peacola

I bought some Avery clear labels but they were cloudy, does anyone know where I can buy some crystal clear labels to put on the outside of my jars. So far I've tried different labels from Staples, WalMart, Office Max...stores of that nature but the labels are cloudy.

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I think I phrased my question strangely. I have my wholesale prices set, but a lady I know who use to own a boutique said when people would wholesale her items if she bought 1-25 cases of 8oz candles wholesale for example she would get a 5% discount and if she purchased 25-50 she would maybe get 8% off. I was wondering should I offer a discount like that? I'd rather not. I have my prices set and if my customer buys 100 cases the price is set but I do think it's a good idea to throw some in to burn as candlelady suggested.

Any opinions?

Anyone have insight on this?

I'm working on pricing for my first wholesale order and I'm confused about discounts. At what point do you discount? For example, is there a discount for 1-4 cases or do you discount 1-25 items and the retailer gets 5% off. What percentage is the standard and what quantity of cases? Some of my cases hold 6 and some hold 12.

I'm giving her pricing tomorrow and I want to completely seal this deal.

Thanks again, I'm going up there Saturday to check out their jars.

It's Green Leaf candle Supply

www.glcandlesupply.com

I didn't know there was a candle place in Grand Prairie, well what do ya know! Thanks so much for this info, they have lots of things I'm looking for.

I get mine from Glcandlesupply.com sometimes. I also go to walmart. If you have a resale tax id, you can show it to walmart and then they will give you a little card with your business info. When you check out you show them the card and then you won't have to pay taxes on those items.

Linette

They are?? I've never poured using them before, I'll have to check out walmart and ace . I was hoping I could find a wholesaler, and buy in bulk.

Thanks.

The tall pint you can get at walmart. The squat pint you can get at ace hardware.

AAA & Taylored might be cheaper thant walmart. canning jars are high this year.

I usually order my glass from Riekers but they don't have the mason jars I need. I want the kind that have Mason on the side like the ones at the bottom of the page. http://newcart.candlesandsupplies.com/Store/Products/Candles/Containers%2c+Jars/Ball%2c+Mason+Jars/Default.aspx

Does anyone know where I can get them in Dallas, TX? I want to try to avoid shipping as much as possible and I'd rather not go to Triple AAA or Taylored Concepts, they mark them up to high.

TIA

No I'm not charging for these samples, no wick, and I'm not filling them completely up. I've decided I'm only giving out a few samples as scent samplers. I wish there was an easier way, besides pouring batches of samples, but folks are so picky, if they can't smell it they don't want to buy it.

Thanks for your help.

My mistake about the 1/4 ounce. Peacola, you are correct about the container...it is a Libby small Votive container. Georgia is also correct in that you really must weigh your wax and your fragrance. Having said that, I am still correct in that you want to pour several at a time...weigh a pound of wax and add 1 ounce of FO...or weigh out 1/2 lb of wax and use 1/2 ounce or FO.. These are samplers.....you do not need to fill them completely to the .875...fill it with .50. Now you didn't say whether or not you are charging for these or if you are wicking them???? I guess my assumption, and you know what the say about assumptions, were that you were make them as scent samplers.

I hope this helps!

I order my glass from a wholesaler who gets them directly from Libbey, it’s listed in Libbey’s Special Market catalog like the example below. So 7/8 is not .875, I think I found that on the internet I’ll have to look that up again and get an accurate number. I’m not sure how much each little glass holds, their so small but I definitely don’t want to deceive my customers. How do I find out exactly how much each little glass holds. I use to have a friend who did all this for me, know I’m left to my devices and I’m having a hard time but I need to know how.

7/8 oz. Sampler Container

No. 5071

7⁄8 oz./2.6 cl./26 ml.

H21⁄16 T13⁄8 B13⁄16 D13⁄8

SCC 068194

wow! a search for Libbey 5071 turned up a 6.75 oz cheese cellar.

you say 4/8 (.875) oz 4/8 = 1/2 but .875 = 7/8

and 1 pound of SOME melted waxes is 20 oz liquid but that is not an across the board true statement

I do think you need to make more than one at a time, but you need to know how much weighted wax your jars hold in order to do your samples. Usually, the measurements given for a jar is how much volume of liquid it will hold.

If you make your samples too strong or too weak you will not be giving your customers an accurate sample of your candle.

Yes that's what I wanted to do but your suggestions sounds much better.

I use to dip perfume strips in oil and put them in little baggies, but the fragrance smells different in the wax plus it didn't look as professional to some of my customers. So I changed that, little samples go over much better.

Thank you so much for your help!

Are you saying that you are trying to make individual samplers..by pouring them individually:confused: :confused: :confused: .

The sampler jars are 1/2 oz. each, if you are making them as samplers for your customers try pouring 5 oz. of wax at a time,

that will make 10 samples using 1/4 oz. FO per 5 oz. wax.

This is based on 1 oz. FO per pound of wax. One pound of wax melted equals 20 oz. liquid.

MLJ

I’m making sample candles and I’m not sure how much fragrance to use. I normally pour a 16oz or 32oz batch and anything left over goes into my sample glasses. I’m having a hard time trying to figure out how much fragrance to use for 1 glass. I’m guessing a drop or two but I was hoping someone’s done this before and has specifics.

I’m using:

4630 Wax

4/8 oz (.875oz) Sampler Container by Libbey #5071

So is this it? https://epay.propay.com/ I'm with Intuit and they are killing me, I pay $49 a month and I have to sell a minimum of $25. When I stared taking payments online it went from $39 to $49 and that was the last straw. I'm loosing money while I'm trying to get my site organized.

I have used ProPay for the past year and a half, and it works great. I pay about $60.00 per year for the premium plan that accepts the 4 major credit cards. I think the transaction fee is about 3.25%, +.35. There are no monthly minimums, but there is a maximum of $3000.00 per month. There is also a basic plan that accepts VISA/MC only, and costs less per year. I highly recommend using ProPay!

Thanks for your help, I'll give it a try this weekend.

4630 will work for wickless but for tarts I would try blending the pillar wax with it to firm them up. I blend 6228 (a pillar wax) and 4630 for my tarts. They are a nice consistancy and melt well in an electric and t-light warmer.

Thanks for your reply.

I made two wickless candles and 12 tarts. I am not in love with IGI 1313, it was really hard to deal with. I had heck breaking it up, I had to go outside and bang it on the ground. To much work. I'm passing out samples to my friends to test and I'll test some as well. I'm almost positive I won't use 1313 anymore once I'm finished with the slab I have.

After your post, I searched around the site and it seems I can make wickless canldes with 4630 and tarts with it as well. I think I'll try that, 4630 is easy to deal with and it smells great hot and cold and I can just use the wax I have instead of buying more wax.

I guess no one has an opinion on this one way or the other.

I recently picked up a scented candle from Victoria's Secret... "Honeysuckle & White Patchouli." When I went to use the product I found that this is the exact same fragrance that Bath & Body Works sells as "Sensual Amber."

I discovered that Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works, Henri Bendel, and White Barn Candle are all part of the same company, Limited Brands.

I was wondering what the perspective is here on this... buying say a Bayberry fragrance oil from a supplier, then selling it out of the Christmas season under a different name, such as "French Herbs."

Do you think this is dishonest, or a savvy business practice?

I have 3 candles line, and I change names across the board. So far it's worked for me.

I'm trying my hand at wickless candles this weekend. AAA suggested I use IGI 1313, so I could get the dual use to use them with pillars. I did a search but I didn't see much about this type of wax, I know I need to add Vybar but outside of that I have no direct instructions. Do I need to mix it with parrafin wax, I currently have 4630. How much Vybar do I use? I'm assuming I should use the same amount of FO. I want them to smell as strong as Scenty. I have a sample in car that melted a little on my coffee cup and my car smells like perfume. I wonder what they are using?

I have my molds ready to go, as well as some jars I'm looking forward to experimenting.

TIA!

**Update**

I colored them the same color as the perfume and lotion bottle, and I used 4630 wax. She bought 2 9oz Salsa Jars, 2 4oz and I gave her a 1oz Oil for her oil burner.

My friend burned the candles this past weekend, she said they were not nearly as strong as my other candles, but she enjoyed the clean fresh scent. She thinks they'll be great for someone with allergies. I don't think I'll add this one to my candle line, its not strong enough for me.

Thanks for the input and help everyone!

I'm now on the hunt for some Yankee Candle duplicates, I received a catalog the other day and the scratch and sniff scents are fabulous.

Thanks for the input, I'm going to give it a try. I'll let let everyone know how it throws with 4630. :smiley2:

I guess no one has used it.

Has anyone tried Lone Star Candle Happy Scent? How's the hot/cold throw. I'm thinking about buying some but I haven't been able to find any reviews. I'm making a batch for a friend of mine and if it's a hit, I'll add it to my line.

TIA!!

I have NG verson and I love it.. I havent smelt any of the others though but its addicting.. I love it because the real thing was my wedding perfume and every time I sniff this it brings me back to that day

I've been looking for a dup of this too, who is NG?

I found these coasters and my plan to customize them with my companies Logo and use them for Air Fresheners. They are on sale (min 500, promo code COLE0309) I read in another thread that coasters work, but I wanted to know if this is the right kind of coaster material. It's a White high density 60 point pulp board coaster. Anyone use this type before? As an alternative, if these coasters don't work I plan on ordering blank air fresheners, and ironing on a print of some sort. I found a company that will sell air fresheners with the string attached and the clear wrapper but they are more expensive than the coasters. Thanks in advance.

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Kentucky Candle Wax Supply...here is the link

http://www.kycandlewaxsupply.com/

Thanks.