Don't know much about candles but it looks like you have used container rather than pillar wax. The pillar wax is harder. Miss Sparkle mentioned this to me when I wanted to make one for a preesie. Haven't made it yet and sent something else.

Oops, but they still look great!

As far as I know the soy container wax is much softer than the pillar blend.  When I do my wax melts I use a mix of the 2 so they aren't quite so soft & sticky.  Never tried to do one with a wick in it yet - too scaredy cat. 

Oh dear, mind you like LLL said, it kinda looks good in a weird sort of way (although those were not her exact words).  Hey, I am thrilled the olive wax worked well.  I have never seen a proper candle made with it and was really interested in how it worked so thank you so much for that Keilly.  Seems like you still have more burn life left in that.  Not sure about candle wax (hence my reason for wanting you to experiment  ) but do you know whether the soy was container wax?

Thanks again Keilly, I really appreciate the test run 

The soy candle is very " Goth " . I'm sure if you made them in black you would sell a cartload

Or should I have said " by the coffin load "

 

I have had a massage with a soya wax candle.  It is lit, then the melted wax is poured on you.  The candle has some eo in it.  It was quite nice not too hot.

 

yes you used container wax can't make pillars out of container wax you need pillar wax, and lots of wick testing takes time to get it right,

pillar wax is a lot harder than container wax and won't go in a gooey mess when melted, I use pillar in my votives as well as for pillar candles,


you were lucky you actually got it out of the mould using container wax,

WAYHEY.......I'm going on a candle course tomorrow...hopefully will come home with lots of goodies..would anyone like me to post some piccies

   me

nah, don't like pics




what a daft question, grrr, OF COURSE we want pics, many many pics!

Pics, pics, piccies!

I have this great plan of making container soy candles so I need inspirational images Well, I need my container soy wax, too, but it should be on it's way!

Taking a candle course sounds like a good idea - it would even in case of not having created a strangely interesting pile of candle mass 

Well...am back - a bit earlier than expected!! Drove for 2 hours and arrived at the front door to be told the lady that was teaching the course is quite poorly in hospital! I hope she gets well, but unfortunately my name was not down in her diary so her hubby didn't contact me So drove 2 hours to get home!!
Right...plan B - learn candles the hard way...read books, womble on the net, spend loads of money on materials and try it myself!!!!

AND.....when I got home a speeding fine was waiting for me!! They do say it comes in 3's...so what else is gonna hit me today I wonder

Sorry to hear that keillys, but that would explain why i havn't heard from Sarah J for a while..  Your candles look lovely anyway and i'm sure you'll manage to teach yourself  all you want to know..

fingers crossed number 3 isn't too painfull for you...

How very disappointing! Its not just that you didn't get to learn how to make superduper candles, but all that wasted time as well, especially this time of the year when you are so superbusy anyway. Hope the teacher is alright though, she must be in a bit of a bad way if she is in hospital. Fingers crossed that the third is only a teeny weeny little baddy.