Tag: candle
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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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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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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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About High Density Gel Wax and How to Make Transparent Gel Candles
Hi Handmakers! A number of you have been asking after our High Density Gel Wax and how to make transparent gel candles so we’re sharing some infographics on them today 😊 About High Density Gel Wax When Embedding Anything Inside Gel Wax Candles… Suitable Wicks, Fragrances and Dyes for Gel Wax Candles How to…
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Your Ultimate Candle Wick Guide
Hi Handmakers! This is an upgrade from our previous ‘Types of Wicks and Which to Use for Candle Making‘ post as we’ve decided to give it a little makeover 😊 Of course, you can still refer to our 2020 post if you prefer that. We will keep both versions of our candle wick guide updated…
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Types of Wicks and Which to Use for Candle Making
Hi Crafters! Making candles on your own can get rather complicated since there’s a vast variety of materials to choose from. To make things a little easier for your candle making journey, we’ve come up with this post for you to refer to when choosing wicks for your candles at our store 😊 *PS: Measurements…
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Romantic Rose Palm Wax Candle DIY
Hi Crafters! We’ve gotten some requests for a palm wax candle recipe so here it is! 😊 Pssst, we’ve a printable recipe card for this one too, so grab it from down below! What You’ll Need: Palm Wax Candle Dye – Red (or any other color is fine!) HTP-105 Wick Yein & Young Rose Essential…
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Turning Broken Wax Sachets into New Candles!
Hi Crafters! Recently, some of our wax sachets (you can check out here on how you can DIY your own aromatherapeutic wax sachets) broke so we decided to give them a new life by turning them into candles 😉 What You’ll Need: Old/Broken Wax Sachets Candle Jar 👉 We used this one! Wick 👉 Ours here…
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Get to Know: Craftiviti’s Candle Additive for Soy Wax Candles
Lumpy tops and bubbles in your soy wax candles may not be aesthetically pleasing to everyone, but this is a common occurrence when working with soy wax. To reduce the possibilities of this happening, you can blend waxes or use additives. For this post, we’ll be talking about our Candle Additive for Soy Wax Candles.…
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