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With the right techniques and a little know-how, candle making can be a fun, inexpensive, safe and satisfying hobby for children of all ages. Projects begin with simple rolled beeswax and progress to poured wax candles, traditional dipped candles and molded candles. Photographs, diagrams and step-by-step instructions make it easy for kids to paint, decorate and add scents to their creations. And for the finishing touch, suggestions are included for making unique candleholders. Includes safety tips for working with melted wax. Crafts include * a beeswax lighthouse candle * a cupcake candle * dipped candles * a floating water lily candle * a glass-jar lantern * a cookie-cutter candle ... Read more

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Great book for kids
I recently bought a few candle-making books for myself, including this one. I chose this one because I found a lot of the other ones intimidating and I just wanted a basic introduction to candle-making.As the titlesuggests, this book is *truly* for kids.The designs (really cute) andpreparation suggestions (using crayons to color the wax or using a milkcarton as a mold) are simple and great for kids, but if you are looking fora lot of detail on what kind of wax/thermometer/scent/dye to use, then thisis not the book for you.This book did inspire me to make my first candle;I bought a few sheets of beeswax and rolled them around a wick that camewith the sheets.It took me less than a minute, but I think it lookspretty good.: ) ... Read more

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Leave no soapstone unturned!

Soapmaking has always been a popular craft with a dedicated group of followers, but with the explosion of urban homesteading and people looking to go green, noncrafters are now joining in on the fun. Whether it's making natural soap to live greener, give as gifts, save money, or make money, The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Making Natural Soaps has everything the new soap maker will need to create organic, natural soaps of all kinds.

•Includes recipes to make a wide array of molded, poured, and liquid soaps

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Cleans up on the process
Soap making can become one of those obsessive hobbies. But once you make your own cold-processed soap and use it, you realize the benefits of using the soap over store-bought concoctions.

Like most of the guides, the steps are clear.The author makes the process easy to understand and describes each step-- and possible misstep-- in enough detail to make anyone confident.

Making that first batch is really fun and interesting. And the best part is that you get to color it, scent it, formulate it yourself. Store-bought soaps are mostly detergents that have to have added moisturizers added. Home-made soap is made up of oils that have a decidedly different feel on your skin. This is the good stuff that you'd pay extra for at the boutiques and craft fairs. Once you try your own soaps (which can include add-ins like oatmeal, lavender buds, poppy seeds and milk), it is hard to go back to store soaps. And making a couple of batches by following the steps here, you'll realizes the benefits of doing what our great-grandmothers did-- they created a soap that cleaned and put back the oils in the skin.

This book makes it easy. Yes, you should have an Internet connection to use the soap calculator, but it is what the pros use to help them come up with the right combination of lye to oils.

With this guide, you can get hooked on the process.

Like having your best friend teaching you.
Soap makers are always learning something new, but this book was like having my best friend beside me all the way, as I was learning.

It is written in an easy style, but has a ton of information. Only 192 pages, it contains more soap and cosmetic information than I've ever seen. The authors show a true knowledge of herbs and oils and how they may effect us.

There is so much in this little book to talk about, I don't know where to END. Bravo!

Love it!
This is the first book that I read about soap making. I found it hugely helpful! It spends quite a bit of time explaining the differenct processes of soap making. This is an excellent book for those who are brand new to the topic, very easy to read and understand, resulting in successful batches of soap immediately. Yes it does rely heavily on soapcalc, but if you're brand new to soap making, you should rely heavily on soapcalc too!

Best Soaper Book I've Read ... Great Handbook!
As a new soaper, I found this book to be extremely helpful. While I haven't had a chance to read through every chapter yet, everything that I have read is well-written and very easy to follow. My loving husband purchased this book for me after I had made several batches of soap, and everything that Sally includes aligns with what I learned from hours of research. If only I had found this one first!

I must say that I have not had any problems with mixing my lye in a plastic bucket. I also line my glass molds with plastic wrap based upon what I've read on web sites and other books, and I have never had a problem with that (I create functional soap, not necessarily the most beautiful). That being said, it would be prudent to make sure that the plastic is able to sustain the heat. I ordered mine from a site that specifically said the bucket would be safe for mixing lye. Trying to mix it in an old pickle jar that won't sustain the heat of a dishwasher, let alone lye, would be disastrous! Safety is the #1 rule I have when creating my soaps, and this is something that Sally, the author, espouses as well.

I have found Sally to be a very approachable author. I had several questions about a recipe she had posted on her web site. She responded very quickly and helped me with every single question, never making me feel like the newbie that I am. That batch was one of my best!

Now that the weather has cooled in my area of the world (I mix my lye outside - safety, safety, safety!), I am looking forward to making more soap using recipes from this book. Well done, thank you, and may God bless you! ... Read more

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Book for the Kindle: How to Make Candles: Candlemaking Guide

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Have you ever dreamed of learning the beautiful art of candle making?

Well, now you can! …And the best part is that you’ll not only learn the basics of this fun craft, but you’ll also discover how to transform your newfound skills into cash!

Did you know that the average person making & selling candles collects an extra $12,000 - $40,000 to deposit in their bank a year?

Practically anyone can make candles… With a method for all skill levels, candle making is an activity for people of all ages, from kids to baby boomers. In fact…

Candle making is a piece of cake…

Actually, candle making is easier than baking a cake.

In fact, there isn’t a simpler, more satisfying craft. Once you get the materials together and master the basic directions, you'll be able to make a variety of candles just by tweaking a basic recipe.

And in case you’re still wondering…

Candle making is for you if you enjoy seeing beautiful decorations…

Candle making is for you if you love giving unique gifts to friends, family and co-workers on special occasions, birthdays and holidays…

Candle making is for you if you enjoy a challenge…

Candle making is for you if you’re looking for an exciting new hobby to get involved with…

Candle making is for you if you want to start your very own home-based business with virtually no startup costs…

Candle making is for you if you could use an extra $1,000, $3,000, $5,000+ in the bank each and every month…

Now that you see that candle making is for you, today is your lucky day because this candle-making guide has helped ordinary people just like you learn and master the art of making candles.

Whether you've been crafting for years or are just getting started, you'll discover:

- The right materials, tools, and equipment to use

- How to create a special crafting place in your home

- Ways to sell your creations at craft shows, shops, and other outlets

- How to go from knowing absolutely nothing about making candles to having a thriving candle making business that makes you money like clock work.

If you have the desire, you have the determination that it takes to be successful at making candles, but the only thing that you’re lacking is the know-how and guidance.

Once you have a sure-proofed way to knowing all there is to know about making candles, you’ll be a success in just days from now!

With so many candles out there, there are so many possibilities for you. In fact, with the guidance of this amazing guide, you’ll be making candles left and right with no problem whatsoever.

You’ll discover how to make:

- Container candles
- Votive candles
- Pillar candles
- Dipped candles
- Beeswax candles
- Scented soy candles
- Taper candles
- Tea-light candles
- Floating candles
- Wickless candles
- Gel candles

You’ll discover all of this and more!

There’s nothing else on the market quite like this guide. This easy-to-understand guide takes you by the hand and walks you step-by-step through the process of making candles, quickly and easily.

Unlike many other guides or even candle-making classes, this guide is specifically designed for ordinary people just like you and lays everything out in plain, simple English so easy that even a second-grader could follow along.

This Guide Will:

- Provide you with step-by-step instructions & everything else in between to ensure that you’re a success at making candles
- Make everything so simple and easy for you
- Empower you with the knowledge, skill, and ability to make candles as a hobby, as well as monetize it for a thriving home-based business

So, what are you waiting for?If you want to know how to make professional-looking candles, quickly and easily…and even make money while you are at it, then this book is for you today!
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Although no longer the primary source of light during the night hours, candles are still popular in today's world.They symbolize celebration, mark romance, accompany ceremony, aid relaxation, and accent décor by casting a warm glow for all to enjoy.In the past, however, candle making was a massive industry.More portable and safer than oil lamps, they were the world's main source of illumination for centuries.Many a composer, philosopher, scientist, poet, painter, seamstress, and artisan has been able to continue their work into the night by the intimate light of a candle.And before the invention of reliable clocks, even-burning candles marked the passing hours.This book charts the development and use of candles through the ages and provides insight into the different techniques and materials in use today.The history of candle making is accompanied by chapters that show readers how to make their own candles.The History and Use of Candles is a beautifully photographed, comprehensive look at the changing role of candles and our continued affection for them. ... Read more

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Candle Lovers Will Love Jon Newman's Candles book
Did I like this book? How about if I tell you that, only 1/3 of the way through the book, I put it aside--only long enough to immediately order one for a friend. Candles have an absolutely fascinating history, and this book unfolds that history in a most interesting and enjoyable way. In addition, the illustrations are numerous and include many showing candles and candle making through the years.While I am not interested in making candles, anyone who is would really like the detailed, step-by-step instructions that show how to make a variety of candles. Joh Newman has done an outstanding job in researching and writing about a topic that, on the surface, is so simple, yet, once you read this book, you will find out that it is most intricate. Find out how candles have changed history. ... Read more

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40 Ideas-by Virginia Tucker and Linda Rocamontes. This is a candle design booklet for candles- beeswax figural! Some patterns include: Wizard, Angel, Old World Santa, Christmas Tree, Kokopelli candle, Sunflower, Pansy, More!! Dated 1995. 23 pages. ... Read more

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With a little patience, you can make your own candles, adapting materials, shapes, and colors to suit your decor, your mood, or your lifestyle. You can pour, mold, or model a variety of designs, from simple to sophisticated, to personalize any occasion. From "egg-boxes" to "ice-creams", from easy one-color forms to marbled extravaganzas, here is a wealth of inspiring projects to make. ... Read more

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Very good book for new ideas
This is a very good book for those of you who have already begun experimenting with making simple candles and are ready for new ideas.It also has very creative ways of making the actual candles.I was inspiredmany times when looking through this book and also adopted many of theideas that were presented.They are definitely creative! ... Read more

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"How to make pampering products that will delight customers, pamper your skin and prove to be more profitable than you could ever imagine!"





If you'd like to learn how to make homemade soaps that will have your skin feeling refreshed, radiant and oh so smooth, create romantic homemade candles that will bring joy and harmony to any home or create unique and delightful bath products that will have customers craving for more, then this might be the most important letter you'll ever read.

Here's why:

The "Art Of Manufacturing Soaps And Candles" is packed with so much wonderful information to help you learn these wonderful crafts you'll find yourself creating wonderful soaps and candles that will amaze your family, friends and even those that may not be very friendly towards you!

This publication was written in the late 1800's by a leading expert at that time and also provides factual and productive information from some of the top manufacturers, inventors, chemists and established authors from the 1800's.

This publication deals not only with the manufacture of soaps and candles, but it also includes illustrations and critical explanations of the various manipulations and mechanical arrangements by which they are effected, thus compiling a condensed narrative full of information that had never been published previously.

Here's a summary of just a few things you'll find in this fantastic publication:

* Concise instructions for making transparent soaps
* The history of soap making
* Equipment used for manufacturing soaps and candles
* Various methods used to make homemade soaps
* The different types of materials used in making soaps and candles
* Preparation of your lye, oils and water to make the perfect batch of soap
* In depth information concerning fats and oils used in making soaps, and benefits of using each particular oil or fat
* Complete instructions for making the very popular toilet soaps from the Victorian era
* How to make wonderful soft soaps that will get hands and laundry super-duper clean
* Coloring and perfuming your soaps
* Wonderful recipes for making some of the most popular soaps used in that time period, including the still popular and famous Windsor soap
* Recipes for making shaving paste. Once you make a batch of this you'll never waste money on store bought shaving cream again!
* Two complete chapters devoted to candle making exclusively
* Historical functions of the candle as an illuminator
* Complete information concerning the raw materials used in candle making
* New methods of rendering tallow for your candles
* Complete information on preparing wicks, dipping candles, and making candles from molds


Learn about the history of soap and candle making, view illustrations of the top machines used in the late 1800's for making homemade soaps and candles, and relive a part of history as you read information shared by some of the leading soap and candle manufacturing experts of the late 1800's!

This 126 page eBook is so jam-packed with information, you'll be hard pressed to find all this valuable information in a single publication elsewhere. Some of this information is available nowhere else! ... Read more

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They say confession is good for the soul. I'm not sure that's true, but I do have a confession to make. I am not a naturally born craft aficionado. Why do I tell you all of this?Because I am now a "dyed in the wool" official proponent of making candles.I can't believe how beautiful my projects turn out.My candles are so nice, in fact, that I have my own creations in just about every room of my house. There's really a point to all of this explanation.Even if you don't think that you're a "crafty" person, you may discover that candles bring out the inner craftsperson in you.It certainly did in me.Even if you've shunned or more appropriately failed, at every other craft, you'll find that candle making is unlike any other craft you've ever done.For one thing, you really don't need to have any inner type of talent.Let's face it, if I can be successful at making candles anyone can!If you're thinking of starting this quite fascinating hobby, then by all means, do. Don't let past failures at craft projects hold you back. Don't let a lack of "craft knowledge" place any type of doubt in your mind.You wil learn all of thiso Basic candle making toolso What about waxes?o Adding color to your creationso Another kind of wax - Gelo Adding fragrance to your candleso The part candles played in our pasto The burning question of wickso Troubleshooting your creationso Your own candle making businesso Much, much more ... Read more

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Wouldn't Purchase Again
I am a visual learner and this book has not one photo or diagram.Very basic in content.The author uses humor as a method to keep interest.I almost fell asleep reading this.As far as specific candles to make, she describes 3.They are:The Fire and Ice Candle, The Watermelon Candle and Canning Jar Candles.I don't usually write reviews but this book was such a disappointment that I felt compelled to share. ... Read more

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Where can I get the rest of them?
Nice little book.It tells you how to do everything.I wish I could have gotten the whole Country Kithen Library.

Great homemaking craft book!
I have read Phyllis Hobson's book on making soap and candles completely from scratch and I love it!She gives step-by-step instructions to makeingredients needed, or where you can buy such items.Her thoroughinstructions make you understand why you do the steps to get the endresult.I would recommend this book for any beginner in the soap andcandle making craft. ... Read more

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If you have the knack for crafts, you can easily learn to make candles like a skilled craftsman. You need to acquire the very basic techniques of the candle making process and then continually apply it so you can refine your skills. As you learn more, the better you will get at it and soon you will effortlessly create exquisite candles. There are 5 basic components that make a beautiful candle:1. The wax you use is very important. Soy wax is easy to work with. The most difficult is paraffin wax. All-natural soy waxes blends are clean burning and do not crack when they cool. 2. The wick is measured by the width of the container to be used. The thickness of the wick should be directly proportional to the width of the container. If you have a wide container, then the wick should be thick. A thin wick goes with a small container. Thin wicks soak less liquid wax and will give off a smaller flame and less vapor fuel.3. Good quality fragrance oil will blend into the wax more efficiently.4. Colors can affect the performance of your candles. Use a thicker wick if you want to add more colors. 5. The size and shape of the container will match the burn pattern of the wax. ... Read more

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tips for being both designer and marketer
The book gives a guide for a basic business plan. There are useful tips to help you outline the start up costs you need, the start-up equipment to invest in as well as skills and abilities required from you as both designer and marketer.

useful tips on how to make homemade candles sell
The book suggests great design ideas to make your candles more professional looking and more appealing to customers so that they would want to buy. It also gives out tips for promoting and selling your candles such as joining local bazaars, flea markets and creating an online catalog to display all your candle creations for sale online.

Handy Tips that will benefit beginners
It's a great collection of basic tips! A beginner would appreciate all the handy advice so that he can avoid making many impractical mistakes as he learns the candle-making craft. ... Read more

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If you have the knack for crafts, you can easily learn to make candles like a skilled craftsman. You need to acquire the very basic techniques of the candle making process and then continually apply it so you can refine your skills. As you learn more, the better you will get at it and soon you will effortlessly create exquisite candles.

There are 5 basic components that make a beautiful candle:

1. The wax you use is very important. Soy wax is easy to work with. The most difficult is paraffin wax. All-natural soy waxes blends are clean burning and do not crack when they cool.

2. The wick is measured by the width of the container to be used. The thickness of the wick should be directly proportional to the width of the container. If you have a wide container, then the wick should be thick. A thin wick goes with a small container. Thin wicks soak less liquid wax and will give off a smaller flame and less vapor fuel.

3. Good quality fragrance oil will blend into the wax more efficiently.

4. Colors can affect the performance of your candles. Use a thicker wick if you want to add more colors.

5. The size and shape of the container will match the burn pattern of the wax. ... Read more

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Studies have been performed to determine the psychological effects that various colors have on human behavior. These studies were conclusive in their results - the same principal holds true when lighting colored candles.

This book includes over 1600 different topics along with a ten year timing guide in which to light your candles - so that you might achieve the success, love and happiness that you have been looking for. ... Read more

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Great start
If you want to learn about candle lighting, this is a great start! FYI - I didn't like Volume 2. It has too many thoughts and not enough direction.

The Best for Candle Work
I purchased this book several years ago and used it through the entire timespan.It took all the guess work out of when to do your candle burning.It's also good if not better than any almanac.I would not be with it.

This is the BEST book on this subject anywhere!
Even the best-known motivational devices and speakers around cannot give you exactly what Tina Ketch has given us here. Not only do you learn how to get what you want out of and from life, but you learn what life's most valuable resource truly is. This book is a "must read" and a "must live" ... Read more

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The Art of Manufacturing SOAPS and CANDLES - Make Organic Homemade Soap & Candles Book for the Kindle is an excellent resource for the art of making handmade soaps and candles. With this guide, learn to make wonderful gifts, enjoy the homemade soaps and candles yourself, or start your own home-based or small business in the area of soap and candle making!
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Read through this book once without starting a single project (if you think you have the will power).Then go back to the beginning chapters that talk about equipment.When you're ready to tackle your first project, line up everything you'll need.

It's best to get all your ducks in a row (so to speak) so that you can quickly and efficiently work with the hot wax. If you have to, reread the specific section again.In this way, you'll have little firmer grasp of what needs to be done.You'll feel a little more confident.

As you encounter projects or ideas, be sure to reread the relevant sections at least once -- twice if you want.Don't be bashful about returning to these pages to read and reread them again!

In fact, print out certain sections that you may want to consult while you're making your candles.Have them onyour counter along with all your other supplies, just like you would have your favorite recipe available for consulting when you're making a meal.

In the process of referring back to this book often, you'll discover that you're slowly becoming a candle making pro.But more than that I can guess that you'll also start to love this easy-to-do craft.

After you make your first candle, my bet is that you'll take a step back, take a good look at it and then display it someplace where everyone who steps foot in your house can admire it!That's what I did anyway!

This book introduces you to the various types of candles from paraffin to beeswax to gel.As you progress through these various projects, you'll also discover that your imagination gets fired up!You'll want to keep making these candles.

And you'll find yourself continuing, as your friends and families stand in line for custom-made candles to suit the décor of their homes or for gifts for their friends and coworkers.

And you might possibly get fired up about spreading the word about candle making even more!You may end up considering it as a part-time business.Don't laugh!It's really not out of the question.Even if you just sold locally, you can make a nice income -- especially if you have unique versions of candles that people can't find in stores.Just keep it in mind as you read!The last chapter in this book provides you with some statistics on who actually uses candles, and where.It also provides you with some rudimentary marketing tips . . . enough to get you started should you decide to become that part-time entrepreneur.

Are you ready to discover a remarkably easy, extremely fun . . . and potentially profitable hobby?

Well, let's start then. Time's a'wastin'.
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