My Diamond Candle

One of the newest trends right now that I'm seeing all over the internet is this Diamond Candles thing.  Basically it's an all natural soy candle that has a ring buried within the wax and you have to burn the candle to get it out!  The catch is the the ring can be worth anywhere from $10-$10,000...... so obviously I decided to try it because who wouldn't want a free diamond ring in a candle??

To be perfectly clear, Joey was pretty pissed when he found out I spent 25 bucks on a candle that might have a diamond in it.  I assured him we'd win the grand prize and he just sort of rolled his eyes and ignored me.

I waited, somewhat impatiently, for the big arrival.  I spent some time checking out their Facebook Page and looking at all the "reveals" and getting excited for my ring which would obviously be a huge rare yellow diamond that magically fit perfectly on my freakishly small fingers...

When the box came I ripped it open and pulled out my "Sunwashed" candle and lit it immediately.  

The ring is located not too far from the top, thank goodness.  So all I needed to do was wait until the wax melted enough that I could wedge it out.  And so I waited.  And waited.  And waited.....

The gold circle is where the ring is located.

I let the candle burn all through dinner and through a DVR'd episode of True Blood.  I waited and waited and finally I decided I was done waiting and I got a spoon and there was blue wax EVERYWHERE but I pried that sucker right out.

The ring is wrapped in foil to protect it from the wax.

I got extremely waxy while trying to remove the foil and I had to cut the plastic from around the ring.

Finally, it was time for the reveal:

Hooray!!! A plastic ring that is way too big for my finger :(

I read that if it says "14K" on the inside then you are supposed to take it to a jeweler.  Welp, mine sure didn't.  I was disappointed, but hey, it was pretty fun.  I'd recommend giving these as a gift, as long as you can stomach accidentally giving someone a $10,000 ring.

Hope everyone is having a HAPPY HUMP DAY and that you are all as excited as I am for the Duck Dynasty season premiere tonight!!!!

~SG

Diamond Candles obviously did not compensate me for this post and all of these opinions are my own.  Just in case any of you legalese people are out there!