The Waxing Moonshine Candle Blog — candle making

I get asked about this fairly often - you've made yourself a fine pure beeswax pillar candle (or some other wax I suppose), but you can't enjoy it because it's helplessly stuck in that metal pillar candle mold. I've been there. I've even pulled the wick right out of the candle trying to get the pillar out once. Don't do that. I've got a few simple steps that work for me. But to start, you need a clean candle mold (if yours is dirty, get it clean!). Yeah, we sell those.  Now once you've got your raw beeswax (or whatever wax...

Making a beautiful beeswax candle can be really easy. Here are the basic steps involved. It's easy for you and easy enough for your kid too (our kids dig them!).