This is absolutely the BEST explanation I've seen so far. No bias. No scare tactics. Just hard facts. I'm a soap maker using only essential oils and want to do the same with my candles which I'm now ading to my line. All of the other explanations I've seen so far on using essential oils would have you believe They're an extreme fire hazard, produce extremely weak candles, and therefore should not be used, needless to say, many of those explanations came from fragrance oil suppliers. Thank you for this.
What would be the proportion of essential oils in soy wax pr bees wax?? I’m a candle maker and i have been making candles using Fragrance oil but would love to try Essential oils range too thank you !
Hi! I make beeswax candles, a mixture of 1lb beeswax and & then 4oz of coconut oil to decrease cracking and increase burn time. When I first started making candles a few months ago, I only used the minimally processed beeswax and tried to work only with essential oils. Following the advice of someone on youtube, I once put so much essential oil in my candles that the first one I lit caught fire! I had to melt that whole batch down twice, diluting with more wax before it was safe. Now I use a mixture of essential oil and fragrance oils (some even say they are made with essential oil!). I always use 10% fragrance in my candles and although the ones with only essential oil don't have as strong a hot throw, they do blend well with the natural honey scent of my wax and turn out pretty well. I feel like the composition of the wax is more important, considering you are also breathing the wax in as it is being burned as fuel for the flame, another reason I love beeswax and coconut oil. Thanks for this video!
I use 100% essential oils in my candles the trick is really learning to blend them so I’ve ended up learning a lot about natural perfumery and knowing how to mix top/middle/base notes is gonna get you a good scent throw for sure & also bring up the flashpoint for the lighter oils :) I don’t find them to be too much of my costs, but I also don’t have to pay for jars because I repurpose bottles so that probably makes a difference
Hi Ali! I want to make a couple just for fun, but I fear my money will evaporate, haha. Could you help me with the low/hot temperature thing? Most people say essential oils will evaporate at high temperatures, while other people (including chemistry professionals) say heat helps with binding. So... what's your take? Could you give me an average temperature at which to add the essential oils? Thanks!
As someone with breathing issues I find scented ones are usually waaaay to strong and headache inducing. It's hard to find unscented or lightly scented. The more natural and gentle the better, I'm definitely in the essential oils camp.
Literally same but....opposite for me. Breathing issues and I cant handle strong scents (headaches and the works) and also have asthma, allergies, eczema (really shouldn't just be alive apparently) so I have to do unscented skincare products, soaps, shampoos, moisturizers etc. Buuuuuuut I was also cursed with an affiliation for scents so I try to find nonskin contact scented products, what I found is that essential oils are generally a NO-go for me because of the magnitude of compounds that are in just one essential oil that can trigger all the things I have. Can immediately tell when there's essential oil in candles when my eyes starts burning after a few minutes and my skin start to itch. I find that natural is actually harsher, because at the end of the day they're all chemical compounds and fewer variety of compounds is easier to isolate and control for sensitivity issues. It's hard but I try to find lightly scented, low throw, non-essential oil candles and use candle warmer lamps to avoid the combustion related triggers. Hence why I came to this video to maybe learn how to make my own that won't kill me, but so far fragrance oil camp for me.
@@Kierrafields56 It depends on the oil you use. Cinnamon, citrus, pine, lavender, geranium have worked well for me. I'm going to test burn with coconut wax because it's supposed to have a better scent throw than soy. You might try that.
@@christinewilson9698 Christine, so happy people are loving your essential oil candles! Wondering...where do you buy your essential oils? Finding a hard time for a good priced essential oil company!
Thank you for this informative video. I learned what you shared through time, trial and error. I use essential oils in my candles because I have a health and wellness company which offers aromatherapy products made with essential oils and I only want natural oils in my candles. When making my candles, I allow the wax to cool to the touch (until the wax is almost filmy) and then I add the oil, this way the fragrance is stronger than if the temperature was higher. I also only use therapeutic grade essential oils. Customers have told me that the candles burn nicely and smell great 😊.
@@JessentialLife I usually get my oils from Bulk Apothecary, Piping Rock, Majestic Pure, Vine Vida, Plant Guru, Salming and Oil of Youth. I’ve found them to be good quality, therapeutic grade oils, reasonably priced and I check to see which is offering the best deal.
@@reikimaster4445 very interesting! Sounds like you have a bunch of brands you like. I see some that potentially sell synthetic and adulterated oils. Are you aware of this and okay with this? (Which would make it more of a fragrance)
I am actually using essential oils and all candelilla wax for my candles, and the hot throw I am getting is excellent. Cold throw is mild but smells great. I figured out the adding my essential oils at 153 degrees and stirring them in well is key. Thanks for the video.
Thank you for this non bias video. Today is my first day researching this topic and I am learning that the candle making community can be extremely toxic. Thank you, and all the other kind people out there!
I'm 7 months late watching this video but I'm glad I came across it. This was SO helpful to me. I started my candle business in Aug 2020 and jumped right into essential oils. Very pricey. I tried fragrance oils but didn't realize the difference between the two. I am back testing both now with my wax of choice and hope to produce a better throw. Loved this.
@@luvk421 hey there! I did more testing and learned that fragrance oils are good for a very loud smelling candle and the essential oils are more of a subtle, long lasting smell and a more healthier burn.
@@majastremfelj9770 fragrance oils are better for a loud or strong smelling candle. Essential oils are plant based and more of a beneficial candle, not so strong in smell. But feel free to try them both for testing purposes.
I’m just now starting to make soy candles with essential oils and i was wondering why I wasn’t smelling it as strong your video was very helpful and definitely going to which to fragrance oil
Was shocked when opening the bottles with fragrance oils... So different from essential oils. Once shock overcome, started to discover them. They have their charme...
I’m using essential oils . My company vita verde botanicals is focused on making all natural ingredient products . It is true essential oils are very very expensive but you can make some great blends with them and provide your costumers with amazing smelling and natural candles .
I’m just starting out and have a ton of essential oils. While I’ve also built a small inventory of fragrance oils, I’m going to mix with some essential oils for the sake of creating unique fragrances. Really appreciate this advice.
That was very helpful. I'm considering making candles just for my personal use and I was leaning to essential oils. I'll be testing the fragrance ones first.
I run a company that is all about bringing positive vibration and lifting the feeling of a person or space. I make several varieties of candles that are made to give a specific feeling or vibe. I have some that are essential oils only. They do get some scent from herbs such as white sage and palo santo that are mixed in as well. Others are a blend of more natural fragrance oils that have no phthalates, nitro musk, or other things that are determined to be negative for our health or environment, and essential oils. I adore the products I make, but certainly have had to learn some specialty processes to get them just right. The biggest suggestion is to work at much lower temperatures. Hope everyone is doing well, staying safe and warm 💗.
This was a great video! I have been studying essential oils for a year now and your info on essential oils was 100%! I plan on making some beeswax candles for gifts and was wondering which would be better and why…my hunch was right! Thanks for spreading correct and understandable info on these oils!
I am considering switching from fragrance oils to essential oils .... because a lot of people who like my products say they don't want to burn unknown things in their home. Ethically this makes sense to me and I feel like I can't in good faith sell something that might be harmful but on the same note here.... if essential oils are just as hazardous now I feel stumped on whether to switch or not!
Just getting started and I’ve been hung up on the idea of essential oils because I am an asthmatic.. But this video was so very informative, and I greatly appreciate the breakdown.. I think I’ll use both and make sure to label them as such, that way, whatever the customer is looking for I’ll have, and the decision is solely theirs .. Thank you!!😊
For my candle business I sell Phthalate-Free triple scented candle fragrance oils. The fragrances and droppers are sold separately to the customer so they are in control of the scent. All instructions for the customer are supplied in the packaging for them to follow.
I was in the process of making a gift basket of calming products for my girls who are now mothers. I bought everything to make candles again, it’s been a few years, but I thought you had to use essential oils. Personally my favorite is a strong eucalyptus mint, which reminds me of a hotel I stayed at in New Orleans. I thought the only way to add fragrance was to add EO. Thank you for explaining all this. It’s very helpful! Looks like I just go buy one and then go home and experiment.
I loved this episode! I'm starting a candle business matching candles to books, to give an immersive feel to a book, and this information was useful for figuring out which products I want to use in my candles
FO all the way! We stick to skin safe and do lots of testing. Moving away from essential oils as the only fragrances in our candles was the best thing we could do to reach our target market. Obviously others could see the opposite. Thanks for the video! I'm subscribing
Love your videos. I’m learning so much from them. Thank you for taking time to “school” people like me. I’m just starting my candle making journey. Your videos give me confidence that my candles will be awesome. Thank you 🙏
I use both in my candle business. I get alot of disrespect from other candkemakers about using essential oils. I do have 30+ years in the business. Natural alot of times is the way to go.
I’ve just starting making candles, so find this tutorial very informative. For me, my issue is that I like subtle aromas. Having experiment with fragrance percentages. Find some too harsh.
Thanks for the lovely video, I'm new to candle making but have worked with EO's in soap for 10+years. My whole business is natural based so FO's were never an option for me. So yes the testing is lengthy and expensive but I'm hoping it will be worth the effort! I've come up with 3 really good combo's so far which have amazing hot throw so fingers crossed!!
I make soy wax candles and use essential oils. It's very expensive, I'm going to try fragrance oils to measure the difference in the throw. Thank you for your video.
thank you💙💙!!!! I'm just starting my business and wasn't sure which way to go.. I dnt know too many ppl who are looking for a healthy candle.. they just want it to smell good 🤣
Good stuff. Thank you. I make beeswax candles with essential oils and your explanation of needing a lower melt temp with essential oils makes sense. This brings me to considering switching to soy or a soy and beeswax blend. maybe just adding coconut oil will work.
Can you cover different types of waxes as well? My focus is on natural candles and oils, so it would be good to hear form someone with candling making experience.
Thank you this information was very helpful, I just started making candles using essential oils however I’m switching to fragrance oils. Still testing my products.
I use a little of both. However, I have noticed that heat throw is no where close with essential oils than fragrance oils. I like the variety that is available with fragrance oils. Essential oils require more work in the research department if you are new to candle making.
Thank YOU! Clarified a lot. I stopped using essential oils due to cost & failure to make good scent throw in my candles. I still use them in diffuser though 😁. Fragrance oils are my go to for candle making with great results in cold & hot scent throws.
Hola! I just made my very 1st candle… wish I would’ve seen your videos 1st. The good thing is now I found you and I’m more interested in perfecting it for gifts. ☺️
Great video TY. Been making candles for more than 10 years and I personally prefer using FO. I would also have added something about pet sensitivities regarding each but that’s just me.
Hey, I recently started making candles and I'm trying to find any kind of information about how FO affect pets. You see, I have two cats and I'm kinda scared that i will harm them with my candles... i heard that some essential oils can be very harmful for cats but does that also happen with fragrance oils? Could you recommend any sources about that?
@@arwena4041 Great question. As far as candles are concerned, I wouldn't worry about your cats. I have two of them and a dog, myself and they don't seem to care. If you're interested in diffusers or alternative methods of home fragrance with EO, I'm really not in a position to offer advice. I just don't know enough about it. In every case though, the raw supplies (the straight up oils) should be handled with care and kept out of reach or access by pets.
I am new in the candle 🕯️ making, and I want my candles to really smell is what the people is looking for. I'm using soy wax. Today I'm going to use lavender essential oil I hope it works.
I love your videos, Kevin. I very interested in making my own candles. I just bought myself a little beginner's kit and I have a lot of questions and you seem to be answering them. Thank you so much.
My friend and I are trying our hand at a candle making business. We have been playing around with scents using the essential oils. They smell one way in the bottle and another in the jar. The scents came from Micheals.
Thank you for sharing this video. I am in the product planning phase of launching my business and it was really encouraging to hear the positivity around using essential oils in candles.
Thanks for this video. I'm not into candle making, but I'm trying to steer away from sythetice bisy perfumes because of all the chemicals. It's hard to find synthetic chemical free perfumes. So far I have been using essential oils.
I'm using a combination, particularly since there's some scents we don't have on hand. My mom does a lot of work with essential oils, so she has a bunch of them to use on hand.
This video is SO helpful and I really appreciate the work you put into it! 🙏🏻 I started making candles a few months ago and I did start my testing using essential oils only. I have finally gotten to a place where I’m more comfortable with my hot throw. I am interested in what you mentioned about creating a cooler burning candle when using essential oils. Do you have any more advice on the best wicks, jars, and waxes for essential oil candles? I have been using 464 soy wax, glass mason jars, and CD 8 & 12 wicks. I would love to learn literally anything else you have to offer on this type of candle. Every kernel of info I have found through my research has been so helpful. Sadly there isn’t much available. Thank you so much for creating this video! ✨
I'm a bit disappointed because you didn't talked about the aromatherapy effect with essential oils which you don't get with fragrance oils. I use essential oils in my candles and I really like it as you said I'm aiming to the natural side of candles and not just a good hot throw
Thank You 💜 I learned some new things. I use Essential Oils for my companycalled ButterScented Candles. I mixs all my oils for stronger Scents. I create my names for my Scents as well. I have been thinking about using fragrance oils, but didn't really know much about them so thank you.
I love this video! It was super informative. I am starting a candle business with a primary focus on massage oil candles. My biggest concern was the essential oils burning off too quickly, even though massage oil candles have a lower melting point. Thank you for giving me clarity on the subject!
Really informative, thank you! I'm very new to candle making, my original area is CP soap making. There I only use essential oils as my soaps are meant to be as natural as possible. No artificial colorants or scents, which is much more challenging. So, not surprised that the same happens with candles, but that's ok. I'll continue testing!
I'm just getting into candle making for a DIY project. I ordered fragrance oils and essential oils. I really am aiming for a good smelling, long lasting, slow burn candle for personal use and maybe to give as gifts. What type of wax will hold the fragrance oil the best? I ordered some soy wax and also got a hold of a bunch of Locally sourced beeswax and picked up some coconut oil and hemp oil to add to the mixture as I've read that soy might burn faster if you don't add an additional carrier oil. I'll be doing some experimenting in the near future! Thanks!! Great video!
Thank you so much for all that information. Very helpful. I work with 100% beeswax here in New Zealand and find that one of the drawbacks is that people really like a nicely scented candle. Although the beeswax has a lovely sweet scent, it is very mild. I would love to know if you have tried using essential oils with beeswax? I was a little concerned when you spoke about high temperatures and the adverse effect that it can have on essential oils. Beeswax is a very hot burning candle. Another question I had was do you or any of your subscribers have any knowledge around colouring beeswax? I have tried mica, but this wasn't very successful as you need a lot of product to reach darker colours. It's important to me to produce a product that is healthy and natural. Many thanks Bev
hi bev. i make beeswax candles with essential oils. adding coconut oil at a 2:1 ratio lowers the melt temp. Some makers add the cooconut oil at a 1:1 ratio. I prefer 2:1.
@@jasonstouder Hi Jason, what kind of coconut oil do you use? 2. And will it cause some of the coconut oils to float on top of the candle? 3. 2:1 is beeswax 2 coconut oil 1? Hope to hear from you soon, thank you in advance!!
Great information, I tried essential oil’s using soy wax and throw was weak however I did light the candle the next day. I have two others from the batch I’m Giving those 14 days then I’ll test the throw.
1st candle had a dip and the wick was too long had this giant 🔥 flame 2nd candle formed a tunnel 3rd candle was Great! Nice smell no black soot or high flame. You are right it’s chemistry to this. Thanks for all your information.
Over the past 2 weeks I've been ordering and having a go at this. I was one of the ones who assumed essential were good for beginning so have been using some of them. After watching this though in definitely going to try fragrance oils. I'm definitely all about the smell. Do you have a video on frosting on soy wax?
This video was very informative! Thanks for speaking on both EO and FOs and they're benefits. Using EOs I've learned it's really about trial and error and developing what works for you and your products.
Thank you for clearly explaining the difference, I never knew and thought both were safe to use in soap making. I must admit essential oils are expensive and sometimes hard to find the best quality. I never use fragrance oils because I know they're not natural. I will definitely try to make my own candles as well.
When I first started mixing essential oils I went with 100% organic oils and realized the hard way that “organic scotch pine” was not the Christmas treee smell I was looking for lol I had to go use black spruce
As a beginner candle maker I found this very informative...I've noticed with buying candles some are overpowering is this because they are made with fragrance?...
I have no idea what I’m doing. I bout a boat load of essential oils because we wanted all natural. Now I hear I might burn the house down! 😳So here it is Christmas Day or, rather the 26th at 2 am trying to figure out what the heck I’m doing. I have another Christmas celebration tomorrow and thought I would just make some candles - real quick!
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This is absolutely the BEST explanation I've seen so far. No bias. No scare tactics. Just hard facts. I'm a soap maker using only essential oils and want to do the same with my candles which I'm now ading to my line. All of the other explanations I've seen so far on using essential oils would have you believe They're an extreme fire hazard, produce extremely weak candles, and therefore should not be used, needless to say, many of those explanations came from fragrance oil suppliers. Thank you for this.
Same here!! I make soaps, bath Bombs, body butters and now testing candles ❤️
Yes! His explanation was fantastic!
Up date on your business ?
What would be the proportion of essential oils in soy wax pr bees wax?? I’m a candle maker and i have been making candles using Fragrance oil but would love to try Essential oils range too thank you !
@@geetyadav3684What company do you buy your fragrance oil from?
Hi! I make beeswax candles, a mixture of 1lb beeswax and & then 4oz of coconut oil to decrease cracking and increase burn time. When I first started making candles a few months ago, I only used the minimally processed beeswax and tried to work only with essential oils. Following the advice of someone on youtube, I once put so much essential oil in my candles that the first one I lit caught fire! I had to melt that whole batch down twice, diluting with more wax before it was safe. Now I use a mixture of essential oil and fragrance oils (some even say they are made with essential oil!). I always use 10% fragrance in my candles and although the ones with only essential oil don't have as strong a hot throw, they do blend well with the natural honey scent of my wax and turn out pretty well. I feel like the composition of the wax is more important, considering you are also breathing the wax in as it is being burned as fuel for the flame, another reason I love beeswax and coconut oil.
Thanks for this video!
So interesting! Do you know if the essential oils you used were extracted with solvents??
Also, meant to say I LOVE the honey scent of good beeswax. Nothing like it. Mmmmmmm 🥰
Great info! Thank you! Do you have any advice about ratios?
I use 100% essential oils in my candles the trick is really learning to blend them so I’ve ended up learning a lot about natural perfumery and knowing how to mix top/middle/base notes is gonna get you a good scent throw for sure & also bring up the flashpoint for the lighter oils :)
I don’t find them to be too much of my costs, but I also don’t have to pay for jars because I repurpose bottles so that probably makes a difference
How did you learn about that?
Hi Ali! I want to make a couple just for fun, but I fear my money will evaporate, haha. Could you help me with the low/hot temperature thing? Most people say essential oils will evaporate at high temperatures, while other people (including chemistry professionals) say heat helps with binding. So... what's your take? Could you give me an average temperature at which to add the essential oils? Thanks!
@@adaw332 each has a different flashpoint. Best to Google for a list
help please
@@marijagrujicic1370 You use far too much oil. For every 100 ml, add 6 to 10 ml of oil.
As someone with breathing issues I find scented ones are usually waaaay to strong and headache inducing. It's hard to find unscented or lightly scented. The more natural and gentle the better, I'm definitely in the essential oils camp.
Literally same but....opposite for me. Breathing issues and I cant handle strong scents (headaches and the works) and also have asthma, allergies, eczema (really shouldn't just be alive apparently) so I have to do unscented skincare products, soaps, shampoos, moisturizers etc. Buuuuuuut I was also cursed with an affiliation for scents so I try to find nonskin contact scented products, what I found is that essential oils are generally a NO-go for me because of the magnitude of compounds that are in just one essential oil that can trigger all the things I have. Can immediately tell when there's essential oil in candles when my eyes starts burning after a few minutes and my skin start to itch.
I find that natural is actually harsher, because at the end of the day they're all chemical compounds and fewer variety of compounds is easier to isolate and control for sensitivity issues. It's hard but I try to find lightly scented, low throw, non-essential oil candles and use candle warmer lamps to avoid the combustion related triggers. Hence why I came to this video to maybe learn how to make my own that won't kill me, but so far fragrance oil camp for me.
I'm using essential oils in my soy candles and my customers love them! I love the fact that they are natural ❤
That's so great! Keep up the incredible work.
Hi, I actually have a question how is your HT? I am getting started and my HT with essential oils are just not performing how I want.
@@Kierrafields56 It depends on the oil you use. Cinnamon, citrus, pine, lavender, geranium have worked well for me. I'm going to test burn with coconut wax because it's supposed to have a better scent throw than soy. You might try that.
how much essential oil do you find yourself using per batch and is it cost effective.
@@christinewilson9698 Christine, so happy people are loving your essential oil candles! Wondering...where do you buy your essential oils? Finding a hard time for a good priced essential oil company!
Thank you for this informative video. I learned what you shared through time, trial and error. I use essential oils in my candles because I have a health and wellness company which offers aromatherapy products made with essential oils and I only want natural oils in my candles. When making my candles, I allow the wax to cool to the touch (until the wax is almost filmy) and then I add the oil, this way the fragrance is stronger than if the temperature was higher. I also only use therapeutic grade essential oils. Customers have told me that the candles burn nicely and smell great 😊.
I'm super curious... may I ask which company or companies you use for oils? :)
@@JessentialLife I usually get my oils from Bulk Apothecary, Piping Rock, Majestic Pure, Vine Vida, Plant Guru, Salming and Oil of Youth. I’ve found them to be good quality, therapeutic grade oils, reasonably priced and I
check to see which is offering the best deal.
@@reikimaster4445 very interesting! Sounds like you have a bunch of brands you like. I see some that potentially sell synthetic and adulterated oils. Are you aware of this and okay with this? (Which would make it more of a fragrance)
@@JessentialLife nope. I only use therapeutic grade essential oils
@Angelinas crystal universe paraffin isn't healthy
I am actually using essential oils and all candelilla wax for my candles, and the hot throw I am getting is excellent. Cold throw is mild but smells great. I figured out the adding my essential oils at 153 degrees and stirring them in well is key. Thanks for the video.
Thank you for this non bias video. Today is my first day researching this topic and I am learning that the candle making community can be extremely toxic. Thank you, and all the other kind people out there!
I'm 7 months late watching this video but I'm glad I came across it. This was SO helpful to me. I started my candle business in Aug 2020 and jumped right into essential oils. Very pricey. I tried fragrance oils but didn't realize the difference between the two. I am back testing both now with my wax of choice and hope to produce a better throw. Loved this.
I'm so thrilled you found it helpful. Best of luck, friend!
Hiya
How is your work going? Can you help me with picking up best fragrances? And also did you find out which are best essential or fragrance?
@@luvk421 hey there! I did more testing and learned that fragrance oils are good for a very loud smelling candle and the essential oils are more of a subtle, long lasting smell and a more healthier burn.
Where do you buy fragrance oil?:)
@@majastremfelj9770 fragrance oils are better for a loud or strong smelling candle. Essential oils are plant based and more of a beneficial candle, not so strong in smell. But feel free to try them both for testing purposes.
I’m just now starting to make soy candles with essential oils and i was wondering why I wasn’t smelling it as strong your video was very helpful and definitely going to which to fragrance oil
It's smell better while using fragrance oil?
Was shocked when opening the bottles with fragrance oils...
So different from essential oils. Once shock overcome, started to discover them. They have their charme...
I’m using essential oils . My company vita verde botanicals is focused on making all natural ingredient products . It is true essential oils are very very expensive but you can make some great blends with them and provide your costumers with amazing smelling and natural candles .
just wondering, since you are using essentials oil, how many % of essential oil you used if you're making in a 100ml jar?
I’m just starting out and have a ton of essential oils. While I’ve also built a small inventory of fragrance oils, I’m going to mix with some essential oils for the sake of creating unique fragrances. Really appreciate this advice.
That was very helpful. I'm considering making candles just for my personal use and I was leaning to essential oils. I'll be testing the fragrance ones first.
Great idea.
Finally! My questions answered. Thank you 👍
You got it!
I learned a lot from this video.
You have opened a door for me to think above little that I knew of
I run a company that is all about bringing positive vibration and lifting the feeling of a person or space. I make several varieties of candles that are made to give a specific feeling or vibe. I have some that are essential oils only. They do get some scent from herbs such as white sage and palo santo that are mixed in as well. Others are a blend of more natural fragrance oils that have no phthalates, nitro musk, or other things that are determined to be negative for our health or environment, and essential oils. I adore the products I make, but certainly have had to learn some specialty processes to get them just right. The biggest suggestion is to work at much lower temperatures. Hope everyone is doing well, staying safe and warm 💗.
do you mean pour at lower temperatures, my scent throw is insane when pour lower
I'm just starting my candle business and thought I had to include essential oils with my fragrance oil. Good to know it's not a requirement.
This was a great video! I have been studying essential oils for a year now and your info on essential oils was 100%! I plan on making some beeswax candles for gifts and was wondering which would be better and why…my hunch was right! Thanks for spreading correct and understandable info on these oils!
this video is PERFECT! Straight to the point and a looot of info!!
Thank you!!
I am considering switching from fragrance oils to essential oils .... because a lot of people who like my products say they don't want to burn unknown things in their home. Ethically this makes sense to me and I feel like I can't in good faith sell something that might be harmful but on the same note here.... if essential oils are just as hazardous now I feel stumped on whether to switch or not!
Just getting started and I’ve been hung up on the idea of essential oils because I am an asthmatic.. But this video was so very informative, and I greatly appreciate the breakdown.. I think I’ll use both and make sure to label them as such, that way, whatever the customer is looking for I’ll have, and the decision is solely theirs .. Thank you!!😊
I actually use both cause they're certain scents at the moment that I can't seem to mimic but I do have more essential than fragrance
good to know. i was wondering about mixing them.
Thank you . I just essential oils went I do a mix fragrance and the essential oil in a lavender candle
For my candle business I sell Phthalate-Free triple scented candle fragrance oils. The fragrances and droppers are sold separately to the customer so they are in control of the scent. All instructions for the customer are supplied in the packaging for them to follow.
Great idea. Curious about the total amount of fragrance included with a given candle size. I would love to check out your line.
I was in the process of making a gift basket of calming products for my girls who are now mothers. I bought everything to make candles again, it’s been a few years, but I thought you had to use essential oils. Personally my favorite is a strong eucalyptus mint, which reminds me of a hotel I stayed at in New Orleans. I thought the only way to add fragrance was to add EO. Thank you for explaining all this. It’s very helpful! Looks like I just go buy one and then go home and experiment.
Awesome! Have so much fun doing that!
I loved this episode! I'm starting a candle business matching candles to books, to give an immersive feel to a book, and this information was useful for figuring out which products I want to use in my candles
What a great idea!
Wow! I'm in love with that idea! Nice thinking :)
Sounds like a great idea 😀
I’m just getting started and using essential oils and it’s so hard 🥲 this video helped a lot though!
FO all the way! We stick to skin safe and do lots of testing. Moving away from essential oils as the only fragrances in our candles was the best thing we could do to reach our target market. Obviously others could see the opposite.
Thanks for the video! I'm subscribing
That's the beauty of it! So glad to hear that. Welcome aboard!
Could you give an update on FO and how it's working gor you now. I am new in the candle making and trying to decide between FO and essential
Love your videos. I’m learning so much from them. Thank you for taking time to “school” people like me. I’m just starting my candle making journey. Your videos give me confidence that my candles will be awesome. Thank you 🙏
You're going to be AWESOME
I use both in my candle business. I get alot of disrespect from other candkemakers about using essential oils. I do have 30+ years in the business. Natural alot of times is the way to go.
Hiya can you help me in candle making process
What should i buy essential oils or f oil?
I’ve just starting making candles, so find this tutorial very informative. For me, my issue is that I like subtle aromas. Having experiment with fragrance percentages. Find some too harsh.
thank you 😊 I will using essence oils
Thanks for the lovely video, I'm new to candle making but have worked with EO's in soap for 10+years. My whole business is natural based so FO's were never an option for me. So yes the testing is lengthy and expensive but I'm hoping it will be worth the effort! I've come up with 3 really good combo's so far which have amazing hot throw so fingers crossed!!
I'm excited for you!
Feel free to share for us newbies! Made my first tonight with clove, orange and cinnamon. Smells nice cold, won't know anything more until is cures.
Where do you buy fragrance oild from?:)
I come from Viet Nam . I watched all your videos. amazing. Thankssssssssss S2
Thank You! Just getting started. Can’t find a candle with enough scent so I’ve decided to make my own. Wish me luck 🍀
I make soy wax candles and use essential oils. It's very expensive, I'm going to try fragrance oils to measure the difference in the throw. Thank you for your video.
thank you💙💙!!!! I'm just starting my business and wasn't sure which way to go.. I dnt know too many ppl who are looking for a healthy candle.. they just want it to smell good 🤣
I'm a newbie in this field, in the steeped learning curve, so I don't have to much for share now. Many thanks for sharing this information
I love how you broke this down!
Good stuff. Thank you. I make beeswax candles with essential oils and your explanation of needing a lower melt temp with essential oils makes sense. This brings me to considering switching to soy or a soy and beeswax blend. maybe just adding coconut oil will work.
Can you cover different types of waxes as well? My focus is on natural candles and oils, so it would be good to hear form someone with candling making experience.
Thank you this information was very helpful, I just started making candles using essential oils however I’m switching to fragrance oils. Still testing my products.
I use a little of both. However, I have noticed that heat throw is no where close with essential oils than fragrance oils. I like the variety that is available with fragrance oils. Essential oils require more work in the research department if you are new to candle making.
Thank YOU! Clarified a lot. I stopped using essential oils due to cost & failure to make good scent throw in my candles. I still use them in diffuser though 😁. Fragrance oils are my go to for candle making with great results in cold & hot scent throws.
Hola! I just made my very 1st candle… wish I would’ve seen your videos 1st. The good thing is now I found you and I’m more interested in perfecting it for gifts. ☺️
Wow, he's got me figured out, lol. No idea which is why I'm watching. Thanks sooo much. Awesome video.
Love your vibe. Awesome presence. Love the information . Thank you.
Great video TY. Been making candles for more than 10 years and I personally prefer using FO. I would also have added something about pet sensitivities regarding each but that’s just me.
Wow thanks so much. You're definitely right about that - appreciate the insight!
Hey, I recently started making candles and I'm trying to find any kind of information about how FO affect pets. You see, I have two cats and I'm kinda scared that i will harm them with my candles... i heard that some essential oils can be very harmful for cats but does that also happen with fragrance oils? Could you recommend any sources about that?
@@arwena4041 Great question. As far as candles are concerned, I wouldn't worry about your cats. I have two of them and a dog, myself and they don't seem to care. If you're interested in diffusers or alternative methods of home fragrance with EO, I'm really not in a position to offer advice. I just don't know enough about it.
In every case though, the raw supplies (the straight up oils) should be handled with care and kept out of reach or access by pets.
@@ArmatageCandleCompany thanks for your response!
I am new in the candle 🕯️ making, and I want my candles to really smell is what the people is looking for. I'm using soy wax. Today I'm going to use lavender essential oil I hope it works.
I love your videos, Kevin. I very interested in making my own candles. I just bought myself a little beginner's kit and I have a lot of questions and you seem to be answering them. Thank you so much.
Ty so much for explaining this in a way that is ez for a lot of us to understand.👍🏽
This is so helpful because I am just starting to make candles as a hobby. I fragrance oils now.
My friend and I are trying our hand at a candle making business. We have been playing around with scents using the essential oils. They smell one way in the bottle and another in the jar. The scents came from Micheals.
They do, but if you research the notes of the essential oils and mix top, middle, and base notes properly, at the right ratio, you can't go wrong!
@@CardiganConservative how can i do that please?
Nice facts as I am new to 'building candles' and wanted to explore natural scents.
Thank you for sharing this video. I am in the product planning phase of launching my business and it was really encouraging to hear the positivity around using essential oils in candles.
Thanks for this video.
I'm not into candle making, but I'm trying to steer away from sythetice bisy perfumes because of all the chemicals.
It's hard to find synthetic chemical free perfumes. So far I have been using essential oils.
I'm using a combination, particularly since there's some scents we don't have on hand. My mom does a lot of work with essential oils, so she has a bunch of them to use on hand.
Fantastic!
@@ArmatageCandleCompany Yeah. Just getting into the hobby. Definitely going to get a couple of kits.
@@queenscylla90 can you use both in same candle?
I’m new candle maker and am thinking of going all nature with essential oils.
This video is SO helpful and I really appreciate the work you put into it! 🙏🏻 I started making candles a few months ago and I did start my testing using essential oils only. I have finally gotten to a place where I’m more comfortable with my hot throw. I am interested in what you mentioned about creating a cooler burning candle when using essential oils. Do you have any more advice on the best wicks, jars, and waxes for essential oil candles? I have been using 464 soy wax, glass mason jars, and CD 8 & 12 wicks. I would love to learn literally anything else you have to offer on this type of candle. Every kernel of info I have found through my research has been so helpful. Sadly there isn’t much available. Thank you so much for creating this video! ✨
Hi can you help me with fragrances? Which are best to pick
And also please tell me what do i start to use essential oil or fragrance?
I'm a bit disappointed because you didn't talked about the aromatherapy effect with essential oils which you don't get with fragrance oils. I use essential oils in my candles and I really like it as you said I'm aiming to the natural side of candles and not just a good hot throw
Reason is simple: I don't know much/anything about it!
@@ArmatageCandleCompany 😅 👍
May I ask do you use soy wax or beeswax?
Hope to hear from you soon, thank you in advance!
@@crystaloofwoof9089 soy and coconut wax
Thank You 💜 I learned some new things. I use Essential Oils for my companycalled ButterScented Candles. I mixs all my oils for stronger Scents. I create my names for my Scents as well. I have been thinking about using fragrance oils, but didn't really know much about them so thank you.
Thank you. This was very informative.
I love this video! It was super informative. I am starting a candle business with a primary focus on massage oil candles. My biggest concern was the essential oils burning off too quickly, even though massage oil candles have a lower melting point. Thank you for giving me clarity on the subject!
You got this!
Really informative, thank you! I'm very new to candle making, my original area is CP soap making. There I only use essential oils as my soaps are meant to be as natural as possible. No artificial colorants or scents, which is much more challenging. So, not surprised that the same happens with candles, but that's ok. I'll continue testing!
Fantastic. Test, test, and more testing!
This is exactly what I needed. Thank you so much ❤
You're so welcome!
Thank you so
Luv I definitely made the right choice for my small up and coming candle business. Am all about smell ...
I'm just getting into candle making for a DIY project. I ordered fragrance oils and essential oils. I really am aiming for a good smelling, long lasting, slow burn candle for personal use and maybe to give as gifts. What type of wax will hold the fragrance oil the best? I ordered some soy wax and also got a hold of a bunch of Locally sourced beeswax and picked up some coconut oil and hemp oil to add to the mixture as I've read that soy might burn faster if you don't add an additional carrier oil. I'll be doing some experimenting in the near future! Thanks!! Great video!
My vote? Paraffin. You may also appreciate palm wax because it throws well at much lower fragrance loads, though it does have nuances of its own.
This was very informative!!
Thank you so much dear.lot of important things i learn through your video.
What are good brand and companies where you can comfortable buy fragrance oils?
Thank you so much for all that information. Very helpful. I work with 100% beeswax here in New Zealand and find that one of the drawbacks is that people really like a nicely scented candle. Although the beeswax has a lovely sweet scent, it is very mild. I would love to know if you have tried using essential oils with beeswax? I was a little concerned when you spoke about high temperatures and the adverse effect that it can have on essential oils. Beeswax is a very hot burning candle. Another question I had was do you or any of your subscribers have any knowledge around colouring beeswax? I have tried mica, but this wasn't very successful as you need a lot of product to reach darker colours. It's important to me to produce a product that is healthy and natural. Many thanks Bev
hi bev. i make beeswax candles with essential oils. adding coconut oil at a 2:1 ratio lowers the melt temp. Some makers add the cooconut oil at a 1:1 ratio. I prefer 2:1.
@@jasonstouder Hi Jason, what kind of coconut oil do you use?
2. And will it cause some of the coconut oils to float on top of the candle?
3. 2:1 is beeswax 2 coconut oil 1?
Hope to hear from you soon, thank you in advance!!
Thanks alot this is very helpful✨
Thank you so much for your perspective!
Thanks for this informative video, I’m researching everything I need to know about the starting a candle business. So this really helps
Just getting started had no idea
Glad i clicked on this video first before anything else😂
Great points!!!
I want to know which one, EO or fragrance oil is safer in a candle after you light the candle in terms of VOCs and carcinogens. Which one is “safer”.
Great information, I tried essential oil’s using soy wax and throw was weak however I did light the candle the next day. I have two others from the batch I’m
Giving those 14 days then I’ll test the throw.
How did it go? did you get a better hot throw?
1st candle had a dip and the wick was too long had this giant 🔥 flame 2nd candle formed a tunnel 3rd candle was Great! Nice smell no black soot or high flame. You are right it’s chemistry to this. Thanks for all your information.
Very informative thanks ! I’m about to attempt using the green tincture soap for scented candle.
Over the past 2 weeks I've been ordering and having a go at this. I was one of the ones who assumed essential were good for beginning so have been using some of them. After watching this though in definitely going to try fragrance oils. I'm definitely all about the smell. Do you have a video on frosting on soy wax?
Awesome yeah. Check out this video on frosting: ruclips.net/video/grvB2Qi_EI8/видео.html
Can you please tell me good companys to buy FO AND ESSENTIAL OILS that ship worldwide?
Any suggestions for high quality fragrance oil suppliers?
This was so informative. Thanks.
This was really informative, thank you!!
I plan to experiment with EO someday!
Woo! Let your budget feel a bit looser during that phase, I'd say.
Hi I use essential oils and it has been the only candles I have done.
Sweet!
This video was very informative! Thanks for speaking on both EO and FOs and they're benefits. Using EOs I've learned it's really about trial and error and developing what works for you and your products.
Thank you for sharing.
This was so helpful. Thanks
Thank you for clearly explaining the difference, I never knew and thought both were safe to use in soap making. I must admit essential oils are expensive and sometimes hard to find the best quality. I never use fragrance oils because I know they're not natural. I will definitely try to make my own candles as well.
That was definitely informative. I'm glad I watched. Since I'm a beginner and was planning only essential oil.
But you open my horizon. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
When I first started mixing essential oils I went with 100% organic oils and realized the hard way that “organic scotch pine” was not the Christmas treee smell I was looking for lol I had to go use black spruce
🤣🤣🤣
I LOVE Black Spruce!
Thanks for another very informative video 🙏
Very good information, thank you!
As a beginner candle maker I found this very informative...I've noticed with buying candles some are overpowering is this because they are made with fragrance?...
Throw is a function of many things, but strong candles are usually from having the right sized wick more than having a lot of fragrance, surprisingly.
I have no idea what I’m doing. I bout a boat load of essential oils because we wanted all natural. Now I hear I might burn the house down! 😳So here it is Christmas Day or, rather the 26th at 2 am trying to figure out what the heck I’m doing. I have another Christmas celebration tomorrow and thought I would just make some candles - real quick!
This was very helpful. Can I use primarily fragrance oil and add small amounts of essential oil for the aromatherapy benefits?
I don't know much about aromatherapy, so unfortunately I can't really help with that. Maybe someone else here can chime in??
I would also like to know that as well!
Try it!! Can't hurt, I'm gonna try that too
@@christyhegwood8005 me too!