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Scottish Sun
02-05-2025
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Aldi's sold-out White Company dupe candles are back in stock for just £4.99 – with brand new diffusers & room sprays too
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) ALDI is selling a White Company candle dupe for just £4.99, 78% cheaper than the designer version. The budget supermarket is constantly wowing shoppers with its diverse range of Specialbuys. 3 Shoppers are racing to Aldi to snap up their new candles Credit: Getty 3 The candles are a fraction of the price of the White Company's Credit: Aldi 3 The range also includes diffusers and room sprays Credit: Aldi From beauty dupes to garden gadgets, there's something for everyone, and this latest batch of treats is bound to leave shoppers wanting more. Aldi's sell-out home fragrance range returned to shelves on May 1st, and now includes diffuser refills and room sprays. The collection includes mouthwatering scents such as lavender, amber, and cashmere, which will make your home feel boujie on a budget. The supermarket said: "Aldi's middle aisle is set to be transformed into a relaxing haven, as the supermarket's sell-out home fragrances return with an expanded range." Some of the highlights from the range include three-wick candles, which are priced at £9.99 and burn for 100 hours. "The stylish three-wick candles fill homes with fresh, nature-inspired fragrances that evoke serenity all day long", Aldi said. Also available are reed diffusers (£9.99) which last for 28 days and refills, which are just £4.99, as well as room sprays (also £4.99). The three-wick candles and diffusers come in three different scents, Relax, Unwind and Revive. The range also includes the Quiet Luxury Ceramic Candle, which is a £4.99 alternative to the White Company's sold out Ceramic Candle, which is currently on sale for £37.50 This candle is available in two different scents, Cedarwood & Vetiver and Tuberose & Cashmere, and can burn for up to 35 hours. Aldi's Affordable Garden Gadgets: Potting Bench & More! The candles are part of Aldi's Specialbuys range, so will only be available whilst stocks last. The budget retailer has also just launched a Spa Candle for just £3.99- and its receiving rave reviews. The swanky scented candle, which has a 45-hour burn time, is £21 cheaper than Skye Candles' similar product, the Rose and Ambler Island Tumbler which costs £25. It also has a kaleidoscope of floral offerings, including Bergamot (a bougie orange,) Rose & Amber, Citrus, Lavender & Sandalwood or Jasmine, Neroli & Cedarwood. What are the best Aldi beauty dupes? ALDI has become well-known for its affordable beauty dupes that often rival high-end brands in terms of quality and effectiveness. Here are some of the best Aldi beauty dupes that have garnered rave reviews: Lacura Healthy Glow Exfoliating Tonic Dupe for: Pixi Glow Tonic Price: £3.99 (compared to Pixi's £18) Description: This exfoliating tonic contains glycolic acid and works to gently exfoliate and brighten the skin. It's a fantastic, budget-friendly alternative to the popular Pixi Glow Tonic. Lacura Q10 Renew Anti-Wrinkle Day Cream Dupe for: Nivea Q10 Plus Anti-Wrinkle Day Cream Price: £1.45 (compared to Nivea's £10) Lacura Caviar Illumination Day Cream Dupe for: La Prairie Skin Caviar Luxe Cream Price: £6.99 (compared to La Prairie's £292) Lacura Hot Cloth Cleanser Dupe for: Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser Price: £3.99 (compared to Liz Earle's £17.50) Lacura Snapshot Ready Foundation Primer Dupe for: Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer Price: £5.99 (compared to Smashbox's £26) Lacura Miracle Cream Dupe for: Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Price: £3.99 (compared to Elizabeth Arden's £28) Lacura Ebony Rose Face Mask Dupe for: Fresh Rose Face Mask Price: £6.99 (compared to Fresh's £52) Lacura Charcoal Clearing Mudmask Dupe for: GlamGlow Supermud Clearing Treatment Price: £5.99 (compared to GlamGlow's £42) Lacura Velvet Touch Foundation Dupe for: Estée Lauder Double Wear Foundation Price: £5.99 (compared to Estée Lauder's £34) Lacura Tinted Lip Oils Dupe for: Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Tinted Oil Price: £3.99 (compared to Rare Beauty's £20) Contrastingly, Skye Candles' costlier alternative offers less choice and is only available in, you guessed it, Rose and Amber. Fans who flocked to the shops to nab one gave rave reviews. Amber wrote on Facebook: "I loved the Spa candle, its such a special buy a few times in the past." Janet wrote: 'Love my Aldi candles have a whole collection of them divine- no I've got a new one for my collection!' John wrote: 'Well Aldi I didn't expect this– full of surprises, just when it gets too hot for a bath, you never disappoint.'
The Sun
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Aldi is selling a ‘relaxing' home buy to help you ‘unwind' – it's £21 less than a high-end alternative
IF you want to poshify your pad on a budget, Aldi's serene new homeware dupe may be right up your street. Ever wandered into a perfectly colour-coordinated shop, enticed by the waft of woodland scents, only to recoil at the price tag you might want to check out Aldi ' s famous middle aisle. Capitalising on its viral dupe of NEOM's candle last year, the budget retailer has just launched a Spa Candle for just £3.99- and its recieving rave reviews. The swanky scented candle, which has a 45-hour burn time, is £21 cheaper than Skye Candles' similar product, the Rose and Ambler Island Tumbler which costs £25. It also has a kaleidoscope of floral offerings, including Bergamot (a bougie orange,) Rose & Amber, Citrus, Lavender & Sandalwood or Jasmine, Neroli & Cedarwood. Contrastingly, Skye Candles' costlier alternative offers less choice and is only available in, you guessed it, Rose and Amber. Fans who flocked to the shops to nab one gave rave reviews. Amber wrote on Facebook: "I loved the Spa candle, its such a special buy a few times in the past." Janet wrote: 'Love my Aldi candles have a whole collection of them divine- no I've got a new one for my collection!' John wrote: 'Well Aldi I didn't expect this– full of surprises, just when it gets too hot for a bath, you never disappoint.' Mother of two, Liv wrote: 'I can confirm this smells lovely, such a luxurious treat. 'The clue is in the name, close your eyes and you really do feel like you're having a twenty-minute spa break in between mummy duties.' 3 Skye Candle describes its candle as: "A modern reimagining of the classic rose scent, designed to appeal to those who prefer freshness over traditional heavier floral notes.' But the 'delicate blend of amber' and 'understated elegance' comes at a hefty price tag, so it might be worth sniffing the cheaper dupe to see what you prefer before shelling out.
Scottish Sun
30-04-2025
- Lifestyle
- Scottish Sun
Aldi is selling a ‘relaxing' home buy to help you ‘unwind' – it's £21 less than a high-end alternative
Customers have clamoured to give the product rave reviews AND BREATHE Aldi is selling a 'relaxing' home buy to help you 'unwind' – it's £21 less than a high-end alternative Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) IF you want to poshify your pad on a budget, Aldi's serene new homeware dupe may be right up your street. Ever wandered into a perfectly colour-coordinated shop, enticed by the waft of woodland scents, only to recoil at the price tag you might want to check out Aldi's famous middle aisle. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 3 Aldi spa candle comes in five flavours Credit: Aldi Capitalising on its viral dupe of NEOM's candle last year, the budget retailer has just launched a Spa Candle for just £3.99- and its recieving rave reviews. The swanky scented candle, which has a 45-hour burn time, is £21 cheaper than Skye Candles' similar product, the Rose and Ambler Island Tumbler which costs £25. It also has a kaleidoscope of floral offerings, including Bergamot (a bougie orange,) Rose & Amber, Citrus, Lavender & Sandalwood or Jasmine, Neroli & Cedarwood. Contrastingly, Skye Candles' costlier alternative offers less choice and is only available in, you guessed it, Rose and Amber. Fans who flocked to the shops to nab one gave rave reviews. Amber wrote on Facebook: "I loved the Spa candle, its such a special buy a few times in the past." Janet wrote: 'Love my Aldi candles have a whole collection of them divine- no I've got a new one for my collection!' John wrote: 'Well Aldi I didn't expect this– full of surprises, just when it gets too hot for a bath, you never disappoint.' Mother of two, Liv wrote: 'I can confirm this smells lovely, such a luxurious treat. 'The clue is in the name, close your eyes and you really do feel like you're having a twenty-minute spa break in between mummy duties.' 3 Skye Candles Rose & Amber Island Tumbler is a whopping £21 Credit: Skye Candles 3 Bring the spa to your pad for under a tenner Credit: Aldi Skye Candle describes its candle as: "A modern reimagining of the classic rose scent, designed to appeal to those who prefer freshness over traditional heavier floral notes.' But the 'delicate blend of amber' and 'understated elegance' comes at a hefty price tag, so it might be worth sniffing the cheaper dupe to see what you prefer before shelling out.
Los Angeles Times
27-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Bergamot Comedy Festival shows comedy only gets better when diverse stand-ups have ‘an even playing field'
'DEI' may be a verboten term in the current presidential administration, but at Santa Monica's second Bergamot Comedy Festival, it's a mandate. The six-day event's 2025 tagline insists, 'Inclusivity Isn't a Joke.' The festival reviewed more than 750 submissions viewed by an industry screening panel, says executive producer Nicole Blaine. Fifty-three up-and-comers from across the country will perform at Blaine's nonprofit Crow comedy club March 31 through April 5. The lineup consists of 93% female-identifying, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ acts and other perspectives historically overlooked by gatekeepers in stand-up. Bergamot's talent includes college-age participants and newbies like Kim Reeder, a 2024 scholar with the National Alliance to End Homelessness who also serves on the advisory board at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C. Other attendees include Joel Stetler, a third-grade teacher in Fresno who lives with a rare, incurable cancer that has required nine years of surgeries and chemotherapy. 'Comedy has become a way for me to sort it all out,' Stetler says. 'My response has remained one of the few things I can control. Storytelling and stand-up have given me a space to turn something dark into something meaningful, not just for myself but for audiences who know what it means to have life kick the door in.' Like the festival's inaugural edition, this year's event offers eight stand-up showcases for tickets priced at $30(which includes a free one-year subscription to MasterClass, an event sponsor alongside Santa Monica Travel and Tourism, Santa Monica Brew Works and Comedy Gives Back). The Crow, a female-owned and operated venue, is located in the Bergamot Station Arts Center at the 26th Street/Bergamot stop of the Metro Rail. A free, guarded parking lot is available. 'It's still hard for certain voices to get onstage and be showcased,' says L.A.'s Jeffrey Jay. 'Bergamot is going to lift you up, bring [the] industry to you and allow you to be seen without shame, without the idea of, 'We want you to be more like 'this.' 'We all have different voices, and we've all got an even playing field.' Jay headlines this year's new Storytelling Showcase, which features eight performers approaching the theme of 'Metamorphosis.' The festival veteran originally from Texas City, Texas, is currently completing a Red State comedy tour with Mary Lynn Rajskub. He praises Bergamot for elevating 'clearly unique voices that we are not typically seeing,' he said. 'When we get to the other side of these stories,' Jay continued, 'they're changed and I'm changed as the person watching it. As a person who's transgender, who's been through a lot, nothing makes me happier than watching someone else's story bring me into their world and change me. We get richer stories from it, and we create community for each other. There is no competition. All of us can succeed, and we're stronger together.' Saturday, April 5, includes an hour from Cameron Esposito, with new material developed since the comic filmed her 'Four Pills' special, which will be released April 11 via Dropout (formerly CollegeHumor). Bergamot's closing show is the Crow's recurring 'Gay Interrupted!,' a monthly from partners Kelsey Anonsen and Mahtub Zare featuring a lineup of queer comics plus one token straight performer. Bergamot's 2025 edition introduces offstage activities and networking events for talent, including a 'Boozy Bingo' industry lunch mixer on Wednesday. Along with performing, participants can attend panels dedicated to 'giving underrepresented voices the amplification and professional advancement they need and deserve,' Blaine says. Topics include pitching TV shows, planning a tour, getting booked at comedy clubs and addressing mental health challenges within the entertainment business. Evening and Saturday afternoon panels are free to the public based on capacity. In private workshops, festival talent can receive mentorship and advice from L.A. performers donating their time and expertise. Jay breaks down storytelling with Laura House on Saturday; Danny Jolles and Irene Tu's session offers steps for comics interested in developing and filming their own stand-up specials. Beth Stelling and Zainab Johnson lead a punch-up group focused on joke structure, punchlines and tags. (Stelling also headlines a showcase Tuesday evening.) During Bergamot 2024, Stelling anchored a showcase lineup including Nina Nguyen, then subsequently booked Nguyen on 'Beth Stelling and Her Pals' at Largo. Sarah Silverman, also on the Largo lineup, then booked Nguyen on a show including Margaret Cho. Cho in turn booked Nguyen on more shows. Nguyen returns to Bergamot to headline a showcase Wednesday evening. 'I learned that some of the biggest professional advancements often come from within your own community,' says Blaine. 'This is the beauty of what can happen when artists at different stages of their careers come together for a week of career support, education and showcases: We can advance each other.'
