Candle Making Guides: The Craft, Explained Properly
Written by Nadia Colbert, pouring soy candles since 2014. Each guide links to the exact contents of the kit we sell, and none of them invents a specification that is not published.
September 3, 2026
Christmas Candles From a Kit
Planning a giveaway batch against a date: what fourteen containers let you give, when to pour so the candles cure in time, and what belongs on the tag.
August 20, 2026
Is It Cheaper to Make Candles or Buy Them?
What a shop candle costs, what the first batch from the kit works out to per vessel, and why every refill after it costs a fraction.
August 10, 2026
Candle Troubleshooting Guide
Sweating, cracking, soot, tunneling and a drowning flame: what each defect means and what to change on the next pour.
July 20, 2026
How to Make Candles at Home
The full process from melting to curing, written for a first pour with nothing but what is in the kit.
July 14, 2026
How to Make Soy Candles
What soy does differently, and the two habits that separate a soy candle that smells of something from one that does not.
July 8, 2026
Candle Wick Size Guide
Why a wick that is too small tunnels and one too large smokes, and how container width decides the answer.
July 2, 2026
Candle Wax Types Compared
Soy, paraffin, coconut and beeswax side by side: melting behaviour, scent throw, cleanup and what each is best for.
June 26, 2026
Candle Fragrance Oil Guide
How scent actually gets into a candle, why stirring matters more than quantity, and how to buy oil once you know what you like.