My love for candles goes beyond the norm. I always have candles burning throughout the house and I truly believe you can never own (or win!) too many.
While I adore all the beautiful scents that have long been available to avid candle-lovers, I’ve been on the lookout for an exciting new range, with delicious fragrances that are something a little bit different and special, something that sets them aside from the rest. Basically, what I’ve been searching for is a candle range that captures all my favourite scents – be it recent faves, or fragrances that take me back to my childhood – such as the smell of rain on warm concrete, nana’s baking, or in winter – the smell of rich hot chocolate, these are the types of candles I’m after.
Introducing Candle Crush – a range of candles with the most amazing, yummy scents. Candle Crush is about making candles fun!! They don’t take themselves too seriously, which shows in their candles’ fun, quirky names and adorable packaging. But don’t be fooled by their silly names, Candle Crush is all about the quality!! Their candles are all hand poured by master candle makers, housed in a beautiful glass lidded jar and batch tested to ensure they burn evenly and smell amazing, plus Candle Crush products are made using 100% natural soy wax.
I have to say though, it’s the adventurous, myriad of scents that truly makes them a stand-out range, and a range that I’m totally crushing on! Everything I’ve been searching for in a candle, I found in Candle Crush… Freshly baked cookies? YIP! Chocolate? YIP! Summer Rain? (yes, you read that right) YIP! And what’s even more amazing, there are no scents Candle Crush won’t consider, so if you’ve got an idea for a great smelling candle, you can submit your idea to them via their website and they’ll let you know what they can do! How cool is that? Candle Crush Candles are a pretty sweet price ($29 with free delivery) and are available from www.candlecrush.co.nz PLUS, exclusive to Gurlinterrupted’s readers, get $10 off any order over $29, when ordering online direct from Candle Crush’s website (be sure and check out their gorgeous ‘soy melts’ while you’re there). Simply use the coupon code “CCGURL10″ when checking-out.
For me personally, I didn’t need to submit a fragrance idea, they’ve already created my favourite scents (Singing In The Rain, Grandma’s Apple Crumble & Just One More Cookie – yeah, my house smells pretty damn good). Check out all the amazing scents available at Candle Crush over on their site: www.candlecrush.co.nz
WIN WIN WIN!!
The kind folks at Candle Crush have given me THREE of their delicious candles to giveaway to my lovely readers! From now until Friday 28th March, be in to win an uber-cool Candle Crush candle. It’s super simple to enter, here’s what you need to do to be in to WIN WITH CANDLE CRUSH:
1. Like Candle Crush on Facebook: facebook.com/candlecrushnz
2. Head over to Gurlinterrupted on Facebook (you must like Gurlinterrupted’s FB Page to enter): facebook.com/Gurlinterrupted & comment on the “FB Candle Crush post” stating your favourite Candle Crush candle. (hint – every candle is listed on the Candle Crush website along with a full description of the scent).
3. THAT’S IT! It’s that easy!! Please do ensure you have followed the correct steps to enter – those who have not liked both pages (and commented on Gurlinterrupted’s Candle Crush FB Post), will not be entered into the draw to win. Winners (3 in total) will be drawn on Friday 28th March and will be announced on Facebook. Open to residents of NZ ONLY. Winners will be chosen via random.org.
BEST OF LUCK xx
Ange
Gurlinterrupted
A Girl Interrupted By Fashion, Beauty & Anything Pretty That Catches My Eye
I hope everyone is off to a fabulous start to 2014!
Gurlinterrupted is on YouTube! Woohooooo. So I know its been a while since I’ve posted, BUT, it’s all been for good reason! I’ve been wanting to enter the world of vlogging for so long! However (and I’m certainly not saying I’ve mastered it after one go, not by a long shot) I wanted to enter YouTube the right way. That meant months and months of research to find out what equipment I needed – lighting, software, artwork for my YouTube channel and then of course, getting myself comfortable filming. I actually surprised myself that my first take was my final take. I quickly learnt it’s the editing, downloading and uploading that takes the longest amount of time. You can check out my channel (and hopefully you’ll subscribe too, wink wink) right here: 
When’s the last time you heard someone say “I made you a mixtape”? Maybe you’ve never heard it! Sure, it’s probably a sentence that’s not been uttered since the early 90’s, other than here on Gurlinterrupted of course (back when I made you 
Since music is a huge part of my life (I am as obsessed with music as I am with fashion & beauty) I wanted to make you a mixtape (well, share my playlist with you, is probably more accurate). Whether it’s heading to concerts, listening to my iPod or Spotify, or checking out other people’s playlists – music is always a part of my everyday life! I don’t actually know how people function without it. So this mixtape features tracks that I currently have on my playlist – some are newly released, some are from back when the mixtape was in its heyday. Regardless of when the songs were released, they’re on my playlist right now, they’ve seen me through 2013, there’s new and old faves, and I love them!
If you haven’t yet discovered Mr W. & Me, then it’s probably safe to say that you personally don’t fall into the ‘shoe-obsessed’ category, as Mr. W & Me is pretty much the hottest go-to for shoes! No chain-store shoes for this online store, Mr. W & Me stock only the highest quality (and super affordable) select range of footwear, only those that they deem worthy (and I have to say, I agree with all their selections they deem worthy). Mr. W & Me have been popping up all over the show – NZFW, VIVA, Remix Magazine, you name it, their shoes are noted and coveted. After discovering Mr W and Me some time ago, I featured them here on Gurlinterrupted.com as I was so enamoured (you can read about it here: 
You all know my love [see: obsession] for DRY & TEA. Well, why not treat your loved one to a hair treatment of their choice with a DRY & TEA gift voucher. They can choose from DRY & TEA’s extensive menu that offers everything from a blow wave to an up-do, a specialised cut and colour service, to tints, foils & belliage. There’s nothing DRY & TEA don’t do when it comes to the full-service hair salon! Maybe a ‘mens mini groom’ for your guy, or the ‘catwalk and party ready’ for your girl. No matter the service they choose, they’ll be looking fab in no time. If you choose to get your gift card from the uber-trendy City Works Depot, then I have to recommend you see Kurt (and YES – I’m biased, because he’s my stylist and he’s beyond amazing!). Oh, and it doesn’t hurt that they share a space with Petal Cupcakes and have a tea menu to die for! For more info head to 
Ok, so I don’t know about you, but my guy is obsessed with poker! Whether it’s online, having his mates over for a friendly match, or heading out to a local pub tournament, he’s there! Gosh I’ve made him sound like a gaming nerd – he’s really not (to be fair, I think he probably got into it when pondering what to do during those hours I have my hands glued to the keyboard blogging), he just really enjoys playing poker when he has some down time, and it seems, after talking to my guy-friends, poker is where it’s at! It would seem it’s the hottest hobby on the block right now. So, wanna be the ultimate better half, mate, sibling… how about something from 
If you have a beach babe in your life who suffers from dry, sun damaged, lack-lustre hair, enable them to look after their locks with Holistic Hair’s latest addition to their already fabulous range – Sea Shine. Leading Servilles hair stylist and tutor – Nigel Russell, uses only natural ingredients in his Holistic Hair range. Sea Shine spray contains Argon Oil (sans the silicone and any other nasty ingredients) as well as lemon and rosemary essential oils. Not only does it smell delicious, Sea Shine spray creates the ultimate shine, nourishment and hydration your hair needs to look its best, by banishing dull, frizzy, flyaway hair. It comes in a handy purse-size bottle, making it perfect for the girl (or guy) on the go! For more info, head to the Holistic Hair online store: 
From Smashbox’s new 2013 Holiday Collection comes Wondervision Eye Sets. Three fabulous Limited Edition collections feature a kaleidoscope of six eyeshadows, a mascara and eye liner. Ranging from matte to metallic, these covetable sets are available in Flash – pinks and pewters, Sparks (my personal favourite) a summery collection of shimmering bronzes and rose golds, and Cosmic – smoky neutrals and blues. Complete with the Limitless Eye Liner in Onyx and Full Exposure Mascara for an utterly show-stopping look. As with all Smashbox eyeshadows, each shade is velvety smooth in texture, glides on effortlessly with zero fallout and gives 100% colour payoff. The only downside with gifting Smashbox’s holiday collection… having to part with it!
From the 100% natural range of Nude by Nature comes a skincare collection so luxurious and effective it’s hard to believe it’s 100% naturally derived. Cleanse, exfoliate, replenish and refine the skin all without using parabens, petrochemicals or fragrance. The range includes a daily cleanser, face scrub, intense moisturizer, oil-free moisturizer, bright eyes gel, nude oil for intense hydration, and a miracle serum to illuminate the skin from within. Buy the complete range or select the perfect skincare solution for your eco babe.
If you’re after skincare that TRULY provides an ever-youthful appearance that effectively delivers on fighting the signs of ageing, you cannot go past Elizabeth Arden’s PREVAGE range. The Anti-ageing Treatment Boosting Cleanser provides a multi-dimensional approach to deep cleansing that is second to none! It promotes cell renewal and focuses on enzymatic exfoliation that leaves skin more receptive to further anti-aging treatments, such as the PREVAGE Anti-aging & Intensive Repair Eye serum. This Eye serum has had such amazing results; it’s said to reveal youthful look eyes after just one use! Whilst it’s on the expensive side – with good reason – this is the BEST anti-aging eye serum you could ever purchase for your beauty babe wanting to erase the signs of time. It is hands down the best anti-ageing product I have ever used. I call it the ‘peter pan’ of skincare. I may not know what it is that makes this serum work, but I know that it does!
If you’re looking for inexpensive, yet fabulously effective beauty and skincare items to top up your beauty babes Christmas stocking, the Palmer’s range has got you covered for summer essentials. The ever-popular Cocoa Butter and Vitamin E lotion is formulated with SPF15, so not only does this it smell fabulous and hydrate, it protects you from harmful UVA/UVB rays. RRP $13.50
For the true beauty babe – these Australis makeup items are not only inexpensive, they’re great additions to any girls makeup bag, and they’re available in an array of fabulous on-trend colours.