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Yesterday, I received my parcel from  4 Candles UK  including: 12 x wood wicks with holders  30 x safety labels (stickers) 1.6 Kg of  EcoSoya CB-Xcel 1x medium   and 1x large  Hexagonal Jar   1 x US Style Chocolate Fudge fragrance  (I'll try this another time) Glass containers are absolutely lovely, b ut the container's bottom is not flat and wood wick holder tilts... In addition, the container is pretty narrow and I guess re-lighting the candles, when there's a little wax left, might be a bit difficult. The EcoSoya CB-Xcel works great! It solidifies very slowly and adheres to the container's wall well. I didn't have a massive shrinking (the crack on the top is my fault because I moved the candle too early) and so far I haven't noticed frosting! Yuppie! I didn't use dyes, but I added 10 drops (for 150 gr of wax) of a food grade mandarin essential oil ( Céven’Arômes,  organic farming ) . Mand...

I'm sure you all know LUSH bath bombs! Amazingly coloured and fizzy, they make your bath funnier! ...but they are incredibly expensive! If you actually think about the basic ingredients you need for preparing bath bombs you'll be surprised about how much overpriced these branded bath bombs are !!! You basically need citric acid , baking soda and water . In the presence of water, citric acid and sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) react to form sodium citrate, water, and carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is the responsible for the bubbling effect. You can find ingredients for making bath bombs in supermarkets for few quid/bucks or buy them from specialized suppliers (http://www.youwish.nl/badbruis, http://www.brambleberry.com/Ingredients-C40.aspx, https://www.soapkitchenonline.co.uk) You can then add colours (I've tried liquid colours and micas), essential oils or skin safe fragrances , herbs and dried botanical , glitters , salts etc. You'll also need: a mixing...

Colours You have liquid dyes , solid pre-colored pellets  and blocks , as well as p owders.  You can also use crayons or go for the natural shade of the wax. For example, beeswax is yellow and soy wax has an opaque white color that I adore! Be careful: crayons are not professional products!  Smell You can use essential oils or fragrance oils . Let's see the main differences ... Essential oils Natural Therapeutic/healing properties More expensive than fragrance oils More volatile (they last less) Fragrances are limited Fragrance oil Synthetic (that doesn't mean they are bad) No healing properties Affordable prices for good quantities The smell lasts longer because they are not volatile Virtually unlimited fragrances They MIGHT contain added chemicals and be environmental hazardous Suppliers I fell in love with this online supplier the first time I visited the website. They are specialized in candle-making products (they have plent...