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Thanks for this info. I'm getting ready to place another order with them tonight! Any non bakery type scents that throw well that you would suggest? Other than the country club (which I'm ordering a sample of ).

The others said it: almost every oil from them is great. I can give you only one "warning" for an oil I didn't like at all: Strawberry - worst I've ever smelled!

But the rest, as far as I've tested them is worth every penny!

Oh, I forgot: Saffron & Cedar is great as well, very spicy!

I use many of JBN's fos and they are among the strongest I have experienced. Very good:

- Chocolate Almond Cookie

- Gingered Pumpkin

- Strawberry Shortcake

- Cranberry Balsam

- Buttercream

- Mexican Vanilla

- Cinnamon Buns

- Coconut Pie

- Country Club

- Gingerbread Applesauce

Christmas Pines is great, as all her oils are. She's one of my main suppliers and all of her oils perform fantastically in my CB135:yay:

I'm using CB135 and get very good results from adding my fo at around 160° - no prob.

Does Johanna's Coconut work in soy as well?

If you like to test the other suppliers as well I can recommend Soycandle.com very much (just forgot to mention them) - great oils, great prices! And they work fantastic in my CB135!

It's a winner:yay:

Definitely - I found this to be the best smelling choc scent I've come across so far!!

I'm using several of Lyschels scents -Vanilla Voodoo, Orange Tea & Crumpets, Bunchberry & Moss, Fallen Leaf etc. All of these scents are really great, very complex and definitely worth the money. I'm not quite sure if they're really more potent than other oils because I find I have to use almost the same amount of CC fos as of other companies' fos. But this might be because I'm using CB135 and this is a wax that doesn't "love" every fo, so I have to use really, really good fos like those from JBN, KY, Flickers and some from AH/RE.

I guess you will like them as well.

That's okay and as I said before this day is too nice to be angry.

I know now what I wanted to know and that's it. And: I am as well used to the "collegiate world" - I have two masters (but *surprise surprise* not in math, but in English and German linguistics and English literature - so if anybody wants to interpret a poem....I'll give you a starting point!).

But be assured I knwo what I'm doing - I'm running a business for two years now and yes, my bank liked my business plan and gave me the money I needed.

As I mentioned before, I was only interested in a figure the others work with to have a possibility of comparison and that is what I have now.

Okay, I guess it's enough now - I'm a bit off my trolley today...

It's basic math. You know what your utilities averaged before you started making candles, don't you? Subtract that number from the increase number and there's your cost.

Only you know what your materials cost. Only you know how much you've wasted. Nobody here can do your numbers for you.

It's basic math.

Maybe I shoud have precised my question: I just wanted to know what lump sum you assess for this stuff, not an exact number calculated from bills etc.

You see, I'm just not ABLE do this basic math, because I'm a blonde and in my abitur (the German university entrance-diploma) a had only 2 out of 15 points in math.:DBTW: Are you a relative of SliverofWax?

Never mind, it's such a nice sunny day here and I'm not going to be annoyed at anything.*getdown*

Thank you to all the others being so helpful - you've given me the info I need:thumbsup:

OK, I've got my costs for materials etc., but what do I assess for those misc.costs like light/electricity/water/wasted wax/etc. etc. etc.?

Can you help me, please?:rolleyes2

Thanks for your suggestions - I know where to look now!

Just scent doesn't work for me, unfortunately (except Becky's Lookout Point - love it!)

After having read the discussion I've just decided to offer both - colored and uncolored. I'll see what my customers prefer.:highfive:

Oh, I'm sorry! Normally I do search the board, this time I didin't:whistle:

Thanks for the link!!

I'm still searching for really true and strong berry scents, amongst others blackberry - who has a good one? Really fruity, not too sweet, no candy scent.

By the way: It seems to be the hardest thing to male good fruit scents - but why then does the cheap shower gel of my kids smells like a REAL peach, just as an example (NONE of the many fo's I've tested smells like the real thing, neither KY:cry2:)

Hi,

I'm wondering if I should make only uncolored candles (soy), but I'm not sure if people like it (but my clear labels w/ my logo on would definitely look better on a creamy white;)). What experiences do you have?

I've ordered such labels at onlinelabels.com and they shipped immediately: I ordered on Thursday and received my package on Monday (and I'm here in Germany!)

I've tried so many strawberries...some that really smell great are from Oregon Trail, Soycandle.com, also Florida Soap Supplies but none of them had a good scent throw in my CB135 (but that's nothing new:rolleyes2 - I mainly use JBN, KY and Soycandle). JBN has a Strawberry Shortcake that smell really great (and I can't detect any pie crust etc.) - and the best: it throws fantastic!

But of course I will try the one from Serendipity as well:D

Swiss Chocolate from JBN, Belgian Chocolate from The Scent Works.

IMO you should test every single fo you want to use, because an OOB good scent can be weak in your candle or simply just not what you want.

Good Luck!

I have the same problem as many (or at least some) of you to get my candles black. Also I need quite a lot of my color blocks (one block for 15 lbs of wax? No no, not in my soy!!). So, please tell me: which are the really good dyes out there and where do I get them? Are Bittercreeks Dye Flakes okay?

Thanks for helping!!

You will never get a good scent throw out of that kind of jar.

I have to disagree - my livingroom as well as my dining room (about 50 sqm) smell fantastic - Gingered Pumpkin.

Thanks for your tips - I didn't know that it is possible to put more than one wick in all kinds of jars!

At the moment I'm still burning my LX20 and - tataaah: it seem to work! We'll see...

Have a nice evening,

Inez

I'm testing my new jars at the moment, but I have a problem with the bigger one: it's a square jar with 4,3 inches in diameter, its opening is 2,2 inches in diameter. I've tested an LX 20, but it's still tunneling.

Now I wonder if I have to double wick and if that's possible at all with the narrow opening - what do you think?

Thanks!!

Please take a look at these candles /pillars and tell me how I can make them as well (I guess it's not possible with soy, right?)

http://www.pacificacandles.com/pillars.asp

Thanks for looking and helping!!