How to make soy candles

It is as easy learn how to make soy candles as long as you can follow a recipe. The ingredients are soy wax, scent or fragrance and wick. As soy candles are not freestanding, you will also need a glass jar or container. Soy wax is very soft and not used to make taper candles or pillar candles. Small glass candle holders for votive candles however can be used as vessels for soy candles.

Soy candles are made of soybean and other natural vegetable waxes and are increasingly popular alternative to the traditional paraffin wax candles which often contain chemicals.

You first step in learning how to make soy candles is to choose a container that you want to use for your candle.
This can be an apothecary jar or some other kind of glass or clay vessel. Make sure you soy wax is heated to 125°F in
a double boiler. Add your fragrance and dye. You can pour soy wax into your jars at temperatures as low as 100° F if the wax is constantly stirred up until the moment it is poured into the jars. Lower pour temperatures help to eliminate possible frosting as well as produce a smoother creamy finish. Add your candle wicks.

When learning how to make soy candles it is important to remember that they need plenty of time to cool down and
harden after the wax is poured Cooling too quickly or too slowly can cause the wax to collapse in jar or give the top of it a frosted look. Large jars and tall thin jars of soy wax such take a longer time to cool down. Within 24 hours you will be basking in your home made candle light and bragging to the neighbors that you just learned how to make soy candles.

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