Workshop Candle making Class

How to Make Candles – Candle Making for Beginners

Quickly and easily make a wide range of fabulous looking, amazing smelling candles, for personal use, gifts, or to sell.

What You’ll Learn

Students will learn about the different types of wax and how and when to use them to suit the mold or container.

By the end of the course, students will know which type and size of wick to use to ensure the best burning of the candle to avoid soot, burn cleaner, and give a good fragrance throw.

Understand the best type of fragrances to use and how to anchor essential oils in your candles.

How to use colour to create stunning effects in both pillar and container candles.

How to theme and decorate candles for special occasions, for gifts, and to sell.

In this course, you will learn how to make numerous candles using beeswax, paraffin, and soy wax with a variety of fun techniques. You will discover the benefits of making your own candles, from avoiding the toxic ingredients often found in candles to choosing your own colours and fragrances.

You will also learn:

How candles work

The different types of wax and the best choices for pillar and container candles

The correct way to colour candles and how to create fantastic effects with colours

All about wicks, how they work, and the best ones to use in your candles

The 2 types of fragrance, their pros and cons, and which is best to use for candle making

How to set up a safe work area in which to make candles

What equipment you will need – most of it is basic kitchen equipment you probably already have

The 2 main types of mold and how to use them, as well as ideas for sourcing cheap candle containers so you can get started straight away at little or no cost

As well as watching how to make regular pillar and container candles, you will see how to make massage candles, wax tarts, floating candles, and tea lights. You will also see how to make some fabulous candles using whipped wax.

There is even a section on decorating your containers and candles so that you can give them as gifts or even sell them.

I will walk you step by step through making all the candles, so that you can easily make your own afterwards.

By the end of the course, you will have enough information and skills to design your own candle creations using a range of molds, fragrances, and colours.

Who This Course Is For

Anyone who wants to learn how to make candles using various techniques and molds for personal use, to give as gifts, or to sell

Anyone who is looking for a new creative hobby

Anyone familiar with soap making, as the techniques for melting, pouring, and creating effects with colour are similar for candle making

Anyone who wants candles that have safer emissions and fewer health risks by avoiding carcinogenic and toxic petrochemicals in some synthetic fragrances

Course Content

Introduction to ingredients used in plant-based cosmetics

Step-by-step discussion of the products to be made

Demonstration and hands-on making (in small groups) to follow recipes

No Hidden Fees

Schedule:

Weekdays: 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Workshops available from Monday to Friday

All of our workshops and classes are hands-on and held at: Redbank Plains

To secure your reservation, please contact us or text us to book your spot.
We will always do our best to confirm your first preference.

The class held in Redbank Plains

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Made with Australian ingredients, supporting our farmers.
Eco-friendly.
Australian made and owned.
GMO Free.
Biodegradable.
No detergents.
No Surfactants.
No alcohol.
No animals fat.
No chemical additives.

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