kandlenutz

Has anyone tried the Gingerbread from CS yet? I just saw that they now have this today. I need to get an order put in there, and I will definatley be getting this to try!! Is the Fall sale that was mentioned earlier, is that on 1oz sizes, or is it some other sale?? I wish they would do free shipping!!! I took advantage of that the last time!!

I am soooo glad I found this thread! I have been wanting to find a place to buy embeds, other than just ebay. I have gotten great ones off there though.

Thats what I use. The amt of fo just depends on the scent. I can go from .9 (strong lavenders) to 1.6 oz PP. I use CO and that has helped me average it out to 1.3 oz/PP in most scents.

Hi!!! Welcome to the forum!! There are sooooo many helpful people here, you will just love it! I could sit and read all the old posts forever!! unfortunately, I have 3 kids and a full time job, lol. Good luck w/ the addiction. When I first started it was nothing for me to be up till 2 or 3 in the am, making candles!

Those are AWESOME!!!! you are a very talented person!

Backwoods honey gingerbread sounds good!!! I think I will get a sample of that!

1. Fruit- blueberry cheesecake CS

2. Bakery- pumpkin souffle CS

3. Drink- Grandmas Kitchen (cider scent)- at wix end, cierras

3. Flowery- Sunflower at wix end

4. Clean- clean cotton Cierras

5. Manly- cool water- cierras

6. Spa-Seamist lavender cierras

7. Holiday- santas breakfast- my own blend

(Feel free to add a category)

I noticed that my last box of 444 was dryer than usual. I got it at the candlemakers store. I havent noticed any difference in burn quality, thank goodness

It was a good seller for me too last winter! I was planning on getting 5 lbs of it! guess not now!

GReat deal!!! I love garage sales and I love finding candle bargains!!!

I could almost see those being cupcake soaps!! So cute!!!!

Hi, I use just the 444 and sometimes CO for my "tartz" and they are great. Some scents are better than others, but I always weed those ones out.

I really LOVE cierras and at wix end "Grandmas Kitchen" its sooo strong in soy! It has a apple cinnamon cider scent though. Everyone that gets it from me LOVES it!!!

Wow!!! Glad to hear they made it right! Even more reason for them to keep my business!!!!

I think those look AWESOME!! I wish I was that creative!!! Even after the fading,they still look great!

I ordered not too long ago and none of mine leaked! thank goodness. We( all of us candlemakers) spend too much money on them to be able to afford that! I would send them all back and have them re ship new ones at their expense if that many are leaking. Thats crazy! but then you hate to have to hassle w/ all that too!!! GRRRR thats aggravating. Please let us know what ya find out, just for future references. I always have $100+ orders from them and if I am going to spend that, I want stuff to be right!

What a great space! Not too long ago I finally got my own area in out basement, but it is no where as great looking/ orgainzied as that. Mine is more like the "before" pic. LOL ! LOVE it!

I thought so too when I used my sample. It has been awhile ago, but seems that it got better, maybe the longer I smelled it the less it smelled like that. but that also was my first impression. It was a sample and I never bought more to work on making it better.

I am by no means an expert, I am very new at this myself. But, my understanding is that pour temp doesnt affect scent throw, only how the product sets up. I believe just the temp at which you add fo affects how the oil binds/blends w/ the base product, and there are varying opinions about which is better, higher or lower temps. I add my fo around 160-170 now, I used to add at a little lower temp, but I got impatient and more of the literature out there seems to say better to add at higher temp, so thats what i do. Hth,

I buy the 5# jug from CS and I actually think it pours better than the 1# bottles. I was suprised b/c I didnt know how that would work. Some scents I go through so fast that its financially better for me to get the big 5# jugs.

I was reading what I typed out and wanted to make note that I didnt use the spray on my kitchen floor, I sprayed it in kitchen and it didnt leave any film/slippery/greasy residue. sorry, that didnt come out right.

Wow, those are some great pumpkin suggestions! I LOVE pumpkin and will definatley be trying them out!! I dont have any residue on the floors when I use the room spray. I used it in my bathroom and on kitchen wood floors, no residue or film on either one. It seems to really bind/mix w/ the oil . I had just gotten some to sample and try out, but I am definatley going to get the gallon the next time I go down there and pick up my order! Thanks for all the pumpkin ideas!

I thought about using cs pumpkin souffle too! Its another one of my favorite pumpkin scents. I am still looking for a good spicy pumpkin. I have tried a few others, but just not what I am looking for. I will keep trying.

wow, that just sounds confusing!! LOL I was cleaning my work room and found the pkg for the base I used for the room spray. here are the ingredients for it:

FDA approved SD alcohol, Glycerin, Propylene glycol, & benzophenone.

then they tell you to also list your FO scent and any dye you may use.

This is just some more info from the Candlemakers site, but no ingredients. I am going to email them.