Candle science follow there directions on everything and you will be a pro....oh only buy from candle science there the best

If you Google any candle supplier - literally, just google ‘candle making supplier’ - their website will have lots of free advice on how to begin as well as guides for you to follow.

Candle science is a very beginner friendly site. They offer kits if you want to dip your toes in before cannon balling into the deep end!

Everything everyone says plus don’t copy the way TikTok or Reels people do their candles. I have seen so much wrong things they do, and sit down and meditate on what kind of candle you want to do.. because you want to make them all kinds but is a waste of time and money.. been there done that

Try a candle making kit first maybe? Kind of holding your hand for your first go. If you are US based then I have noticed Candle Science are really big there and a trusted supplier. Otherwise if you are in Europe you can get a kit from Cosy Owl or Candle Shack. I wouldn't buy a kit from Amazon - stay clear of them completely for candle making.

One thing nobody tells you off the bat, is make sure the room you are working in is warm, like 21c. Also once your candle has set, keep it tucked up nice and warm in a box with insulation to let it cure if you live somewhere cold. Cure time varies dependent on wax type and ambient temperature too.

There are videos by Candle Science on You Tube about how to make a candle. If you're going to be doing paraffin candles, look for the Alex method. Also check out Armitage Candles - loads of info on there for ya!

Just a guess: i think whoever did this candle took a balloon, wrapped a wick around it and then poured or dipped it in wax

That’s what I’ve stumbled upon https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFgVvNZTCXh/?igsh=b2I1dndzMjVhZ3pn

I found a tutorial and they used a balloon filled with water. More than 10 attempts later, I gave up 🤣

It's a silicone mold. The other side is probably flat. Try AI to find the same shape, and then you'll probably find the right mold.

This wouldn't be something that is carved out, someone would create this shape maybe out of clay or a strong material, first and then create a mold from that.

The mould they would use would probably be a mould that can be halved in two because of the holes in the sculpture itself, but this is something produced with a mould and not carved out.

What does it do? Is it a taper candle and the rest of the wax falls away? I don't get it.

It's simply melting wax, pouring, and dropping a wick in before it solidifies.

A double boiler is handy, but can be easily replicated with a standard pot and stainless or glass bowl that safely sits on top (mind if you go this route, the boiling water may cause the bowl to float around a bit and can release steam in unexpected places, always use insulated gloves when you handle the bowl like this).

You can buy wicks online, or make them from natural fibers if you’re so inclined. Keep a pan/pot for melting wax,( use old candles.,Crayons , etc.) because it will be messy.

The folks at r/candlemaking can probably help you ☺️ I've been rec'd that sub a few times.

My mom used to make emergency candles out of melted crisco with a birthday candle for the wick

I am a candlemaker! It is not difficult. Please use high quality materials. Do not use crayons. One of my favorite suppliers is CandleScience because on top of really top notch materials, there are a lot of educational videos and tutorials on their website.

Wicks are very very cheap, I’m talking like 0.08¢ a pop. For wax I really recommend soy or coconut apricot but coconut apricot is really easy to use.

For your own use it’s totally fine to reuse containers you have at home (make sure you measure the diameter so you’re getting the right size wick - CandleScience has a wick guide based on wax and vessel diameter) but please be careful after using a jar a for a few different candles.

Every time a jar is reused for a candle the structure can weaken a little bit and eventually shatter. It’s why you don’t see more places take jars back and refill for customers - typically our business insurance won’t allow it or highly recommends against it.

Candlemaking takes me to my happy place - have fun!!

Get a heat gun. They’re cheap and they’re the difference between good looking candles and bad looking candles when you’re a beginner.

Good luck!

Warm up the jars before adding wax if you’re making container candles.

Cool your candles as slowly as possible after they’re poured.

When stirring the fragrance oil into the wax, do not stir vigorously because that whips air bubbles into the wax.

Clothespins make decent wick stabilizers if you’re out of regular metal wick stabilizers.

Adding 10% stearic acid (stearin) to soy wax makes the wax just a little harder and helps the candle last longer… I’ve also read that it strengthens the scent.

Soy wax 464 can be bought on Amazon which means you won’t have to pay shipping.

That’s all I can think of off the top of my head. Have fun making candles!

Wicks don’t stay up straight that easily. I now glue mine to the base of the jars and then use a piece of card board to hold the wick. https://imgur.com/a/VrWOxFZ

I'd say to buy a lot of 2 oz (or even smaller) tins for testing til you get the hang of things.

When I started, I went straight for the 8oz jars. Obviously my first batches were horrendous... and I ended up wasting tons of wax, fragrance, and jars going through that process.

Essential oils for the most part sucks.

When using dye, take into account that the color become clearer as the wax cool.

A hairdryer or heatgun can do marvels if the top of your candle is rough.

they look amazing! could you please share your experiences and tips, especially about making multi color candles?

Amazing! I love the colors especially the blue flower. Can you share the link to the magic wand candle on the far left? That one is my favorite!

These look awesome, great work! The white flower with blue is my favorite. So much detail and the color is lovely!

Amazing

Beautiful

id say absolutely not. there’s people who get PhDs in the field and know virtually nothing outside of their subfield. knowing a candle is made of lipids doesn’t tell you much about what kinds of fats are good for making candles out of, or really anything else about how to make a good candle.

As a chemist who does precisely zero synthesis, give me Google + YouTube and a day of free time and I could probably figure out the basics. Perfecting the "recipe" may take a few iterations, which in a sense isn't so different from yield optimization.

We made scented candles in grade school. It's not something you need a degree in.

Thank you. Of course, spell check fails me in a room full of chemist.

Actually formulation/product development is where a lot of chemists will end up. But candle making is not something which is part of normal chemical curricula. But I would expect a chemistry bacchelor to be able to learn it in a few weeks to a reasonable competency (not perfection), depending on how much literature was published.

I’m a complete novice, however, I know many websites will sell 1oz samples of scents. There are marked blotter sticks, but I used a sliced up index card. You can dip several pieces into into various combinations of scents and smell them together. The blotter sticks I’ve seen have lines on them so if you want fragrance A to be more powerful you would dip to the second line and fragrance B only to the first line, and that’s your ratio. Hope this helps!

I watched a few YouTube videos that suggested using q tips and a jar to see if you like scent combinations. Dip the q tips in the different scents you want to smell together and close the jar and come back to it in a while to see. The blotters sound like a great idea too!

I bought a few hundred blotter strips for real cheap on Amazon and ordered a ton of sample size fragrance oils. Try one scent family at a time (spicy, herbal, floral, fruity), write each scent down on your strip and wave them in front of your face to smell. An easy way to blend is a 50/50 mix with two fragrances, you can increase your # of fragrances as you get more comfortable. Remember that the total gram weight of FO in your candle will remain the same, just the percentage of each scent will change. Example: your total FO weight is 50 grams. You can have any combo of fragrance oils in there as long as the total weight is 50 grams. Candle Science has a great YouTube video on fragrance blending for some ideas! It’s my favorite part of this process, I love fragrance!

Even at the side like that, the bunches of dried herb/flower in the round w/purple is still sticking flammable stuff in a candle - and a bad idea.

Other than the standard safety tip, they look lovely.

These candles look very cute!

These look pretty. Do you make your own bowls or buy them?

I love your decorative candles.

I think they’re pretty and like the purple and white ones the best. From here the all white just looks like some of it is a blob unless I enlarge the pic. The green flower isn’t sitting well with me but I like the rest of it. I think it’s because the rest feels more natural but the green feels “artificial” in a more “tacky” way made worse in comparison to the rest being so great. It’s like what a scratch on a vinyl record does when you’re really getting into the music.