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February 3rd, 2010How To Make Christmas Candle
March 25th, 2009Do you wish you can make beautiful christmas candle that wow your friends and family? I’m not talking about ordinary looking candles. I’m talking about candles that contains the christmas colors. Here’s a picture and you’ll see what I mean.
Wow, beautiful isn’t it? Here’s how to make one like the above.
1. Heat your wax to 150 degrees and add green color into it. Add scent if you want 
2. Pour it into a votive glass. Depending on how high you want the green layer to be, pour as much as you need.
3. Wait for 12 hours until it is dry.
4. Repeat step 1 until 3 with a white wax.
5. Repeat step 1 until 3 with a red wax.
That’s all there is! Easy isn’t it? Note that you need at least 2 days to finish the candles so make sure you do them in advance. If you do add scents/fragrance oil into your candles…make sure you choose holiday scents like Vanilla or White Birch. (Other scents are fine too!)
P.S. Do make these candles with your family members, it will be so much fun and everyone will feel involved.
Choosing The Right Candle Fragrance Oils
March 24th, 2009Putting fragrance oil into your candle can be theaurapatic and calming. (They smell really nice!)
When you’re stressed out, make some colorful candles to keep yourself busy. Your mind would be too busy focusing on making your new candle instead of worrying about your latest problem. To reward yourself, put some fragrance oil into your candles. You can light it up after 24 hours and enjoy the nice smell or you can just inhale it while making your candle.
Here’s some tips before you go out and buy yourself some fragrance oil
1. Fragrance oil is also called essential oil, so don’t panic when you can’t find any fragrance oil.
2. Fragrance oil comes in huge variety, basically every smell is available. So the best way to choose a fragrance oil is to buy a sample first so you know exactly what you’re getting into. (don’t judge it by smelling it because once you add your oils into the candle the smell will change)
3. Always read the instructions, they contain how many teaspoon of fragrance oil you should put in your wax. Different wax can only take so much fragrance oil.
This post has already gone long enough so I’m going to stop here and post more tips in the future. Happy shopping!
Getting Cheap But Beautiful Candle Holders
March 23rd, 2009Getting a candle holder is almost like shopping new clothes for your baby girl. It can be hard to choose from the variety of choices and it can cost a lot too!
Depending on your purpose you will need different candle holders. The safest choice,however, is to get a metal candle holder. Why? because you can pour your wax into a metal holder without worrying about the temperature. A mistake newbies often make.
With glass candle holder you must read the instructions carefully. Sometimes they allow high temperature but often there’s a limit to what the glass can handle.
Here are some glass and metal holders from http://www.acandleco.com/
Votive candle holder
metal holder
Decorative metal holder
In summary, glass candle holder is beautiful and has more variety but you must follow the set temperature. Metal candle holders can stand high heat and you don’t need to worry too much about the temperature. Both are fine and it also depends on your house’s theme. Have fun!
Step By Step Candle Making Instructions
March 22nd, 2009Now that you know what type of wax you can use to make your candle, the types of container you can use and the dangers of wax. I think you’re ready to make your first candle!
Here;s the supply that you need
wax
wick (you can make it yourself or buy it readymade from the stores, I recommend that you buy it because manufacturers can make it tighter)
Molds or containers – This is crucial if your purpose is aesthetics.
wax melter
Candle making thermometer
fragrance
Putty for molds
Thats all, phew! If you want to save time and find it troublesome to shop. Get a candle making kit like i recommends in the last post.
Here’s what you do first.
1. Melt your paraffin or soy wax (must be double boiled) in a pot that’s half-filled with water. Turn the heat to medium. Place a melter in the water, then put your wax bit by bit into the melter. Add fragrance only when the wax has melted.
2. While waiting for your wax to heat, thread your wick through the bottom of your mold. Tie the top of the wick with a pencil. (which lies horizontal on top of the mold) This effectively hold the wick and straighten it. Now take your wax (130 degree Fahrenheit if your mold is plastic or glass, 190 degree Fahrenheit if metal) and pour it into the mold. Let it cool for 12 hours and then refrigerate for another 12 hours.
You’re done! Congratulations you have your first candle Enjoy and bask in the light.
Getting Candle Supplies Wholesale
March 21st, 2009If you’re like me you like to get your candle making supplies (like wax, wick, holders and etc) at a cheaper price. Especialy during these bad economy time.
However which one is quality and which one are not?
Here’s few website that supplies high quality material at a competitive price. They may not be the cheapest around but they’re reliable. If you have any other sources that you would like to add please comment on this blog post.
The first website that I recommend you get your supplies from is http://www.candlewic.com.
They offer a huge range of candle making supplies. Ranging from beautiful embeds to presto pots. You won’t go wrong shopping here. They also have lots of special sales so go there today and see if you get lucky
My second favorite website is http://peakcandle.com. It’s website is clean, service is reliable and the price is reasonable.
When you reach the website you will see that there’s 11 categories of items to choose from.
There’s Additives, Candle Molds, Candle Jars and there’s even a few categories on soap making. Which is another interesting topic on itself.
There you go, two of my favorite website. Hope you get what you want and enjoy your shopping!
The Dangers Of Gel Wax
March 20th, 2009Today we’re going to be talking about the dangers of gel wax and how to avoid it.
Previously I rave and gush how great gel wax is and how beautiful it makes your candle look. However if you’re not careful it can be disastrous.
First of all, to make beautiful candles with gel wax you have to use embeds or at least a jar to hold the wax. Here’s the problem. Most jars or embeds are not heat or crack resistant.
And gel wax can burn down your embeds if you’re not careful about it and hurt you or your children if you’re not careful. Another thing is that your jar may crack. This doesn’t happen right away but usually happens after a while. This means you can light up your candles and the jar cracks, burning the surrounding areas.
How do you solve this?
First of all, many people thought using fish bowl or martini glasses will solve this problem. Far from it, both of them are NOT crack and heat resistant.
Here’s a few tips to avoid disasters.
- Use canings and jelly jars. They’re both heat resistant
- Do not light up your candles on a wooden table and leave it there.
- And lastly, follow the manufacturer’s instruction and safety tips.
That’s it. To conclude, although gel wax is fun and beautiful it can be dangerous. Be careful and implement all the safety measure above.
The Wonderful Candles You Can Make With Gel Wax
March 19th, 2009Today we’re going to talk about gel wax and how it can make your candle making hobby a lot more fun. Gel wax is relatively new so not many people know about it yet.
However, I”m sure all of that is about to change because of the wonderful things you can do with Gel wax. The best thing about gel wax is it’s clear properties. Imagine burning a light over a clear candles in the shape of star. The light dances through the whole candle slowly. I think you get what I mean.
Here’s what gel wax is all about. It’s made from mineral oil with a particular polymer. This makes it clear and burn slowly.
There’s 3 types of gel wax you can buy.
- Low density- the low gel wax are soft but easy to pour and handle. However they’re not so beautiful because you can’t embed them into stars, fish and etc. They’re too soft for that. Plus you can only add up to 3% fragrance oil into your wax. (don’t ask me why, I have no idea)
- Medium density- this is my favorite because it’s easier to pour than the high density ones and you can embed them too! You can put up to 5% fragrance oil into it which is more than enough. (High density can only hold 6% anyway)
- High density – They’re not so different from medium density. It’s harder to pour. I seldom use it but you may like it.
That’s all for today about Gel Wax, tomorrow I’ll talk about the safety issue regarding using gel wax. Not every embed can be used as some will crack or/and burn.
How To Choose a Beautiful Candle Holders
March 17th, 2009Do you still remember I talked about soy wax being soft? You do? Good,
I just love using soy wax because it’s biodegradable…plus you can buy beautiful candle holders to mix and match!
It’s truly a girl’s dream come true Especially when I can’t afford to buy clothes these days.
Naturally I love colorful candle holders. I’m going to talk about a few candle holders in this articles as a start.
The first candle holders is a bit boring…it’s your dinner table metal candle holders with not much color and style. It just does it job holding taper candles. This is not what I’m going to talk about.
Mason Jar Candle Holder
I just love these kind of jars…it’s attractive and it looks very clean and nice. Plus you don’t get your table all dirty with burned wax with these. They’re nice to put on the dining table too and basically everywhere.
Beautiful Wooden Holder
If your house is made of mostly wood then I would really recommend wooden candle holders. They look very natural and pleasing to the eye. It adds the feeling of peace and nature that aromatic candles already has. The below is driftwood candle holder but you can choose any wooden candle holder you like. They come in huge variety so you’ll never get bored of them.
I hope you have a great time reading them as I do writing them. Until them do come back regularly for more blog post.
Choosing The Right Wax For Candle Making
March 16th, 2009The main problem for people starting in candle making is they don’t know which candle wax to choose from! Why is it better to choose beeswax over soy wax? That depends on your purpose as we’ll see.
The Types Of Wax
But first of all, let’s see what kind of wax are available and their characteristics. This will definitely help you choose the best wax for you candle.
Paraffin is the most popular and cheapest wax around. The reason why it’s popular is because of it’s cheaper price and high melting point.
What is a melting point you ask?
Well melting point simply means how hot can the candle take before melting. The higher the melting point the higher the heat it can take.
So if you live in a hot part of the country, you might want to use Paraffin as your wax choice.
I also advise you to choose the blended type if you’re a beginner because it lessens the prep time and you’re spared from errors.
Let’s move on to the next wax…
The Beeswax. Now this is for those who has been making candles for quite some time now. Why? Because It’s sticky and hard to manage. If you’re a total beginner, you might make a mess!
Beeswax also have a lower melting point, which means only make it for colder rooms.
The plus point of Beeswax is it has lots of colors compared to Paraffin. If you love colors then you’ll definitely want to try Beeswax. It’s lots of fun!
And last but not least, we have the soy wax. The only reason why I mention soy wax is because of it’s environment friendly features. It is renewable and biodegradable. If you want to preserve the environment, go for the soy wax. However only do so if you plan to make candles in containers because soy wax is soft.
This list of wax is by no means complete but they’re the most popular and easiest to use.
Things You’ll Need
Now that you’re ready to make your candles…here’s a list of stuff you will need:
- wick you can buy ready made or buy rolls of me and set it up yourself
- Fragrance oil – yes you can add oils to make your candle smells good!
- Candle molds or containers
- Melting pots
- Metal thermometer
- candle wax
That’s it! You should have a nice looking and colorful candle and nice smelling candle in no time with these supplies and the right wax.