WAX ON

Image via WikipediaAh! Let's talk for a moment about the most essential ingredient in this entire process of candle making -- the main ingredient -- the type of wax you choose.
Three crucial elements affect the outcome and the quality of your project: the type of wax you use, the amount of wax and its temperature when you're melting it.
Here we'll just talk about the differences in waxes. For now, this gives you a background for your first wax-shopping trip. You'll probably start with the most common of waxes -- the paraffin-based wax. This is the wax most people use, at least initially.
As you master the first steps in candle making -- and discover just how easy it is -- you'll be venturing out to other types of waxes before you know it.\
Here are some options for the types of wax you can use:
Paraffin based
Beeswax
Bead wax
Soy wax
Gel wax
Paraffin based wax chunks
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