Once we used up the old wax from the melts I actually did like, the kids melted all of the “Hello Stinky” yellow wax in the lamp too, pouring it over the rest of the egg compartments. Once the wax liquified, the boys took turns pouring the melted wax over one compartment in the egg carton. Once the carton was packed with lint, we used the wax warmer lamp to warm up each melt. This activity had a small gross-out factor for them when they realized just how much lint comes off our clothes in the dryer! That led to a discussion of how flammable lint is and why the lint trap must be cleaned after each load. The kids divided the lint up and packed each compartment of the egg carton with lint.
Being frugal, I couldn’t simply throw the wax away.
The wax melt packaging recommends that you pour the melted wax back into the clamshell packaging to dispose of it. I’ve learned that the melts are good for about a week, and then the scent oils seem to burn away and you’re left with almost-scentless wax. (Scentsy fans, I highly recommend that you avoid the scent called “Hello Yellow.” There’s a reason it has this name.)Īnyway, I was pretty disappointed in my first foray into wax melts, but then I tried again and picked up some new, better-smelling melts at the store. I made everyone else in the house smell these too, and they agree that this is awful. I realized very quickly that I did not like this Scentsy wax scent at all - I’m sure there must be some better ones out there, but the scent I’ve got smells like a cut lemon wafting out of an unflushed toilet bowl. I picked up a wax warmer at Walmart a couple weeks ago on clearance for $5 and tried them out. I never had a wax melter until I received a pack of Scentsy wax melts as part of a thank-you gift. Wax melts and warmers have become popular as they’re safer alternative to flame-wick candles.