welcome back if you'd like to step
outside the box and make something
elegant and memorable with your hands
why not try making candles this is so
awesome joining us now the founders of
love and make we have Amara and buccola
ladies thanks so much for being here let
me first start off these art workshops
that you guys do and how did you come
about this this is something that the
two of you were kind of like we could do
this we did so actually we started last
year I got the idea when I was visiting
a friend during hurricane Harvey I
couldn't get back into the city so I
came up with the idea and had some trial
runs and then when we got back when I
was able to get back into Houston I
partnered up with buccola and we've been
having workshops ever since that's a
pretty cool idea so it's a fresh start
and I understand the process is a little
easier then one might expect in our
class we teach you everything you need
to know to make your candles from the
beginning to the end and you end up with
a perfect look in a sense that can do
every time what a fun workshop - before
we get started because you can have a
group of people as small as twelve or up
to 40 so it could be kind of a girls
night out or maybe a class or something
that you're gonna do something fun
together a team building that gives you
that basically student experience in
candle making which is so cool so how do
we start out so first off who doesn't
love candles right right one of the most
fun parts of our classes is actually
being able to mix and match your your
favorite fragrances so today we brought
about six fragrances in our studio we
have over 30 and finally funny thing
about that is that people have different
smell palettes so today we actually have
a mixture of it's a mixture of hazelnut
coffee and lavender I want you guys to
take a smell of that Wow
so these are essentially the potions and
someone can create a custom mix for
their fragrance
and when you said hazelnut in lavender I
thought oh but it really is it Paris
apparently it does and so like I said we
have 30 fragrances you can mix and match
your favorite things that you don't even
think could smell good they actually
come out wonderful I don't think I've
smelled a bad candle yet okay so you
start with the scent we've got that
narrowed down
now what and now we're going to measure
we were using soy wax can do and that's
what we use in that class okay I was
just gonna point out so the viewers
could see these are just little soy wax
chips here okay
and this is 100% soy wax is more
environmental friendly compared to the
paraffin wax that is small commercially
used okay okay so what we're gonna do is
weigh our wax and this is about 8 ounces
of wax okay okay and weighing is
critical because you want to make sure
that the amount of melted wax you have
fits your contract and so after we weigh
our wax and then we're going to get our
container ready and then I'm on to do
that so it's very simple we're gonna
grab our wicks a wick there's a wick
here and there's a little glue dot on
this piece of paper and what we usually
do is we attach the glue dot this one
already has one to the little piece of
paper and then we're gonna stick that
down into the center of our container
and stay in place in there and then
we're gonna take the wick holder slide
that over and then a sinner as best we
can okay so are we then ready to pour
the wax once it
so yeah TV time the magic of TV and so
we're we're going to melt the wax and
we're using the double boiler method so
when you do this at home and this is for
safety reason ever melt the wax directly
on top of this stove and we're melting
the wax from 150 degree fur and I were
going to add a fragrance oil okay so do
watch it smelt it I'm gonna have you
pour the fragrance oh great okay so just
in here not in the candle right okay
right in there okay just smells so good
yeah for two minutes okay so we want the
wax to incorporate into the flavor so
you want a completely blended fragrance
is distributed yeah you're out yeah oh
so good so we're not gonna any with
supper TV okay no can do we're going to
four and then we're going to allow it to
solidify and when someone is creating a
label I mean they can essentially name
the candle whatever they want
absolutely in this case we're calling it
coffee lover because we've got that
coffee fragrance which is the dominant
note and then we also have a hint of
lavender I love it and that's so great
because I'm gonna move this out of the
way so everybody at home can see the
handwritten label there that is so neat
yeah and once everything cools which
takes about how long about 45 minutes to
an hour but what are you five minutes
okay there was they were saying before
as the candles are cooling in about 45
minutes you say it turns into a candle
that's ready to give as a gift or enjoy
yourself yes and they so the can do is
actually not ready to be fun so you have
to wait about three to four days to
allow it to cure before we do but again
three to four days and I'm not sure the
viewers at home could see this but this
is what the finished product looks like
sorry Courtney you know what a great
idea
ladies it really is and I should say
mention too that you guys as you said
use soy wax and so that's a natural
clean burn candle and then we also have
you can use coconut wax also or even bee
wax so does that natural waxes okay well
thanks so much ladies for stopping by
and showing us a little preview of what
you do in the workshops like Courtney
said I mean it that would
great you know girls night out or guys
night out - yes our friends night is
like handles absolutely and we're mobile
as well so we come to you we don't
cooperate event
showers they will come to you let's go
thank you so much and for more
information on the workshops all you
need to do is visit love and make
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