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Thank you so much for this video! Explained why the liquid color that I used with soy was caused severe tunnelling and I ended up wasting 1kg of soy wax as a result of using too much dye (to get a darker color). Your candles are gorgeous and so is your hair! Thanks again - really appreciate you!!! 😊 🙏🏼 💝
Thanks for sharing this. It would be so frustrating for a beginner to put the effort into a candle, only to use a colorant that will snuff out the flame. Very helpful.
Great video! I'm about to dabble with making soy candles and M & P soap. I'd already wondered about adding mica into the soy wax. Thanks for explaining.
Thank you fro such an informative and educational video. I've never tried making soy candles, but just by watching your video does trigger my interest to try myself.
Hi Ms London, I like the way you explain everything regarding candle making…unfortunately, the outlet of your Bramble Berry which is Michaels here in Canada doesn’t have any single items for candle making…their store is not a good place to. Shop, the one old item, wc is a left over in their inventory, still selling it for the regular price, no choice . Very disappointed with their store…
Hi London, amazing video tutorial ! A question : if I want to add color dye and fragrance oil to my candle wax, which should go in first ? Color dye or fragrance oil ? Thanks ..
these colors are so bright and dark. when I use mica colors the candle color becomes very light. I think I shall try with these soy wax color flakes now. Thanks for sharing
Thank you for the immense and helpful information on your channel I enjoy watching and picking up some very useful ways to improve and fine tune my candle making small hobby/business. I have recently been asked to make the colours of flags and have eventually succeeded in the formulas after many tests however what I am finding now the colours tend to blend in storage even though initially they looked perfect and the separation lines between colours were good but in time they slowly started to blend whilst in storage. The colour dyes I have used and tested were liquid as well as dye blocks from a reputable suppliers. I know that molecules of matter will move from one to another whilst kept together for long periods of time as this is part of the physics however I was wondering if there was a way to stop this from happening.
Thanks was looking to color paraffin wax. Tried red RIT general purpose dye total fail.gonna try crayon it’s for homemade lava lamp ,very informed Thanks Again
yes, it's good for all candle wax types, but some harder waxes like beeswax, palm, or Burberry will need more dye. Softer waxes like soy, coconut and canola can use less
it's so useful information... I'm wondering if I can use soy dye flakes in any wax?? I'm using a blender wax, can I use soy dye flakes or I should use another product???
Hi thanks for your tutorials Im making my candles im a room that gets a little cold at night, can you tell me at what temperature should I leave the room for the 24 hours that tha candles need to be undisturbed?😃 Thank you Claudia
You can absolutely combine different wax colors to make a blend in your candles. The color blocks we offer are only for melt and pour soap though. The wax dye flakes are the best option to color your candles: www.brambleberry.com/shop-by-product/ingredients/colorants/candle-dyes
Can you make a video on how to make a face cream containing more aloe vera juice and vegetable glycerin than water? Thanks for everything you do. Greetings from Europe :)
When layering your colors, always allow the wax to cool completely - it should be fully opaque and no longer warm before pouring the next layer. Then, pour at 140° F or below to ensure the colors don't bleed. We have more tips and tricks available in our 'How to Layer Candles' article that can be found here: www.brambleberry.com/how-to/candles/art0188-how-to-layer-candles.html
1/4 teaspoon of dye is meant for 16oz of soy wax. If 1/4 teaspoon is 0.04oz then it will color 400oz (wax + dye mixture) worth of candles. So that’s about 50 8oz candles.
Great video. How do you make stand alone candles? (the ones with no vessel's? ex: no glass or ceramic) Could you use the crayons on those? Can you use eye shadow makeup for coloring? Thanks
Free-standing candles need to be made in molds (we recommend silicone). And no, you can't use crayons or eye shadow as colorants, you want to stick to candle-safe colorants.
Sorry, I know this is an old video.... but I just had a thought! I really want black candles for my wedding, but at a lower price, these are hard to come by. So I've purchased a bunch or religious pillar candles from the Dollar Tree. Anyway! Do you think it would be possible to coat a jar with melted black crayon, then pour the white wax inside? Or do you think the crayon would melt and still clog the wick?
Crayons are almost always a bad idea for coloring candles. They're usually made from very different wax than candles and will likely clog the wick. It's much better to use colorants designed for use in candles, such as candle dye flakes. We have great black dye flakes on our website here: www.brambleberry.com/shop-by-craft/candles/colorants/charcoal-black-candle-dye-flakes/V001231.html
i understand that mica isn’t recommend (clogged wick) for candles but i’ve seen candles on etsy and other site where the candles burn with a beautiful shimmer and use mica. I saw that you can use the smallest amount of mica and mixing it with rubbing alcohol. I’m afraid to do this method because well rubbing alcohol is very flammable. Please give me advice on how to use mica for candles without being a fire hazard.
Hello everyone! PLEASE HELP ME ! I poured candles into glass by layering two colors on top of each other. There are three layers on top of each other, and after cooling, a white stripe appeared between the layers. I wonder what it could be?
If you melt crayon in hotter wax, it may not leave those chunks. The shape of the candle made with crayon wasn't ideal, as the mouth was narrower, for testing, you could've made it in wide-mouth jars, ideally soy wax doesn't go off like than, if crayon made it go off, I'm surprised. I used to make color candles as a kid with crayon coloring, and they were great and never had a problem, of course not as a business, but for fun as a kid :)
How can I paint a cured candle? I have some molds that I will pour in wax, then I was hoping to use mica to paint over the wax mold once it has cured. Mica alone isn't very pigmented, so can I mix it with something like rubbing alcohol to help it 'stick' to the candle better? Would the rubbing alcohol fully evaporate once the mica mix had dried? (I don't want to make it flammable haha). Any ideas/tips are appreciated thank you.
since I bought the color dye in a cube what is the grams measurement of 1/4 tsp ? I thinking of using a grader, but worried I will get more volume than I should...
