Wildcrafter

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Here it is. I have now and officially seen everything!

I would never have thought of that.

Not my style at all, but more power to ya!

Thanks! That stuff is not my style. Check out my website and you can see my style.

What do you mean dip toilet paper? Do you have a picture of that? I never heard of dipping toilet paper. What do you do with it?

Wickless candles are just candles without the wicks. You place them on a candlewarmer and as the wax melts the fragrance is released into the air. They are kinda like self contained tarts. I use 8 oz aluminum tins. I use FO's so I'm not sure about EO's. Not sure if they would be strong enough either but maybe someone on this board who uses them can tell you more.

Can you use this wax in B&B products?

Thanks! I can't think of a thing I make that I'd want to put soy wax in. I'm a beeswax person.

That's why I'm hoping someone comes up with something that gives me a

:yay:THAT'S IT! moment.

I don't want to sell it, I want to use it. 40 pounds would be a lot of shipping for someone and to tell you the truth, I don't want to go through the hassle of packing that much up for shipping or breaking it into smaller portions and having to do multiple shipping. I have so much going on, business wise, until after Christmas.

I only use EOs, no FOs for me. Do wickless "candles" support EOs? I'm not sure they would smell all that strongly. What is a wickless candle, anyway? How does one use it?

I have 40 pounds of soy wax from 2 years ago - 100% Soy container wax by Enchanted Lites (candlesoylutions.com). For the life of me, I was never able to figure out wicking.....tried so many different wicks, got wick suggestions from people that never worked and never got the desired flame. It just never worked out, I got too frustrated with the whole process and I have so many different pots in the fire that I never felt the desire to figure it out.

So, since I won't be making candles (don't want to try any more wicks, thanks) and tarts to not sell at all where I live......what can I do with all that wax? Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Oh. Soy. I lift my hat to you candle gals. I still have 40 lbs. of soy wax sitting around from 2 separate failed attempts at figuring out wicks. 20 years of soapmking....I thought "candles, no biggie!"

Uh, biggie. Reeeeeaaaalllll biggie.

Just curious. If someone is trying to find a "realistic" scent, why not just purchase the essential oil and truly get the real thing?

Wickless. No question.

Ya know, really do you ask each and evey customer about health problems of the people in their home? Anyone who is on Oxygen is educated by their doctor/ home health that they cannot have flames around it...that being said we have all seen or heard of people who smoke while on oxygen. I don't know...I just think you are a candle maker, not a doctor and cannot be held responsible for your customer's health problems. Who are you to say if she should or should not burn a candle? You don't know how severe her condition is or even IF she is on oxygen. That's my thought on it. We are all responsible for our own health. It's not like we would have a health questionaire for each person wanting to purchase a candle from us. Just my opinion here of course and sounds like you have already taken care of this issue with the customer.

Jamie

Of course I don't ask each and every customer. But! If they volunteer certain health information, I can give them a heads up on whether my products would be helpful or harmful.

It's about ethics. Is a person so into the money that they'll take anyone's money no matter what or will they have decent ethics and morals. I'm not slamming anyone here, but I've seen some pretty unethical stuff happen in the "natural" body care business.

I have refused people's business many times because what they wanted to buy from me I felt would not work for them or may harm them.

I'm talking about herbal medicine, which is what I do.

I doubt it was the lye.

How hot were your ingredients when you put them together and began to SB>

The dsm shouldn't be the problem. You may be trying to SB with the ingredients too hot....this can cause separation.

I HP and if I SB too hot, this sometimes happens when I put the pot in the oven. What I do is take it out of the oven, SB until mashed potato consistency and toss it back in the oven. Fixed.

It also may be that your SB is not a good quality and is stirring at too slow a speed. There are lots of different SBs out there. I have 2 at the moment. One is good and stirs at a high rate of speed, the other, even stirring on the highest speed, just does not stir fast enough. It is only 200 whatevers. You may want to check your SB.

I would never sell a candle to anyone with COPD that has FOs in it.

EOs may be ok, but not FOs.

Anise.

http://catfishbaitsoap.com/index_new.htm

I've bought from Liberty before, but the other was a better price and so I thought I'd get it from them. Waiting 2 months is over the top.

Here's what I'm probably going to get unless someone has a better source:

http://libertynatural.com/bulk/2494.htm

This is a very good oil and I've bought from them for 15 years. I just thought I'd go cheaper, but I'm losing money from products people are asking for that I just don't have. Dummy me.

I have been waiting since May for Soapmaking.com for a shipment of patchouli oil. I'm done waiting. They keep telling me that they are waiting to get it in.

Any wholesale vendors of patchouli essential oil you like in particular?

Yes, it's a man thing. Craig uses the bar, I use a scrubby sheet.

Men are trying to get the stink off. Women exfoliate.

Thanks for the nice comments guys.

Wildcrafter, I think the same way. That's why I called it a pedicure bar.

Is the sassafrass your using the powder for color, or an eo?

EO...I bought a pound of it about 15 years ago back before there were all the DEA regulations on buying it. It smells so good!

Very nice! I make a bar with powdered loofah with sassafrass and tea tree EOs. The bars are too scratchy for anything but feet, in my opinion.

I bought one of those molds to try it and the soap came out so easily! And you're right...perfect size to fit the hand. I am now waiting for 3 more molds to come to me and then I'm going to start making lots of salt bars.

Thanks!

Yep, Wal-Mart! I wish I had bought a couple of the other colors they had when I bought mine. It's so comfy. And cotton!

Trust me,,with a formula of basically one third coconut and two thirds olive, it is not going to be drying.

5 is my fave.

Again, I use Mal's, he pays for the compliance, I pay 3.7% per transaction through my local bank. It's not a ton of paperwork. It's no hassle.