Making My First 100% Essential Oil Candle And Testing The Hot Throw!

[@wildaromaco]

Thank you Erica for sharing. I qualified as an Aromatherapist about 15 years ago. All the products I make have an essential oil formulation. When I started making candles, I started with eo blends in a rapeseed/coconut wax. I was disappointed in my CT and HT's, they just didn't move me. So I found a company with quality blends as close to eo as possible and trying to keep my formulations as sustainable as I can. 🌿

[@tracybolton8558]

What company do you use

[@wildaromaco]

@@tracybolton8558 I use Candleshack. I may try others next year such as London Luxury candles. I avoid Amazon for FO and EO.

[@richardbaker2300]

Yes please name the company? Thanks

[@wildaromaco]

@@richardbaker2300 it's mentioned above. 👆

[@baochulee1124]

Can you share the company name?

[@kaseyk7861]

I genuinely enjoyed this video and so glad I came across your page! Thank you for testing this and giving your honest opinion! You're awesome! ❤

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

Thank you so much for watching! Glad you enjoyed :)

[@christopherjolly]

I’d say to get a better hot throw you’d need a wax that melts at a higher temperature. With essential oils the aim isn’t to burn them but to create an environment where they can be heated so the fragrance can evaporate from the melted wax. A higher temp wax would also help hold back the cold throw as the wax would be harder when cold so it would be less air permeable.

[@Soulful_Spirit_Candle_Co]

Nice to see you back in the candle studio 🥰

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

I was actually 32 weeks pregnant in this video 🤭 I still had the footage in my SD card that I needed to edit and upload! 😅❤️

[@Soulful_Spirit_Candle_Co]

@@MemoryBoxCandleCo oh my gosh really?? Wow you’re whole pregnancy you always looked amazing just as you did before and now , I honestly had no idea 😅🥰

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

@@Soulful_Spirit_Candle_Co haha awww thank you!! ☺️❤️

[@pip585]

Hi Erica, what’s the wait period before you can do your first burn with EO candles. Many thanks

[@GymBodyMuscles]

About a week back I made 20 tea light candles using 8% pure vanilla essential oil before watching this video. I had poured the wax around 57 DC and noticed that cold throw was sweet immense then the hot throw. So yes overall essential oil candles are great for cold throw ✌

[@1idontwantausername]

I have been putting off making essential oil candles because I don't want to waste product on something that has a weak/lame hot throw. I am also concerned about the shelf life of the scent.... if it will retain the essential oil scent or dissipate much faster than fragrance oil...

[@AromasOfJersey]

Thank you for sharing 👍

[@kaylacatpurrccino4979]

I wonder what happens when you use half EO & half FO in candles & melts. Is it safe to mix the two? I'm curious now.

[@carolnjambi6818]

At what temperature did you pour the wax?

[@swaizycruz1816]

I’ve been using that temp gun and decided to test it vs a regular cooking thermometer and boy it was about 20 degrees off! So I’m now with the regular stick thermometer. The gun was reading 20 degrees higher which meant I was pouring at a lower temp :/ . Just fyi :)

[@Trailwalker3]

Have you seen the new wax melts in a pouch? Fragrance loads are like 15-20% made with soy wax and vegetable or coconut or soy oil. Can you do a video cover this?

[@felicityhopeschulz4793]

I’ve been making candles off and on trying out different things but for some reason my candles don’t smell or not very strong when lit but they smell strong before being lit they are pure soy wax with fragrance oil from candle science I need some help I’m confused.

[@aryaelizabeth108]

I use 100% soy and the main issue I ran into with lack of hot throw was that I wasn't heating the wax to the right temperature and I wasn't adding fragrance oil at the right temperature. I highly recommend writing down every single detail when you make your candles and label certain batches. When you find your perfect candle, you can reference how you made it with the notes you took! This is why writing everything down & keeping track of all your testing is super important! ❤ I heat my 464 soy to 180° and pour fragrance in at 165° combining the fragrance and wax for at least 3 minutes with a slow stir, pour at 145° in a 70° environment. Pouring your wax too hot can also 'burn off' fragrance oils. ❤

[@dieseephuis]

You can use a chopstick and pour the oil down the chopstick into the container. That way you can make sure no oil will spill.

[@jenb9274]

I have always heard that essential oils are toxic when burned

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

I always heard this too!! I think it may depend on the kind of EO? I have always been curious about them though!

[@hilaryquinn8673]

I’ve only used essential oils in massage candles. Because they aren’t meant to stay burning like a regular candle.

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

@@hilaryquinn8673 I would be so curious to hear what a chemist has to say about this! Maybe I’ll look into contacting one 😆

[@Andrea-us4hh]

I’m interested to know

[@christopherjolly]

I imagine that was a rumour perpetuated by fragrance oil sellers. Fragrance oils are made from hydrocarbons and petrochemicals; so if Fragrance Oils are considered safe to burn I feel confident essential oils are more safe. Essential oils are highly volatile so the majority of the fragrance evaporates when heated before it’s burned.

[@RabeccaZavala]

Hello! I love your videos❤ I know there are a lot of mixed opinions on this topic, but you are just wasting money putting essential oils in candles. The heat actually breaks down the oils and they are vaporized easily which is why they are great in diffusers. I'm not an expert, but I have used essential oils for many years. Lemongrass is a good one to use, but I've found that some like Lavender give off a really weird smell in candles. Maybe that's just me. There's such a craze for everything to be "all natural" and while I do believe essential oils are therapeutic, the point of burning a candle is to have a good hot throw. Fragrance oils are made for candles, and you're better off using essential oils in wax melts, diffusers, or dilluted in carrier oils on your skin. Just my personal experience to save your wallet lol

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

I agree!! I was just SO curious I had to finally try to make one for the first time! 😅

[@nicolemartinboone5699]

Just getting into candle making so I don’t know much, but I was thinking at 185 the wax is far too hot for essential oils. Maybe even for fragrance oil. In my experience The scent just burns off and evaporates at such high heat. For fragrance oil I don’t combine until the temp is below 155. For eo id probably even go lower than that

[@andreabrischigliaro5377]

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[@MisterWhatWhat]

You mean to tell me with all the money I’ve spent on wick tools I could’ve simply used a clothespin??? 😳😲

[@sweetincensecandlessoap5838]

😂

[@ced11773]

I've tried essential oils in different ways and it never worked out 😅

[@thewillowfoxcandleco]

As far as I know adding essential oil at such a high temperature can burn it off.Lavender has a flashpoint of about 60-70 degrees c x

[@aaronroseman]

100% Essential oils are not designed for candle making. Customers request them but don’t realize the throw is guaranteed to be pretty weak.

[@AnnetteAhYou]

Hot throw ? Explain please

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

How throw is how strong a candle scent is when the candle is burning :)