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(7 x 100% + 3 x 40%)/10 = .82 or 82% soy

OK, I'm home from work, and here is EVERYTHING written that came with my candle: And I quote: Hello, I am Jimmy and you are about to experience one of my candles. Lots of love and over a decade of candle making have come together to make this product. It has been said that I make "The Finest Soy Candle on the Planet" - I just know that I make my candles using the finest ingredients on the planet along with integrity and consciousness. I am so proud of what I am doing that I put my name on the label. It is my intent to spread love and peace through my products throughout the planet - once candle at a time! My candles are made with a "Food Grade" 100% vegetable SOY wax, so pure you could cook with it (without any fragrance of course); to prove my point I did so and lived to tell about it! I chose this wax so that the highly defined fragrance blends, with up to 100+ fragrance notes per blend, would be showcased as purely as possible. My soy wax formula is petroleum free, my fragrances are made without dilution oils and my wicks are lead & zinc free - giving you a clean burning, solidly fragranced candle that is nearly soot free! Enjoy! Jimmy End quote There it is.. verbatim. Nothing there says it's a 100% natural candle and in a roundabout way admits that they're NOT all natural by saying he wouldn't cook with it once the fragrance oil is in it.

I interpret this as saying his wax is all natural, not his candles are all natural. There is a difference. In the little description in the box he says he is using the finest fragrances. I guess I would need to see how "pure essentials" is defined to know if that's contradictory. I feel like we've gotten off topic here, lol. Natural or not, they are DAMN GOOD candles!

Yes, I'd love to see the interviews. I just went back and checked all four links to retailers that he shows on his website and I did not anywhere see it mentioned that it was a 100% natural candle. Only that he used 100% soy wax and premium fragrances.

He does not say that his candle is 100% natural, he says he uses 100% soy wax.

Ok, new term for this noobie. What's an absolute?

I don't recall seeing anywhere that he only uses EOs. He uses fragrance oils, most definitely. As for chemicals in the soy, many years ago CNN did an interview with him when he was still at Ergo and it showed him eating the soy chips. Given that it's basically pure trans fat, I hope he doesn't do that often, lol.

Sharon, can you clarify this as 2-3oz to a pound is 12.5-18.75%. Not 3%. Did you mean half an ounce per pound? That would be 3%.

yes. www.jimmybelasco.com He doesn't show any of his candles on the website yet, but if you click on the links, you'll see them. They are AWESOME candles with the best throw I have ever smelled.

Thanks for the input, but Jimmy is doing something more than what we're getting from any supplier. I can smell his candles unlit across the house. They are STRONG. That is what I'm currently aspiring to, and I'm not happy because I don't think I can ever get there given what I'm willing to put into this.

I'm going to assume this is the case, but it didn't affect others, however they were a different FO. Thanks for the quick responses everyone!

No go on the pic, can't get the color distinction to show up.

I'll have to figure out how to do that, but I'll try. I'll be back later.

Yeah, that doesn't look like a candle site to me.

No, it doesn't look like beads on top, I used 1 oz/lb. The problem is, it's yellow on top, but pure white on the sides. If it was yellow throughout, I could say it's the natural color of the FO doing that, but it's only on the top. That's why I'm wondering if it separated.

I made a 7oz soy candle in a tumbler using Ecosoya CB135 and CandleScience's Wildberry Mousse. Made it last Sunday, haven't burned it yet to give it time to cure. I should note that the Wildberry Mousse FO has a very yellowish tint to it. Over the past couple of days, the wax at the top of the candle has turned very yellowish, but the sides are still quite white. (I didnt use any dye). Is my fragrance oil separating? Preparation: heated wax to 185, added fragrance oil at that temp when I took off heat, and stirred until pouring at 135.

I just bought a Jimmy Belasco candle today. It's a pure soy candle with tremendous throw (hot and cold). Jimmy is the founder of E'rgo Candles, now out on his own. In the description of his candles, he says "my fragrances are made without dilution oils". What does that mean? How does that compare to what we purchase through Peaks, CandleScience etc?

Their Banana Nut Bread is nice.

I struggled too. I've tried the Golden Brands and Ecosoya waxes and got no hot throw whatsoever. It's only after reading this board that I decided to stop making the candles per the manufacturer's instructions and add the fragrance oil at a much higher temperature (about 185 right after I take pot off the heat). After a thorough mixing and pouring at 135 or so, I'm getting much better cold and hot throw. Hope this helps.

Anyone know of one? I did a search and saw Menthol crystals show up for lip balm, but nothing for candles.

Ah, ok. Thanks! It's very pretty.

Thanks very much. Looks very very nice. now is that something that you've applied to the outside of the candle, or you actually got the wax to look like that?

I've been using HTP105s but they're just a tad too small, next size up is the HTP126 which is too big for most fragrances. Thinking about trying another line of wicks. Can someone give me an idea as to what other line/size (besides HTP) is working for them in GB444 so that I have a starting point to test? I'm using a 3" wide round tumbler glass. Standard FO is 1 oz/pound. TIA

Do you have another pic where it isn't wrapped and the tag is out of the way? I *think* it looks really really great, but want a clearer view. thanks

OOPS my bad, I didn't think about soap. :embarasse:embarasse Anyways, I bought my started kit through them and didn't want the paraffin wax, they at least took it out for me to keep the shipping costs down. I had to pay for the soy that I got in it's place, though.