Well, I'm a complete newbie to candle making. I've only made a total of 5 candles so far. I wanted to keep it simple at first by only making 3 non scented, non colored candles. Then I got the hunger for more and made 2 colored and scented candles. They turned out ok...but they certainly are not Yankee candle level yet. I have completely caught the addiction bug on this craft. I'm in love! I have to warn you, there will be lots of questions to all you guru's out there, but I will try to read, read, read, before asking anything. So there it is.....