tribeccatops

yeah! People RAVE about her candles!! She has really unusual ones, she mixes her own scents. She doesn't use dyes or anything. She says she's been doing it for six years. Her products do look beautiful. She makes outstanding bath and body stuff too (so her customers say). She's definitely an inspiration!

OHHHH yeah!! One votive: $23:shocked2:

wow:shocked2:...thanks!! I believe you covered all the bases.

I was admiring candle sellers on etsy and there is a lady that makes all natural candles. She says that she uses only essential oils, resins and absolutes. For example, she makes a fragrance called "lemon bar" which incorporates lemon and lime essential oils and butter absolute. She says that she uses real butter. She makes other scents with chocolate absolute and coffee absolute. TIA!

This is what I've learned from the forum thus far: 1. Despite the fact that CS says that 464 can handle 12% fragrance, You shouldn't have to, 9% is probably the highest you should go (I've used 12% and can barely get a hot throw:rolleyes2) 2. Coconut oil helps with the cold and hot throw and helps speed up cure time, UV stabilizer should be added to prevent candles from discolorizing 3. Apparently CDN wicks are great to use with veggie waxes (I'm using ECOs and am not getting a great hot throw but it could be because of something that I'm doing wrong:() 4. Pouring temp: I've read that SOME people like to pour at 100F while most seem to prefer to pour hotter like between 150-170F (I have yet to try to pour hotter, I pour at 135%) 5. It seems that most like to mix 464 with other waxes, some with paraffin, others with palm. I'm not sure which yields the best results. PLEASE add any other pointers or suggestions! TIA!

So, I've been using 464 in 8oz jelly jars, Eco 8 wicks and using 12% fo. I know the 12 % seems like a lot but I wanted to get the strongest fragrance possible. Well, needless to say I have run into problems. I don't seem to have much of a hot throw. Should I wick up? OR should I use less fo. How much should I cut down to? TIA!