keen bean

I added Fresh Baked Pie Crust, Mountain Lake, Orange Chiffin Cake, and Sea Salt & Cocoa Bea.

On 7/25/2017 at 8:06 PM, candlesncats said:

There is one started on this board in Fragrance section, I believe

Thank you! I will look for it.

My daughter was just asking me today if I had any candles left that I make with one of their fo's.

One of my favorites, and most popular, is one I mix that I call Sweet Lavender. I use CS's Lavender and Very Vanilla. I know there are many lavender/vanilla blends out there, but I didn't know it at the time. I thought I was being clever. ?

I had a few select oils I always used from Peak. I don't know if I'm asking for the impossible, but for those of us needing to find replacements- can we identify which ones, share possibilities, progress in our search/testing, etc.?

WSP is having a 5-hour site wide flash sale right now from 4pm until 10pm eastern time. I think it does not apply to bulk items, though.

I too use 464 wax and I use ECO wicks. These are some I have had great experiences with:

From Peak- Sea Salt & Cocoa Bean, Mountain Lake, Purely Peppermint, Orange Chiffon Cake.

From CS- Very Vanilla, Fresh Coffee, Lavender, Cranberry Marmalade, McIntosh Apple, Coconut Lime, Clean Cotton, Black Sea, Love Spell, Blood Orange

From WSP- Iced Tea Twist, Spiced Cranberry, Frasier Fir - I have more fo's to test but only so many hours in the day...

They're lovely! Well done!

CS is one of my favorite suppliers. I use 464 with ECO wicks, and these are some of the scents that are my favorites and/or have been working really well for me:

- Cranberry Marmalade

- Very Vanilla

- Black Sea

- Coconut Lime

- Fresh Coffee (I mix with Creme Brûlée)

- Blood Orange

- McIntosh Apple

- Clean Cotton

- Lavender

- Garden Mint

- Peach Nectar

@KrisS I know of at least a few. Unfortunately, in my experience I don't really save on shipping, so the benefit is only in transit time. I guess that alone is a good thing, though!

@kandlekrazy You are close! I'm in Paso! Sweet! ?

Welcome! Glad to know another "Central Coaster" - I'm pretty sure there are at least a few of us on here! =) I took a quick peek at your website - looks great! I'm in the process of trying to get mine set up now... mostly by sheer stubbornness, haha. 

And I agree completely with your last statement about shipping, taxation, not business friendly, etc. We have much to be thankful for living in "sunny CA," but there's always two sides to the coin! It's certainly contributed to why I have taken so long to move forward - all the business requirements plus my own fears of messing it all up has been daunting. Grateful for the info and advice on this board on so many topics!

Fine mist? I've never heard of that before. 

I use 464 for my container candles and always heard I should not use it for tarts because it's such a soft wax, though I don't have much trouble with it. I don't make them often, just dabbling right now and thought this new wax might be promising. But if I can't breathe while I'm melting it...haha

I'm curious to hear how this works for you. Hope it gives good results!

@Incendia Hi! Thank you for the greeting! I was a little scared to finally come out of hiding, so I appreciate your reply. =)

Full disclosure: apparently I joined way back in 2009, but as I am the severely introverted type I have kept to myself until now and just silently learned from all of you (I'm sorry about that). I first got into soy candle making about 10 years ago when someone introduced me to a company I shall not name that was more into the MLM of it all. I could never bring myself to sign people up- I'm still a terrible marketer- but was instantly hooked on making candles. I have made them off and on, in between raising my daughters and homeschooling. Lately, I have had more interest in selling locally, so here I am, and thought it was only fair that I stop sneaking around and introduce myself. It may be beautiful where I live, but being all the way over here on the Left Coast definitely makes getting supplies more difficult...and expensive. Thank you for all your experience, expertise, and advice!