Practical guides to choosing your materials, alongside our free step by step recipes.
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Start here. What you need, a starter shopping list with real prices, and what to decide first.
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Choosing your wax
Which candle wax should I use?
Soy, paraffin, gel, beeswax and more, and what each one is actually good for.
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Choosing your wick
Which candle wick should I use?
Matching wick size to your wax and your container diameter, then burn testing.
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Over 80 free recipes for candles, soap, bath products and home fragrance, plus our free recipe books to download.
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