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Thanks mzpickles. I did order a sample of this oil and wanted some feedback as to how it performs in pillar palm wax. Also, does she offer any bulk pricing for ordering say 5lbs or more?

I'm interested in the white chocolate macadamia as well. I have a couple of questions for Daystar but nobody ever picks the phone up there and I haven't received a reply to my email too. Do any of you have service issues with this company?

Just curious if anyone has tried Candle Cocoon FO's with reed diffusers and how the results were? I currently use a fair amount of their FO's with my candles and have great throw with them. I know their oils are generally quite strong and you can use quite a bit less, so I'm thinking of testing some reeds (from CS) with 75% diffuser base and 25% FO from Candle Cocoon. Some testing ahead for sure but any input would be great. :smiley2:

These were my thoughts as well when they told me that. The Chinese govt. likely doesn't give a hoot given their track record. My main concern is palm wax, as that is the only wax I use. I spoke with someone at Calwax and they basically just agreed that prices have gone up on just about all waxes. They did mention there were increases that took place between November of last year to February, this could be the delayed fallout from those increases. Let's hope at least for some stability.

Hey all, Last February I had ordered some 55lb bags of Crystal Brite Palm Wax from Swan's Candles, the price at the time was about $70, it's actually a Calwax pillar wax. A couple of days ago I called to re-order and the price had jumped to $84 per bag! That's quite an increase in a short amount of time. Their website hasn't been updated yet but it is indeed $84 now. They told me that all wax has jumped in price and that this is the first time in years that they have seen parafin match the price of soy wax. I asked why such a sharp increase? From what I was told, part of the trouble is many of the factories in China that produce parafin are polluting too much and the government is starting to crack down on them, they said the factories are running at 50% because of that. Less supply, same demand, up go the prices. With palm they mentioned the issue may be some of the poor publicity received from companies that were clear cutting forests to attain the crop. Some of those companies may have been shut down and the same problem arises; less supply and same demand. Will the companies that are part of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil try to increase production if this is the case? Hard to say for now. I'm curious to see if these price increases will start spreading soon. Candlescience and Candlewic seem to be holding steady on their wax prices for the time being, not sure what Peak's prices have done lately. I would love to hear if anyone has heard anything similar or even just some input on this concern.

Has anyone else tried this scent? I found it to have a strong hot and cold throw in palm wax pillars. Quite floral I must say. I'm adding a blue candle to my line with a moon themed name and am considering this one. The other I was considering is the CS Violet Lime but I think that may be too violet smelling and people would recognize it. I got a sample of the Moon Lake Musk from CS but it seems a little too much like cologne. Any thoughts?

Kay, those do look fantastic. Who do you order your feather and starburst palm wax from? I have feathering palm from Swan's but they don't have the starburst.