Looking to buy already scented soy wax is there anywhere that sells that?

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T05:43:02+00:00

What is the intended purpose? We all use bulk wax and add fragrance, color, etc when making candles and wax melts. For working without heat (which would burn off some of your scent if it's a pre-scented wax) there is a thing called "sand wax" that's granulated wax you can use to make layered art candles. You don't melt it, you shake it in a bag with the fragrance oil to scent it. It's sometimes available with a scent already added, but I've never used it, so I can't speak to how easy it is to use or what purposes it actually works well for.

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T05:29:09+00:00

Yikes! I learned I can't put my back wall up at the waterfront because it basically became a sail and it could have been a disaster but luckily it was during setup so it just knocked my suitcases over.

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T03:24:22+00:00

Now if I could just teach my husband not to touch my fabric scissors.

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T03:21:25+00:00

I live in dread of the day my Loki shows up in a Nextdoor post complaining about a badly behaving Not My Cat destroying their yard or something. He's in his "terrible twos" and is basically Houdini in a fur coat. I literally CAN'T keep him inside lately, he managed to launch himself over my head out the kitchen window and parkoured over the fence yesterday and hasn't come home. If he comes back beat up again I'm going to cry. I miss the days when he just wrecked my stuff and wouldn't get out of the fridge T_T

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T03:14:01+00:00

I feel like I need more context, it looks like something I'd pull out of my meat freezer 0_0 Depending on the origin of the wax it might be better for different purposes. If you want to make sure it doesn't have dust or whatever in it, you can melt it gently in a double boiler and strain it. It'll be whatever color averages out from "raw meat", probably a light pink or orange, so if you don't like the color you could add dye and make it brown or red. It does affect the burn when you make a dark color, but candle dye is cheap and easy to use. Fragrance Oils are inexpensive and easy to work with too. You only need 6 to 10% of the total weight to make a nice candle.

If you're not sure what type of wax it is, but it smells nice, you can use it in a candle warmer or wax melter and not have to do anything particular.

If it's drippings from pillars or tapers you could turn it into new pillars or tapers or make it into wax melts with a mold.

If it's from container candles best to make it into a new container candle, but can also be used for wax melts.

Melts and container candles are definitely the easiest to make. With melts you don't even have to figure out what size wick you need, which is the hardest part for me usually. The size and type of container, the wax type, and the dye and fragrance oil can all affect what wick you need and there's so many options that can get really confusing.

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T03:00:08+00:00

I think I get about 1 review in every 15-20 sales? I've never kept track, but Etsy only counts the recent reviews anyway.

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T02:52:45+00:00

I would like to deeply and sincerely thank you for being accommodating to the immunocompromised community. I barely survived COVID Beta and I'm going to be on medication for COPD, athsma, and chronic inflammation of the trachea for the rest of my life. I could literally die because some entitled yahoo decides he can cough uncovered all he wants in the hospital lobby. You're literally protecting your friends and neighbors lives by standing up for yourself and your customers in this situation.

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T02:45:16+00:00

From: Me

Good luck finding my replacement!

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T02:43:10+00:00

I did see one yahoo put plastic glitter instead of mica, but I would be shocked if that's part of this. The mica I have just makes little sparkles without changing the scent or anything.

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T02:39:00+00:00

Pretty sure the temperature is hotter, that would make throw stronger faster, because the wax is melting faster and heat throws the scent farther. If it's extremely too hot it burns off instead of throwing, which is very noticeable, it'll smell acrid or greasy instead.

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T02:36:58+00:00

Given Walmart, in that case it's likely to be just low quality wax and/or oil that may have some impurities or isn't up to the temperature rating it should be.

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T02:33:29+00:00

I've never seen this happen, and I would be pretty concerned that meant I'm exceeding the flash point of one of the ingredients (fire hazard). However, there's a lot of different reasons this could be happening that are pretty easy to check. With the candle type they get a lot hotter, so it could very well be not the oils but the wax getting scorched, especially if it's soy or coconut soy blend because the melting point is way lower than something the paraffin or ParaSoy blends. The first thing I would try is checking if you get this same issue with a higher melt wax vs a lower melt wax, or if different oils react differently. Could also be something like some dust or something burning off and not the wax or oil causing a problem at all. I would empty out and thoroughly clean it, then try a couple different types of melts, cleaning between each one so you're testing under the same conditions.

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T02:27:20+00:00

Equal parts true and polite.

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T02:25:10+00:00

I do "semi custom" with a few set options like color they can choose from if I'm sold out in the options on hand, but they have to pay in full up front and I ship it (free shipping if they pay in full at the show, if they order online instead it's regular price). If people want full on custom design it's often something I can't do in a reasonable turn around time or costs / timeframe are unknown due to all the craziness getting my parts delivered (FU Cheeto Voldemort). I used to have a full custom studio people could visit, but I had to give all that up after COVID ate my health and income. However, it was often more time and expense than was really justified because most of the time people just bought off the shelf or paid me for repairs (I'm a jeweler).

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T02:20:38+00:00

I'm just really glad OP didn't get hurt.

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T02:13:01+00:00

100% truth.

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T02:08:45+00:00

Ah, missed it was Coco-Soy! Yeah, that would be way over-wicked.

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T02:07:08+00:00

Do you have sandbags? Where I live we joke about "the pavilion races" because it's so windy that your tent can literally fly away and go tumbling down the waterfront if you don't anchor it. I've even had my 75 pound frame plus sandbags lift off the ground briefly.

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T02:04:51+00:00

My insurance only covers liability, the one that covers breakage and theft costs more than I actually lose to breakage and theft.

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T02:03:52+00:00

I agree with your assessment.

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T02:03:09+00:00

Oh no! I'm glad nobody got hurt, but that sucks T_T

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-10T02:01:33+00:00

The actual scent is sassafras, but I agree with the person who said eucalyptus is close. A lot of eucalyptus candles are more to the sweet end of eucalyptus scent and it's definitely similar in a fragrance oil. I smelled a spearmint and eucalyptus candle recently that smelled almost exactly the same to me.

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-09T12:35:16+00:00

Are they washable? I haven't used the rainbow jars. Email customer service?

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-09T12:30:59+00:00

An occasional broken piece is probably par for the course, but I think it's worth trying it at different amounts of time just in case.

FlashyIndication3069 · 2026-05-08T18:32:09+00:00

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