| Like scented and designer candles, gel candles too | | | | container. Once the gel settles well and completely |
| have become very popular. If you are creative enough, | | | | cools, your gel candle is ready to be lit. |
| you can make these candles at home for fun or for | | | | While making gel candles, think of think of pleasant and |
| profit. | | | | bright colors. Using a liquid dye is better in coloring your |
| Gel candles comprises mainly of mineral oil. It is 90 | | | | candle. Colors like white, yellow, red, green and blue are |
| percent mineral oil and 10 percent polymer which is the | | | | very popular among these types of candles. |
| reason for the candle to have a gel like consistency | | | | Since it is gel based, you can unleash your creativity by |
| when done. Mineral oils helps gel candles burn for a | | | | adding different embeds and also making it a multicolor |
| long time than other wax candles that you see on the | | | | gel candle. You can add different colors of layers in a |
| store shelves. | | | | single jar and make it look stunning. You have to allow |
| It is easier than you think to make them at home. With | | | | each layer to cool done a bit and solidify before |
| a personal touch to it, they are the best gifts you can | | | | pouring the other layer on top. |
| gift your loved ones and friends. Candles are a great | | | | While adding embeds or decorative pieces while |
| gift to receive, but when they learned you made it with | | | | making gel candles, see to it that you use only |
| a personal touch in remembrance of them...it will be | | | | non-flammable items. Decorative items such as stones, |
| priceless! | | | | seashells, marbles, colored glass, ceramic figures, dried |
| To make gel candles at home, you need some gel | | | | flowers and foliage etc are best to be used. |
| wax, scents or fragrance oil of your choice, candle | | | | After you master the art of making gel candles, look |
| dyes, wick base, wick, non-flammable glass container | | | | into turning your hobby into a regular money making |
| or a jar and embeds. Once you have all these | | | | business. Gift the initial pieces of them made by you to |
| materials ready, follow the simple procedure to make | | | | your family ad friends and seek their opinion. More |
| gel candle. | | | | ideas will pour in to better your ideas and enhance |
| To start with melt the wax in a bowl. Usually, gel wax | | | | your creativity. |
| takes more time to melt than other wax materials. As | | | | Today, gel containers, which come in cute jars and |
| the wax melts, add the chosen color and scent or | | | | containers are very expensive. You can have a good |
| fragrance oil immediately. Now, pour the mixed wax in | | | | margin while selling them from home. Once you look at |
| a glass container which has the wick placed in the | | | | it making gel candles from a business point of view, do |
| center on a wick base. To prevent formation of | | | | some research to carefully select the materials |
| bubbles inside the container, pout the melted wax | | | | required in bulk and search for best deals from |
| when it is very hot. If you need bubbles in the jar, then | | | | suppliers online. |
| allow the wax to cools bit and then pour it into the | | | | |