SuzyK

Most of my fragrances are from NG.   There's a lot of great ones already mentioned.  Also sounds like there are some I need to try!    I do like the Fresh Brewed Coffee but it's not my favorite coffee from them.  I do prefer the Mt. Hazelnut one like Gail mentioned or Cafe Mocha is great too.  I agree Tinsel is amazing, such a unique fragrance!

Other ones not mentioned that I love are Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Elf Sweat, Reindeer Poo,  Apple Jack & Peel, Caramel Apple, Jack Frost, Fresh Outdoors.  I'm sure I'm missing some!

I have just a little bit of PB left and I also mixed it with xcel which I have a lot of that left. I LOVE my wax melts and I want to pretend that lots and lots of testing is NOT in my future.

Mixing a container wax and pillar wax for wax melts seems to help with some of the frosting/crumbling problems but I haven't tested any waxes in a really long time so that may have changed.

I wish I had seen a year ago that they were discontinuing these waxes, I would have bought more to stock up.  But of course, i didn't know until I went to buy more eco PB wax and it was no where to be found!  That way I could have been testing all summer instead of waiting till the busy season to test.

I think the American waxes are ones that seemed promising, and maybe the Golden waxes too. I'm hoping to start testing soon!

I want to thank all of you for all of this information. I have not been able to get my hands on any wax as things are a bit slow for me and getting anything new has been put aside for now.

It sounds like these new waxes are on not worth my time. However, I don't make candles, I make wax melts.  Do you think they would still be awful waxes to use for wax melts?

As I research about what new waxes to use, I'm just confused!  I did so much research years ago to get the perfect waxes and this is just so frustrating to have to start all over.  But that was all before this trouble with soy waxes. I worry if I don't use all soy that my customers won't come back.  And I'll have to redo ALL of my labels.  argh!

I don't know if this helps, but I keep it as Pumpkin Apple Butter and it sells really really well for me.

Lots of great ideas already. I like the idea of the bags if you're a great seamstress. I had a friend do that for awhile and she did very well.  Lip balm sells very well for me

In the Spring, I got back into vinyl cutting and started a T-shirt/decal biz.  As with any business start up, it's taking a bit to get going but I'm loving it! I haven't tried selling them any shows yet.

Your labels are always so gorgeous! All of them are great! Are you just choosing 1 of these designs?  I LOVE the retro car design for #1 it has a Norman Rockwell feel to it.   

Yes! My jaw dropped at the shipping!  The place I normally get the ecosoya  waxes doesn't have the new waxes yet.  I normally buy 100+ lbs at a time and with other things so it's worth it but the 10 lbs of each to test is pricey.

I just want to thank you all for this thread. I've been keeping up with it to see how things are going with the waxes.  I don't make candles but wax melts are my biggest seller during the holiday season so I"m hoping for big things from these waxes. Looks like I'll be spending the season testing though!   I have found the waxes online but shipping prices are outrageous so I'm waiting for a place closer to get them in stock.

That's so exciting!!  Congrats to you!!

Ugh!  This is SO frustrating! I'm so sorry it's happening to you!  Crazy how someone copying YOU accused you of copying. Imitation is not flattering, it's aggravating!  We work so hard on branding ourselves and to have someone try to take that way is maddening.

I've been there, I don't know if you remember my big thing on here a few years back where someone ordered from me and copied and admitted to it and still didn't care.  She disappeared for awhile but is back and her shop still looks eerily like mine and is doing a lot of the same products.  But I can't do anything about it other than continue to being the awesome business owner that I am  

I haven't tried any others but Toasted Marshmallow from Natures Garden is awesome.  

I'm pretty stingy unless something happened during shipment. I stand by my products and I spend the time testing to make great products so I don't really back down easily.  While bad reviews aren't my favorite, sometimes the review reflects more on the customer than my product actually being bad.  It's opinion and that's really all it is, someone's opinion. I know I can't please 100% of my customers. If I had consistent bad reviews on something, I would probably do something about it. I offer sample sizes on many of my products so people don't feel like they're wasting a lot of money.  I am happy to work with someone on a case by case basis if necessary.

I'm excited to start testing this wax (well not really excited, more frustrated) But excited to see that it's becoming available.  I'm not sure if I'm interested in the 210 but the others I am!

14 hours ago, Sponiebr said:

OMG!  IT'S SUZYK!!!! 

 

 Good to see ya! 

Sponiebr: The Executor of Bad Ideas and Sundry Services... 

awww  It's good to be remembered!! It's good to see familiar "faces"  I'm trying to be better at checking in

When I first started doing wax melts, I would clean out the wax by putting the pouring pots upside down on a cookie sheet in the oven on warm. That got to be too time consuming so now I just wipe them out with a paper towel after I pour. 

Absolutely amazing!  After all these years in bath and body, I still have not braved soap from scratch!

So I am waaaay late to the game on this.  I bought enough last year to get through my busy season and then was able to buy more in the spring I think. I had NO idea until just a little bit ago this was being discontinued.  Ahhh! I am so upset right now.  Going into the busy season and wax melts are such a great seller for me.  I hope the reformulated ones come out soon and aren't much different!

18 minutes ago, Belinda said:

It's good to see you on here again Suzy! I've missed seeing you! There are so many that don't get on here anymore and a lot of new people too but it's nice to see the ones that were here when I first started.

Good to see you too!  I pop in from time to time but haven't posted at all.  I need to get back into it.  My scent shop has kept me busy but I should be on here more.  I've learned so much from this group!

I haven't been very active on this forum in a long time but I came to check here because I saw the post on Facebook.  I'm so sorry to hear this!  Good to see some familiar names on here still   

I use Toasted Marshmallow from NG.  I haven't tried others but I just love that scent!

I don't know how many you print but I did the math for my use and the laser paid for itself in about 2 months in cartridge savings and the cartridges continued to go on and on.   Those ink jet printers are cheap

but the cartridges are expensive unless you are refilling them.  My laser was $239.00, I don't believe they make that model but a replacement model around the same price is avail.

I print A LOT!  I buy cartridges quite often at $75-$80 for the double pack. I bought a set not that long ago and already need to buy more because I've been so busy.  I guess it's time to look into the laser one!  Thank you!

I buy the blank labels and print at home. My labels are very colorful.  I'd love to eventually have a laser printer but I have an inkjet now and it does the job.

I have my first show this weekend. It's a big one.  I'm also really really busy with orders on Etsy.  I'm a bit overwhelmed at the moment but I'm thankful to be doing what I love!

My first show is the first weekend in December. It's a huge show so I decided not to do as many as I normally do. I got a double-sized booth this year so I have A LOT to do still.  I'm doing that one and then another smaller one the week after it. 

It's nice to read updates from everyone's shows!