Candles,
By dalilac1
@dalilac1 (862)
United States
November 17, 2006 11:38am CST
I have been making my own Soy Candles for over 2 years now, have any of you tried this and if so what are your favorite scents?
My all time fall scent is Pumpkin Crunch Cake.
Winter Scent Mrs. Claus' Cookies, and Peppermint.
Spring: Lilac (hence the name)
Summer: Monkey Farts.
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11 responses
@mountainviewcandles (82)
• United States
30 Nov 06
joy smells kinda like dryer sheets
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@magikrose (5429)
• United States
17 Nov 06
I love candles. I have never made my own. I would like to but the initial purchase is expensive and I cant afford it right now. I love summer breaze type of scents. My husband loves Baked Apple Pie scents. MY kids could care less what the scent it if they dont like it they will tell you.
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@dalilac1 (862)
• United States
17 Nov 06
To be completely honest with you I thought the same thing, that it would be to expensive to do, I made my initial purchase of soy flakes and scents from e-bay and it was so cheap!
I know go all over looking for new scents and colors to combine them with.
@dragonflyfli (5528)
• United States
21 Nov 06
i used to make my own and i would mix black cherry, pachuli and vanilla together and it was a wonderful smell.
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@dragonflyfli (5528)
• United States
1 Dec 06
oooh that mixture sounds really good. chocolate and rootbeer wow. yum. hehe
um.. i got big (real) rose petals and dipped them into the *above mentioned* concoxian that i made and gave everyone i know wax covered petals. they're so pretty and smell good.
now i want to get back into candle making. its such a fun hobbie.
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@StarBright (2798)
• United States
17 Nov 06
I have not heard of soy candles. The only candles I know about are bees wax and I've been too chicken to make them. This sounds wonderful. Pumpkin, peppermint, lilac, marvelous!! Monkey farts???? Ummmmmm...lol..... Would you share your secret? Please direct me to a link that shows me how to make these.
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@StarBright (2798)
• United States
18 Nov 06
Wonderful! Thank you so much for the information. That's why I love MYLOT. I meet great people like you who are willing to share and I learn something new. Thanks again.
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@shmeedia (1044)
• Canada
30 Nov 06
ooh i've never heard of making candles from soy flakes! sounds great! i've made my own candles by reconstituting ugly pre-made wax candles, layering colors and using essential oil scents. but your way sounds better;)
what are the scents made of? similar to what's sold for burning in an oil scent diffuser?i wonder if you can incorporate pre-scented candle 'waffles' into your soy flakes, to expand the mixture and flavor/scents?
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@shmeedia (1044)
• Canada
30 Nov 06
ooh! i've never heard of making candles from soy flakes! sounds great! i have made my own candles by basically reconstituting ugly pre-made (and cheap) wax candles, layering colors and using essential oil scents. but your way sounds better ;)
what are the scents made of? similar to what's sold for burning in an oil scent diffuser?
i wonder if you can incorporate candle 'waffles' which are pre-scented into your soy flakes, to expand the mixture and flavor/scents?
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@dalilac1 (862)
• United States
30 Nov 06
Yes, I love the soy, I tried bee's wax and didn't like it at all, more or less, you do the same thing with the soy flakes that you did with the pre made ones. Of course you can use the waffle presented with soy.
I purchase all my oils on line, from many different places, they are essential oils yes, but there are ones that are specific for candles,and body products. It is a great hobby that I can say. It does wonders for stress:)
I try to make a few different scents each night. You should really look into it.
@shmeedia (1044)
• Canada
30 Nov 06
thanks! yeah i loved making candles but i found it distracted me form doing other things ;) i remember a particular incident with me showing my boyfriend some cool waxy formations i had left-over, and ended up melting wax onto my jeans, which never fully washed out LOL the bf was not amused, thought i was being childish "playing with wax" etc LOL. but i might try to start up again with the soy flakes ;)
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@leese29 (340)
• United States
30 Nov 06
I don't personally make candles myself but I started with a direct sales business that makes soy candles. We have over 100 scents
I love to burn candles all through my house, I love burning a yummy smelling candle like Banana nut bread or sugar cookies in my kitchen.
my site is www.marloquinn.com/scents4u if anyone is curious about trying soy it puts out more scent, burns a lot longer and burns cleaner.
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@spangles94 (546)
• United States
18 Nov 06
i dont know about sioy candles but if ya can find a scent thats just like teh glade one called angel kisses or somithing like that i would go broke on your store LOL , oh yea i have a friends who was getting out of teh candle thing and has some sents she wants to get rid of next time i see her online ill give her you ya hoo name if ya want ;) oh and another thing i was told bout soy candles ... since they are natural soy they melt into soy oil ( or so im told ) and ya can use that as massage oil would be good if your planning a "special " nite with somone ;););) any thoughts ??
~M~
@dalilac1 (862)
• United States
18 Nov 06
Course you can give your friend my yahoo name, I love doing the candle thing and yes spangies there is angel kisses lol.. and yup you can use the soy for massage oils, all sorts of skin care products.
I ummm seem to run low on the oil after its melted, could that be part of the reason for the 6 kids Mark an I have ;)
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@rawpoet (2045)
• United States
30 Nov 06
I haven't tried making candles, but I'm sure it's a lot of fun.
I seem to get really bad headaches from strong scents, and prefer the candles to smell more like food then flowers. Pumpkin crunch cake sounds good. =)
@dalilac1 (862)
• United States
30 Nov 06
I could not believe how easy it was, I started only because of my love of candles and where I was living in a little small town in the middle of no where there wasn't any where to purchase quality candles, I went to ebay of all places and saw what I was looking for and wanted to cry at the price, it was $42.00 for a triple wick candle.
My husband knows I love to take on new endeavors said, " Why don't you get the stuff and make them yourself I know you can" and so the journey started and let me tell you it is very very addictive.
@shmeedia (1044)
• Canada
30 Nov 06
ooh i've never heard of making candles from soy flakes! sounds great! i've made my own candles by reconstituting ugly pre-made wax candles, layering colors and using essential oil scents. but your way sounds better;)
what are the scents made of? similar to what's sold for burning in an oil scent diffuser?i wonder if you can incorporate pre-scented candle 'waffles' into your soy flakes, to expand the mixture and flavor/scents?
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@mountainviewcandles (82)
• United States
3 Dec 06
flakes are great a lot lighter than the slabs
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