BC North 1 week sales!

One week only, EZ Soy & Fragrance Sample Sale!

BC Convention 2010 is open!

BC Convention registration is open! For links to info, registration form, and to purchase your ticket visit http://cart.candlesupply.com/product.php?productid=20786&cat=282&page=1

Glittery, Sparkly Things!

Who doesn't just love glitter and sparkly things? Sparkly things are just so HAPPY!!!

Just think of the possibility for summer with our new 24 Karat Gold Mica and our new Bronze Mica! The Bronze Mica is an excellent to add that summer sheen without the damaging UV rays of the sun! Just add some bronze or bronze & gold mica to our Refillable Powder Brush shown above, brush on the skin and voila! Instant color! These are a super HOT item this summer and can be found at many upscale merchants! Your cost for the brush and the mica per unit is around $4.25 each. These easily sell for around $18-20 each filled! This is an excellent profit item with very low labor.

NEW WAX @ Bitter Creek!

I rarely tell people this but I am a skeptic. There, I said it. :) My glass is pretty well half full in life but it can often be half empty when it comes to new products, especially in our industry. Maybe it comes from over a decade of testing everything new on the market to have less than 5% work for me.

A few weeks back, the owner of EcoSoya sent us some of their new wax, EcoSoya CB XceL to test. This wax promised things I'd have never believed from any wax, let alone a soy. It promised single pour that didn't have to be poured slushy, it promised me excellent scent throw both hot and cold, it promised little to no frost and it was 100% soy? This literally goes against the grain of everything I'd learned about soy to this point but good news, it delivered!!!

I think this wax will revolutionize how people view soy. I bought my very first case and plan to spend the next few weeks testing all my scents in it to make the switch. This is the first time I've even considered switching soy waxes since my last change which was over 8 years ago! I've been using soy waxes since the latter part of the 1990's and this I have to say is the best soy container wax out there by far!

Bitter Creek has added this outstanding wax to their inventory this week, and it's now available for purchase on the shopping cart at BCN! I highly suggest all soy users or for that matter soy skeptics give this wax a whirl! I don't think it will disappoint you in any way! I have renewed my faith in the natural wax industry. The perfect soy wax really does exist!

To place an order for the new Ecosoya click on the link: http://cart.candlesupply.com/product.php?productid=20760&cat=398&page=1

For those that test this wax, please share your feedback either through our shopping cart, on our message board or here on the blog! In the mean time, I am going to be testing my heart out and will share my results as well.

Thanks for reading & Happy Candlemaking!
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How to make Rustic Layered Pillar Candles!

Pillar Candles are all the rage from Primitive to Contemporary! Here you will learn how to create that beautiful one of a kind look that a mottled layer pillar candle gives!

For this project you will need the following: IGI 1302B Mottle Blend from BCN for these candles. I used a 2/0 square braid wick, Mold Plugs, Mold Sealer Putty, Wick Rods, 3"x4" Seamless Aluminum Pillar Molds, 3"x6" Seamless Aluminum Pillar Molds, Cedar & Saffron Fragrance, and dye chips in Autumn Orange blended with Brown Color Block, Hunters Green Dye Chips and Brown Color Block.

First, pre-wick your molds by threading the wicking through the bottom hole in the mold. Tie the wicking off to a wick rod across the top of the mold. Pull the wick tight and place a mold plug into the hole along side the wick, taking care to be sure the wick is tight! Seal the bottom of the mold area around the plug and over it with the mold sealer putty.







After your molds are ready, melt your wax. Heat the wax to 185, add your dye, then fragrance (I used .7 weight oz of fragrance per lb of wax for this particular scent and candle). Allow the wax to cool down to about 165 and pour into room temp molds. After your first layer is in the mold, swish the wax gently in the mold to bring it slightly up the side as shown below. Allow the wax to cool a bit, and poke relief holes around the wick. I use bamboo skewers for this.







Repeat the process above for your next layer.







For the third layer, repeat the same process as for the first layer, except completely fill the mold.





After you have poured the final layer and poked the relief holes, you will need to do a final layer or two. Repeat the process of poking relief holes with each subsequent layer. Do the final repours at 185*.

Have fun with making layered pillars. They are beautiful candles that draw a lot if interest!

Happy Candlemaking!


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