I definitely agree. I did the exact same thing with my skin care business. I bought a lip balm making kit and loved the process and knew that this is what I wanted to do.
Candle making is not that hard and the math is about as easy as it gets. The formulating and determining what combination of vessel, wax, fragrance oil and wick to use can take some time though. You say to never ever burn a candle longe than 4 hours. Actually if you are going to be a responsible candle maker then you absolutely should test burn your candles for more than 4 hours because you need to know what will happen if someone abuses your product. Just make sure to take the appropriate safety precautions. This will not only help you to respond better to customer's questions, but may also help you come to a better decision regarding the materials you use to make your candles and gives you very useful data in case someone decides to try to take legal action against you. It's very nice that you are trying to help others get started, but to make the statement that "I don't know, this is just what I've read," doesn't inspire much confidence in the information you are presenting being factual and accurate. This your first video I've watched and it has been published for at least a year now so perhaps your more recent content has improved in this respect. Thanks for sharing your point of view.
5:21 She pronounces "soot" like I do. My husband always makes fun of me. He says I say it like "suit" which he thinks is the wrong way. Thank you. I will show this to him later😂🤗 Btw, great, informative video😊
Honestly, the math on making candles is not difficult AT ALL. I’m terrible (like, really, really bad) at math and after about a half hour of verbal run arounds it turns out the math is SO much simpler than everyone tries to make it out to be. The formula is EASY: Fragrance % x Wax Weight = weight of fragrance needed for the batch. The wax supplier will give you the “Fragrance Load”, which is the max amount fragrance the wax can handle. Standard is usually 6% “Fragrance Load”, but can go as high as 12%. Pick a number anywhere between 6% and the Fragrance Load (for the example, well say the max fragrance load is 10%). Try to pick a number in between to start experimenting, well go with 7%. I want 7% fragrance, and I want to make a pound of wax, which is 16oz. So the math would be: 7% x 16 = 1.12oz. I need to measure out 1.12 ounces of fragrance oil to put into my 16oz. of wax! And that’s it! Percent x weight. Done! To find what percent works best for the wax and your personal preference, just pick a percentage and test it. If it needs more, make another candle with a higher percentage, if it’s too strong make another candle with a lower percentage. Just remember to record what your doing so when you find the right combo you know what that percent is. FYI, I started making candles a few days ago and I was too scared of the math so I just went with the google recommended number for fragrance. I learned all of this last night, and if the math hadn’t been so unapproachable I would have saved a lot of wax, and fragrance, and been able to make single candle batches for testing instead of using half of my wax on one batch that’s probably not going to be scented strongly enough. I really hope this helps! Go forth and create ✨ Edit: I believe there’s higher math (“specific gravity”) if you really want to get crazy precise, but this should get you pretty far. Just remember that different waxes and oils behave differently, so test any variations, i.e.; different waxes, wax lots, wicks, fragrance blends, jar sizes, etc., to make sure any changes won’t negatively impact the way your candles perform.
Hi Jasmin, I've seen thst you bought your melter from etsy and that it's from America but they work on a different electricity current so how do you use it in the UK?
Hi Jasmine, thks to share your experiences! I'm wondering what kind of bag do you use for the wax melts? I love them. My best wishes in your New studio.
Hi! Can you possibly not play music while you’re talking or turn it really really low? I find it really distracting and sometimes hear the music more than your voice. And I have to adjust the volume when the music is on because there’s a huge swing in volume in the music. 🥴 thanks! Love your content!
