Thursday, April 25, 2019

Movie; Malicious (2018) Caution; Spoiler Alert

Malicious







Came out; 2018
Time; 1 hour 30 minutes
Watched on; Netflix



Rating; TV-MA
IMDB Rating; 5/10



Rotten Tomatoes
Reviews Counted; N/A
Fresh; 7N/A
Audience Score; 15% Liked it

Caution; Spoiler Alert

A young college professor and his pregnant wife unwittingly release a malevolent entity with murderous intentions



Staring;
Bojana Novakovic as Lisa Pierce
Josh Steward as Adam Pierce
Delroy Lindo as Dr. Clark
Melissa Bolona as Becky
Presley Richardson as Demon Doll Girl
Joy Kate Lawson as Demon Cheerleader
Bailee Mykell Cowperthwaite as Sexy Demon
Jo-Ann Robinson as Old Demon


Storyline;
Same as Synopsis


Thoughts;
This movie starts fine. The creep factor is there. Man kills his wife and then we cut to the current couple. They are moving of course, to a new place. Lisa is pregnant and her husband Adam is a new math professor. They are moving into staff housing, which obviously is a huge amazing house. Lisa's sister sends a gift of a beautiful box she purchased from an estate sale that won't open. Lisa places it on the fireplace mantel and they go on with their move in.



Did I mention that Lisa is pregnant? Well she is. So there is a nursery with a crib.



Day 1, For some reason, while looking at the box, Lisa opens it. Then while Adam is at work she goes for a “run”. Queue the creepy woods and she comes across a woman (it's the woman who was killed in the opening) This creeps Lisa out and she “runs” home. She calls her husband and lets him know what happened. She is then in the nursery putting the crib together.



Now, the husband comes home after dark, which personally I thought was strange but whatever. He finds Lisa in the nursery on the floor, blood everywhere. At the hospital we find that Lisa had a miscarriage. Her sister then shows up.



From here strange things start to happen and this turns into your typical cheesy horror movie. They ask the help of Dr. Clark as he is an expert in the Paranormal. Once it's all figured out and has everything to do with opening the box, the only way to get the entity back into the box is to kill Lisa. Bam, done. The movie ends with Adam in jail speaking with Dr. Clark and we find that he sent the box back to Lisa's sister



Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Book; The Couple Next Door (2016) Caution; Spoiler Alert

The Couple Next Door










Author; Shari Lapena
Came out; August 23, 2016
Read on; Nook App
Rating; Per Amazon 4.1/5



Caution; Spoiler Alert

Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all—a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. But one night, when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is committed. Suspicion immediately lands on the parents. But the truth is a much more complicated story.

Inside the curtained house, an unsettling account of what actually happened unfolds. Detective Rasbach knows that the panicked couple is hiding something. Both Anne and Marco soon discover that the other is keeping secrets, secrets they've kept for years. 

What follows is the nerve-racking unraveling of a family—a chilling tale of  deception, duplicity, and unfaithfulness that will keep you breathless until the final shocking twist.

Thoughts;
I could not put this book down. It was so good with twist from every angle and just when you think you know, you just don't.



The entire time I was reading this all I could think about is that with 4 kids, I've done similar things and I know other people have as well, to think that someone went into the house and stole the baby is unimaginable!

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Wax; Empties 4/1-4/14

Wax Empties 4/1-4/14/2019

YouTube;
https://youtu.be/c4H1bYq7lyU


I use the following warmers;
20 watt glade warmer in my office
20 watt glade warmer in my family room
20 watt glade warmer in my kitchen
20 watt glade warmer in my son's room
20 watt Scentsy Stargazer warmer in my bedroom (Light Bulb)
25 watt Happy Wax warmer in my living room
15 watt Happy Wax warmer in the laundry room bathroom
15 watt Happy Wax warmer in the main bathroom


The opinions I put here are my opinions/experiences only. I fully urge each and everyone of you to form your own opinions/experiences on vendors for yourself by placing an order and getting a de-stash. Candles have many aspects to them and if I say I had a hard time burning one candle that doesn't mean the rest from the same vendor will be like that.


Candles;

Brand; Shopko
Scent; Sunset Orchard
Scent Description; None
Thoughts; This candle had zero scent, burning or otherwise. It burned really hot and smelled like wax, just wax.
Hit or Miss; Miss

Melting;

Vendor; Gracie Jo's Candles
Owner; Gracie Jo

Scent; Black Ice
Scent Description; A masculine and clean fragrance with a touch of musky, mossy, woodsy, and ambergris subtle florals
Thoughts; I was unsure about this based on the name, however it was a very nice musky floral!
Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Clean Breeze
Scent Description; The smell of a nice fabric softener. A fruity, floral blend of peach, watermelon, neroli and jasmine on a dry down of aquatic notes and musk
Thoughts; This was nice, my husband said he really liked it. I think with the musk it allowed the scent to come out more
Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Absinthe
Scent Description; An aromatic blend of just the right combination of star anise, fennel, spicy cinnamon cassia, nutmeg, melissa, fresh green herbal notes, with base notes of amber and woods.
Thoughts; This was not what I expected based on the scent name but this was really good!
Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Love Spell
Scent Description; An absolutely tantalizing fragrance composed of sweet bouquet of mandarin orange, bergamot, and tangerine enhanced by hints of fresh peaches, strawberries, and raspberries on an undertone of white musk
Thoughts; I do not like this scent, so I melted in a room where I don't go in much
Hit or Miss; No Comment

Scent; Lime in the Coconut
Scent Description; Our special blend of citrus lime and fresh coconut
Thoughts; This wasn't that strong, but I have found that I dislike Lime scents
Hit or Miss; Miss

Scent; Honeymoon Romance
Scent Description; This unique aroma begins with top notes of fresh ferns and water lilies. Middle notes of fresh rose petals, clove, french jasmine, and lilac, with a background of sandalwood
Thoughts; This was very nice. It was the perfect combination of flowers and musk
Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Zucchini Bread
Scent Description; Typical Zucchini Bread
Thoughts; Not my scent
Hit or Miss; No Comment

Scent; Mahogany Teak
Scent Description; Revel in the cozy fine woods fragrances of mahogany, cedar, and oak highlighted by delicate florals and light musk
Thoughts; This was a nice musky wood scent. It was pretty strong
Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Bite Me
Scent Description; Fresh citrus notes of lime and orange sparkle with effervescent highlights as they lead to a luscious blend of berry and cherry in this playful scent. Leafy green accents add intensity as a base of vanilla creates sweet tones for the fragrance
Thoughts; This is a scent my entire family loves, this is a great cherry scent
Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Blueberry Cheesecake
Scent Description; Typical Blueberry Cheesecake Scent
Thoughts; Although this was just one little cube, it wasn't very strong.
Hit or Miss; Unsure

Scent; Pineapple Orchid
Scent Description; The amazing blend of ripened, sweet pineapple, aldehydic rose, velvety violets, white orchids, and black currants
Thoughts; This was so nice! I generally don't like the pineapple scents, but with everything else mixed it the pineapple was toned down
Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Witches Brew
Scent Description; Typical Witches Brew scent
Thoughts; This was very light, it was a barley there scent
Hit or Miss; Miss

Scent; Toasted Hazelnut
Scent Description;
Thoughts; This smelled very true
Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Lemon Pound Cake
Scent Description;
Thoughts; This wasn't my scent, but my family loved it.
Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Penn's Woods Candle Company
Owner; Lauren Baciulis

Scent; Fruit Loops
Scent Description; The scent of Fruit flavored cereal
Thoughts; This smelled exactly like fruit loops on cold, but warm there just wasn't anything
Hit or Miss; Miss

Scent; Cake by the Ocean
Scent Description; Driftwood, Birthday Cake, White Sage & Sea Salt
Thoughts; Based on the description, I wouldn't have purchased this. This was from a mystery box and I really liked it!
Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Rose Girls
Web Site; www.rxwax.com
Owner; Jenny Oaks

Scent; Americana Peeps Cake
Scent Description; Blackberry Jam Butter Cookies, Monster Cookie, Marshmallow Smoothie, yellow cake, fluffy rich frosting, sugar covered marshmallow Peeps.
Thoughts; This was amazing. It was a half pie that I savored every little piece of.
Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Waxincredibles
Web; https://waxincredibles.com/
Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/groups/859386184234624/
Owner; Nadine Theis

Scent; Blackberry Jam Baller Cookies
Scent Description; Fresh Butter Cookies, covered in Blackberry Jam
Thoughts; This was good, I love Blackberry Jam Butter Cookies
Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Little Rainbow Tarts
Web; https://littlerainbowtarts.bigcartel.com/
Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/groups/theshonkshop/
Owner; Jamie Shonk

Scent; VBN Pink Champagne
Scent Description; Iced champagne with notes of fresh raspberry and tart cranberries & A rich, sweet vanilla sugar cookie with a slightly roasted marshmallow background and a hint of caramel
Thoughts; This did not smell like I expected, it was very nice and strong
Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; VBN Sugar Cookie
Scent Description; Vanilla Bean Noel Type and Sugar Cookie
Thoughts; This was super yummy smelling and I loved it!
Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; VBN Flannel
Scent Description; Flannel & Vanilla Bean Noel Types
Thoughts; This was super nice! I loved the musky with the VBN
Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; VBN Sugar Plum
Scent Description; Sugar Plum & Vanilla Bean Noel Type
Thoughts; I am just not sure if the sugar plum in this threw me off
Hit or Miss; Unsure

Vendor; Creative Enchantment
Owner; Anna Williams

Scent; Mulberry Woods
Scent Description; Delicately sweet white Mulberry on a soft background of cedar and fir
Thoughts; This scent is a hit in my house and the scent is super strong!
Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Super Tarts
Owner; Brandy Tarts

Scent; Thief
Scent Description; Fall leaves, Mac apple, Sandalwood and blue sugar
Thoughts; I was hesitant on this one because of the Mac Apple, however the blue sugar and sandalwood were the dominant scents and it all blended super nice
Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Hades
Scent Description; Fireside & Blue Sugar
Thoughts; These two scents blended super nice together
Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Belle
Scent Description; Beauty and the Beast (Magically Delicious/Blackberry) combined with Tea & Cakes
Thoughts; I just didn't like this one, it wasn't the same melting as it was cold
Hit or Miss; Miss

Scent; Henry
Scent Description; Sweet Wildberry Smoothie and Cotton Candy
Thoughts; This was amazing, it was sweet and tart!
Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Storybrook
Scent Description; Cucumber, Cactus & Sea Salt and Fresh Cut Grass
Thoughts; I didn't like it on cold, but I warmed it anyway and still didn't like it
Hit or Miss; Miss

Scent; De Vil
Scent Description; 25:43(lime, tonka bean, lemongrass, vanilla, ylang ylang) & Biolage(Super fruity shampoo scent)
Thoughts; This is another that I didn't like on cold, warmed it anyway and still didn't like it
Hit or Miss; Miss

Scent; Fairy Dust
Scent Description; Balsam, Raspberry and Cake Batter
Thoughts; This was different. On cold I could pick up on the Raspberry and the Balsam, while melting they all just blended so nice together
Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Sea Witch
Scent Description; Seaside, Mandarin, Northern Lights(lush dupe) and Mimosa
Thoughts; Something about this that I just didn't like. Generally Orange scents just don't work for my nose and maybe that was it.
Hit or Miss; Miss

Scent; Brave
Scent Description; Sugar dusted Ginger Root, Sweet Cakes and a slight note of earl grey tea
Thoughts; I had to turn this one off. It wasn't a scent for me at all
Hit or Miss; Miss

Scent; Maleficent
Scent Description; Dragons Blood(Citrus Earthy), Rosewood, Dark Amber, Clove and Rose Jam
Thoughts; This was so nice! It was pretty amazing actually and was a very nice “dark” floral scent with the dragons blood and rose jam!
Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Mermaid
Scent Description; Orchid, Ocean Rain & Watercress
Thoughts; This was a nice “clean” type scent. It really smelled like everything was clean
Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Ruby
Scent Description; Biolage, Blackberry Jam and Cotton Candy Frosting
Thoughts; This smelled like mens soap. I got no hint of the cotton candy frosting.
Hit or Miss; Unsure


Vendor; Mimi's Tarts
Owner; Carmine Unger & Kristy Gerlock

Scent; Strawberry Jam Crunch Berries
Scent Description; A blend of the 2 scents
Thoughts; There was not much while melting.
Hit or Miss; Miss

Scent; Coffee Ice Cream Blueberry Cornbread
Scent Description;
Thoughts; There was not much while melting
Hit or Miss; Miss

Vendor; Wicked Wax of the East
Owner; Randi Cox

Scent; Pink Sugar Cupcake Marshmallow
Scent Description; A blend of the scents
Thoughts; This was so good! The Cupcake and the Pink Sugar were dominant but the marshmallow just added a sweetness to it
Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Sweet Wagon Scent

Scent; Autumn Soda Float
Scent Description; Pomegranate sode with a heaping scoop of vanilla bean ice cream
Thoughts; Unsure where I even received this one. All I smelled was pomegranate
Hit or Miss; Unsure

Vendor; Vintage Chic Scents
Owner; Kirby Welsh

Scent; Cream Cheese Cookie Monster
Scent Description; Cream Cheese Frosting, Sugar Cookie, Sugar Cookie Dough, Buttercream & Sugar Milk
Thoughts; This was a nice one. I find Cookie Monster by itself as rather light, but add anything and it's light but nice
Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
Scent Description; Ice Cold Praline Cream Soda
Thoughts; This was super nice and much stronger than I expected
Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Woof Wix
Web Site; www.woofwix.shop
Owner; Amber Randolph

Scent; Pumpkin Souffle & Caramel
Scent Description; A blend of the scents
Thoughts; I really liked that it wasn't a spicy pumpkin and the caramel just was nice a gooey
Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Be My Betsy
Web; https://bemybetsywaxcreations.bigcartel.com/
Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/2133452920202720/
Owner; Stephanie LeNormand

Scent; Forehead Kisses
Scent Description; Love Spell, Vanilla Lace & Pearls
Thoughts; This was like ½ a sample that I decided to throw into a smaller t-light warmer that I have. It actually threw pretty good
Hit or Miss; Miss only because I don't like love spell

Vendor; Kushner Kreations
Web; kushnerkreations.weebly.com
Owner; April Kushner

Scent; Caramilized Fig & Vanilla
Scent Description; Unsure
Thoughts; This was older so unsure the true age. It didn't have any scent left to it
Hit or Miss; Miss

Vendor; Better Homes and Gardens

Scent; First Woodland Frost
Scent Description; Unsure
Thoughts; This was decent, it wasn't the best store brand I've had
Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Mandie's Candies
Web; https://mandiscandies.xyz/
Facebook; Unsure
Owner; Mandi Difebo

Scent; Fruity Pebbles
Scent Description; Fruity rice cereal bits coated in sugar
Thoughts; There just wasn't much to this. It was very light on cold and there just wasn't much there on warm
Hit or Miss; Miss

Scent; Apple Pie
Scent Description; Your typical Apple Pie
Thoughts; This had a spicy note to it on cold, however warm it was just nothing
Hit or Miss; Miss

Vendor; Chloe N' Me
Web; Unsure
Owner; Staci Culp

Scent; Apple Butter
Scent Description; Very spicy apple with a warm buttery background!
Thoughts; This was very nice. It wasn't as spicy as the description leads you to believe
Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Big Wiff Candles

Scent; Black Mambo
Scent Description; Tangy Citrus, Spice, Red Berry, Musk & Cedar
Thoughts; It smelled good on cold, but the citrus was dominant while warming then it just went weird.
Hit or Miss; Miss



Bath & Body

Vendor; Penn's Woods Candle Company
Owner; Lauren Baciulis

Product; Whipped Soap
Scent/Flavor; Baby Grace
Thoughts; I very much like her soap, it's not drying and it doesn't over-foam
Hit or Miss; Hit