great advice cg, there are some serious health risks playing with the violet wand
Amber do make sure you both play carefully and study all those instructions, reading up on sites where you can helps as well - i've heard you can learn how to make brands with the violet wand
http://www.violetwand.org/
http://home.earthlink.net/~violetwands/safe.html
http://www.violetwand.org/branding.htm
good luck and can't wait to hear all about it *winks*