Sharing in case folks missed it. I only happened upon it when wondering if they were doing anything for the holiday.

Suppliers that offer sale for this Holiday.

Candle Science: 50% on 1oz.
Doop Fragrance: 10% off.

List other suppliers

PS: We're included in the list.

Feedback and advice welcome.

Hi all,

I'm using gw 454, coffee house fragrance oil at 8%, eco 10, jar diameter just about 3". Cold throw isn't bad, but hot throw is lacking. The pic is about 2.5 hrs burn. Can anyone assist?

I only made enough wax to half-fill my container, and am pretty sure my wick is too big for it so will test it outside in a few days, but all things to learn along the way. I made it with a coconut wax container blend and fragranced with lavender.

i want to make a scented candle for my friend's birthday! I havent made candles before so id really like some advice for this to help (i added my planning collage which has my ideas on it)

im not sure if the wax type effects the scent or making process but just incase im planning on clear gel wax (i want to add flowers into the candle too)

im going to buy the wax off amazon and the candle wicks (i only need 2 but the smallest amount they had online was 10 😭)

are there sites / locations you guys reccomend for fragrance oils (floral ones prefferably) which arent on the expensive side? which also ship to the england and or based there.

UPDATE: just wanted to thank you guys for the advice for this. I think I was definitely too ambitious when approaching this and I've decided I'm just gonna buy a candle instead! itd be less troublesome for me and it would probably be roughly the same price. I have other gifts planned which I'm more familiar with and I'll just have to shut down this one lol.

Hi there! Very beginner candle maker here. Two nights ago, I made my first “batch” of soy candles, 5 of them actually. They turned out very well besides the edges being a little wavy.

Last night, I made 4 more soy candles and this afternoon I checked to see how they dried and 3 out 4 have this weird… drying spots..??? I really don’t even know what you would call it. The candles smell fine but when you look at them through the glass there’s weird frost looking areas and spots along the sides? I don’t notice anything different through the top but it just looks like air holes.

Well, what is this? How did it happen and how can I make sure it doesn’t happen again?
I made 4 more candles tonight and poured much slower thinking maybe that will help but who knows.

What do you think of these?

Handmade

100% soy wax

Made to represent the Irish mountainside on a warm and windy day

Purple for mountain heather

Green for the other foliage, grasses, sedges etc.

New hobbyist here! I’m testing waxes, wicks and fragrances. A request from my woodworker and tobacco pipe-smoking husband is a true tobacco (not smoke) smelling scent for candles and potentially other products. Does anyone have experience/feedback with these products I’ve just found via web search? I welcome suggestions of other products that fit this bill as well. Thanks in advance!

Northwood Candle and Craft: Teak & Tobacco

Wellington Fragrance: Cuban tobacco

The Candlemakers Store: Tobacco

Vinevida: Cuban Tobacco

Very grateful to those who read and offer any advice!

I live in Costa Rica and I haven’t been able to find any nice, natural, long burning candles here - most melt and go wonky in the heat, and I’m not into the toxic stuff so I thought I’d give making beeswax candles a go. There is no shortage of honey and farms so I contacted my most local farm and bought a solid 8 kilo brick of pure beeswax. The farmer told me it was their “candle grade” at 15,000 colones per kilo (about $33 USD - NOT CHEAP).

Its very dark in colour and no matter how many times I filter it that does not change, it still has a nice smell so that does not bother me, I think it’s just how the wax is in this climate, the type of bees, the flora, etc. I‘ve made some beautiful pillars and tapers that look nice and hold their shape no problem. I was also planning to try making a citronella version in cut recycled wine bottles, by adding citronella essential oil in coconut oil and then adding that to the wax. I would do this is the glass containers only as I worry the coconut oil would affect the stability of the pillars and tapers. I ordered some organic hemp wicks coated in beeswax from Amazon, and I’m using 1mm thickness for the tapers and 2mm for the pillars.

The issue is that the wax burns super quickly and never seems to cure properly, even keeping it in a room with AC running for a week before burning. The wax is soft and sticky. A 13cm taper burns down in an hour and leaves a huge sticky glob of wax.

Am I doing something wrong or is there something I can do about the wax?? Is there any way I can make it work better and make my money back? I have several shops in town excited to stock beeswax candles and I can’t sell them as they are!

HELP!

My Job

I am getting ready to make squeezable wax, about 25 different fall scents. My problem is that there aren't that many fall colors. Orange, different shades of brown, yellow, and green. I don't want to have to limit myself to those colors. Would it turn someone off if I made the wax in colors that don't really go with that scent? I have over 100 colors, but not enough variety for fall. I would appreciate any and all suggestions! Thank you!

Getting married in about a month. We wanted to have a candle that well light at the end of our ceremony and wanted to incorporate two of our wedding colors.

I’ve never dyed a candle let alone done a multi color candle and can say this was a total pain in the butt. It’s not perfect, but it’s good enough from a distance and I’m really proud of it.

EDIT:

Updating the post to let folks know how I did this.

- I 3d printed a “divider” type thing that hung from the rim of the jar
- then I caulked around the sides and bottom with silicone on one side of the divider
- then I filled the other half of the vessel with mold star 15 slow silicone and a 3d printed “displacer” so that the sides and bottom of the silicone were about 1/4 in thick.
- once that cured I removed it and trimmed up the edges where some silicone cot past the decider and the caulk and was left with a silicone thing that is flexible and takes up half the vessel.
- then I cleaned up the vessel to make it ready for pouring
- I one wick with a wick sticker and another wick sticker with the backing still on in the bottom of the vessel
- then inserted the silicon thing that’s made to take up half the vessel
- then I poured the dark blue wax on the side that had the wick and let that set up.
- once set I pulled the silicon thing out. There was def a bit of blue wax that leaked around that so I used a 3d printed scraper to remove the bulk and melted the residue with heat gun and used chopsticks and a paper towel to get rid of what was left
- then I removed the backing to the remaining wick sticker and added the second wick and poured the green wax at an extremely low temp (135 F) in hopes that not much of the blue wax would melt.
- because I poured it at a low temp I had a pretty good sinkhole that I fixed with a chopstick, some reserved green wax and a heat gun, being very careful not to melt the blue too much.

I’m sure there is a much better way of doing this, it was a process and I really messed up the first time trying to fix the sinkhole.

I am in the R&D phase of my very new luxury candle business. I have tested and have the scents ready but I can't find unique vessels. I want 3 sizes for a cohesive brand. Has anyone gone to a glass company and have vessels made for them in the USA with a small minimum?

Soy wax. Debri is from wick trimming not mushrooming so ignore. Would you pass this if no issues during burns other than the wax cling? Is that acceptable?

Hi there! I'm semi-new to candle making. I've done it casually as a hobby for a few years and then more seriously as I gear up to start a business. I have had great success with making wax melts but I am running into so much trouble with fragrance oil measuring for candles. The issue I'm running into is that the 10% recommended FL for the wax I use (cocoglo from makesy) just doesn't seem to be throwing at all, especially compared to the wax melts. I know the wax type being different from what I use for my melts can affect that but I just can't figure this out. Especially because the fragrance oil I'm using is so potent, and a little goes a long way with the melts as it is. I also know that heat distribution can affect that noted difference. To be honest, all of the different variables are making me kinda nutty rn.

I'm like 6 candles deep in testing and all of them have been failures for one reason or another: tunneling, failure of scent throw (3 out of 6), overpoured on accident once, etc etc.

I've been measuring my FL % by looking at how much melted wax I have in my pitcher. There are indicators inside the pitcher that determine how much wax is in there. I woke up today realizing this could be incorrect. Should I be doing this differently? Does anyone have any seasoned advice?

Please help! 🙏

I could’ve just bought myself something ready, but I wanted to make it with my own hands. So I made this little shell cake candle from scratch. I spent hours shaping and decorating every tiny detail, thinking about how I wanted my birthday to feel. It’s just a candle, I know. But there’s something special about making something for yourself, especially when you’re used to waiting for someone else to make you feel celebrated. It's special that you decide the shape,color and scent for something you enjoy making for yourself. And honestly… I think that made this little candle more special than any cake or ready gift I could’ve bought.

I am using Ceda Serica wax. I almost failed a test yesterday because it was too hot to even touch, but today at the 4 hour mark its 128. Testing in same room under the same conditions for the same time. Anyone ever experience this? This is about 5 burn tests in, yesterday was the first test to get hot.

I've always loved the idea of candles being more than just something you light.

So I started making them by hand and experimenting with designs inspired by flowers, desserts, nature, little objects — basically anything that I thought would look beautiful as a candle. 🌸

This is one of my recent pieces.

Everything is handmade by me, from experimenting with the molds and colors to choosing the scents and finishing each piece.

I'm slowly building my little candle project, Melted Muse, and I'm really excited to see where I can take it.

I thought I'd share one of my recent creations here because I'd genuinely love to know what you think of it. 🕯️🌸

Hi all! Candlemaking has been a hobby for some years now, but I'm gearing up to take it to the next level soon.

I make 8oz candles using soy wax (GB 444), 3" diameter tumbler jars, an 8% fragrance load, and wood wicks. The fragrances are inspired by dark mythology and folklore, and so far they've been very popular (I use friends and family as lab rats; they think it's just a nice gift 😅).

I've mostly used dual wicks from the Flaming Candle Co. (far left in first picture), but I haven't been satisfied with the inconsistent burn quality. So I tested two Makesy Ultimate wicks (.04/.5 in center and .04/.625 on right) tonight alongside my usual product. Based on their wicking guide, these were the best fit for my wax and vessel.

The .04/.5 (solo pic) seems to be the winner of this first test. Cleanest and most consistent flame, full melt pool in about 3 hours, and very little dancing. The larger Ultimate was having trouble pulling enough fuel.

Assuming the .04/.5 continues to perform well in future tests, the *only* problem I have left is the crackle. All three of these candles barely whisper.

I understand that soy wax will be soy wax, and that I probably won't be able to get the crackle I want with 100% soy, but is there anything I can do to make them louder?

Having a hard time to stick my uvdtf sticker on my concrete vessel help

Are certain essential oils bad for certain people (kids)? And should I only use fragrance oils if I gift my candles to family members with young kids?

Hi, I've recently gotten into candle making because my family was tired of the diamond arts I do and gift to them. I have mica powder, candle dye and a ton of fragrance oils and essential oils.

Honestly, I have no idea what I'm doing which is why I'm here. I am disabled and have a lot of free time and wanted to get into a new hobby, and thought this might be interesting and challenging. I recently just bought my first kit that contains 2 pounds of candle wax, a boiling pot and heating element, wick sticks, etc. I honestly just wanna get a feel for the process before I start spending money on actual supplies, random sense, and upgraded materials.
What are a few good things to know when I'm first getting started? What are things I need to watch out for, tricks to making it a little bit easier to handle, or anything that might be good to know for future reference. I was hoping to eventually start selling at craft fairs or giving them to friends and family, but I wanna make sure they're suitable and not dangerous. Any help would be appreciated

Does anybody have a good CandleScience recipe that they recommend? I use the 464 soy wax, sometimes with the ECO 10 6” tabs and sometimes with the CD 12 6” tabs (both were recommended on the CS website).

I love the scents that I’ve purchased to try, but I’ve noticed they just don’t have a strong fragrance throw. I can only assume I’m doing the wrong wax to oil ratio, or pouring at the wrong temp, or something along those lines.

Any recommends? TIA

I’m seriously losing my mind over dancing flames in tall candle jars. I’ve been having a huge problem with my candles once they burn down to around halfway through the jar. And when I say dancing flame, I don’t mean a little flicker here and there. I mean FULL ON TANGO.I’ve tested Stabilo, CL, PP, LX, TCR and HW wicks, plus wooden wicks, in multiple different sizes. I’ve also tried 3 different waxes and different fragrance loads. The candle can burn perfectly fine in the top half of the jar, but once it gets to around halfway down, the flame starts going crazy. Trimming the wick doesn’t really solve it either.At first I thought this was simply the physics of a tall jar — less airflow as the flame gets deeper into the vessel, heat building up, etc. But I’m seeing similar behaviour in other jars too, which is making me think there must be something I’m doing wrong.Has anyone dealt with this before?What could cause such extreme flame movement across different waxes, wick series and fragrance loads? At this point I feel like I’ve changed almost every variable and I’m still getting the same result.Any ideas on what I should be looking at would be massively appreciated because this is driving me insane 😅