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I wanted to try out some lotion bars last night and when I opened the bag of beeswax, I noticed a strong burned smell...almost clove-like. Is this normal? It was the yellow beeswax. The final bars turned out smelling burned also, even though I used FOs and EOs to try to mask it.

It's possible whoever melted it the first time, might have burned it. How old is it? Is it unrefined beeswax?

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Irena
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I ordered and it was delivered a few weeks ago, and the website says it's fully refined. I haven't worked with beeswax before, so I'm not sure what it is normally supposed to smell like fresh out of the bag. I tried to let it air out for a few hours, but it still has the burning smell.

You mean fully refined, like white pellets? My beeswax smells lightly of honey.

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Irena
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Here's the description from the website:

The most commonly used wax in the toiletry industry, our beeswax is fully refined (but not bleached) and comes in granules, which makes measuring easy and convenient. Beeswax is a substance secreted by the worker honey bees used for the construction of their honeycomb. In addition to making an excellent hardening agent in lip balm and lotion bars, Beeswax is a wonderful fuel for candles. It burns longer and more clean than candles made with most other waxes.

So it's still the yellow beeswax, but fully refined. but it has a burned smell. Do you use the yellow or white beeswax, soapbuddy?

I use refined for soap and unrefined for lotion bars. I would contact the vendor and ask. Maybe it was just this batch.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

okay thanks sopabuddy! I will ask them...maybe I can send them a sample for them to smell.