Making Candles at Home - A Basic Guide for Beginners

How to make scented candles? Candle making has become a very popular trend worldwide and in Israel. As a result, an entire industry of natural and ecological raw materials for making candles at home has emerged, offering a simple, efficient, and inexpensive way to create them.
In this guide, we will go through the basic steps of making scented candles at home, so that today you can order your favorite scents and make your own candles, whether for leisure and family fun or if you want to take it a step further and turn it into a business. The Sheananda team is with you every step of the way.
So, what do you need? Raw materials for candle making and equipment. Let's get started:

There is a wide variety of tools you can work with, but the candle making equipment that is truly essential for you to have at the beginning is:
1. Scale - Not mandatory but very helpful in making the process precise, for calculating the ratios between the wax, color, and scent.
2. Thermometer - Also not mandatory but highly recommended. With it, you'll know when to add the color, when to add the scent, and when to pour into the jar, parameters we'll elaborate on in advanced posts.
3. Melting pot - Whether you plan to make candles using the double boiler method, or if you want to easily heat them in the microwave (all our waxes can be heated in the microwave), you'll need a container to melt the wax in.

1. Wax - We highly recommend reading our post on choosing the wax you want to work with.
2. Wicks - Again, we highly recommend reading the post on working with wicks.
3. Fragrance oils for candles - Fragrance oils are a world in themselves, and everyone has their own taste. While you can't smell them through the computer, we promise they are all excellent. It's important to use oils suitable for candles, and all the fragrance oils on our website are, of course, specifically designed for making scented candles.
4. Containers for pouring the candles into. This can be any cup, ceramic vessel, or jar.

Place the jars on a wooden surface (preferred but not mandatory), attach the wicks to the jars with stickers, and center them using the wooden sticks with a hole in the middle.

Heat half a kilogram of wax in the microwave until it becomes liquid, remove, stir, and check the temperature (it's important not to overheat and not to exceed 85 degrees Celsius as this can damage the wax). If reheating is needed, heat for about 10 seconds at a time, stir, and check the temperature until it reaches 85 degrees.

Place the melting pot inside a larger pot with a little water, heat and wait for the wax to turn liquid, stir and measure the temperature until it reaches the desired temperature, then remove the melting pot from the water pot.

Add half a packet of color (1.5 grams +/-), add half to a full bottle of fragrance oil (5%-10%) at a temperature of 85 degrees Celsius, stir gently for 2 minutes, allow the wax to cool if necessary, and pour into the jars at the correct temperature for that specific wax (with an additional stir before pouring).

Repeat the process with the remaining half kilogram.

Allow the candles to rest for at least two hours without moving them to achieve a beautiful and smooth top surface.

Avoid pouring too much fragrance oil (adding up to 10% is quite sufficient).
For optimal scent release, let the candle cure for at least one to two weeks before its first burn.
On the first burn of the candle, wait for a full wax melt pool to reach the edges of the jar before extinguishing it.
Leave the wick at half a centimeter in length. If necessary, after multiple burns, trim the wick to half a centimeter again.

Honestly? The easiest way is simply to order our candle making kit at a great price.

Good luck with your homemade candle making!
Sheananda Team
www.sheananda.co.il

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