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This Homemade Candle Tutorial Teaches to Make Votives in Any Container

This homemade candle tutorial shares a variety of ways you can make your own stylish votives in virtually any container that is heat proof. The instructions showcase how making inexpensive, customized and high-quality candles can be simple, quick and worth the results.

Soy candles are relatively easy to make requiring few ingredients with an easy clean up calling for items such as a melting pot, soy wax flakes, candle containers, wicks and essential oils for creating your own scents. Picking your votive containers offers makers a ton of choice from Mason jars to tins and thrifted ceramic pots. To estimate the amount of wax you need for each individual container, the tutorial recommends filling the container with water first to find out the volume. This can then be used to reference how much wax you need before you customize the scent and color of your homemade candles.
Trend Themes
1. Homemade Candle Making - Opportunity for small businesses and artisans to provide personalized and affordable candles.
2. Soy Wax Candle Trend - Growing demand for natural, eco-friendly, and non-toxic candles for health and environmental reasons.
3. Upcycling in Candle Making - Innovative use of different containers for candles that are unique and sustainable without the need for expensive custom molds.
Industry Implications
1. Craft and DIY Industry - Engage and stimulate the creativity of consumers with DIY candle making kits, crafting workshops, and supplies.
2. Home Decor Industry - Leverage the trend by offering a range of stylish and affordable candle holders, jars, and containers that complement different interior design styles.
3. Eco-friendly Industry - Offer sustainable and non-toxic candles as an alternative to paraffin wax candles that are harmful to health and the environment.

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