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The “Busy Season” can get crazy and overwhelming whether you are new or have been selling for years! Our business is fourth quarter heavy and we can all feel that by the end of the year. This post is meant to help you prepare and hopefully make this selling season a bit easier on yourself and your business! Watch our live powerpoint presentation HERE!

Get ready for some spook-tacular fun! From eerie vintage to creepy verbiage, here’s how to transform ordinary jars into boo-tiful vessels!

Pillar candles are having a huge moment right now! They come in so many different designs, styles, shapes and sizes really allowing you to get creative! Pillar candles however can be tricky and frustrating to wick everytime you pour. Auto wicking your pillar molds makes pouring pillars less of a headache and saves time!

Our new Pistachio Macaron fragrance oil really got us inspired to make these cute wax macarons! Once we started, we couldn’t stop! They make great wax melts, votives, or candle toppers!

The year is already half over, and even though it is as hot as blazes outside, it’s not too early to start thinking about the fall and holiday craft show season. As the leaves change color and the air turns crisp, it’s time to gear up for the most wonderful time of the year: the fall and holiday gift-giving season. The economy is challenging, but 2023 is when more people are looking for handmade treasures and heartfelt creations, making this the perfect opportunity for crafters to showcase their skills and generate sales. However, to make the most of this bustling season, meticulous preparation is key. In this blog post, we'll explore the importance of product selection, supply management, and offer ten indispensable tips to help you navigate the holiday selling season at craft shows.

For many, choosing the correct wick is the most confusing part about making your candles. So many wick choices are available with many different opinions on what wick is best, which can be very frustrating.

Using plant materials and plant products is HUGE in the skin care industry right now! Natural is trending, and so are all the skin-loving benefits! We wanted to break down some of the best two types to add and how to use them!

Yay, you’ve made the perfect candle, and you're ready to start selling them! But now you have to label them, and a whole new stress has set in! So many questions running through your head…. What is required by law? How do I figure out what size? What do I include on the label? How do I make my candle stand out?

Spring is just around the corner and what better way to celebrate than a floral inspired body scrub! This sugar scrub gently exfoliates as it cleanses and leaves your skin feeling clean, soft and glowing! Use 1-2 times per week or 3-4 times in dryer climates to keep skin soft and moisturized. Sugar removes and fights toxins, is anti-aging and makes your skin glow.

We are getting into the Irish spirit with St. Patricks Day candles! Our Pot-O-Gold candle is a favorite every year and never goes out of style! Plus there are so many different ways to make it! We also came up with some other fun St. Patty’s Day themed candles!

We have been so excited to launch the new lip balm and gloss bases the last few weeks and thought a blog post going over how to use them was the perfect way to celebrate! The Natural Lip Balm, Avocado & Aloe Vegan Lip Balm, and Natural Lip Gloss Base are all packaged similarly and usage instructions are almost the same. The new Gel Lip Gloss Base is a bit different, and we’ll break it down below!

We had been getting so many requests for a vegan lip balm base and we wanted one too so we decided to formulate our own unique blend! We knew that creating a unique blend would take a lot of research, time and testing but it was worth it! In this post we’ll take you through the process of formulating our lip balm base.

Welcome to 2023! It's a great time to start planning some amazing things during this cold and dark month of January. Strategic planning sounds intimidating, but it's not scary or over your head even if you don't have a business background. We have some fun tools we use in our strategic planning to share with you! We’ll show you how we plan and give you some practical advice on how you can plan an awesome year for yourself. Beginners welcome!

Finally, a plant-based natural wax with a fragrance throw that will knock your socks off, hot and cold! This is the finest plant wax available and will not disappoint in a luxury candle line! We have been testing different Apricot wax blends for YEARS and knew we wanted to bring on a paraffin-free blend, and this one hit all of our wishes!

** Disclaimer: This is all from our 30+ years of knowledge and experience. Everyone should do their own research and testing. We are not lawyers and cannot give legal advice.*

Adding some glitter to candles is perfect all year round especially for the holidays! It isn’t as simple as just adding some glitter to your melted wax since the glitter will sink to the bottom and you’ll never see it! You also want to make sure to keep it nontoxic!

** Disclaimer: This is all from our 30+ years of knowledge and experience. Everyone should do their own research and testing.

As the colder months approach dry lips are almost inevitable. This cranberry lip scrub is perfect to help exfoliate and rejuvenate leaving your lips soft and smooth! A lip scrub is best used at night just apply and gently exfoliate using your fingertip then wash off or put in a tube and rub over lips in a circular motion.