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Marion

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    candles
  • Location
    Chicago
  • Occupation
    soap/candle business
  • About You
    I'm running my own soap business since 2011, now I'm adding candles.I have 3 kids,married…love to garden, practice Buddhism,moved to Chicago from Berlin/Germany 21 years ago.

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  1. It sells good in soap, never made a candle.I also mix it with patchouli for perfume rollers and call it sweet patchouli.
  2. I love NG French lavender in candles.
  3. Looking for a good lavender FO for 464 soy wax. Thank you
  4. I use, lavender,grapefruit ,peppermint,bergamot and chamomile EO in lip balm, no problems.
  5. I'm trying to wick a RE marijuana FO candle in a mason jar.I went up to a HTP 1212 wick and hardly get a melt pool, super low flame. The CD 14 same thing.I use 464 Golden soy, no color. Did anybody try to wick that FO ?
  6. I wait 3 to 4 days for the first test burn, like right now, I'm burning Santa's whiskers,warm vanilla nutmeg and salsa cranberry from RE and it is amazing,cold and hot throw.But I had candles not giving me a HT at all, like Essence of Jesus from RE and I was bummed, because the CT is so nice.After 2 weeks, I gave it another try and turned out to be a great HT.I'm curing a patchouli saffron+patchouli EO candle and for that I'm waiting patiently a few more days.
  7. My friend is making beany bags, using sport teams (fabric) from various teams. Does she needs a permission from these teams to make these bags?
  8. I'm thinking to get a wine cutting machine, to make recycled wine tumblers.I'm in love with the look. Are any of you, making those ? What do you think?
  9. I'm in love with WSP sugared spruce.But they are so outrageously expensive, I really like RE FO's as well.They also have a sugared spruce.Anybody has any input maybe how they compare ?
  10. I have just discovered RE a while ago and I'm already in love and going to be broke. So far I have used Celtic moonspice lemon verbena toasted marshmallow apples & oats ( love this one!) lilac for candles testing xmas bliss xmas past macintosh apple amish quilt ( smells almost exactly like celtic moonspice) sea kelp ( love it OOB)
  11. The melt pool was good,I have three different candle FO burning,same thing,the jar candles have a way better HT than the tins.Maybe I have to use a higher % for the tins.
  12. I made a 14 oz candle and a 6 oz tin,proportional same FO and wick appropriate for the containers.The 14 oz great HT,but not the 6oz tin,what could that be,wrong wick ?
  13. I started testing my 464 soy wax with great success,I use them in 16 oz blue mason jars,but only fill them up 14 oz.I use 10% FO, most of them from Rustic Escentuals.Great HT,CT with HTP 104 & 105 wicks.I let the test candles cure between 2 or 3 days.The 6 oz tins right now are testing for HTP 105 and CD 12.Will see.
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