chauntelle Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Hi guys. haven't posted for a while as i've been moving ect but thankfully thats all done and i'm now feeling at home so i can have even more fun in an even bigger kitchen!!! Been doing some research into people selling hand poured candles in my area as you all know its good to check out the compotition and see whats out there. Any way i stumbled across this website and thought maybe you could check it out and let me no if you were as impressed as i was! they use soy and i use paraffin which means our candles are different would appreciate your opinions!! thasnks in advance:grin2:www.corfecandles.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wenebara Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Where's the link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jldorrington Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 website??? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candle Makin Momma Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Oh wow, I want to know how they make their soy candles burn down and leave the cool shells. Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chauntelle Posted January 11, 2007 Author Share Posted January 11, 2007 yeah sorry guys added that when i realised- motherhood kills the brain!!! link should b there now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopsgirl Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 all I can say about the website is WOW! how do they do the bean one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjackson35 Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Oh wow, I want to know how they make their soy candles burn down and leave the cool shells. Anyone know?I was wondering the same thing. I would think it would burn the stuff that is on the outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candle Makin Momma Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Unless they just underwick it, but how do they insure an even tunneling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modhatter Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Wow,imagine the time involved in making some of those. I wonder how many people are willing to pay for all that time and art. Very artistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris77 Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 soy is a harder wax to burn...the shell doesn't curl in or hug like paraffin does...so if it's wicked to not blow out, you can get it to leave a shell....like a luminary candle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 If they're soy, how do they make them rustic? The tins bothered me a little bit. Could be the angle of some of them, but the wicks looked off. I didn't go through much else though. Took to long to load on my machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay_me0007 Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Looks pretty impressive. I wouldn't worry about competition- as long as you've got a good quality candle then it will sell. Maybe you could offer some extra items beside candles. Reed diffusers, candle warmers, air freshners . I saw a post claiming that plain cutouts can be bought and "painted" with f/o to make an air freshner. The person posting has some pretty big accounts seling these. Maybe you can market them as car air freshners or for wherever someone can't burn a candle like closets? I checked out some websites offering them and they have quite a few different designs. Sorry if I'm not much help but just trying to give you some suggestions.:highfive: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalamazoo Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 They have some nice candles, love the hurricanes. I wonder if their rustic pillars look like that though?. As soon as I saw the pic I realised I had seen it before - Look at the Techniques and Ideas section on the Candletech Board and see the pic for Rustic/Cold pour candles. I used these instructions when starting out and have it filed in my folder. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickedwanda Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 pic looks the same except for the COPYRIGHT. imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenia Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 They have some nice candles, love the hurricanes. I wonder if their rustic pillars look like that though?. As soon as I saw the pic I realised I had seen it before - Look at the Techniques and Ideas section on the Candletech Board and see the pic for Rustic/Cold pour candles. I used these instructions when starting out and have it filed in my folder. Just a thought.Yes, I was just going to point that out. http://www.corfecandles.co.uk/http://www.candletech.com/coldpours/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGirl Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Well good-ness!! Here I am stressing about the pictures that I take -- haven't put anything up on the website yet because the pictures still suck.... turns out I should just be stealing ones that I like!How silly of me... :rolleyes2 For those of you who have been here a lot longer than me (almost everyone ) does this happen often? Do you really see stolen pics on websites popping up every few weeks?It just blows my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenia Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Do you really see stolen pics on websites popping up every few weeks?It just blows my mind.Every now and then. This site is in the UK. Just a coincidence that it got posted here or no one would be the wiser. I'd imagine some of the other pics were stolen as well. That is often the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Initially the site looks pretty good to me, but I found too many images wouldn't enlarge & mistakes in the blurb that put me off. Some of the products look really good tho.ETA they don't only do soy, the rustics, chunkies & hurricanes are paraffin.Sally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logcabinmomma Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 The candletech pics sure load faster lol.-Kristi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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