As much as I love Teddy Bee's I do think she would benefit from adjusting her wax formula. Way too many people seem to have trouble with the performance, myself included. And my house is small and really doesn't struggle with scent usually. Lately I've been choosing "stronger" scent types (avoiding most bakery) and that seems to be working better for me.
I am wondering if the formula changed around 2022ish. My older than that wax from her has been & is still outstanding, & the last couple years it’s stronger (I don’t have to cure much) at first, but doesn’t seem to have the shelf life of her older wax. Also have had some inconsistencies…Something seems to have changed.
I've been avoiding her bakery scents as well. I can get great bakery from other vendors and I feel what I love best from Teddy Bee's is her atmospheric and outdoorsy scents.
HONEY BEE!!!! 💜💜💜💜💜💜Best smell ever! This was a really nice order Martha! Loved seeing what you picked up that I didn't. Thanks for sharing my friend 🥰🥰
Honey Bee is so freaking amazing!! ❤ Great haul Martha! Loved seeing what you snagged. Grown Woman Shit is beautiful in the bedroom and I got really strong performance from it. I hope you have been luck with performance with this preorder.
Mr. Claus was a weird one to me. The first few times I melted it I loved it. Could smell it very well. But the last time or two I got very little regardless of the room. It was a bit over a year old by the time I finished it. I've had that experience with a few other of her blends too, which makes me wonder if not all blends age as well as other.
Honey Bee 😍😍😍 I also got the one with the coffee and vanilla candle scent (forget the name now) not melted yet but I like it on cold. Hope you’re well Martha ❤
Great order Martha, I’m also thinking hard on Teddy Bees myself. I wish Tiffany would address the change in formula many of us who’ve been buying for years have noticed but alas! I’m sure I’ll get drawn back in haha
I will always be drawn to her blends as I find them so beautiful but I will be slowing down on how much I purchase. By the number of comments I've received on this video, you are not alone in your thinking about her wax changing.
Hi Martha - Can you suggest any plastic bags that you may use for storing wax? Good quality and great size as per your opinion. I am fairly new to wax. Thx!!
I buy my bags from clearbags.com and you have to get the polypropylene zip bags. Polypro are safe for wax and won't leech the scent. I have a variety of sizes because it depends on the vendor of wax you want to double bag. I measure the outside of the vendor bag and buy the next size up.
I just tried Honey Bee this preorder, and OMG, I love it!! I'm like you with TB; I try to have a strategy, but it constantly changes. 😂 I did go in on the RTS but missed out on more of The Vanillas and Honey Bee in a loaf; I got a few soufflé’s of Honey Bee though. 😊 I (heart) Cashmere was another favorite of mine from this preorder. Great haul!
So interesting about Mr. Claus. For me, it was one of my stronger TB performers. Surprise standouts for me this pre-order were Vanilla Chai & Spiced Sugar Cookies and Stay Spooky. I agree about Beautiful Mess. I got it in last RTS and I thought I was going to love it but I destashed it.
Great haul Martha! I skipped the Rts. My order was extremely large, however I didn’t feel like I absolutely needed more of any of them. I got to get my stash down as well with TB. Two of my favs from the preorder was Simply Christmas and the Cranberry Balsam one. Love her tree blends ❤️🌲
Hey Martha, I'm with you and I have a lot of Teddy Bee's wax and got a lot of the same scents that you got. Going forward I hope that I will cut it down to just getting a few scents in her pre order. Hope! Thanks for the video.
I don’t like tubs as much, so if it is a scent that I want a larger size of, I’ll just buy 2 soufflés (same cost and oz). Plus I heard so many people talk about broken lids this preorder, so that made me feel better about not getting any tubs.
I am a soufflé or small shape girl! If I’m really excited about a scent I’ll get a tub but that’s rare. Loaves are even more rare! I have to have melted a scent and absolutely love it to get a loaf.
That’s how I feel about loaves now but that wasn’t always the case. I think in the future I’ll get multiple soufflés over a tub. That way I can use up one and keep another for later if it’s a scent I absolutely love.
I haven’t been able to watch a lot of videos lately but I did hear Troy get a lot of mentions. She has so many blends it’s hard to get them all. Hopefully those two will come back in the next preorder- or maybe I shouldn’t hope because I’d love a good reason to skip the next one
@ i have them written down for the next time I decided to do TB. 2025 is going to be a hard no buy for the first 6 months so we will see, but I’d love to hear what blends you think I should try and keep an eye out for
I hated Ghosts of Christmas Past. Okay, disliked as hate is a strong word. I should have sent you my tub. I just melted through it as fast as I could. 😂😂😂
I'm starting to feel the same way. There are so many great vendors and although it will be in my rotation of vendors to buy from I feel like I need to skip a few preorders next year and stick with scents I know are tried and true
But you will also soon forget and then you will be glad you didn’t get more wax. You are doing great and it’s hard to pass up great scents but I find the FOMO to be very temporary
I am with you! The last few times I've ordered, I do not get a great scent throw. It's probably me. I'm not sure but I probably won't order much anymore. 😢 I don't want to have to let anything cure for a year because I don't like to hang on to it for that long. 🤷🏼♀️
Nope. It’s not just you. Something has changed. Her wax seemed stronger a couple of years ago. My older wax ( 2020,2021,2022) is throwing better than the ones from 2023. I didn’t order from any preorder this year, I’m just using up the older stuff. It’s very and hit and miss.
The formula isnt as soft as it used to be. I have a tub of Riverlands from 2023 and I can’t get it out of the tub. The wax is hard and very shardy. Not soft like butter like it used to be.
@@mrs.i.one12 I'm glad I'm not the only one. I thought maybe it was just my house and I tried a few different orders in 2023 and 2024 and there's only been a few that are strong enough to smell. Which makes me sad bc her blends are wonderful! I just can't smell them on warm.
I don’t want to be hanging on to wax that long either. I’m going to see how this month goes, as I’ve got several I plan to warm and the performance will dictate how much I order in her next preorder or even if I’ll place an order. The jury is still out
As much as I would "love to love" Teddy Bee's, I've stopped buying. Her blends are gorgeous but no matter what I do the end result is always very little to no fragrance when warming. In the tub they leave me so hopeful ...I want to love them!! Sampled all types of blends, bakery scents, tree scents, florals spices...nothing. Now I just use pieces to fragrance my lingerie drawer!
I feel you. Her scents smell amazing on cold and I'm in love with them when I smell them in the tub but I wish I got more consistent throw. I plan to slow down my purchases in 2025
I am a soufflé or small shape girl! If I’m really excited about a scent I’ll get a tub but that’s rare. Loaves are even more rare! I have to have melted a scent and absolutely love it to get a loaf.
Great order, Martha! I loved Old World Apothecary and Little Shop on the Corner. They are both so unique and beautiful.
I am so glad I grabbed them, especially since I was trying to keep my order small.
As much as I love Teddy Bee's I do think she would benefit from adjusting her wax formula. Way too many people seem to have trouble with the performance, myself included. And my house is small and really doesn't struggle with scent usually. Lately I've been choosing "stronger" scent types (avoiding most bakery) and that seems to be working better for me.
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I am wondering if the formula changed around 2022ish. My older than that wax from her has been & is still outstanding, & the last couple years it’s stronger (I don’t have to cure much) at first, but doesn’t seem to have the shelf life of her older wax. Also have had some inconsistencies…Something seems to have changed.
Agree!
I started buying from her in 2023 so I don't have much to compare to but you are not alone in feeling this way
I've been avoiding her bakery scents as well. I can get great bakery from other vendors and I feel what I love best from Teddy Bee's is her atmospheric and outdoorsy scents.
Winter farmhouse is a fave of mine from Teddy bees and it usually performs really well for me without a long cure time.
I’m excited to melt these and my hope is I won’t be waiting over a year to do so
HONEY BEE!!!! 💜💜💜💜💜💜Best smell ever! This was a really nice order Martha! Loved seeing what you picked up that I didn't. Thanks for sharing my friend 🥰🥰
Honey Bee is the best!!
Hello Martha! Loved listening to all that you got from TB. Thanks for keeping Willow & I company this morning on our walk. 🎄🎄
Hi Susan. Thanks for saying hello. I’m glad I was able to keep you company
Honey Bee is so freaking amazing!! ❤ Great haul Martha! Loved seeing what you snagged. Grown Woman Shit is beautiful in the bedroom and I got really strong performance from it. I hope you have been luck with performance with this preorder.
Hone Bee is the best! I'm going to keep trying different warmers and rooms with Teddy Bee's. Maybe some scents do not age as well as others
The strategy you mentioned is the strategy that I use. I've been doing it for a year. So far, so good.
That's great to hear. I've been trying all different strategies for Teddy Bee's
I REALLY liked Pink Moon! So very pretty and perfect for the bedroom 😊
That one took me by surprise. I don’t even remember why I ordered it but I’m so glad I did. I’m glad you got it too
Mr. Claus was a weird one to me. The first few times I melted it I loved it. Could smell it very well. But the last time or two I got very little regardless of the room. It was a bit over a year old by the time I finished it. I've had that experience with a few other of her blends too, which makes me wonder if not all blends age as well as other.
I'd like to skip her next preorder and use what I have so I'm not holding on to so much and inadvertently having it age more than it should.
Yay! So excited to see what you got!! ❤
Hi Tara! Thanks for stopping by and watching!
Honey Bee 😍😍😍 I also got the one with the coffee and vanilla candle scent (forget the name now) not melted yet but I like it on cold. Hope you’re well Martha ❤
Hey Maz! Happy New Year. I'm hanging in there, but January has hit us with a rough start.
Great haul, Martha! Thanks so much for sharing! I appreciate the commentary 😂
Glad you enjoyed!
Great order Martha, I’m also thinking hard on Teddy Bees myself. I wish Tiffany would address the change in formula many of us who’ve been buying for years have noticed but alas! I’m sure I’ll get drawn back in haha
I will always be drawn to her blends as I find them so beautiful but I will be slowing down on how much I purchase. By the number of comments I've received on this video, you are not alone in your thinking about her wax changing.
I’m definitely slowing down on Teddy Bee’s. Just very finicky with getting a scent throw.
Finicky is a great word for it. I plan to slow down as well as I have too much of it and I'm not reaching for it as much as I should
I absolutely love Winter Farmhouse, had to grab more of it. Been melting mine from 2022 and it's very strong.
I'm hoping that one performs for me because it sounds so pretty.
I found Ocean to be a tad laundry. I am hoping that on warm is changes a bit to more of an atmospheric scent for me.
I can see that but I also like laundry scents
Great haul Martha! I hate when I get no throw from wax. We spend a lot of money on our hobby.
I’m glad it’s not a normal thing, but it is upsetting
Hi Martha - Can you suggest any plastic bags that you may use for storing wax? Good quality and great size as per your opinion. I am fairly new to wax. Thx!!
I buy my bags from clearbags.com and you have to get the polypropylene zip bags. Polypro are safe for wax and won't leech the scent. I have a variety of sizes because it depends on the vendor of wax you want to double bag. I measure the outside of the vendor bag and buy the next size up.
@ Thank you 🙏🏻 so much Martha for taking the time to respond to me. Merry Christmas 🎁🎄
@ always. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment 🫶
Merry Christmas 🎄🎁
I forgot about honeybee and the pre order and then it got cart jacked in the RTs 😢
Oh no! It's such a popular scent that I am sure she will bring it back again soon
I was wondering when this video was going to come out. Can't wait to see what you got!
Hey Chris. Good to see you my friend. My shipment came late so I wasn’t in as much a hurry to put it out. Thanks for watching
I just tried Honey Bee this preorder, and OMG, I love it!! I'm like you with TB; I try to have a strategy, but it constantly changes. 😂 I did go in on the RTS but missed out on more of The Vanillas and Honey Bee in a loaf; I got a few soufflé’s of Honey Bee though. 😊 I (heart) Cashmere was another favorite of mine from this preorder. Great haul!
Honey Bee is amazing! I heart cashmere sounds like one I’d love as well.
So interesting about Mr. Claus. For me, it was one of my stronger TB performers.
Surprise standouts for me this pre-order were Vanilla Chai & Spiced Sugar Cookies and Stay Spooky.
I agree about Beautiful Mess. I got it in last RTS and I thought I was going to love it but I destashed it.
I was so bummed about Mr Claus.... and I guess A Beautiful Mess because I was expecting something different
I was surprised by earth and am excited ti melt it
I think it will be a fun one to melt in the Spring
I was waiting to see your reaction to Earth LOL I actually liked it, there was something about it and I think it is perfect for Spring!
It’s got more dirt than I was expecting but it’s probably better on warm. That’s what I’m hoping for anyway
I'm waiting for after the holiday to warm my Jon Snow. I should have gotten at least another souffle, I have a loaf.
I’m glad I got it this time. It’s one I had skipped over before.
I am not too thrilled with the performance of teddy Bee's that I've been warming. Very few performs for me. And they tend to be floral it seems.
Yes the ones with floral have performed better for me too. I’m still on the fence regarding if I buy any in January
Little Shop On the Corner sounds lovely.
That one was a sleeper hit! I think you’d like it too
Great haul Martha! I skipped the Rts. My order was extremely large, however I didn’t feel like I absolutely needed more of any of them. I got to get my stash down as well with TB. Two of my favs from the preorder was Simply Christmas and the Cranberry Balsam one. Love her tree blends ❤️🌲
I do want to try Simply Christmas. I heard so many great things about that one
Hey Martha, I'm with you and I have a lot of Teddy Bee's wax and got a lot of the same scents that you got. Going forward I hope that I will cut it down to just getting a few scents in her pre order. Hope! Thanks for the video.
I know the struggle is real, but just getting a few is still a win!
I don’t like tubs as much, so if it is a scent that I want a larger size of, I’ll just buy 2 soufflés (same cost and oz). Plus I heard so many people talk about broken lids this preorder, so that made me feel better about not getting any tubs.
So far I have never had an issue with a cracked lid. I do like stacking the tubs together but the soufflés are a perfect size for me.
I'm going with souffles next year so I can melt it faster.
I'm liking the souffle sizes more and more
Fuzzy socks was extremely light for me even after curing for a year.
It's so disappointing when scents don't perform for us.
Hey, Martha! I’m pretty sure for Weekend With Nene that She said she ordered the right bags and will be sending them out. 😊
That’s good to hear. I do have bags that worked but that’s purely lucky that I had the right ones
I am a soufflé or small shape girl! If I’m really excited about a scent I’ll get a tub but that’s rare. Loaves are even more rare! I have to have melted a scent and absolutely love it to get a loaf.
That’s how I feel about loaves now but that wasn’t always the case. I think in the future I’ll get multiple soufflés over a tub. That way I can use up one and keep another for later if it’s a scent I absolutely love.
I thought the bags were a bit thinner too.
I will double bag this batch for sure
I would have loved to try Salem and Troy. They were gone when I went in on the RTS
I haven’t been able to watch a lot of videos lately but I did hear Troy get a lot of mentions. She has so many blends it’s hard to get them all. Hopefully those two will come back in the next preorder- or maybe I shouldn’t hope because I’d love a good reason to skip the next one
@ i have them written down for the next time I decided to do TB. 2025 is going to be a hard no buy for the first 6 months so we will see, but I’d love to hear what blends you think I should try and keep an eye out for
The bags are pretty thin. The Forget Me Nots should be thick like loaf bags.
I’ve never double bagged her wax but I think I will switch out the bags because they do feel thinner than when I first started buying TB’s
Happy Monday! Getting tired of coffee scents 😮I gasped.
I still enjoy them but in small doses
I hated Ghosts of Christmas Past. Okay, disliked as hate is a strong word. I should have sent you my tub. I just melted through it as fast as I could. 😂😂😂
Oh no! Hate melting is the worst.
Teddy Bees is nice, but it is no longer in my top vendors. The scents are too light in most cases probably my home, but I do like Jon Snow a lot.
I'm starting to feel the same way. There are so many great vendors and although it will be in my rotation of vendors to buy from I feel like I need to skip a few preorders next year and stick with scents I know are tried and true
Tell me why I didn't get Grown Women S#!T??? UGH I hate behaving but I hate buyers remorse more LOL
But you will also soon forget and then you will be glad you didn’t get more wax. You are doing great and it’s hard to pass up great scents but I find the FOMO to be very temporary
I am with you! The last few times I've ordered, I do not get a great scent throw. It's probably me. I'm not sure but I probably won't order much anymore. 😢 I don't want to have to let anything cure for a year because I don't like to hang on to it for that long. 🤷🏼♀️
Nope. It’s not just you. Something has changed. Her wax seemed stronger a couple of years ago. My older wax ( 2020,2021,2022) is throwing better than the ones from 2023. I didn’t order from any preorder this year, I’m just using up the older stuff. It’s very and hit and miss.
The formula isnt as soft as it used to be. I have a tub of Riverlands from 2023 and I can’t get it out of the tub. The wax is hard and very shardy. Not soft like butter like it used to be.
@@mrs.i.one12 I'm glad I'm not the only one. I thought maybe it was just my house and I tried a few different orders in 2023 and 2024 and there's only been a few that are strong enough to smell. Which makes me sad bc her blends are wonderful! I just can't smell them on warm.
I don’t want to be hanging on to wax that long either. I’m going to see how this month goes, as I’ve got several I plan to warm and the performance will dictate how much I order in her next preorder or even if I’ll place an order. The jury is still out
As much as I would "love to love" Teddy Bee's, I've stopped buying. Her blends are gorgeous but no matter what I do the end result is always very little to no fragrance when warming. In the tub they leave me so hopeful ...I want to love them!!
Sampled all types of blends, bakery scents, tree scents, florals spices...nothing. Now I just use pieces to fragrance my lingerie drawer!
I feel you. Her scents smell amazing on cold and I'm in love with them when I smell them in the tub but I wish I got more consistent throw. I plan to slow down my purchases in 2025
I am a soufflé or small shape girl! If I’m really excited about a scent I’ll get a tub but that’s rare. Loaves are even more rare! I have to have melted a scent and absolutely love it to get a loaf.