cooking with it. It also has something to do with not having any clue how to cook meat - I was a vegetarian for so long that I never learnt. I became a meat-eater mainly because having the choice was appealing. I felt that I didn't have a choice, which was ridiculous, and if I even thought about eating meat I'd be guilty for days. Food is fuel and is never something you should feel guilty over. It's much more relaxing now, I can eat meat if I chose to - I just generally don't.