Making your candles has a multitude of benefits, including gaining insight into the ingredients, honing a skill, and reconnecting with hands-on craftsmanship. Yet, there are also unexpected advantages to candle making.
Creativity
Candle making is a canvas for your creativity. From selecting unique candle jars and fragrances to experimenting with colours and dyes, each candle becomes an expression of your artistic vision. Embrace the joy of crafting as inspiration strikes, and explore innovative ideas shared by fellow creators on platforms like TikTok here.
Patience
The melting, the pouring and the setting of your soy wax candles takes time. The perfect candles can't be rushed and has to be slow in order to achieve your desired results. You learn to be patient with the process, from testing your products, to allowing your fragrance oils to properly bind with the soy wax (which can take up to two weeks). You learn to enjoy the careful pace you have to go at.
Strong Community
When you begin candle making, it can seem a bit daunting and you don't know where to start. If you're starting out a business, it can seem that competition is tough too. However, there is actually a very strong candle making community, and they are all wanting to help you. With the countless Facebook groups, support they give on social media, you are bound to find a strong candle making community, as passionate about all things candles and willing to help you with any tough questions.
Your House Always Smells Good
Your house will have a strong smell of what ever fragrance you are working with when making the candles. Fragrance oils are very strong when concentrated in the bottle, with only using 8% in the candles, they'll smell beautiful but your house will be an encapsulation of all the smells you work with, any guests you have over will definitely comment on how beautiful it smells.
Attention to Detail
You'll start to pick up on the small details in your candle making. Making sure your wick is perfectly centred, that you are adding the correct amount of fragrance for the strength. There are many little details in candle making and when you begin to pick up on these, you'll start to notice more and have an acute attention to detail.
Supporting Australian Business
By choosing Wickii, you're backing Australian enterprise. As a family-owned and operated business based on the Sunshine Coast, we prioritise locally sourced products, including fragrance oils, essential oils, and packaging. Your support not only sustains our economy but also resonates with your customers, contributing to the broader Australian community. Rest assured, our products ship Australia-wide for a flat rate of $15, allowing everyone to enjoy premium candle supplies no matter their location.
