Hearts & Crafts Soy Candle Wax Kit - 10 lb Wax Flakes with 100 Cotton Wicks and 2 Wick Holders - DIY Supplies for Crafting Candles, Tarts, and Scented Creations

Natural soy wax is an excellent choice for candle making. It is derived from soybean oil, making it a renewable and environmentally-friendly option. One of the top benefits of natural soy wax is its clean and long-lasting burn. Soy wax candles tend to have a slower burn rate compared to other types of wax, which means you can enjoy your candle for a longer period of time. Additionally, soy wax produces minimal soot and smoke, ensuring a clean and healthy atmosphere. Another advantage of soy wax is its ability to hold fragrance. Soy wax has a great scent throw, meaning it can disperse fragrance oils effectively and fill your space with a delightful aroma. Furthermore, soy wax is easy to work with. It has a lower melting point, which makes it easier to handle and pour. It also has a natural creamy appearance and can hold color dyes well, allowing for creative and visually appealing candle designs. Lastly, soy wax is biodegradable, making it an eco-friendly choice. It is made from a renewable resource, as opposed to petroleum-based waxes, which contributes to a more sustainable candle-making industry. Overall, natural soy wax is highly recommended for candle making due to its clean burn, strong fragrance throw, ease of use, and eco-friendly properties.

I have been buying from this company for years now. They never disappoint. The wax is great quality, burn rate is amazing and length of time is great! Great value for the price.

I really like this wax. It smells like cucumbers to me, when up close to it. Melted while burning the wick, it doesn't smell like anything by itself. Previously I've used bees wax, and no one liked the smell of it, so this is a nice alternative. The wicks are very convenient. I made my own the first time with the bees wax but these wicks provided burn far longer than homemade. The wick holders are a big help too. I liked this kit, and it was a good project to do with my kids, plus a decent price. I recommend this one. The only thing you will need is a double-boiler or similar set up for melting the wax, and then your container of choice. We used Ball brand Mason jars. The jelly jar size with embossed cross-hatching was a perfect size to accomodate the wick's length, which I believe was about 8oz, and too long where I had to snip it...so really any jar not bigger than 24 oz and you'll have enough wick.

Making candles at Christmas was a family tradition when I was little and when my dad took charge. I wanted to get back into the tradition (in his honor), so I purchased this starter kit for my first time going solo. It's an OK kit for beginners - with some good and not-so-good. I'll update my review as I continue to experiment -- this is only my initial impressions of the product. (As of this writing, I haven't lit to test the candle wicks): - Wax: is SUPER easy to work with. It melts nicely and absorbs color evenly. It's unscented, but seems to take essential oil evenly, too. It's a little greasy - I've spilled some over my hands and turns out - it's a nice lotion! Made me worry, though - which is why I got back online here to read reviews! - Wicks: are SUPER flimsy! You've got to work hard to straighten them, and even then, I've had a really hard time getting them to sit straight in the jar. - Wick centering thingie: I thought this would make life easier - but truthfully, I haven't really used the wick centering device. I'm making my candles in Oui yogurt jars, and the centerer is too big for the jars. I remember a trick my dad taught me, which is to tape the wicks to a cupboard and dangle 'em down into the jars. That works better for me, but because the wicks are so short, I need to jury-rig a high, flat surface to adequately dangle the wick into my jars. No biggie - just not as "starter kit" as I would have hoped. I'm still in process of making a bunch of candles - I'll update this with more info on the wick as it burns. Reading the reviews made me wonder if people might have been using too big of jars. Like I said, I'm using Oui jars (and will move to 4" mason jars), so maybe that makes a difference??

This was the first wax I bought in attempting to make candles, and it was great. It was about 1.5 oz short for me, which could have been a measuring error on my part (I was making in pound and half pound increments). Using a double boiler I heated it to 185 and added the fragrance oil. I usually stick with 6-8% fragrance load depending on the strength of the oil. I let it cool to around 145-150 and poured. It needs to cure for a few days (or longer, depending on some sources I read). I do wish it had come with more directions or tips, and I still have some testing and experimenting to do to improve my product, but overall it's pretty simple if you just want to get started: melt, add fragrance, pour. There's a lotttttt of science if you are going past that! Different temps to add fragrance, letting it cool and pouring at different temps (with changes in elevation, ambient temp, etc all coming into play). Hot throw, cold throw, proper wicking (these wicks have about a 1.5-2" max melt pool - great for votives but anything bigger will need to be double wicked. That's probably why they sent 100, honestly, because that's about how many votives you can get out of it!). Lots to try and test, but I told my husband here's why I think candle-making is my new favorite hobby: You can always melt your mistakes!! Happy chandling, folks!!

Love this wax. Switched to soy wax because it’s better for my lungs. I haven’t used scent or color, but candles come out nicely.

Great value! Ordered this kit to make a batch of candles. Great quality and got a lot of candles out of this one box. Wax was easy to work with.

This was my first time making homemade candles, and I was very pleased with this wax. I bought a 10 lb. bag and was able to make about 10 mason jars (8 oz.) worth of candles. The wicks were a bit tricky to stay up, but the metal clasps that came with were helpful in keeping them centered and still - this did take a few tries though. I feel the value of this bag is well worth it ($3/candle), however you can easily run up the price of making a candle from home if you have to buy containers (like mason jars) and use premium fragrance/oils. A few side notes/tips: I used ~25 drops of essential oil, which was barely enough to get any scent out of the candles. Apparently they need more like 80 drops to actually give off the oil scent, which for me is a bit much, considering I have doTERRA oils and they aren't the cheapest, in terms of using a bunch of bottles on 8 oz. candles. I may go to the store and buy cheaper oils next time. Wax melting technique used was submerging the jars (which contained wax) in hot water in crockpot...this method worked really well, and was easy/mess free.

Great quality wax. Bought this to make my own candles to gift as wedding favors. Everyone loved them ! The sent is easy to control by finding a good candle recipe online and mixing good quality essential oils inside.

The smell of the wax very bad

Ok for little candles

شمعه من دون عيوب

I made some candles with them they were absolutely beautiful and lasted a very long time only suggestion is that you include wick stickers in the pack