Category: Candle Making
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About Beeswax Candles and How to DIY Them in 5 Minutes
Hello Handmakers! According to Love to Know, beeswax candles are reputed to have several health benefits, including… Lower Toxicity: Because beeswax candles are all natural, they do not produce toxic byproducts and heavy soot when burned. Some types of candles produce minute traces of chemicals known to be carcinogenic, but this is not a problem…
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Flashpoints for Every Craftiviti Fragrance Oil
Hello Handmakers! As we’ve mentioned previously, flashpoint is the temperature at which a fragrance oil can combust when exposed to open flames or sparks. They place a more important role when one is making gel candles and when one is working with fragrance oils that have lower flashpoints. If you’d like to find out why,…
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All About Wood Wicks For Candle Makers
Hello Handmakers! Many of you have come up to us recently, asking about wood wicks and how to use them in your handmade candles. So today, we’re sharing with you one of our favorite informative posts by Armatage Candle Company! *The following has been lightly edited to make it more concise and relevant to Malaysian…
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Your Ultimate Scent Category Guide to Craftiviti’s Fragrance Oils
Hello Fragrance Lovers! At Craftiviti, we have more or less 100 types of fragrance oils which are suitable for DIY personal care products like cosmetics, skincare, soaps and more; and scented projects like candles, perfume and diffusers. Our fragrance oils can be used on their own too! (If you want to learn more about our…
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DIY Pillar Candle Using Creamy Palm Wax
Hello Handmakers! We’ve recently brought in a new palm wax called the Creamy Palm Wax because of how smooth and shiny it turns out (as opposed to the gorgeous crystalizing effect of normal palm wax). This post here is to share with you how you can easily make your own pillar candles using our new…
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4 Common Candle Myths Debunked
Hello Handmakers! We found this interesting post by the National Candle Association (NCA) and wanted to share with you this information on 4 common candle myths (some of which are actually frequently asked questions by our customers too) 🙌 4 Common Candle Myths Debunked by National Candle Association Inaccuracies around candles continue to populate the…
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Your Ultimate Introduction to Crafti-Kit
Hello soon-to-be Handmakers, Here’s everything you need to know about our Crafti-Kits – your complete handmaking project in a box! If you’ve ever: ✔️ wanted to create your own personal care products but don’t know where to start…✔️ felt reluctant to try making your own products because you’re scared they won’t come out right…✔️wanted to…
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Your Ultimate Introduction to Fragrance Oils
Hello Fragrance Lovers! Here’s everything you need to know about our fragrance oils! Whether it’s fragrance to make your home or car smell great or for making your own soaps and candles, we’ve created this post for you as your Ultimate Introduction to Fragrance Oils 🙌 What are Fragrance Oils? Fragrance oils are…
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DIY Strawberry Honey Soy Wax Melts in 4 Steps
Hello Handmakers! This recipe is one of our favourite soy wax melt recipes and we’ve been using it pretty much every week in our office. Though, we don’t always use our Strawberry Fresh and Honey fragrance oils 😂 Essential oils like Sweet Orange, Peppermint and Rosemary are great for uplifting moods and helping us stay…
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What does flashpoint in fragrance oils mean?
Hello Handmakers! As many of you are picking up the art of candle making, some have come to us asking about the flashpoint in fragrance oils and if it really matters when it comes to making candles. To answer your questions and share knowledge on this aspect, here’s this blogpost to shed some light on…
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