Question about beeswax

[Sauboon]

Hi,

I bought some yellow beeswax pastilles and also I bought some bricks of yellow beeswax. I made some lotion bars and they came out oily. I bought both waxes from two different suppliers. I wanted to know is it a natural attribute of yellow wax to have an oily feel to it? Plus the smell was strange which left a not so nice smell to my lotion bars. A friend of mine bought some also and her lotion bars came out oily. When I read the reviews everyone said it had a nice honey scent but I didn't think that was a nice honey scent. I happen to use a white beeswax brick that I bought from a local market and the lotion bars came out wonderful. Does any know if the white pastilles have an oily feel and strange odor? Any suggestions would be great appreciated.

 

[Em522]

Did you purchase your beeswax from WSP recently? I purchased some from them recently that smelled almost burnt and plasticy. I was assured that is not the normal smell. Beeswax should smell like nothing or lightly of honey.

 

[shunt2011]

I think this was posted in another thread too. I responded as did a couple others.