Scented

Very lovely indeed! Good luck at your show.

And I wanna see the cuts!

Agreed!

Not really. I have one that's over 10 years old that I just found and it still smells like it should. I've had others that I bought that went sour in six months. If the fragrance starts to turn funky or goes flat then I'd say it hit its shelf life.

Are those the only ones you have? Cuz if they are, I'll offer up a ton of suggestions lol. I'm going to make AW some time soon and I'm going to make the winter wonderland from Peaks. Peaks is definitely much stronger IMO going with OOB, but I still think they are the same scents. They had another fragrance I was curious about a recent knock off of a VS scent I believe, but for the life of me I can't remember what it was and it didn't show up in the new releases unless I skipped over it (which is possible.) Any type of FO you're interested in (meaning types of smells)?

Thanks for the compliments! On the last one? That's some brown that's actually brown that came from some relief holes that I poked. I just went too far with the poking before I poured my last layer. However, it gives me an idea that I may play around with later

I'm going to add that my sink now has a lovely stain of black in it, so maybe there's going to very little in my pot this weekend arg.

Bite Me I think will become one of my favs. Not necessarily anyone elses, but I got to play with a new tool and was able to get a different look that I kinda like. [ATTACH]22620[/ATTACH] So sad to run out of dried apple wreath, but oh well. Wish I could have gotten more white in there, but this one turned into a pain with too much tilting. Perhaps I should be more into doing candles than hopping around from candles to soap to lip balms to other bath things. Not sure I'll be able to get the fragrance again either. We'll see. [ATTACH]22619[/ATTACH] Apples n oak. What happens when the relief hole goes all the way through you get a little circle of another color Should have used a different brown and counted the drops so the brown was darker. [ATTACH]22618[/ATTACH]

Cracklin' Birch, Leather, Cedar and Spice and whatever else I can get into. I need to get plum pudding done as well as some perfume bars.

It was a problem, because there was not enough of an additive. W/O additives, HL wax holds about 3%. For rustics, 140 is a good temp to pour at. I've used this wax before w/o problems at 195 or 140. For this person starting out, I would say pour between 170 and 180 just to get the hang of the wax as long as the proper additives are in it. Not without additives. Stearic not only hardens, but it does increase the FO load and does absorb the slime, which is typically over saturated wax. Without additives, it doesn't do well over 3%. Vybar 103 is for pillar candles. Vybar 260 is for containers. The two shouldn't be mixed to get the proper use out of the application one is going for. Vyber is a polymer that is used to harden wax, increase opacity, improve scent (not scent load) and inhibit mottling. It, as does stearic, helps to combat sag in paraffins. How it improves scent is that it helps to bind the scent to the wax better, but the downfall is that too much vybar will lock up the scent as well. As for stearic, it helps to harden the wax and usually works best at a rate of 3 T to a pound of wax. It can be used in larger quantities, but I've not gone above 4T to a pound of wax.

Yeah but I think you'll be a dynamite soaper once you get going People haunted me all the time until I finally made the batch. I guess I'm wearing the other shoe now (but don't think I'm stalkin'!)

Well, Laura, not if you get them all LOL! Anyone tried Rockin' the Stars yet? Aspen Winter reminds me of Peak's Winter Wonderland. Anyone else see the resemblance? I'm curious about their Autumn Wreath. Anyone have an opinion on it? I'm so lucky I get to order from there lol. I might as well make shipping worth it. Sorry, Annie, I didn't mean to distract from your post.

What's your superfat on it with that much coconut in it? Where's there a lye calc that allows more than 100 oz of oils? I think if you have a normal superfat with that much coconut in it and it isn't a salt bar that someone's skin is gonna hurt.

OWK has good scales, but all you need for candlemaking is something that measures ounces and pounds, so don't worry about getting from OWK unless you get into the B&B and soap stuff

Yes, but I am a paraffin user/maker and 1 oz to 1 lb of FO is just fine as long as you have your additives going at the right amount.

Remelt it. Go back and add at least 2 1/2 heaping T of stearic to it and a little more wax if you need to, but you definitely needed more stearic than what you put in it. One whole dye block to one pound is too much to add for that amount of wax ... BUT .. I happen to like the green color you have there.

LOL! I'm just trying to help ya out.

Trace ... if you absolutely cannot find it, let me know. I'm sure I can set you up with a couple of pounds

As an added note, call Lonestar and don't just rely on email to communicate. It's actually them who needs to replace your goods and file a complaint with the shipping company. You can voice your dissatisfaction in how things were received. If you don't get replacements, be sure to let your credit card company know you aren't paying for that purchase. You should be able to successfully dispute it.

Simply beautiful! Love it and that fragrance too. Was wondering how it handled in soap!

oh and make one with just olive, but I am supposin' you already know how that works lol. Good luck on this. Looking forward to hearing the results.

You might try three test batches. Make one where it's RBO and no olive, then close to a 50-50 combo with olive oil and maybe a 70-30 combo and see how it reacts in your recipes.

I sneeze every time I smelled it. To me it's like a damp hay or grass. Very grassy scent.

I have logs that fit snuggly into my log molds and work well to mold the freezer paper around. There's a template for one of my smaller slab molds that works pretty well too.