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  1. I thought Yaley was long gone also, mostly because I don't think it is their stuff at Hobby Lobby anymore. They were always too expensive IMO too. Ditto on the Cali situation.
  2. Good to see there are some people are using in wax. I read somewhere that she had just started to introduce scents for candles shortly after I bought some fragrances that I was hoping to try out in wax. It seemed a short list was published somewhere about what worked in wax, but I cannot remember where I saw it. I just figured most of what I got will become soap and bath bomb stuff. So I find this thread very interesting. I should just get gutsy and make some stuff into tarts maybe. Spellbound, I think she still has it, I believe has been used by others in wax. I think she still carries it.
  3. I'm not familiar with the video but there are times when a heat gun is good to use to cause swirls in the wax, blend two colors etc., but those are special techniques for various kinds of candles. I think one was to provide a motion/blur look. I will use it to bleed colors or release air bubbles if I suspect a certain press technique squished out the bubbles. Easier to show than explain I suppose. I wouldn't use a kitchenmaid for jack with wax. Too much money goes into that apparatus, doesn't it? A regular hand mixer would suffice just fine if I wanted to whip wax. Otherwise, I have no need to incorporate air. Bubbles are fine etc. for a rustic look, but not everything should be rustic. Adding FO to heated wax should be good enough, however, in the winter and, in some cases year around, there are fragrances that will be difficult to incorporate. Those might require a little extra heating or some stirring to incorporate. What I've noticed about heat and FO is that heat helps the scent to blossom, but you don't have to do anything special to make that happen. I use a fry daddy as my vat for melted wax and the fragrance goes in there when everything else is melted (wax and additives). I pull out by cupfuls and color that portion, pour and repeat as often as needed, but then I don't make many solid colored candles. The fry daddy remains on through the entire series of pours, which frankly is at a low temp. There are times when I'll use the heat gun to knock down any splashes in my mold and times when I'll use it because I forgot to make splashes. I don't use it, though, to swirl my wax and fragrance together.
  4. She announced via email. TT posted in weekly sales here.
  5. Wow, a lot of things you do! Welcome to the board!
  6. Welcome to the board! So in trying to pronounce your name, how would you sound it out and what is its origin?
  7. Welcome to the board! I like that statement that candlemaking has been a lifesaver as far as your sanity. I think there are more around here who might ditto that.
  8. You may be injuring your molds at that high of a temp. You would pour at 82 celsius or could go lower into the high 70s.
  9. Polycarb molds are their own beasts. I would contact the company you bought the wax from and find out what type of wax (other than pillar) is it? For instance, you should know if it has additives in it because if it already has vybar, you probably don't want to add more. If it doesn't, then do what Jcandleattic suggested. Did your polycarb mold come with instructions? If so, what'd they say? Is there a heat limitation to it? Paraffin wax at 100 degrees F is barely liquid, so double check your pouring temperature if you're talking Fahrenheit. If you're talking celsius then you are pouring way too hot, because 100 degrees c is equivalent to 212 degrees F. For a smooth surface you want to pour between 180-190 probably. But are you leaving to just harden on its own or do you water bath?
  10. Definitely best present ever! Wow that has gone up pretty quickly.
  11. Yes. Usually liquids are stronger than the dye chips except at Michael's or Hobby Lobby or JoAnn type places.
  12. Thanks for the post Darbla! Lot of work there puma and thank you for it. I know I haven't seen her post for a while.
  13. And here I would be one sitting on a $65 bottle of sandalwood because it's too expensive to use, much less open. I won't say it was ordered in the first place.
  14. Try bubble gum because it's stilled spit lol!
  15. ok, Oh, Kim, you should have added to your order: strawberry musk, country gift shop, moonshadow (if you got Dreamcatcher), KY's glazed donut, and I know there are a few others, but I'm dog tired.
  16. Probably not your imagination. A lot of key components to fragrance structures have been affected because of a couple of fires and that forced companies to perhaps try to reformulate and you may be seeing that as a difference between your first and second purchases. Not every supplier, in fact few, have said they weren't going to reformulate and I'm not sure that all of them would be upfront about what ones are and aren't. And it just may be that a weaker formula was purchased or any number of other things.
  17. Looked like a husband and wife start up. In the list of fragrances though there seemed to be quite a bit of Scentsy dupes and maybe that's the basis for their start up.
  18. You might get a better response starting a thread instead of just asking in this one.
  19. Seriously it's available again?! Whooopi!
  20. No. I think there have been less than 5* reviews on that site. There are a lot that simply aren't rated.
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