classiccandle Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I ran across the following picture on the internet and was wondering if anyone can tell me what the brown spots are in the candle and if you think it's supposed to look that way? I make soy candles and I've never had any of them turn out like that. It's an 8 oz candle that is being sold for $20. For that kind of money I would not want my candle to look like that unless someone explained to me why it did.Please don't take this as bashing someone else's work. I'm just curious and thought I would ask.Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravens Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 :eek: Chopped walnuts? lolwould not pay $2 for a candle looking like that, never mind $20!Maybe those are "Special Scent Globs"? Ok, sorry; I'll behave now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodle Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 (edited) I think it looks like crap and I would not take it for free. Edited May 5, 2012 by Noodle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorelei Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 It looks like wax has some debris in it. Yuk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn624 Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 are they clumps of lavender buds...? how odd. I would not shell out $20 for that candle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewls819 Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Looks like mold to me<shrug> very strange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Soy Candle Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Cardboard from the box? hmmmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puma52 Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Yuck!! Why on EARTH would someone EVEN put that up for sale??!! Looks extremely questionable and disgusting to me... I wouldn't take it for free either! Ackk!!! What people don't try to sell!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetsCandles Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 It looks like herbs, possibly lavender (as was suggested above). Either way, it's a fire hazard and I wouldn't pay that much for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksranch Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Sometimes, just to amuse myself, I 'surf' Etsy... the sad thing is I ALWAYS find stuff that I can't beleive is for sale... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitn Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 That is gross... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonshine Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Email them and ask what it is- I am curious what they say- it looks like mold or corrosion around the wick to me- I can't blow it up big but I don't see it on the sides of the jar- just the tops but I wouldn't know if it is herbs that just floated up because I never tried it.....and probably never will! LOL. YUCK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiccandle Posted May 7, 2012 Author Share Posted May 7, 2012 I emailed them this morning and am awaiting their reply. After closer scrutiny of their website I'm inclined to agree with some of the other posters that it's perhaps lavender buds. They sell other candles, in different containers, that look that way also. Why would anyone want to put lavender buds in wax, if indeed that's what it is? Doesn't that pose a potential fire hazard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodle Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Herbs or not, it is sloppily done. It looks moldy to me at first glance. It is a lousy picture in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiccandle Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 Received a reply from the person selling the candles and she said it's dried lavender. She adds it to the top of candles that contain lavender essential oils. Hmmm....not sure I'd be adding it if it made the candle look like that but then again, it isn't my business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Received a reply from the person selling the candles and she said it's dried lavender. She adds it to the top of candles that contain lavender essential oils. Hmmm....not sure I'd be adding it if it made the candle look like that but then again, it isn't my business. I wouldn't be inclined to put something flammable as a decoration on the top of the candle. Things that make you go hmmmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorseScentS Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I ran across the following picture on the internet and was wondering if anyone can tell me what the brown spots are in the candle and if you think it's supposed to look that way? I make soy candles and I've never had any of them turn out like that. It's an 8 oz candle that is being sold for $20. For that kind of money I would not want my candle to look like that unless someone explained to me why it did.Please don't take this as bashing someone else's work. I'm just curious and thought I would ask.Thanks![ATTACH=CONFIG]24122[/ATTACH]I think I know what's going on with that candle because I saw the exact same situation on a used candle that the owner of an herb shop had bought from a local candle maker and set on their counter for their own use. The wicks looked like a clump of mop hair that was all scorched and mostly buried in the wax. That pic looks like a double-wicked candle and the wicks have drifted until one of them is very close to the side of the jar and one is now in the middle of the jar. That's exactly what I saw on the other used candle in the herb shop. The owner told me it was not a problem to light the wicks in that condition and he'd been burning that candle off-and-on for months. Looks gross to me. Dislike! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodle Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Well, it is good to know at least that it was not dirt, mold or something else gross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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