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    1343 with a container blend for tarts?

    in Wickless

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    Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone has tried 1343 as a base with 4627 (or another container blend) for tarts? I have a bunch of 1343 left over from making fire starters and I'm nearly out of 4794. Has anyone used 1343 successfully? I'm wondering if vybar at 1% might help the FO retention? (Because I have that on hand too!)

    -Michelle

    Confused with Peaks shipping wax..

    in General Candle Making Discussions

    Posted

    IMO UPS wouldn't have to do this if suppliers would start using double-corrugated boxes that fit more tightly around the wax slabs. There are some suppliers who do this and the wax arrives in perfect shape, as it didn't have the room to slide around, knocking against the sides and ripping the box. A thicker box also reduces the chance that the sides rip and cause UPS the trouble in the first place. I've received boxes from some suppliers that use single-corrugated boxes that are barely holding together by the time they arrive to me, or they only tape the bottom of the box with one pass of tape and the box is falling open. If a quality job is done at the supplier's end, it doesn't arrive in such a mess. This should be considered when one considers "customer service" from a supplier.

    Black Currant Vanilla

    in Fragrance Discussion

    Posted

    Has anyone used black currant vanilla? In anything? B/B, candles, anything at all. I loved the scent and created a whole line of wax products for it, and I can't give it away! I'm wondering first, if anyone uses it and second, could it be in a blend? Ugh!

    Any lotion crafters out there anymore?

    in Bath, Body & Cosmetics

    Posted

    Made my first lotion today with a recipe from SwiftCraftyMonkey, but modified to play. It's a less-greasy winter lotion, but I used shea butter so it's really not less greasy. Live and learn! Used mac oil because it sounded really nifty but found it's very nutty-smelling, so I overused FO to mask it. ::sigh:: Everybody starts somewhere I guess! I'm already looking forward to the next one!

    Bubbles?

    in General Candle Making Discussions

    Posted

    I have been getting horrific shrinkage on my candles lately with 4627 and I haven't changed a thing - following my same recipe, heating glass to 190, heating wax to 185, cooling in Styrofoam cooling boxes. The changes in temperature (cold to cool, cool to warm, etc) I think have been helping create huge "wet spots" on the sides of the glass - really big horrible ones that I have to reheat in order to sell. So frustrating, especially when I have to transport the candles to shows and back again.

    You can EAT my candles!

    in Business Side of Things

    Posted

    I nearly fell over laughing at a show this weekend. My competition had candles in mason jars, all of which had strange bubbles all over the bottom and weirder little streaks going straight up the sides.

    Me: "Is this palm?: (As that is the only wax I've seen make strange streaks (although this wasn't quite a feather - looked like it the streaks weren't there on purpose.))

    Her response? "Our wax is pharmaceutical grade and food grade - you could eat our candles if you wanted to!"

    I suppose I could, if I really wanted that fabulous laxative effect - or death. I'm sure the FOs taste fabulous as well!

    So I asked, drolly, "So is it palm?"

    Her response? "Our wicks aren't even treated."

    And I realized that there are probably consumers out there who lap that up. (The inane marketing, not the wax. (Although according to her, they COULD!))

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