franu61

I blend CS mac apple and cinnamon buns . 50/50

https://www.candlesoylutions.com/thumbnail.asp?offset=0&deep=1&cid=22  

Not sure if it is hard enough for what u need, it is soy.  I used to use this wax and loved it, just got too spendy for me.

Another one on the plus side.  You can sell me some of your stash    Oh, wait, was I supposed to talk you down ?  Lol

Candlesoylutions has RRd 

https://candlesoylutions.com/thumbnail.asp?offset=0&deep=1&cid=23

Lol, not a craft but I use them for my custom blends of FO's.   That way I have the mix on hand, instead of mixing each time I want to make some of that scent. 

CS's Oakmoss and Amber is my new favorite belnder.  It is great with lavender, or macintosh apple.  Screams fall.

I travel to Reno once a year and pick up from candlescience (about 8 hours away).  But we make it a family get together, I meet up with my bro and sis along the way. We spend the night and lose money at the casinos.  We split costs of room and meals and gas.  And I can write off some of it for business.  I  would never drive that far just for pickup.

Well, ... I guess it won't tunnel...

I color my tins because I make big batch of a particular scent, and it goes into tins and jars. I offer a lot of different scents, and like TT said, color does make it easier to find. 

9 hours ago, karinz40 said:

I would love to mix scents but how do you know how much using my  1 oz sample bottles?

When I am blending scents I use my old prescriotion or vitamin bottles.  Put them on the scale, tare it our and then you can measure amounts of each fo that you want.  

mac apple and oakmoss & amber both from CS.  wonderfuls fall scent and a hint of masculinity

Brambleberry.      https://www.brambleberry.com/shop-by-craft/bath-bombs/kits         I've never used the bath bomb kits but I have tried others.  I love BB they think of everything and have great instructions and tutorials.     And the kits are on sale right now. 

Right now they are offering 2 promo codes to get 5/$5 and they can be used together.  Plus they have 3 FO's for free.  the codes are INSTAAUG  and 82019.  then look for the Free fragrances and add them to cart.   

My city required me to get a business license before I could operate out of my house. To get a bus lic. I needed to have a business checking account, get a ficticious business name, run the notice in the local paper, and wait months for the local fire marshal to sign off that my "busines set up would be safe?"  (He never did come check out the house, so I have no idea what he did).   My zoning is such that I cannot SELL from my house, but I can manufacture.  People outside the city limits in my county do not need one.

Blackberry is doing well for me now. 

lavender and (stinky)   nag champa

The only sales at NG are the fragrance of the month, they offer a different scent each month for $12 a pound, and they always offer $1 off per pound if you buy 5 or more .  Also .50cents off per sample if you buy 10 or more.  And rewards points each time you buy.  (No I don't work there   but I do take advantage of all the sales)

5 hours ago, Pam W said:

To this very day, I have yet to look at any FB posting on candle making.  If I want some legit advise, I come here...period

Same here!  Don't know what i would have done without all the GOOD advice on this site.

  I ran across this when I was doing a search on how to make room sprays:    ... Sprinkle your favorite Fragrance Oil into the wax near the wick of a candle before it is lit. ... 

Got some from Candlescience and they are working just fine.  first time ever tryin any tho, so can't compare.

57 minutes ago, franu61 said:

June 27-29  20% off fragrances.  (Having trouble getting the sale price to come up at checkout though.  I wrote to them about the problem)

Use promo code    summer     at checkout

June 27-29  20% off fragrances.  (Having trouble getting the sale price to come up at checkout though.  I wrote to them about the problem)

1 hour ago, Candybee said:

stick blender or stick blending.

Lol!  I was just writing out notes (somebody on here said to keep a soap diary)  and I wrote stick blended...ad the light bulb went on      Thank you

Thank you so much Candybee.  No peeking??? That may be the hardest part, lol.  To prove I am a complete newbie, what does SB stand for?

15 hours ago, Candybee said:

Great job for your first cp soap! Love the color combo and its perfect for that scent. Bet you can't wait to try it!!!

I actually did try a little scrap...felt great.  As for color I was going for purple and blue but the purple morphed.     Couple questions:  Is that soda ash on top and can I do anything about it at this point?  I see a couple air bubbles, is that because I didn't bang it on the table hard enough?