Hello Fellow Wax Fans!
It has been exactly one month since our first blog post. I'm surprised I haven't blogged more. Adding this to my weekly "to do" list is a must or I'll continue to forget.
The very best part of our roles as the owners of Cozy Cottage Scents is finding new fragrance oil suppliers and testing the oils. As I read various candle boards or makeupalley.com, it seems that many non-owners of candle, tart or bath and body sites believe that most owners buy from three suppliers. That is so not true. The three that get mentioned the most are Snow Drift Farms, Wholesale Supplies Plus and Day Star. We have never ordered from two of those. At this point in time, we have ordered from 23 different suppliers in a list of about 150 to 200 suppliers, some lists still have suppliers listed who have gone out of business or merged with others. I have visited 112 of the supplier sites and most look wonderful with scent descriptions that make you want to buy all of them. It's a dangerous hobby! The other side of this hobby is tweaking the oils with our own formulas and blends. If you ever saw the original Star Trek episode of "The Trouble with Tribbles," then you can imagine how our scent blends just keep on multiplying and multiplying and multiplying. Unfortunately, most are not winners!
We have tested six Banana Nut Breads and not been happy with any. One arrived yesterday and seems to have promise. There are several forums for those of us who make items using fragrance and they are very giving and sharing posters on those boards. This supplier came highly recommended for their Banana Nut Bread, we'll see! Another really tricky scent is Buttercream. And it's hard to find a Vanilla with decent throw. The wax or wax blend really matters, too. I am continually amazed when I read the posts by candle makers (chandlers) or soap makers. The wick, the wax, the container, everything matters plus they really need to worry about cold and hot throw, especially if they sell at craft or vendor shows. Soap, well, you might as well be a chemist if you make it from scratch. I never heard these terms before....seizing, discounting, beating, gelling, and then discoloration is a BIG deal. Also amazing is how long they have to let the soap cure and how the scent changes in time strong, to weak, back to strong and then completely different or completely gone. I have a completely new appreciation of hand made soap from scratch.
We hope you share this blog with others as well as our website and facebook page. Your feedback is very important to us, especially regarding our scents. Trust me, if something isn't right, we have plenty of supplier choices and infinite blending possibilities.
Cheers,
Lulu and Pert
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