Rachael

When I first started out I did all beeswax containers and they were a pain because of the high melt point of the wax .

Square Braided seem to work great and are recommended for beeswax candles .

I will check to see if I have any left ( I went to candlewic and had a bunch made up) If I do I will be happy to send you some to try out .

From what I can see you got a good melt pool , as for the appearance that is generally what soy looks like after it burns unless you mix it with some other type of wax some use Beeswax .

HTH

I use KY pure soy and natural pillar wax and have had no probs , Been a while for me as well but I think the waxes are very similar.

Need to get back into candles LOL got hooked on soap making .:embarasse

Thanks Lisa I appreciate you taking the time to reply.

I use to get all my soaping oils from them now all I see of them are on the clearance page.

Thanks again

Hi guys just wondered if there is something wrong with thier site , went there this morning and it only goes to product page and it only list EO blends, FO and Clearance pages . Seems they are no longer selling fixed oils as that is what is on the clearance page .

Hope they are just revamping thier site or have I missed an anouncement ?

That does look good , every time I try to make scrub it turns out like cement LOL good job !

I remember witches brew if it is the same as BC , I went and read thier description of it and now I am stuck on a forest theme.

Forest Path

Secret Forest

Moonlit Forest

Mystical Forest

:embarasse

HTH

What does it smell like or remind you of ?

To my knowledge that are not the same .

I don't know the actual reason besides one is cosmetic grade the other isn't

HTH

This should be fine unless you use Soy then go to the veggie section .

Although there may be a sticky in one of them that addresses the wick issues .

HTH

I found the three I have at a local craft store .

But I have seen them on C&S but I think they get them around Halloween and sell out then although I could be wrong

Sorry not much help .

What do the guide lines say Wed, That may help us figure some thing out .

Not to heat over 80 ? hmmm another new one to me .

Did your wax come with heating and pouring instructions?

Fragrance load amounts etc...

Im sorry I seem to be asking more questions than answering but with out this info it is kind of hard to figure out what went wrong.

Welcome Back Jen ,

I have been away for some time as well dontcha just hate when life gets in the way of candles LOL !

Looking forward to seeing some of your great pics .

So the FO has color added ? hmmm never seen that .

Next question would be how much FO are you adding to how much wax ? the norm is usually 1oz of FO to 1lb of wax .

If you dont mind me asking could you supply the name of the wax and FO ? someone else may use the same and be of more help .

Well first which type of soy are you using? it sounds like it may be container soy .

Second is the FO adding the streaks or are you coloring them as well ?

I use a 65%/35% makes a medium thick lotion .

And I agree on the ewax and stearic ,from all I have read the beeswax and borax either doesnt work or takes alot of trial and error to get it to work.

I like the effect of adding Dry-flo as well to help with that little bit of greasy feel left after it sinks in.

I would take out the borax and the beeswax and use an Emulsifing wax.

Other than that you could use a little Dry-Flo powder to take out some of the greasy feel.

HTH

I have been contemplating telling her that as she has had a HORRIBLE ATTITUDE with me lately!!

I am about to tell her that her sweet 16 gift from me is EMANCIPATION!!!!! Then she can go make her own rules in her own house and live however the hell she wants! Then when she doesn't get her own way, or something goes wrong ..... she only has herself to blame! UGH ...

OMGs going through the same thing and I can't remember being as selfish with my Mom . Of course we had our ups and downs but

nothing like this .....I hope LOL ...hmmm may need to call her today for my annual apology for any and all wrong doing I may or may not have done ..

Teenage girls sheesh!

I have the Honey,Strawberry,Peach,Watermelone,Grape from BC and love them all.

Thanks guys ,

Will try a sample of those and see how close they are .

Thanks again for your replies

Hi guys been away from making anything for a long while ( work & what not)

Anyhoo I always got Fall leaves from Scents for Soy and after they sold every thing to the other place I havent seen it on the site Hubbie just loves this scent was wondering if there was a company that has it under another name ?

Thanks for any help you can give.

Yes Welcome to the board

Thanks Jenn will give that a try

ok Nother quick question finally have time to make more ...If I cut the amount of mp in half should I up an oil by that amount as well ?

Thanks