Candle Making for Beginners More Tips

Why Use Candle Making Wax, When There Are So Many Choices Available?

Once upon a time when you said 'candle' you would imagine animal fat. Gradually that image changed to candle making wax that was obtained from paraffin. Today, when you say or think of candles there are many, many options for your choice – such as soy wax, gel, bees wax, marbles candle making wax, and so on.

How Do You Decide Which Option Is the Best for Your Needs?

First of all start by identifying your needs. Do you want candles as emergency light providers when there is a power (electricity) cut? In that case the regular candle making wax would suffice here. Do you want candles that you could gift to formal acquaintances? In this instance you could use gel for making the candles as this would give the best scope to decorate it and make it into an exceptional gift.

The gel candles are extremely beautiful and easy to make. The fact that you could add a few embeds into the container where you pour the gel candle, makes this gift even more special as the embeds could be chosen to give certain messages that symbolize, friendship, respect, love and so on.

The same stores that sell candle making wax usually have stock of gels and the related material needed to make these gifts. You need to take care however, when you choose to make your gel candles that this type requires a lot of practice until the results are perfect. Initially you would be likely to get a lot of bubbles in the gel candle container; another flaw that happens with beginners is that they tend to add too much dye which kills the show of embeds.

If your friend is an avid convert to nature and save your environment movement, you could choose to gift the soy wax candles. This type of candle making wax is not only extremely environment friendly, but also very easy to work with. You could use the ready made soy wax kits or you could it free style, once you have mastered the process,

Be Prepared for Any Eventuality

If you decide to develop candle making as a hobby or craft and use this skill to make gifts for different occasions, you need to put together a decent stock so you would be prepared for any eventuality. Say, you need all of a sudden a gift for your boss' 15th wedding anniversary and you have only a few days in hand – you could immediately go into your 'lab' and fashion some excellent looking aromatic gel candles that could be used in the bedroom or as centerpieces for a romantic dinner.