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justajesuschick

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    I make wax melts!

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  1. I will also have a pound of 2 of Purely Peppermint for anyone interested. I need to make a classified post of all of my extra Peak oil from my recent panicked hoarding!
  2. I think I have an extra 2 pound bottle of Holiday Sparkle. I just did oil inventory in light of this bad news but am at work and my inventory spreadsheet is on home computer. Peak was being so flaky that I WAY overbought as things became available over the last few months. Shipping may be steep but I would certainly sell it for less than what I paid.
  3. What does it smell like to you? Pie crust, cookie dough, bread dough, caramel or caramel pecan rolls? All my scent names are named what the scent smells like to me regardless the name.
  4. My business has absolutely blown up and taken over my life! Looking at my oil inventory spreadsheet this weekend (I miss having weekends!) and trying to decide how I could scale it back a bit, my spreadsheet says that I have a total of 205 pounds of FO (NONE of this poundage is 1 ounce test bottles but all for my line of 100+ scents carried year round) in stock. Being conservative and saying $18/pound, that is $3,690. TOO much!!
  5. YES!! I could literally spend my days correcting, helping and replying to posts in one of the largest groups made up of about 11,000 people. I have a few oils with a flashpoint of 100 degrees. My wax is barely still liquid at 100 degrees. How on earth could I mix oil in then?? I have no idea why I am in that group. The things they post make me crazy.
  6. UGH. The giant Candle Maker's Group on Facebook (although the posts are mostly by newcomers who are just getting into wax making-but many speak with authority) REGULARLY has those who post this as if it is the absolute truth. I cannot say it enough. Flashpoint is NOT the temperature at which your scent will "burn off". Really. Truly. Find the temperature, as TallTayl has suggested that you get the best throw from your specific wax blend with oil added. An oil that is weak or has no throw may just be wrong for your wax blend and one you simply do not offer. They are not all winners in every wax blend.
  7. My website is my market. I just did a quick check of all of the apps that integrate with my platform (BIG platform-not mom and pop) and thought that I would list some of the top loyalty apps in case you have not checked any of these to see if they would apply to in-person sales. Looks as if many also can reward for referrals, capture email addresses and more. Seems most also integrate with Facebook and other social media: Sweet Tooth S Loyalty Swell Beans Loyalty Lion
  8. The very large Candle Maker's Group on Facebook OFTEN has new threads pop up where many are confused and post with authority that flashpoint is the point at which fragrance oil will evaporate or "burn off" so you should always add the oil at or below that temperature. This is false information. I have a number of oils which have a flashpoint of 100 degrees. I can assure you that if I added my oil to my wax at 100 degrees that it would not mix well and my wax would already be hardening! As you research, be careful where you get your information and question the skill and experience of the "experts" offering the data.
  9. You are finding the same results in terms of longevity as well? That is where I noticed a difference. When I found a blend that threw the scent the strongest AND longest is when I knew that I could stop looking. Testers reported the same back in terms of longevity of scent in my final 2 blends. Ultimately, 1 won out. I chose 2 scents which I knew were strong and I alternated them as I tested. A spice scent and a clean scent as an example. That way I tested the spice scent on Monday, clean scent on Tuesday, same spice scent, different wax blend on Wednesday and so on. I was not smelling lingering scent from the previous day's test as I evaluated. I used the same warmer on the same room for testing. That way I was eliminating that as a variable. I have use the same wax blend (my own blend of 2 waxes) for years now and am glad that element of my wax making is done.
  10. Agree that the wax dictates the limit. I speak only of melts-NOT candles when I say that I do not follow the "anything more than 6% is a waste" nor the "find the wax cheapest or easiest to get and make it work" theories. My testing proved these theories not to be optimum for me when it comes to melts. In all of the testing I did, percentage of oil mattered and I got different performance results wax blend over wax blend. Even testing to the point of 10% more of one wax over another in a 2-wax blend netted a difference in results for me and my testers-who, of course, were testing not knowing anything about the wax blend makeup of the melts they were supplied to test. They only reported back results on Apple Pie A and Apple Pie B (as example) as test melts were labeled as such.
  11. You should be able to adjust your margins from that preset template just how you need.
  12. Is the size so unusual that planet label would not have a template you could use or adapt?
  13. See what they are like at room temperature. If they hold the shape, you are fine. Typically you want a pillar or votive wax or one of those blended with a container wax for melts. Just for holding shape and perhaps holding oil. Wax melts are designed to go into wax warmers. You cannot ruin her wax warmer. Well, I have seen those using a white wax warmer and using wax from a vendor who over-dyes melts. The warmer was stained, but not ruined. No offense to you or anyone else who makes candles but in terms of your concern about "unsafe", wax melts are MUCH safer than a candle with a wick which is set on fire and you offer those!
  14. If the wax is too soft it will not release from clamshells or molds for use. Packaging it will also be messy. They need to be firm enough to hold a shape. I do not use soy wax so cannot answer the question about that specific wax.
  15. I have not been to Walmart in years. We had a new one just open near us and my husband wanted to go to "just check it out". I took a break from wax tonight to go there with him. Walked by the Melts section and saw these. Took some pics. They are a Mass Channel brand of Yankee. May be exclusive to Walmart. I do not know. Every one I opened had broken wax. Cracked or literally loose wax pieces when I opened them. The cylinders were fine, it was the connecting piece someone did not test well. Those were the pieces broken. Anyway, thought I would add these pics to this thread on custom clamshells.
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