I'm going to be showing you how to make a crystal candle! Adding crystals is a
super fun way not only to add positive energy to your candles but also to be
creative and make your candle one-of-a-kind. At The Wooden Wick Co. we
offer both crystal points and mini chips. So crystal points are a little bit
larger, and the mini chips are these adorable little mini chips you can
sprinkle on your candles. You can also use these crystals in other products
like a hand sanitizer spray, or a room spray, or an aromatherapy spray - the list
goes on and on. But I love these crystals and I love to use them to make my
candles look really beautiful and fun. So I've already made two - this one here has
the peridot mini chips and the quartz points, and then this little beauty has
the rose quartz mini chips. So you can just sprinkle them on and be creative -
use whatever design you would like. I like to add the crystals on after my
candle has already been made using a tool called the heat gun. So the heat gun
is something that I call the candle maker's best friend because not only can
you do cute little stuff with it like add
crystals to your candles, but it can also be used to fix any imperfections on the
surface of your candle, whether those are sink holes or sweating or anything like
that. the heat gun can save you - so have one of these on hand! This is the one
from woodenwick.com. So to get started we are simply going to turn on our heat gun,
we're going to wave it over the surface of the candle for about one to two minutes
until the surface of the wax has liquefied. And once you get a small
amount of the wax liquefied on the surface about point two inches or a
fingernail worth, then you can turn off your heat gun and
you can start adding your crystals and sprinkling them in however you like. So
I'm going to show you guys how to do that. So heat gun, easy to use, on an off
button, simply turn it on, it'll start and we're just going to wave this around the
surface of your candle.
The wax should start to heat up pretty quickly and this isn't a long process. We
have all sorts of different crystals on woodenwick.com so you guys can really be
creative. You can make a rainbow with crystals, you can make candles that have
different positive effects based on the crystals that you choose, or you can just
pick which ones you think look the prettiest!
Be careful when you're using a heat gun not to hold it over your wick - it is hot
so you could actually light your wick on fire if you hold it over the wick for
too long. We also commonly get asked if you can use a hairdryer - never use a
hairdryer. So a hairdryer actually blows hot air directly onto it, it's going to
splash hot wax everywhere. The heat gun has a much more gentle blow so that it
heats the wax without blowing it up off the surface of the candle. So I'm going to
take out some of my mini chips. Now you just pour these in my hand and I'm just
going to sprinkle a few of these right on to the surface of the candle - again,
whatever you think looks best. This is really an artistic part of candle making
and one of my favorite ways to customize your candle and make them really unique.
And then when you use the points you want to just press them gently into the
surface of the wax. I'm using amethyst points right now. So these are purple and
they look really cute with these little orange mini chips.
Okay I'm just going to add a few and then if you need to hit it with the heat gun
again or move them around, you can do that. I'm going to touch up the wax a
little bit here.
Perfect, just takes a second. And now my candle is going to cool, it should cool
within 15 to 20 minutes back to a fully solidified candle, and it's ready to go
and I've created this beautiful crystal candle, and if you're ready to make your
own crystal candles you can now head to woodenwick.com, you can pick up all of
these supplies to make beautiful one-of-a-kind candles, including this
heat gun which again I definitely suggest picking up whether for crystal
candles or just for general candle making, it's going to come in handy. So
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