Soy candle making has been a favorite craft and hobby for years, but it’s never had the exposure that other home-made candle items have gotten in recent years. Now that the popularity of soy candles has really begun to grow, many new candle making kits are hitting the market, giving the beginner an even bigger advantage. And if you’re not the most technically inclined kind of person, you’ll find it extremely easy to create your own candles, as long as you have a good guide on how to do it. With a little help from the Internet, you can create many different types of candles, including scented ones that will last longer than cheap ones.
Soy candle making is an inexpensive, quick, relatively simple project with plenty of room for your creative ideas and personal preferences to show in its creation–in all of its glory! You can have a kit to make hundreds of candles at once for less than some very expensive store-bought candles, and you’re probably already enjoying them as gifts for friends, as care packages for the holiday season, or in small care packages for yourself–you’ll never have to worry about running out of eager buyers for your next experiments! And as an added bonus, if you are particularly creative, you could even turn it into a job (or at least a second one, for extra income! ): you can start selling candles online!
So what supplies should you need to create candles with this amazing new medium? That depends on what you want to make: for instance, there are several candle kits out there that come with clear colored wax balls, which can be easily molded into different shapes and decorations. But if you want something a little more unique, like a candle that’s shaped like a heart, for example, you’ll need to buy your own acrylic craft paint, ribbons, glue, colored beads, ribbons, lanolin, a mold of a heart shape, as well as a wick or candles that can hold a candle wax in place.
There are also kits available that allow you to design your own custom candles or to use ready-made ones and then modify them to suit your taste and personality. Some kits even let you pick and choose your wax colors to create your own special candles.
And of course, it’s always possible to personalize your own custom designs by combining different colored mixtures and/or beads and/or ribbon to create the perfect look of your own personal favorite design. For instance, if you have a favorite flower design in mind, you can easily add your own embellishments (such as a wreath on your candle), or you might want to create something completely different, such as a star or a colorful, multicolored flame.
It’s also possible to create your own scent, by blending your own scents, using essential oils that you can buy from any specialty shop (or you can even create your own by using soy candle making kits that come with a “recipe book”). To achieve a more realistic scent, add water into the wax, for instance, or apply a scent-infused powder into the wax as the base. Or add a dab of vanilla extract, or eucalyptus, for more scents.
There are several types of candles that are suitable for soy candle making, from traditional paraffin candles, which have long, thin wicks, to votive candles (which can be used in places where traditional candles are not practical or viable). But for the more adventurous, there are also taper candles that are created with wicks that are thinner than other candles (great for tabletop use, for candle-holders and decorative purposes). You can also use a wide variety of other materials for these candles, such as wax beans, beeswax, scented gelatin, cottonseed oil, rice bran, coconut oil, soy beans, almond oil, or vegetable oil.
If you want your own custom-made candles, there are certainly a few kits that offer you the opportunity to do this, such as candle making kits, which will allow you to personalize your candles as you see fit. {and create your very own unique candle design and scent! The kits will also supply you with the materials you’ll need to complete your project.
Welcome to my candle making blog! In this blog, I will be sharing my tips and tricks for making candles. I will also be sharing some of my favorite recipes.
