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It's hard to believe it's been 6 months since starting out on my gel candle venture! I'm so glad you are all here! My first candle sales confirmed how sell-able these things are which led me to raise the bar for inventory. I ended up finding amazing resources for the gel, embeds, wicks, you name it and became a lot more creative in designing my candles. Now I'm lining up two shows to get more sales and planning my future website. My camera takes great shots of them but next spring I'm hiring a photographer to use some staging techniques to make them pop! At $150 for one hour of his time I think it will be worth it! I'm going to use them for the website and my portfolio. I've got a lot more creating to do before next spring but it's about as much fun as a girl (or boy) can have all by themselves. Again, thanks for being here!

It's been a while since I've been here but I've been trying my hand at actually making gel candles! I've found everything you guys said is probably true! I poured enough wax to determine Penreco Vesagel is probably the way to go. I poured some of my wax into a clear glass candle holder with nothing else in it and it turned out cloudy. This wax is probably junk! Off to Michales I go.....

I'm well on my way to stocking those shelves! First of all, pouring gel wax into a small dairy carton is not dangerous in any way if you use your head! After cooling and hardening then warming only to 150 degrees it's safe to pour into a carton with ice. The most volatile point for gel for candles is the first melt. Cool it, then pour.

After consulting my hubby I think I'll give it a go. I'll start with one candle. He suggested using a milk carton and ice. Everything will be free for me and I'll test the first candle myself. Gel candles are so beautiful I can't help myself. If it works I'll work at expertise. What I am concerned about is our public library system doesn't carry any books about gel candles. There are few people online who suggest anything about it. Could liability have something to do with it? One pound of mineral oil on a hot plate, stove, etc concerns me. I'm thinking grease fire. Caution is my main concern.

If that's true I won't have to worry about cost once I run out of the stuff I have! I've got people checking their closets, storage areas, you name it. They practically are giving this stuff to me! But it's a whole lot of hoops to jump through to get to the end product. I'm not getting any younger so lifting 4 gallons of mineral oil better go quick! Thanks for the advice!

Hi everyone! I'm soooo glad you're here! I want to start making gel wax candles. I read that making your own gel wax is way cheaper than buying it off the shelf! Is this true? Also, after reading all the safety advice it seems as though I should make this stuff outside with a hazmat suit! lol. You guys know more about this than I do. What should I do? My goal is to become an expert at this!