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So pretty!  All these posts about palm wax & fo sales recently paired with some down time at work yesterday ended up costing me about $165 🙄....

My hubby loves that scent for his vehicle & was buying those scented trees constantly.  I ordered Flaming's version & he thinks it is pretty close to identical.  He uses it to freshen up his tree from time to time.  I haven't put any in wax though.

I recently received some 4630 from Flaming that was definitely harder than the sample I ordered from them a few months ago.  6006 is softer & more sticky than this batch I received; it takes a bit of effort to cut thru this.  I just make candles for myself & still really a newbie.  One candle I've burned had a strong fuel smell (first I've had that happen), but the next seemed ok; only difference between the two was the wick.

1 hour ago, Clear Black said:

 

Home Depot sells Morton pool salt for like $5 per 40lb bag. Rediculously cheap. I got a flour strainer and filtered out the very fine particles and salt dust and set aside the larger crystals to tinker with. I think I ended up using 1/2oz FO : 1lb salt and colored with liquid candle dye. Took about 2 full days in a throw away mason jar to fully dry out. They are super fragrant and I ave yet to put heat on them. I have read that you can put them in a regular tart melter and heat them or just put in a bowl and place wherever, but heated will throw better.

 

They were cheap as heck and your kiddo sure could help. Just make sure you handle the dye and FO and he/she can play with the salt!

 

Link to dalt here: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Morton-40-lb-Pool-Salt-3460/100575298

Wow! Thanks so much for all the great info!  I'm thinking the salts are the way to go. 

Yes, I almost forgot about the scented salts!  That's another thing I want to try. Thank you!

I'm skeptical about how well the wax absorbs too.  I made one purchase from somebody's party that raved about them & was disappointed.  Guess I thought if I do it myself, I could try to use up to the wax's full load for FO & see how it works.

Curious if anyone here has made scented soy drops & what your opinion was?  I ran across Flicker's tutorial on candlesoylutions on how to make them & it sounds almost too easy!  Wax pastilles mixed with FO & dye until it absorbs, no melting/mixing/pouring.  Searching here, I didn't find too many threads about it but did see a mention that someone thinks that is what Pink Zebra does.

I'm wondering if the wax really absorbs that well in a dry state & is there a better brand over others.  I'm thinking if this works well, it would be so easy for my 6 yr old to help out when making gifts for his teachers & aides.

 Newbie here!  I'm finally hitting on some good wick/jar combinations for HT.   Tarts have been great, but wasn't getting much from candles poured from the same batch.

Right now I can't get enough of ICS Zucchini pumpkin bread & also loving their Cactus sea salt.  Have only been playing around with this for a couple months & I think I have a couple dozen scents with my wish list standing by, lol.

Hey all!  I've been reading & learning & enjoying all the excellent information here.  I'm brand new to this but have always loved a good candle!  I played with the idea several years ago about trying to make my own candles but in the dial up era of internet, didn't make it too far with researching it.  

Several months ago, I spent $40 for 2 scents at a friend's party & was completely disgusted by the lack of "oomph" after a few hrs (this was for melts; only lasted about 4 hrs maybe in a tealight warmer).  So it got me thinking again about making it for myself especially after I had seen oils listed on Amazon (my fave place to shop!).

I'm not really looking to make money & have learned here about using fragrances without actually having to mess with the wax which would be fine for my own use.  However,    another motivation for me is that my youngest is autistic.  He is relatively high functioning & just completed kindergarten in a standard class.  Doing so has involved all kinds of help from others (K teacher, speech, occupational therapy, special needs teacher, etc etc etc) & I'd like to have something special I can give to thank those who help him every day.  Like I said above, I work full time with irregular hrs, so just whipping up cookies for a dozen or so people is daunting & it's too expensive to buy everybody individual gifts.  I like the idea of having something great smelling (melts, candles, bath/body) that I can just pull out & package & not have to worry the night before if I have the time to get it together.   

So far, I've bought some 415 & silicone molds at Amazon & some oils from CS for tarts which have been super fun to make!  Looking forward to doing more!

Again, you guys are awesome!