Homemade Beeswax Candles

Beeswax candles are our newest obsession! Not only is pure beeswax a beautiful golden color, it has a cleansing effect on the air in your home. Beeswax is naturally scented. I love the scent. It's fresh and pretty, but not overpowering... a little bit like honey! We purchased 5 pounds of pure beeswax from this Etsy shop and made more than ten candles with it. Here's how- 

1. Supplies: beeswax, jars, candle wick, scissors, and masking tape. 2. Begin by heating up the wax on the stove in a pot to 140°F. You don't want the temperature to exceed 185°F. Pour a small layer into the base of a jar and place a piece of candle wick into the center of the jar. 3. Hold this in place until the wax is dry enough to where the the wick stays in place. 4. Next, make an X with tape over the top of the jar, poke a hole through the top and pull the wick through. Fill up the jar with melted wax til the desired height. We filled ours 1/2 an inch from the top. 5. After the wax is completely solid, cut the wick so that it's 1/2 inch tall. 6. Light + enjoy your pretty, new candles!

I am so excited to enjoy these natural candles in my new home. I've read that they don't leave any black soot behind when they burn. Have you used (or made) beeswax candles in the past? What do you think? xo. elsie 

Comments

[Katharina]

I love the smell of beeswax in autumn.

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[LARY@ Inspiration Nook]

Love these!

[Red Velvet Staff]

Skye,

We melted ours in a pot. You probably wouldn't want to use the glass jar, in case it got too hot and shattered.

Wax can be very flammable, so you don't want the temperature to get too high. We suggest no hotter than 185°F.

Thanks!

Red Velvet Staff

[Stephanie May*]

How fun!!! I wanna try....

Love,
Stephanie May*

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[Samantha]

These are so lovely- I love the jars you've used, they kind of look like honeycomb! You can also use old teacups to make teacup candles, I've done that with soy wax before & they are so pretty.

How do you get the wick to stay upright when it is burning though? I had problems with my wicks drooping into the wax unless I used a wick stabiliser.

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[Crissy]

These are pretty!

[Jet]

Beeswax smells delicious! I used it for my graduationproduct, Laatbloeier, an outdoorlamp.
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I really need to order new wax to make this candles. Thanks for the inspiration!

[Eva]

Nice!!

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[RoselyC]

Lovely idea. I love candles in all their forms and most of their scents. I would really love to try this.

[Sari - A Little Hummingbird]

I used to make beeswax candles in primary school! Not the ones in the jars but the long classic one you see on the Christmas table. And yes, we made them for Christmas for the parents :)

Of course you also have to melt the wax and after that you dip a long wick into the wax. Let it dry about 10 (?) seconds and dip it again. You can repeat this as many times as you like. Just until the candle has the perfect size. It was always a lot of fun and it smells so good!
I think I'm gonna try this one very soon since all my Jankee Candles burned up and they are way to expensive here in Europe!

Thanks for sharing :)

Love, Sari

[Amanda]

I used to make candles all the time, but never with bees wax, and never in such cute containers. I'm going to have to get back into it. Thank you for reminding me of the fun I used to have making them.

Amanda
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[tinajo]

So simple yet so very cute!

[ali thompson]

this diy is just in time for fall. love it and can't wait to give it a try!

[Lara]

I've made these candles once before, but it was a complete fail.. So i'm going to give it a go again, sometime soon.

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[Megan (Best of Fates)]

I second the question about how you heated the wax! Is it okay to just use normal pots? And is there any special cleaning you need to do/any way to make sure it doesn't damage the pots?

[M]

Absolutely LOVE!! Wonderful idea!
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[Emma]

I love the jars you have used - you don't get jam jars that pretty over here in the uk!

[Kate]

I'll definitely have to keep this in mind for wedding decor! Yellow is one of my colors :)

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[Silver]

I have a random question, haha. I have been following your blog for awhile now, and I was wondering what you two did with all the beautiful crafts you do? Do they go home with you? Are they turned into presents? Just wondering...

Silver from A Silver Snapshot
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[Lindsay Sue]

where did you find your mason jars? I really like them! Cant wait to try this. I was thinking about trying this by reusing wax left over from a candle. The scent is amazing and just seems like a waste to throw out the wax!