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🕯️How to make the perfect candle, step by ste

🕯️How to make the perfect candle, step by step.

The candle making process is simple, but so difficult to master as there are so many variables to achieving the perfect burn & scent throw, so here is a step by step guide with some useful tips that I’ve learned along the way.

🧼 Clean your jars, I use perfumers alcohol, it’s important not to skip this step as it helps the wicks stick more securely. I use a heat gun but you can also use stickers.

🌡️ Heat your wax to its stated melting point and then let it cool before adding your oils. Fragrance oils have higher flash points than essential oils & all oils have different flash points, it’s essential you add them at the right temperature. Too hot it will burn off the fragrance, too cool and the oils won’t bind to the wax molecules properly. So yes, if you mix more than one oil it becomes even more complicated!🥴

⚖️ Weigh your oils in grams and never add more than 12% fragrance load. Adding more perfume won’t make your candles smell any stronger, it will just clog the wicks or become a fire hazard. I use between 8 and 12% depending on the oil.

🥄 Stir your oil into the wax for at least 3 minutes then pour at around 59 degrees. This varies depending on wax.
Pour at a much higher temp if you’re doing melts as this wax cools much quicker than container wax. I always stir for 6 minutes.

🔐 Secure your wicks - I use @stiffwicks but you can also use the metal or wooden if you prefer, but make sure you stick them with something like blue tack as they can move when cooling down, leaving you with off centre wicks.

🕰️ Your candles will look set after just a few hours. But they haven’t properly cured, they need at least a week, ideally two for the fragrance molecules to fully disperse and bind with the wax. If you’re not getting a good scent throw then not waiting long enough for them to cure may be why. I always keep mine covered too, this locks in the scent, that evaporates over time which is why all our candles come with lids.

⚠️ I use @socialblueprints for my labels. You also need to have the correct warning labels on your candles by law. (CLPs)

🕯️Enjoy your candles !

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