Suzanne

Brambleberry has a nice non-discoloring vanilla. I've used it in cp it's great. You're packaging is very cute!

I get them from here First & Main

Sorry Asher, but I have to do it...

GO BLUE!!!!

Alabaster

Drakkar

BB

Energy

Relaxing

Pink Grapefruit

Almond

Chamomile Bergamot

Rosehip Jasmine

Bonsai

Vanilla (non-discoloring)

BCN

Purely Herbal ****

OMH

Bitter Creek

Spearmint*

BNL

Bay Rum**

OMH

Pomegranite & Anise

Grapefruit Peppermint

Cool Water

CC

Lavendar Lullaby

LemonBlossom

Raspberry Cordial (discolors to dark brown)

Brandied Pear

Creative Candle Supplies

Coconut Lime Verbena

C&S

Wisteria

Strawberries and Champagne

FOH

Fresh Lemon Sugar

Herbal soaps By RJ

OMH

Sweet pea

coriander bergamont

amaretto

ICS

OMH

Pink Sugar

Sea blossom

Just Scent

Girls Night Out

KB

Coconut Lime Verbena

Zen Tea

honey spa ginger

KY

Blackberry Sage

Cool Citrus Basil

OMH

Lavendar Vanilla

snuggle baby

MMS

Elements of Bamboo

Aloe and Cucumber

Natures Garden

Pearberry - discolors white

Sun Ripened Raspberry

Butterfly Hugs

Angel Wings

Old Mill

OMH

Peach and Lotus

Oldtimer and Lily

blueberry honeysuckle

white tea and ginger

love spell

witch's brew

pomegranate (sp?)

Oregon Trail

Black Raspberry and Vanilla (no discolor even with the vanilla!)

Frosted Wineberry

Peaks

Green Clover and Aloe****

Green Tea **

Sweet Pea**

Fruit Slices*

Rose Bouquet**

Honeysuckle

Warm Apple Pie

Cool Citrus Basil

Nag Champa

Cucumber Melon

Wild Raspberry

Clean Cotton (1/2 oz ppo awesome)

Blackberry Sage

Scents for Soy

Raspberry Guava

Home sweet Home

SoapNCandles

Ozark Forest

SoapSupplies

Aloe

Almond, Milk & Honey

Southern Scentsations

Apples & Berries

Sweet Pea

Supplies 4 Candles

White Tea*

SW

Oakmoss (discolors to tan)

Sweet Cakes

Black Raspberry

Sandalwood Vanilla

Lemon Verbena

Gentlemen's Bay Rum

Ginger Essence

Secret Crush

OMH (discolors to tan)

TCS

Love Spell

Tony's

Nag Champa

Love Spell

frank/myrrh

sweet pea

sandalwood musk

evening mocha

blackberry sage

red clover tea

masculine musk

mambo

green tweed

mambo/green tweed 50/50

green clover and aloe

flowering herb

TriState

Lemongrass and Orange

Rice Flour and Shea

Lovespell

Patchouli

Almond

The Scented Bean

Citrus Blast

Sweet Serendipity

WYW from BCN

Lemongrass and Star Anise

Custom mixes....

Green Tea (Peaks) mixed with Pear (Just Scents)

Pear (CC) mixed with Vanilla Voodoo

Looks beautiful Robin! Congrats on the good job!

It turned out awful!! I unmolded it this morning and it looked like crap, oils and FO leaking out all over. I tossed it. Not soaping that FO again. BTW is was a cucumber melon FO. Evidently others have had luck soaping this FO, but not me. Noted in notebook - don't even attempt to CP soap this FO again!!

I think I just had a batch of cp soap rice on me. When I added the FO to it, it looked like cream of wheat, so I kept mixing and mixing, but didn't help. So I went ahead and poured into the log mold to see what will happen. Am I gonna have to pitch this or will it turn out ok??

I was so bummed, this was gonna be my first attempt at layering. Same recipe I use all the time but have never soaped this FO before. The site says soap safe. oh well

They're great!

Many suppliers list in the description of the FO if it discolors when used in CP or other soaps. Also, titanium dioxide is used to make a batch white.

I haven't seen strawberry guava anywhere. However, several places have raspberry guava.

Here's a site for looking for fragrances: http://www.geocities.com/lwoollen_25/FragranceFinder/index.html

HTH

From the information I've read, the kind of wicks have a lot to do with the harmful toxins being released. Lead, lead core, zinc, or wicks with lead containing alloy seem to be ones that contribute to lead poisoning. So if the soot you are refering to contains lead, then I think it's due to the wicks. Hopefully that makes sense.

Edited to add: Beeswax is cleaner burning.

Another thought, maybe easier, is just make pillars using the company's colors and possibly adding their logo and wrap a big bonus check around it. They'll love it!!

How about a hurricane candle with something embedded that could be specifically for the employee it's going to?

I love going in there and checking out everything. But lately, there are right on your heels trying to sell you stuff. That really bugs me! The past couple times i've gone in there, I hurry right through because if I pick up something to look at it or sniff it, there right there trying to sell it to me. Too pushy!

Beautiful soap and I love your labels and packaging.

Supplies To Die For has it. I thought most grocery stores carry lye. Usually right by the Draino stuff.

Thank you Bunny!! Amazing! I started making cp soap this year and it's overwhelming the amount of info you have to take in and weed through to figure it out and understand it. Expecially with so many oils available. The way you have it broke down like this helps the understanding much better.

I hear ya Lynda. It really sucks when they charge you right away but don't ship out your order until a week or two later. And like Scented said, when you get your order there's a note about something back ordered. Or they hold your order because they're waiting on a back ordered item and they don't let you know. For me, it's lack of communication that hurts customer service.

I found a thread at another message board that might help you jvfern.

It's at Bitter Creek - http://www.candlesupply.com/

and the name of the thread on that board is - Cyclomethicone, which FO's mix & which don't!

Hopefully this will help answer your question.

The linen sprays and the dry oil body sprays I make with cyclo are big sellers for me. I'd take the time and money to test, I think it's worth it in the long run. The designer scents are more popular for me also.

I hate seeing stuff like this too. People get sucked into their marketing scheme, buy their beginner kit (or whatever it's called) and start trying to recruit other people. It's all about getting more people in their "little" network. I'm sure the people at the top don't really know anything about making candles. Candles is just their "product of choice" right now. I can't see this lasting very long. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out.

I just came across this lye calculator that you download to your harddrive. I haven't checked it out yet, so don't know about the accuracy. Just thought I'd share in case some of you aren't online when you want to run a recipe throught the lye calculators. It's from Washbasin Wonders.

http://www.washbasinwonders.com/lye_calculator.html

Those are awesome! Good Luck!!

Very beautiful!

Yeah, that's what I thougt you were talking about...the candle jewelry.