| Candle making at home has become quite popular | | | | will now be put in the right direction, perspective and |
| recently as more and more hobbyists are taking-up | | | | motivation. |
| this craft as both a means of entertainment and a | | | | As you start candle making at home, you have to |
| source of income. | | | | gather all the tools and ingredients that you need. Your |
| Just like any other craft, there are simple principles that | | | | local craft store or an online store can be good |
| will guide you in making your venture successful, | | | | sources of all the things that you need. A double boiler, |
| whether as a business or as a hobby. | | | | wicks, whisk, moulds, dye, fragrance oil, thermometer, |
| When you first begin making candles at home, you will | | | | and your wax are the important things you need to |
| soon realize that this can be more than just an | | | | start make your own candles. |
| entertaining activity. Candle making is also an art that | | | | Step 1 - Melting the Wax |
| provides a venue to express your own unique | | | | You can start with heating the wax in a double boiler. |
| creativity. At first, this may not be evident in your | | | | You can choose from paraffin or soy wax or any of |
| results. However, with a little time and effort spent | | | | the many other wax forms available today. If you |
| getting familiar with the process, you will soon find | | | | want to be environmentally friendly, you can choose |
| yourself artistically incorporating your own personal | | | | soy wax or beeswax instead of paraffin wax. |
| touches which will provide you with more satisfying | | | | When melting the wax it is important to ensure the |
| and fulfilling outcomes. | | | | temperature never exceeds 180 degrees Fahrenheit. |
| Candle making at home can also be considered an | | | | Step 2 - Adding Color & Fragrance |
| expression of a person's brilliance. Although it is a skill, | | | | Once the wax has melted to its liquid state, you can |
| the variety of choices available in presentation, | | | | add the coloring dye to it using a whisk. Once you |
| fragrance, color, and wax type provides a means for | | | | have the desired color, you can then proceed with |
| a person's brilliance to really shine. Here, you have all | | | | adding the fragrance oil and blend again to ensure a |
| the time to explore and discover the many ways to | | | | balanced distribution of the scent. |
| experiment, tweak, and improve on different artistic | | | | Step 3 - Pouring the Wax |
| angles to produce truly unique results. | | | | Next is to reduce the temperature to 150 degrees and |
| Finally, as mentioned, candle making at home is a craft. | | | | pour the wax into the moulds carefully. Then, put the |
| This means that you need to apply some techniques | | | | wicks one by one to the center of the candle molds |
| to perform the skills needed in making candles. As you | | | | carefully. |
| practice this craft your level of expertise increases. | | | | After this, you want to leave your candles for at least |
| Hence, artistic candle making will become as easy as | | | | five hours to allow them to properly cool before |
| cooking or preparing a meal. | | | | removing them from the moulds. |
| Knowing these principles, your candle making venture | | | | |