puma52 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Those are beautiful and no doubt about it, the glitter adds a lot of awesome pizzazzzzzzzzzzz to any candle! I have glittered pillar candles also using the fine cosmetic glitter. I made them in the 4x4, 4x6 and 4x9 pillars double coating them with modge podge then rolling in red glitter for Christmas.....you talk about gorgeous!!! Thank you for sharing and showing us your beautiful jars and candles!! Awesome job craftimade!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisalove Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Hi. These look really cool! This may be a kind of dumb question, but is the glue/glitter on inside the glass or outside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftimade Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 It's inside the jar. I have been double coating them to make the glitter thicker and sparkly more with the lite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorelei Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 By double coating them you mean you paint on the glue and glitter it and then when it dries you do it again? I might try these for presents this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftimade Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 Yes, that is correct, 2 coats of glue and glitter. When using just 1 coat the wax color seems to soak though and can look odd.So I use 2 coats so its thicker. The inside coat is more sparkly when it's lit too. Im going to do a youtube video how to this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonshine Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 I would also like to make a couple for presents this year- the cosmetic grade glitter- I am not finding a supplier that sells more than 1 ounce, does it take much to coat a jar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftimade Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share Posted September 7, 2013 Very small amounts. 18grams will do about 4 large (15cm tall) jars.I buy them from my local shops, just 1 at a time. But this is the supplier here in Australia.http://www.sullivans.net/proddetail.asp?ProdCode=88573 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justjasen Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I use cosmetic glitter in some of my candles. Finding a retailer can be difficult though. I have found the best place to get cosmetic grade glitter is Sally Beauty Supply. They have quite a few colors and their glitter is $0.99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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