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Ilona

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    Writer/Poet/Student/Mom
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    I am a published writer/poet and have two amazing kids. I love all kinds of art and cosmetics making is one of my favorite hobbies.
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    Love foody sweet scents. :)

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  1. UPDATE ON MORE TESTING OK so here are tests I did in Soy with a 2-3 week cure (I used CB-135) Amber Romance - Great throw - nice scent. Sugar Cookies - Poor throw Andes Mint - FAB throw - lasted a long time. Delish. Christmas Pear - Strong Throw Wedding Cake - Weak in soy - too bad as it was great OOB Tootsie Roll - Very Strong - YUMMY! I'll be testing more and will keep you updated. I poured the banana but I need to try it in another wax as the 135 did not throw it well.
  2. So the musk has gone to a new home Yay! And I think Bert's site has the updated description so all of us "white perfume muskies" do not get shocked like I did. :rolleyes2 LOL Ok more reviews: Lemon Biscotti in candles: Amazing throw! I am testing my small italian wine glasses that I imported from Italy and they are only 6oz volume and appx 2.7 diameter. I need strong throwing oils for these little critters and this one is it! I've been burning it for 4 days (you know how sometimes the first burn is great but then oil burns off and it gets poor as the candle burns down?) Everytime I light this my little puny candle fills my 800 sq foot room! It's FAB. I've tested j223, comfort blend, palm wax (Great in palm!!), 135 after just 6 days cure works awesome! however GL 70/30 is not throwing well . I think I will give up on this wax. Blackberry: Awesome! Sour sour tart lovely yum! Very strong. Cold throw is wonderful. Hot throw equally great in J223 and palm. This is the perfect blackberry - I plan to do some blenders with it. Black Cherry: I need to test burn it but in wax has a fab cold throw and does not burn out your nasal passages like other cherry scents. Would be wonderful to blend with chocolate. Fig and Mellon: This scent in my little candles is strong! Did you all smell it yesterday? I swear they could smell this in China. Sugar cookies isn't throwing Christmas Pear - Throws excellent in Comfort Blend and 135 - GL 70/30 again - poor throw. GL's blend looks great in the glass, the adhesion is wonderful - but what's looks if it will not throw other than the GL oils? OK those are the one's I've test burned. I'll update as I do more tests.
  3. I'm test burning it right now in J223 and not much throw with this one. It's a wonderful match to the BBW one and smells great OOB. But I think this one will go into B&B unless the comfort blend I plan to test tomorrow does better. Not sure if anyone else got a good throw with this one. I'd like to know.
  4. SO I made a bunch of testers this week and have a few results to post: Right now the knock me down winer is Fig and Mellon! It is so yummy! I poured it in J223, Comfort Blend, and 6006. All have knock you down cold throw. My kids said this scent smells like starburst or tropical fruit roll ups. Its very sweet (which I love). I think mixing it with some Warm Vanilla Sugar would be awesome. The Lemon Biscotti pie - from reviews I was expecting the same intense cold throw as the melon. It wasn't as strong as the melon, but still very good. I like the custardy bakery blend in this scent. It's a very nice scent so I hope it will burn well for me. I poured it in: CB135 Glass Glow Palm (has best Cold Throw! but I need to test burn it) J223 Comfort Blend 6006 GL 70/30 Tarts The soy ones still have to cure but I plan to burn the J223 and comfort blend tomorrow. I'll let you know how it acts. I also poured Christmas Pear, Sugar Cookies, and Wedding Cake. The pear smells lovely in wax - very nice blend. The sugar cookies and wedding cake have a weak-ish cold throw. But for me a strong throw is one I can smell without having to put my nose to wax (the melon is like that). Now I loved the Warm Vanilla Sugar OOB. It was very true to the BBW scent that I have here. I poured it in J223 and in Comfort blend two days ago. I am burning the j223 one right now and it's been burning for an hour and not much of a throw on it. It has great melt pool and wick is fine, but it's pretty weak throwing. I will try the comfort blend one either later tonight of tomorrow and I hope it will perform better in that wax. I also have it in soy but that needs to cure first. Bummer for this. Looks like it will go into B&B - it's such a nice scent but TSW White Vanilla Sugar throws sooooo much stronger. I just hate paying SW prices for it. Vanilla Latte is FAB. Great cold throw. WIll test burn soon. So it appears that the fruits are strong, but the cakes and vanillas are weaker. I have yet to find a white cake that throws very very strong. ICS was the best I could get - and sugar cookie is another tough one. It's still to early to judge with these, but I will give you all updates as they are test burned. Pam - I have no idea how this musk would work! It's not like any musk I've ever bought from TSW, SC, OT or other suppliers. It's like animal stinky yuck. I don't want to offend Bert but I have to be honest - the description only said: "A traditional musk scent, no other perfume type scents mingled in." I've bought many musk scents, as I love a clean musk to cut the sweetness of some fragrances, but this musk is really strong and smells like a ferret! Really. I think people should know and if that is what they are looking for - that's great. I wanted more of a "WHite MUsk" kind of scent to blend with berry and vanillas etc. This one - not for me. I love the others. And seeing how they perform when I burn the candles will be great. I will not stop buying from Bert - but we have to review the good and the bad. The fig and Mellon will be a keeper if it burns well. And I'm off to pour the Cedar which smells awesome OOB. Anyone want my 16oz Musk bottle? Free with shipping? PM me. edt for type-os
  5. Yes more info would be better. What supplier? ilona
  6. The stabalizer is odd at times. I've tested it in a few batches. In some colors (peacock brands) the color just disappeared completely during gel. However recently I've done a batch with Celestial and I thought the blue was going to vanish - it totally disappeared during gel, but like magic - came back by the end of gel. It's odd stuff!
  7. So MUSK: Ermmm Well it's not the yummy "Original Musk" I was expecting (like the Kheils one). And nothing like a delish Egyptian musk... It's ermmm Well has anyone ever owned a ferret?? Yup. Oh well. Anyone want 16oz of Ode du Ferrets? The others smell great. The Redwood is FAb, and the Pear is going in wax tonight. What do I do with the Musk? Well one miss (a 1lb miss) is OK right. God I wish it was like a Kheils dupe - that musk scent is amazing.
  8. Me too! I placed 2 orders in one day on the 24th (too ad some more goodies!) and paid shipping on both. Why do I always miss these things by one day!! man I have bad luck!
  9. Wow am I happy to have found this thread. I just ordered like everything! I will be testing them in J223, Ecosoya 135, comfort blend, glass glow palm and... I will give my GL 70/30 one more chance. If the GL will not behave with any of the Berts, it's going to a new home. So yes lots of waxes I plan to test with these oils. So I will give all of you updates on how it goes. Is this a dream come true or what?? Wow! I'm so excited! ilona
  10. I've been trying to soften my Glass Glow for one reason : I'm trying to wick a 3" pepermint EO tumbler and it's burning soooo slow. I could put a citronella torch in there and only get a 1" melt pool. So funny thing this palm wax. Here's the results of my experiment: 1. Added some pure soy - turned rock rock hard - I could have made a Cane candle with what came out! 2. Added coconut oil - same! Pulled away from the glass and Now I know what I can use to Hurricaine proof my roof! 3. So I figured the palm must be acting like "Palm Stearic" or other palm products that seem to harder soap and candles - so I just grabbed some pf my Palm Oil (not palm Kernel) and poured some of that. It helped a tad but then I lost a good amount of the crystals. Have not tried palm kernel or crisco, but I think I've given up on the pepermint. *shrugs* Hope that helps. ilona
  11. Just a FYI - I went through a time where I was adding high % of FO, and the candles threw LESS. Dunno why, but they did. I use GL 70/30 in a 3.3 diameter jar.
  12. CD's and Zincs. But I'm about to test some of the new cotton wicks from BCN for super large containers.
  13. TSW is OOS and I'm dying to try this oil b/c of the raves about it. If anyone as extra they want to sell, PM me. pretty pweeeseeee
  14. Here's a pic, but I'm looking for a source of these ceramic-like glass jars in 1 & 2 oz sizes. La mer uses the white glass (milkglass?) and I just saw this company has them (pic) anyone have any sources for them? Best Ilona
  15. Thanks for the EO info. I've been looking into that a little bit as well as doing further research on the ingredients in this scent. Basically the actives are the chocolate ingredients that are proved to increase mood (seritonin etc). The perfume uses something chocolate (prolly cocoa extract) as it is listed as a basenote. Ironically, I have been testing cocoa absolute oils in some candles and body lotions as part of the basic formula in a line of products I'm working on - based on the benefits of chocolate. Anyway, it's all interesting. I agree that the bottle is a bit cheezy. I wonder if the actual scent is any good? Best Ilona
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