Thanks EricofAZ & Coconut, Sorry to hear about your pancreatitus . I too had learned about the dangers of Soy - for me the jury is still out. And so many say it is a wonder food, and so many others say it isnt fit for human consumption... Still a vegetarian, but went sans soy years ago... Coconut, we have a new house - just built it a little over two years ago so probably not drafty like an older house - but ventilation may not be good enough to make them inside. She does leave for work all day, and her headaches were consistent all day everyday. If I had to guess, it was probably the "making" of them - having the FO's out, cooking them, curing them all in the kitchen. Even though I made them on the weekends, I left a couple "Bird of Paradise" candles out over the week that was pretty intense. Everything has been sealed up and put away, windows open and fans running - will wait it out to see how she feels - If I continue, will make them in the garage, and keep/store the FOs out of the way... (a lot of exposure to strong/multiple/concentrated FOs may just be it). Oh, and we did a CT scan - all was good - thanks for suggesting... And thank you so much for the offer for the paraffin - I appreciate it! My first candle was paraffin, I bought a kit from hobby lobby to try it all out and it came with a paraffin block. It actually looked/burned very nice - the body of the candle had a nicer glow becuase it allowed more light through than the soy wax. The more I have learned about soy and paraffin, the less apprehensive I am to using praffin or sold on using soy (black soot still has me worried). The guy I get my supplies frm reccomended I do a 80/20 blend - he said it would help with the consistency and scent throw. What kind of paraffin do you use? As a sales point, I see people say "food grade paraffin" which sounds much nicer! :-) Thanks again all...