Here’s Why I Add Beeswax To My Soy Candles…. Should YOU Be Doing The Same?
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I started adding some beeswax to my candles, but I mainly make unsecented 7-Day candles for personal use. In my case, it works like a dream! :3
That’s great!
What do you burn unscented candles for? Decor?
@@Jamazing09 I don’t think it’s decor. They said personal use.
@@Jamazing09 Probably spellwork, especially for the 7-Day burn time.
I have a question in reguards to 7 day candles. I want to start making them to for home use. What is the wick size you use and also how do you help the wick to attach to the vessel. Do you help it with like a long straw to help it in? Thank you :)
I double wick with CDN 2 in the 13.5 Cali jar from California candle supply. I use 90% coconut 83, 5% white beeswax, and 5% SP 487 (just to increase the hot throw). For me, the double wick CDN 2 is perfect and flames are the perfect size.
For me I use white descented beeswax to my rapeseed/soya/coconut blend but not just for raising coconut and soy wax low melt point. It is reallllly good at getting rid the cauliflower tops after burns. I actually find beeswax awful for hot and cold throw but @ 5% it's negligible and ultimately the benefits outweighs it's fragrance retention.
Hi, I kinda try to do the same with the blended wax, I could use some help about the percentage 😢
I too just started using beeswax in my 434…I use wood wicks. Compared to just 434 alone the wax is harder and does burn slower. I noticed with double wicking, wax does melt faster compared to single wicking….which is why I decided to do a 75% soy / 25% beeswax. In my case, hot throw and cold throw are still on target… no issues there.
I do make blend of soy and bee previously I use to make a blend of 3 to 4 wax but it's always good to go with simple and easy process rather than making it complex. I use 50% of of soy and 50% of bee just to raise the melting point and to make candle more stronger. Please do let me know if I'm making any mistake. Can you please make a video on Wicks their use and all etc.
Thankyou and lots of love 💖
I add different wax too and creat my own formula , work great with my wooden wick and my jars .
I use Soy 10 alone, in my 8oz tins with a 6oz fill weight. The tins I use have a 3.5” diameter. I doubled wicked with two CDN2 wicks and on my first burn it took about 6hrs to get a full melt pool. The 2nd and 3rd burn took 4hrs to reach a full pool. And the 4th and 5th burn took 3hrs until a full pool. I’m getting about a 25hr total burn time. Does this sound about right to you? Just as an opinion? The throw is actually really good. I tested in my kitchen and could smell it going upstairs.
I do a 95/5% coco-apricot beeswax blend that give my luxury candles a nice slow buttery burn without cracking tops since beeswax is very hard
I love that!! Coco apricot beeswax is just so luxury 😄❤️
Oohhhhh this sounds like real luxury 🤩
@@MemoryBoxCandleCo Yes! I don’t follow the vegan marketing, my motto is good quality and clean products
Nice but pricy I bet
So this candle wax does have some paraffin in it but not sure how much. I'm looking for just some soy coconut wax so I can throw in some bw🐝.
I just starting watching your videos! Absolutely love them!
I do add some beeswax but at a higher ratio because I make pillars and decorative candles. Haven’t tried it on container candles but I think I will try with the percentages you suggested. Thanks for sharing ❤
Hi! How much beeswax do you add to make pillars and decorative candles?
@@valencalvi2062 up to around 5-10% when I make my own blend. Otherwise, use Freedom Wax for pillars
This helped me so much! Thank you
Super helpful. Been testing for over a year and I personally am really trying to stay paraffin free (just a personal choice) and it's tough to be honest. I *think* I'm finally there with the larger vessel I'm planning to use, but the smaller one, similar size to yours, is the problem. It's a goldilocks situation, too hot and too much soot and jar heat or too cool and no HT or melt pool. I'll give this a try, thank you for your insight and can understand why you can't give a specific recommendation, just too many variables at play.
I've been adding coconut oil. I get a longer burn. I just changed wax from beeswax. I will definitely try this to see if that helps with my issue which is overheating. I ordered a wick sampler so I can test different wicks. I use 12 oz. Aura vessel.
I am looking at the price and seem to get a better deal for beeswax than soy wax on Amazon. I will experiment with the wick size then. I bought some candles that has the unique shape which I like, and they vary from 2.5 " to 4.5". I use the cups to remake my own candles now. I have a votive candle lit all the time so it more economical to make candle in cups that last for 24-90 hours long. Thanks for sharing!!
Love your videos and the info you share with us, as someone that is on this candle business journey I really do appreciate all that you do.
I really want to control my melt pool as I have been experiencing too big melt pools with wooden wicks even with the smallest wicks. This could help!!! I’ll give it a try, thank you!! 🙏🏼
I've had much better luck with coco-apricot and soy bliss wax and wicking these jars. Soy10 was too finicky and difficult to wick. I much prefer not having to .manipuate the wax formula. Thanks for explaining why you use the beeswax, it makes sense!
I agree, it can be hard to wick with just the soy 10 itself! Glad you found what works for you! ☺️
I use EC-26 straight. The only variables I change is the wicks, FO and percentage I use.
Love your videos!! Very helpful and much needed. Thank you!! By adding a little beeswax to your candles... Do you still HEAT your wax, MIX in your FO (stir for a couple of minutes) and POUR the mixture into your candle jar at the same temp readings as BEFORE you added the beeswax?
I was wondering the reason and yeah, makes sense. Idk. I might try it in the future, but I'm already working with (forced, due to low supply) to 464 soy after working with 444 for so, so long... And a double wick in a larger jar soon. I'm excited, yet well, testing (money, calculations, supplies flying through my mind and from my wallet again 💸). I'm making my first large batch of candles today and recording, so first video soon.
I'm rambling now, so I'll save it for the video lol. Thank you again as always and I'll be going over your checklist as I am almost ready for launch. A step up from the backpack 🎒
I'm excited to hear when you finally have a website up! Although it seems like you have already been doing so well just selling out of your backpack! 😅
@@MemoryBoxCandleCo Thank you! Lol, yeah, about 60 sold in 3 weeks.
Now I'm making 120. My next order I'm scaling to over 240 to try to gear up for the upcoming launch and my overall goal is 1000 candles on hand at all times.
@@thedoubleboiler6971 that’s amazing and sooo interesting! How have you been finding your customers so far locally?
@@MemoryBoxCandleCo It started with co-workers and grew from there, but to be more specific, When I am stocked up, I carry a candle of each scent, anytime I leave the house.
When I went anywhere and when given a feel for an opportunity, I ask a very specific and simple question....
"Do you like scented candles?"
If it feels right and they say yes, I usually get the response as to why am asking. I respond with,
"I make them"
You do?!
I do ☺️.
(Shows the bizpack.)
They often ask if they can smell/ look and I say of course!
Usually I get asked about the price after and it goes from there.
Locally, I sell them for $13.44, but mention the 20% off sale until one month after my website is live. (Reasons explained in video)
No box, no shipping cost. Just as is.
Sales so far have been to the plasma center I go to, to donate plasma.
-A hair solon
-Co-workers
-Restaurant workers
-My wholesale store (retro/tabletop games who are probably sold out by now as they sold half of the 15 I gave them last week)
-Random people I bump into
-Returning customers from each.
I am asked about a website constantly and explain that it is coming soon, but that I am also growing and will give them my business phone number then and there or mention that I'll handout business cards and fliers when the site is live. (I feel like a traveling merchant in a videogame lol.)
I also carry a notepad/ order sheet and everything I need to make a Point of Sale, right there... Cash is best, but I also accept credit cards (discover, visa, etc).
There are way more advantages to having your products on you.
Funny thing. I have the "Saturday Morning Cartoons" as well (labeled fruity cereal in my collection)... It's not my best seller. (I'll list those in my upcoming videos, please stay tuned).
@@thedoubleboiler6971 you are doing AMAZING!! I am seriously impressed! THISSS is how you get started and start growing and creating demand in your community! Can’t wait to hear more about your journey, I love reading your comments when you give me updates on how you’re doing! 😅
how to increase hot throw? i made candles but it only smells good in cold throw but when i burn it, the scent can’t spread to the entire room:(
Well done!
So funny, I literally just ordered a bunch of different kinds of beeswax for blending for the same reason 🤣🤣
I use (and love!) ecosoya, because I wanted something that was environment conscious. They pour beautifully, no frosting, clean glossy white color, BUT!!! When the room temperature goes over like 75°, they start sweating SO BAD!! I don’t want to switch waxes so I’m trying to raise the melt point with beeswax to see if that helps the problem! I use wooden wicks so I also have trouble wicking, so hoping that beeswax will help with that as well!
I’m surprised to hear your recommendation of starting with 1-2% beeswax, I was going to start with 10% 💀💀
hahah I mean sometimes just a little bit makes a difference! I started with 10% and realized I had to scale back, BUT if your candles start sweating at 75 degrees then you may need 10% or more! 😅
I see a lot of people saying that soy candles are bad for you and beeswax or coconut are the only safe ones, so many people say different things i am confused 😕
Earth Glow has a great formula. But of yours you have to tweak and test for yourself.
Hi! I’m a new follower and love all your content!! Do you by chance have a video on the labels you use and printer you use for your candles?:)
Hello. What do you think is the ideal wick for 50% beeswax-50% soy wax mixture in a tin jar? Also, is this an appropriate mixture, I didn't see much of it, so I was curious.
Erika
Thank you for all your valuable information you share.
I was wondering if you have tried Coco Brite #11 from CCS? If so, what are your thoughts?
This helps a lot but I’m going to try coconut wax at 4% next. My question is…do I put both wax’s in the same melting pot together or melt separately??
You can melt them together!
What is the outer temperature that the glass jar shouldn’t exceed?
Thank you 🙏💞
Thanks for this!
Thank you for watching!
I use different waxes for characteristics after testing them alone…those characteristics can be better CT or HT, in addition to melt point and density. For instance my summer candles were composed of 5 different waxes 😅 444, C-6, 4630, coco83, and PB400. I used a vessel that required double wicks in which I did most of my testing with 2 CD 8s, and ultimately went with 2 CD 6s
In your opinion do you think there should be a full melt pool on the first burn? I have a tapered jar and have found if it reaches full melt pool on first burn then it’s too hot the farther it burns down. Mine don’t reach full melt pool until 2nd or 3rd burn. Is that ok?
That's how I usually like to wick my candles! I think when it tapers down you have to almost wick for the lower half so it sounds like you're doing great!
@@MemoryBoxCandleCo thank you!!
I blend some beeswax with my soy 464 to stabilize the overall burn. Using straight 464 is a nightmare for me. It's a roll of the dice what it will burn like. The beeswax seems to stabilize my candles from 1st melt pool to the next. Trading some HT for a pretty candle is worth it to me. I'll also double my wood wicks into one in my 3" vessels. Otherwise, they won't stay lit.
I’ve added beeswax before in the past but I noticed it decreased my HT. Has that happened to you?
So hemp wicks are good for beeswax candles, but to hot for soy.? So dont add to much bw. Maybe 5%-10%. I wont use paraffin. Add some coconut 🥥 oil.
I just made my 1st 4 csndles, its straight soy 10. Idk we'll see how it works. The next 5 ill mk with 1-5% beeswax see how that goes.
You can play around with that! But only add in the beeswax after you have changed other variables such as the wicks first to see if you can find the right one to work with your wax + container combo ❤️
@@MemoryBoxCandleCo thank u!
Can I buy this information from you? I need to know how much the % of beeswax you add to your soy candles, please.
No. Paraffin/ soy. Smooth tops. Can wick the same Jar no problem . Tunnels with short first burns fix themselves. Can't imagine using any other blend
Can I use beeswax on wax melts or tarts?
I have with good scent throw
its 20% everyone
What’s 20%?
@@MemoryBoxCandleCo the amount of purified bees you stir into your wax
No it’s not lol. That’s waaayy too much 😅 for my blend
@@MemoryBoxCandleCo yea it would probably fly away with that many bees in it
When figuring out your percentage of bees wax do you take the total of soy 10 in grams and add the FO in grams then figure the percentage ?
Oh wow! Yes! Thank you. I was looking everywhere for something because this entire time I've been using 100% soy. I have been trying so many different things to increase the melt pool. 😩 I recently just bought a different additive to help with this. But I will keep this video in mind if my first option doesn't work out. Thank you Erica! You're awesome 😁
You’re definitely right about the wicking! I have a 3.15” diameter vessel and I’ve tried a .5” wooden wick and couldn’t get a full melt pool in ANY FO. So I upped it the the next size available which is a .625” and the flame was too high and burned too quickly. I had a full melt pool in 45 min.
I add a small amount of beeswax only to my 6 oz.double wick tins. My larger vessel do great alone with soy wax. Thanks for the video!!
That’s great!! ❤️
How much do you add? It decreased my Ht when I added it 😢
Hi mama Erica!!!
How to compute that? I learned from ur fo and i like to know these too please 🌷
You've been so helpful! I love beewax candles and have been working on creating my own blend of beeswax and soy and am having trouble getting the wick right.
i add beeswax in myy 464 wax however I always get a crack across my wax, do you ever have this issue.
thank you for the download!
Thanks for sharing. ❤
If you are adding a lower amount of beeswax with mostly botanical oils. How would you add fragrance? would you do the formula according to both the beeswax AND botanical oils or based just on the beeswax amount. Not sure if I explained that very well lol.
beeswax? and thank you for your helpful tips. Where do you get your besswax?
I live in Florida so in the summer it feels like 110-115 degrees so I was thinking about a 5-10 percent high melt point in mine. I use 6006.
How about pillar wax ? Seems like it’s hard to find the right wick for pillar wax -35 :( - thanks
I thought it was for a cleaner burn to make it more allergy/asthma friendly!
Thankyou I’m really enjoying your videos I’ve spent the last few weeks doing research watching your videos 😃😃
Do you only add beeswax to your larger double wick jars?
I haven’t tried blending my waxes but I’ve been thinking of trying a soy wax blend 🙌🏽💖
I add 20% BW and 5% coconut oil to my 464 soy wax 👍
Hi Erica.....Thanks for thos video🌹🌹🌹😁
I I learned a lot from you last year, I wanted to have something of my own so I blend two soy waxes from two different company and add a little bees to it.
I also use soy10 but with wooden wicks and having a very hard time wicking in the Cali jars and recently bought beeswax to try and will definitely start with the 1%. Wish me luck been testing for awhile now with no luck. Thanks for the video great advice Erica 😊
Adding bees wax can ask avoid sweating too
OMG this is soo clear. thank you, just what I was looking for
I’m so glad! ❤️
Are you worried about losing customers who feel using beeswax isn’t vegan? I know it’s hit or miss with some people in terms of beliefs on that but I’ve had several people tell me they don’t use beeswax candles because they aren’t vegan-friendly.
I’ve definitely had people not purchase because of the beeswax, but my market is not for vegans so it doesn’t bother me :)
Huh?
I know this has nothing to do with the beeswax in soy, but i wanted to ask, anyone in the comments aswell, if there is any way to test glass containers for heat endurance? - I want to reuse or thrift my containers for a different feeling and to be more environmentally friendly ✨
Thank you for addressing this! I was actually wondering about that topic this weekend. Is there a certain type of beeswax that you suggest?
I personally use white beeswax so that it doesn't alter the color of the wax at all!
@@MemoryBoxCandleCo Great, thanks!
Where do you recommend to buy it?
I was wondering how your beeswax impacted your candles, I don’t have experience with beeswax so I was curious! Very interesting, thanks for sharing! I’ve been stubborn and want to make 100% soy work so I’ve been doing 464 with minimal amounts of blended waxes pillar soy wax! I tried a blend with ecosoya in the mix too but felt like that and the BW took away from my hot throw and that the 464 gave me a better scent throw overall so I went back to mainly 464 with little amounts of BW. I live in Hawaii so my candles can be iffy when they set since my place gets sooo hot so I appreciate the soy additive creating a more stable and smooth outcome. I still get iffy candles every now and then and it leaves me scratching my head sometimes but I recently lowered my FO amount from 10% to 7% or 8% depending on scent and that seems to have helped, strangely it also helped my hot throw, sometimes less is actually more! Do you ever get a candle that’s setting and looking almost curdled? I was curious if that means the FO is separating from the wax? As always, thanks for sharing Erica! Love and aloha from Hawaii! 🌺💗
How much beeswax you add to your 464 sou wax?
Yayy finally another video! I wonder what does melt point means? By the way I am from Vietnam, and I know that Beeswax is the most popular wax in my country’s candles industry. They prefer beeswax for some reason But maybe ít’s your same reason! And in my country they sound like a luxury wax. Love Erica ❤