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Made my first votives tonight!


donna4909

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They have some problems, but I expected that. *lol*

This one is Mango Mandarin, the very first I did. I am limited to tan, purple, and blue dye at the moment, and my boyfriend picked the tan for these. Sure looks like crap, but it smells nice. :rolleyes2

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And my second votives, these are berries buttercream, and they look a bit better.

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And I did one in the octagon mold (which I love) but I think I did too much of an overpour. The "lip" looks pretty bad.

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DeeB: Funny thing, I hated the Mango Mandarin OOB, but love it in wax. It really softens up a lot, if that makes sense.

Scented: It's actually a light pastel purple. :D I'm trying to get used to coloring this parafin... Everything has been lighter than I planned. It seems to take a lot more dye than gel wax does.

And thanks for all the nice comments!

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Sometimes I fight with my votives so much I throw em back in the pot.

Ha! I'm well versed in this practice.

Donna, since these are your first batch of votives I wonder if you are using wick pins. If not, you can save yourself so much time and frustration by getting some for yourself. I spent a few years without them and had to center the wicks manually. Of course, I didn't know wick pins existed until a few months ago.

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