Can definitely relate to this video! I recently took four out of my club and I would like to take out an additional seven To get my total number of bars down to 18. The struggle and stress is real, I’m going to do exactly what you did and create a spreadsheet so I can visually see what I have in different categories and then compare them. This is such a great video and super helpful. Bravo to you girl for making some tough choices. There will always be new scents to try and for me personally I only need to keep the ones in my club that really brings me joy and cannot be duplicated anywhere else
Same here Ashley. I’m also a spreadsheet sheet girl. I was looking at mine and realized my wax has become more of a chore, as far as making a dent in it, rather than enjoying it. I’ve had some of the same bars in my club forever and therefore have many multiples of them. This video gave me the push I needed to remove those and any I’m not in love with.
I don’t do Scentsy Club because it is stressful for me and wax is my happy place. I don’t worry if a scent will come back anymore because there are always new ones to love and if it does come back- it gives me a new appreciation. Sometimes when a scent comes back- I’m over it and on to a new one anyway 😂 I use to have a club and stress and horde and it became overwhelming.
I appreciate hearing your thought process. I did a major cut in the fall when we heard about the current catalog. I’m trying to keep my club around 15-20 bars and if I have 4 of one scent in my stash and it’s not one of my absolute favorites, it’s getting the boot moving forward. Scentsy has so many new scents to try every season that I can say goodbye to some old things to justify buying more current things.
Thank you for this video and reasonings. I definitely have been thinking about this for sometime as well and get overwhelmed and either want to get rid of them all or do nothing about it and hope it passes (which I know is not that great to do). I have come to realize the same thoughts as you; does it perform as well as I hoped, can I get this scent somewhere else if I want to, would I be sad if I didn't have that scent anymore even though I hardly warm it, even I have enough of a stockpile that would last me but I can't get rid of it for some unknown reason. I fear I am getting to the point of you and needing to seriously decrease my number coming in when I am not using up that amount in the slightest. This video was very mindful and gave me some help in processing how I go forward with my own club. I agree with you one your decisions about your club and think they are very wise and reasonable, do what is best for you and the others don't matter.
I loved this video. The struggle is real for us wax/candle lovers! I think it's helpful for all of us to take a moment and do a reality check re our Clubs. I love having a one but also dislike how Scentsy keeps making us dig the hole even deeper...ie club exclusive bars like Whipped Frosting. And some point we all need to say enough is enough :-)
I cut my clubs a lot this past spring. I had very large bimonthly and quarterly clubs. When both clubs came together in Feb, it was over $1000 in wax. That's insane, and that hit me so hard. After that, I moved my bimonthly club into my quarterly and chopped the one club by about 60%. So now I only get a quarterly club, which is large, but never over $500 every 3 months. Months my club comes, I don't do any other orders, unless a LTO I really really want. I still spend too much on Scentsy (am a consultant for the discount so do get the percentage back), but it is far more manageable now. I also now do not add any scent which is light. If it isn't a strong performer, it can't be clubbed. I do regret cutting Apples & Oats and Breakfast in Bed though.
This was really helpful, loved hearing your reasoning. I’ve thought the same- can I get this somewhere else (ie BBW- I chop up candles etc)? I’ve decided to not try every collection/ bar. I skipped quite a few like Valentines, Mother’s Day, some SOTMs and licensed. It’s just too much. I’m about to do some cuts, you have inspired me! I have bars in there I haven’t reached for in a long time. Like Jack’s Obsession- I have because I’m afraid to let it go. It’s crazy. Yes I like it but have only warmed it once this year. Really great video! I’m a bakery girl too!
I have to finish watching this later but I wanted to say that I melted Happy Birthday and Birthday Wishes in alternating rooms today for my daughter’s birthday. I’m getting low on Wishes!! Eek! Love them both as well.
Great video! The struggle is so real. Although for me, I feel like I love the bars in my club so much that I don’t want to cut any of them. My thing is Scentsy just puts out so many new scents all the time, I feel like I have to try EVERYTHING and my club gets ignored. The thing I’ve found is most of the time I don’t even like half of the new scents I try. So I’ve decided that It’s time to stop feeling like I’m going to miss out on something and just focus on the stuff I know I love. So I will only be getting the bars from my club.
I’ve been thinking about this recently too! And started not buying every new release. For instance, Cheery Cherry in the Scents of the Season collection. I know I don’t like cherry scents in general so I don’t need to waste my money trying it “just in case”. Fighting the fomo and trying to look at it from a customer perspective - what do I really want to try? Vs what I feel I need to try to give my opinion on, etc.
@, that’s a good way to look at things. It’s been so hard to not go down the hole on vender wax. I see so many videos on that and the products look so good but I think I would get myself too overwhelmed. Scentsy overwhelms me enough. Burning wax should be fun not stressful.
I think you have a great plan! I’m trying to cut way down on my vendor wax and Scentsy. Looking at my stash makes me feel a little overwhelmed and I don’t want to feel that way about wax. I love home fragrance, but my collection is too much for me at the moment. Tfs!
I think your logic is spot on! I also think you should ask Cory about Whiteout because he *really* likes it. And if he wants to keep it, it shouldn’t count in your total. ;) it also mixes really well with many tree scents for a good minty tree!! Overall I think you made good choices, although I worry for you about Churro Churro, Cranberry Pumpkin Spice (maybe you’re not actually getting a pumpkin fix, but a cranberry one?!), Blooming-marvelous (but maybe that will make the catalog! Same with apple spice season I hope), Strawberry Swirl, and Apple butter Frosting. Not trying to derail you, but those are the ones standing out to me. I think you did a great job. My club is about half your size, but I do have quite a few in a a bimonthly club that I’ve figured out to hack for just in between the catalog scents. Any that don’t come back I either have to merge into my quarterly or cut completely. My top bakery would be Sugar Cookie, Churro Churro, one of the cake scents (how would I choose??), Toffee Butter Crunch (which I think is super similar to ginger cookie crunch!), Toasted Carmel Sugar, Fall is Autumn Blaze Maple and Apple Spice Season, Winterberry Apple Tea, and Caramel Apple Craze *or* Gimme Candy Winter - Whiteout and Iced Pine and Christmas Cottage Wreath and Snowberry and probably both Mint to Be Merry & Candy cane buttercream Spring/summer - Flower Child & Lemon Sorbet & Strawberry Lemon Cake, Pink Sunshine Plus Vanilla Amber Fortunately quite a few are available currently! And I use a lot of bakery too so I’d like more than just my top few, because bakery has been lacking lately - until this catalog!
I cut several bars from my club over the last 6 months - some bars I had a BIG stash already and hadn't reached for it in a year. Like you said certain scents are always going to be around with new fragrances like tree scents, cinnamon, pumpkin etc. I was literally thinking the other day about how many cubes of wax I typically use in a week x 52 to roughly calculate how many bars I should get through in one year + the # of incoming bars if I don't make any changes to my scentsy club. Things add up quick! I also like Melanie's rule of just a set $$ amount. I kind of used that when I was cutting bars before my last shipment.
I like doing the math too on what I’m using because it’s a realistic gauge on what I should be bringing in. I think unfortunately I’ve been doing a lot more bringing in than using 😵💫
Glad you were able to talk this decision through. I’m in the struggle of getting one more shipment of them all and then doing a huge cut vs having a realistic cut process based on use and true scent preferences. Also, what is your take on “stocking up”? Would you buy 6 Whipped Frosting before it leaves and then just be “fine”? I don’t really want to store them, but I am thinking I have to limit adding to club as well as the cuts.
I’m struggling with the stocking up piece too. I considered doing it for some catalog scents I don’t need but would I be okay with buying say 2-3 to use for next season vs 6-10, etc. just something I’m thinking about! I am also mostly out of storage so that is part of the problem there 🤪
I cut my bimonthly club big time. The next step is my quarterly. I honestly think my club is completely ridiculous and its time to make some hard decisions. I barely let it process because its such a large club, which defeats the whole purpose of club. Lol
Wow 70 bars in your club. I only allow myself around 20 bars. Yes its very hard to minimize it to 20 bars when they keep coming out with new good bars... But i am constantly editing my club to add new ones and get rid of old ones.. Its so hard to do but i also order yankee and a few vendors so i have to have control... But i find you to be so funny because i feel like i struggle like you because i want so many waxes... Good luck and you will be able to minimize your club. Dont ever remove starburst sky and cashmere and courdory. They are unique scents!😊
Can definitely relate to this video! I recently took four out of my club and I would like to take out an additional seven To get my total number of bars down to 18. The struggle and stress is real, I’m going to do exactly what you did and create a spreadsheet so I can visually see what I have in different categories and then compare them. This is such a great video and super helpful. Bravo to you girl for making some tough choices. There will always be new scents to try and for me personally I only need to keep the ones in my club that really brings me joy and cannot be duplicated anywhere else
Same here Ashley. I’m also a spreadsheet sheet girl. I was looking at mine and realized my wax has become more of a chore, as far as making a dent in it, rather than enjoying it. I’ve had some of the same bars in my club forever and therefore have many multiples of them. This video gave me the push I needed to remove those and any I’m not in love with.
Same!
I don’t do Scentsy Club because it is stressful for me and wax is my happy place. I don’t worry if a scent will come back anymore because there are always new ones to love and if it does come back- it gives me a new appreciation. Sometimes when a scent comes back- I’m over it and on to a new one anyway 😂 I use to have a club and stress and horde and it became overwhelming.
Me too. I totally agree with you .
I appreciate hearing your thought process. I did a major cut in the fall when we heard about the current catalog. I’m trying to keep my club around 15-20 bars and if I have 4 of one scent in my stash and it’s not one of my absolute favorites, it’s getting the boot moving forward. Scentsy has so many new scents to try every season that I can say goodbye to some old things to justify buying more current things.
Thank you for this video and reasonings. I definitely have been thinking about this for sometime as well and get overwhelmed and either want to get rid of them all or do nothing about it and hope it passes (which I know is not that great to do). I have come to realize the same thoughts as you; does it perform as well as I hoped, can I get this scent somewhere else if I want to, would I be sad if I didn't have that scent anymore even though I hardly warm it, even I have enough of a stockpile that would last me but I can't get rid of it for some unknown reason. I fear I am getting to the point of you and needing to seriously decrease my number coming in when I am not using up that amount in the slightest. This video was very mindful and gave me some help in processing how I go forward with my own club. I agree with you one your decisions about your club and think they are very wise and reasonable, do what is best for you and the others don't matter.
I loved this video. The struggle is real for us wax/candle lovers! I think it's helpful for all of us to take a moment and do a reality check re our Clubs. I love having a one but also dislike how Scentsy keeps making us dig the hole even deeper...ie club exclusive bars like Whipped Frosting. And some point we all need to say enough is enough :-)
Blessing and a curse! Trying to find balance in it all without going crazy 🤪
I cut my clubs a lot this past spring. I had very large bimonthly and quarterly clubs. When both clubs came together in Feb, it was over $1000 in wax. That's insane, and that hit me so hard. After that, I moved my bimonthly club into my quarterly and chopped the one club by about 60%. So now I only get a quarterly club, which is large, but never over $500 every 3 months. Months my club comes, I don't do any other orders, unless a LTO I really really want. I still spend too much on Scentsy (am a consultant for the discount so do get the percentage back), but it is far more manageable now. I also now do not add any scent which is light. If it isn't a strong performer, it can't be clubbed. I do regret cutting Apples & Oats and Breakfast in Bed though.
This was really helpful, loved hearing your reasoning. I’ve thought the same- can I get this somewhere else (ie BBW- I chop up candles etc)?
I’ve decided to not try every collection/ bar. I skipped quite a few like Valentines, Mother’s Day, some SOTMs and licensed. It’s just too much.
I’m about to do some cuts, you have inspired me!
I have bars in there I haven’t reached for in a long time. Like Jack’s Obsession- I have because I’m afraid to let it go. It’s crazy. Yes I like it but have only warmed it once this year. Really great video! I’m a bakery girl too!
I have to finish watching this later but I wanted to say that I melted Happy Birthday and Birthday Wishes in alternating rooms today for my daughter’s birthday. I’m getting low on Wishes!! Eek! Love them both as well.
This makes me want to pull them out to melt!! 😄 I just love them both!
Great video! The struggle is so real. Although for me, I feel like I love the bars in my club so much that I don’t want to cut any of them. My thing is Scentsy just puts out so many new scents all the time, I feel like I have to try EVERYTHING and my club gets ignored. The thing I’ve found is most of the time I don’t even like half of the new scents I try. So I’ve decided that It’s time to stop feeling like I’m going to miss out on something and just focus on the stuff I know I love. So I will only be getting the bars from my club.
I’ve been thinking about this recently too! And started not buying every new release. For instance, Cheery Cherry in the Scents of the Season collection. I know I don’t like cherry scents in general so I don’t need to waste my money trying it “just in case”. Fighting the fomo and trying to look at it from a customer perspective - what do I really want to try? Vs what I feel I need to try to give my opinion on, etc.
@, that’s a good way to look at things. It’s been so hard to not go down the hole on vender wax. I see so many videos on that and the products look so good but I think I would get myself too overwhelmed. Scentsy overwhelms me enough. Burning wax should be fun not stressful.
I think you have a great plan! I’m trying to cut way down on my vendor wax and Scentsy. Looking at my stash makes me feel a little overwhelmed and I don’t want to feel that way about wax. I love home fragrance, but my collection is too much for me at the moment. Tfs!
I think your logic is spot on!
I also think you should ask Cory about Whiteout because he *really* likes it. And if he wants to keep it, it shouldn’t count in your total. ;) it also mixes really well with many tree scents for a good minty tree!!
Overall I think you made good choices, although I worry for you about Churro Churro, Cranberry Pumpkin Spice (maybe you’re not actually getting a pumpkin fix, but a cranberry one?!), Blooming-marvelous (but maybe that will make the catalog! Same with apple spice season I hope), Strawberry Swirl, and Apple butter Frosting. Not trying to derail you, but those are the ones standing out to me. I think you did a great job. My club is about half your size, but I do have quite a few in a a bimonthly club that I’ve figured out to hack for just in between the catalog scents. Any that don’t come back I either have to merge into my quarterly or cut completely.
My top bakery would be Sugar Cookie, Churro Churro, one of the cake scents (how would I choose??), Toffee Butter Crunch (which I think is super similar to ginger cookie crunch!), Toasted Carmel Sugar,
Fall is Autumn Blaze Maple and Apple Spice Season, Winterberry Apple Tea, and Caramel Apple Craze *or* Gimme Candy
Winter - Whiteout and Iced Pine and Christmas Cottage Wreath and Snowberry and probably both Mint to Be Merry & Candy cane buttercream
Spring/summer - Flower Child & Lemon Sorbet & Strawberry Lemon Cake, Pink Sunshine
Plus Vanilla Amber
Fortunately quite a few are available currently! And I use a lot of bakery too so I’d like more than just my top few, because bakery has been lacking lately - until this catalog!
My husband is listening to this with me and he said, "it sounds like I need to hit the delete button for that poor girl." 😂
Def can relate.. great video. I’m making some cuts too because Scentsy always comes out with new things..
There will always be something new to try 🙌🏼
I made massive cuts too. I was getting very overwhelmed. Have enough wax to melt the rest of my life 😂
At least a decade! 🤣
I cut several bars from my club over the last 6 months - some bars I had a BIG stash already and hadn't reached for it in a year. Like you said certain scents are always going to be around with new fragrances like tree scents, cinnamon, pumpkin etc.
I was literally thinking the other day about how many cubes of wax I typically use in a week x 52 to roughly calculate how many bars I should get through in one year + the # of incoming bars if I don't make any changes to my scentsy club. Things add up quick! I also like Melanie's rule of just a set $$ amount. I kind of used that when I was cutting bars before my last shipment.
I like doing the math too on what I’m using because it’s a realistic gauge on what I should be bringing in. I think unfortunately I’ve been doing a lot more bringing in than using 😵💫
Glad you were able to talk this decision through. I’m in the struggle of getting one more shipment of them all and then doing a huge cut vs having a realistic cut process based on use and true scent preferences. Also, what is your take on “stocking up”? Would you buy 6 Whipped Frosting before it leaves and then just be “fine”? I don’t really want to store them, but I am thinking I have to limit adding to club as well as the cuts.
I’m struggling with the stocking up piece too. I considered doing it for some catalog scents I don’t need but would I be okay with buying say 2-3 to use for next season vs 6-10, etc. just something I’m thinking about! I am also mostly out of storage so that is part of the problem there 🤪
I really need to make some cuts in my club but every time I go in to make some major cuts, I end up cutting like one bar 😂
Pink Leather is my scentsy heartbreak.
I cut my bimonthly club big time. The next step is my quarterly. I honestly think my club is completely ridiculous and its time to make some hard decisions.
I barely let it process because its such a large club, which defeats the whole purpose of club. Lol
I really love the benefit, but it’s so easy to get out of control 😫 good luck to you with you quarterly edits!! 👏🏼
I think this too
Wow 70 bars in your club. I only allow myself around 20 bars. Yes its very hard to minimize it to 20 bars when they keep coming out with new good bars... But i am constantly editing my club to add new ones and get rid of old ones.. Its so hard to do but i also order yankee and a few vendors so i have to have control... But i find you to be so funny because i feel like i struggle like you because i want so many waxes... Good luck and you will be able to minimize your club. Dont ever remove starburst sky and cashmere and courdory. They are unique scents!😊