Candle classes

[Alona]

What are your thoughts on candle classes.  I have seen courses offered from people who own bb companies for $99 to $500+  I see companies offering to make the candles for you for $600+.  I want to keep learning and my waxes and i read these posts and watch videos online.  Does anyone know someone who benefited from such courses?  I bought gb444 coconut 83 ecosoya q230 waxes and i dont care for all the fuss about formula changes.  For those who care about the greatness of beeswax i do want to learn beeswax. I bought some from bulk apothecary but i wanted to try busybee or glorybee.  I think parasoy would be better for me instead of straight soy.  I used my soy wax for melts/tarts and i liked it for that.

 

To those that responded to my earlier posts i chose waxes that obviously may have been fine in the past but have been reformulated and i learned quickly soy was not my friend haha.  Do you think joining a course would help?  You all are so helpful. Ive come across people who think if they told me what they know and use i would do their sales harm - at least thats how they seem to act imo.

[Jcandleattic]

21 minutes ago, Alona said:

Do you think joining a course would help?

Honestly no. I don't think a course or a candle class can teach you anything you can't get from reading these type of forums. The only thing they offer that reading a forum doesn't, is they are "right there" as things are happening, however, almost every scenario you can think of or have happen someone on this board (or ones like this) has had it happen as well and have written about it for advice. 

 

My best advice - read read read. and when you think you've read it all, read some more.

[Candybee]

It's going to help you a lot more to chose one initial wax to work with and not jump from one to another. You won't learn that way. Pick one and learn how to work with it and everything will fall into place. Once you have learned all about that wax then try another. But learning about one will give you the experience and discipline to learn about another wax. It takes time and patience but diligence will get you there.

 

RE candle classes. I took a few at Candles and Supplies in PA. They still offer affordable classes and they are taught by experts in the candle making field. I learned a lot and it helped me enormously by watching the process and by doing hands on candlemaking in the classroom. But I also learned a lot from just reading through this forum and by jumping in and learning how to work with the wax I selected.

 

[Jcandleattic]

6 minutes ago, Candybee said:

It's going to help you a lot more to chose one initial wax to work with and not jump from one to another. You won't learn that way. Pick one and learn how to work with it and everything will fall into place. Once you have learned all about that wax then try another. But learning about one will give you the experience and discipline to learn about another wax. It takes time and patience but diligence will get you there.

 

RE candle classes. I took a few at Candles and Supplies in PA. They still offer affordable classes and they are taught by experts in the candle making field. I learned a lot and it helped me enormously by watching the process and by doing hands on candlemaking in the classroom. But I also learned a lot from just reading through this forum and by jumping in and learning how to work with the wax I selected.

 

Great advice @Candybee

 

[Alona]

5 minutes ago, Candybee said:

It's going to help you a lot more to chose one initial wax to work with and not jump from one to another. You won't learn that way. Pick one and learn how to work with it and everything will fall into place. Once you have learned all about that wax then try another. But learning about one will give you the experience and discipline to learn about another wax. It takes time and patience but diligence will get you there.

 

RE candle classes. I took a few at Candles and Supplies in PA. They still offer affordable classes and they are taught by experts in the candle making field. I learned a lot and it helped me enormously by watching the process and by doing hands on candlemaking in the classroom. But I also learned a lot from just reading through this forum and by jumping in and learning how to work with the wax I selected.

 

Thanks. I dont mean to sound like im rushing to sell candles tomorrow.  I just know the new waxes are frustrating to experienced candlemakers and so it is for me as well.  I do these at home so ive learned that i need to kep my house at 70 and heat jars in my oven and cure longer than 48 hours.  Wicks cost and so i have to buy them slowly. I have bought several containers and will test over time.