Dye Or No Dye and Which Ones

[Dolphin146]

I was wondering do most of you who make tarts dye them Or leave them natural. I know some dyes leave a chemical smell. Which ones don't I am kinda leaning towards no dye. What do you think?

[SuzyK]

I dye mine. I love color too much not to dye them. I buy the liquid colors for Lonestar and they don't leave a chemical smell.

[jackbenimble]

I do not use dye (i chose not to because i use soy) but did experiment with the lonestar liquid dyes when I started making candles. They gave off no smell. I do love color and wish it looked better in pure soy but for me it was a hassle. So I chose dye free.

Edited August 11, 2012 by jackbenimble

[ksranch]

I use Peak's liquid dyes and there is no smell.

[SuzyK]

I use pure soy also and colors come out fine but it does take a lot of drops to get a good color

Edited August 11, 2012 by SuzyK

[justajesuschick]

Mine are also naked. No dye.

Unfortunately, no dye means that once melted, you can see some of the mystery dark flecks that seem to be in my wax no matter the supplier. No dye, for a newbie like me, means even more simple and less chance for me to goof something up!

[Dolphin146]

Thanks everyone I am still deciding If I want dye or not. But it seems lonestar dyes are the one to try If I decide to use some.

[classiccandle]

Dye free in both melts and candles.

[lmc]

I use color diamonds with paraffin and love them!

[blacktieaffair]

No dyes in my melts. While I do love the look of all the pretty colors in a pack on the shelf, to me, unless you have a light, or clear burner, you can't tell it's colored once it's melted anyway.

Plus I don't want the hassle of writing down or remembering exact color measurements. Call me lazy LOL ( plus this way, I have one less expense and I never run out of ,or low on , dye )

[Lorelei]

I don't dye.

[Judy, USMC]

I use the liquid dye from Candle Science - no odor. I have a habit of pouring several aromas at one time in the same area. I need to identify the different aromas and do that by coloring them.

[FaithfulScenter]

I make crumbles, and I always dye, that's what I've done from the beginning, but recently I decided to do a "Fall Preview" In which I only made a 1 lb of each fall scent I had, didn't dye, and poured them into fluted tart molds. I can really see the appeal of this, they are sooooo much easier! I wish I would have done it like that from the beginning, but I have too many loyal customers, I couldn't change it now.

[Chefmom]

I really thought in the beginning that I would not dye. I made everything white and I thought "OOOoooo, natural".

Well, I'm a professional Cake Designer, and a Textile Artist so color is my world. I have been hand mixing colors for 20+ years and I just couldn't do white anymore. I now have a LOT of dye chips and liquid dyes and I hand mix most every color. I have made some GORGEOUS colors and I couldn't go back to just white.