RobsCreations

...well, it depends on the wax! I've been making candles for 3 years now and I have experienced several problems myself before finding the right temperature to end up with flawless nice candles. If you decide to make candles: take your time, use a thermometer and check the temperature of your melted wax before pouring, always ! It happened to me several times that, because I was in a rush, I poured the wax soon after I have melted it and I ended up with really ugly candles! If you pour at high temperature you may end up with fragrance loss (evaporation), frosting (this is a frequent problem with soy wax), massive shrinking (not good for container candles), cracking on top. If you pour at a very  low temperature you can have jump lines , wax can start to solidify in the container and so on... Full post on  FROSTING HERE . In my experience, buying certified frosting-resistant soy wax only partially limits the problem... Two golden ru...

One more request from a dear friend: candles that she could put on the table as Xmas favours! In particular, she wanted pillar candles with chunks on the  white/turquoise  hues.  She also asked for decorations m atching the colours of the candles and  having  snow flakes .  It took me a while before deciding what to do (it's much easier to use red, green, silver and gold when it comes down to Xmas things,😂😂😂 ahahaha)... ...and then I thought it would have been fun to use  the  bubble wrap stamping technique  to give the paper a snowy-like background! For the white bubbles: Dovecraft   Crystal White ink and Aladine   jasmine white embossing powder. For the light blue bubbles: turquoise ink  (from ArtNic, #20) and Artemio   clear   holographic  embossing powder .  I've created the snow flakes  with a puncher  from white Bristol card stock, a...

This is a sample pack with five different mini candles. From left to right: Candle #1:  b ees wax: coconut oil (80:20)  + cotton wick (lead free)  +  cinnamon candle fragrance Candle #2:  b ees wax: coconut oil (70:30)  + cotton wick (lead free)  +  coffee bean candle fragrance   Candle #3: 100% Soy wax + wooden wick + strawberry cream candle fragrance   Candle #4 : bees wax:coconut oil (70:30) + cotton wick (lead free)  + lavender candle fragrance   Candle #5: b ees wax: coconut oil (70:30)  + cotton wick (lead free) + l emongrass essential oil Each candle has been poured in a mini marmalade glass jar, carefully labeled (safety first!) and wrapped by me. Candle pouring Burning instructions on the bottom and labels with ingredients list Box making 

Why fast protocol? Because I've melted the soy wax in the microwave, instead of a double boiler, saving a lot of time and electricity. I wrote a post about the use of microwave in candle-making at the beginning of this year  HERE , but let me anyway remind you few basic things: - NO tin containers in the microwave. Go for pyrex or any other microwave-compatible glassware; - 10-20 seconds bursts at full blast will be more than enough to melt a small amount of soy wax;  - If you still have unmelted soy wax flakes DO NOT repeatedly heat the wax, just stir it for a minute: flakes will disappear very easily and you won't risk to overheat the wax and the container; - the microwave trick works well if you're dealing with small batches of wax; - for soy wax is great. I don't use it for melting paraffin because paraffin takes longer to melt I don't want to risk overheating glass container and wax; These candles are made of soy wax and minuscule pellets o...

Earlier this year I have been the March contest winner on the  WhysperFairy Molds  blog. Here you'll find the booty  I received from this incredibly talented woman !!! The first mould I decided to use was the one with the bears and obviously to make a new candle. My wax's stash is pretty empty these days, and I had to use what's left... for the gummy bears I've used soy wax while for the candle cube I've used bees wax. Nothing to argue about soy wax (as usual), while for bees wax I must admit that the sticky texture, that remains after the candle has set, bothers me a bit... Anyway, candle looks really cute! Thanks again  WhysperFairy Molds !