4CandlesUK Candle Making Supplies Blog

We will be closing on Thursday, 19th December 2019 for the Christmas break. All orders placed before 12pm on the 19th December will be dispatched. Any orders which are placed after this time will be dispatched when we re-open on Thursday, 2nd January 2020.  We would like to thank all of our customers for their loyal and continued custom and hope that you and your families all have a wonderful, fun-filled Christmas break!

We are offering a fabulous 15% off all our fragrances this Black Friday! Add any fragrance to your basket and the discount will automatically be applied.  In addition to this, we are offering free shipping on all UK & EU orders with the promotional code "freeBFshipping" regardless of your order value! This offer is available across our website and on all our fragrance sizes including the 20ml, 75ml, and 150ml and 600ml bottles!  Both of these offers are valid until midnight tonight.

Three new fragrances have now been added to our Escentscia Style range! All of these fragrances are wonderfully unique and we are offering 50% OFF the 75ml until the 11th November 2019. The top, middle, and base notes for each fragrance can be found below:  Black Plum & Rhubarb Freshly picked plums entwines with wild tangy rhubarb to create a fragrance which is understated, elegant and quintessentially British. These notes are accentuated by a fruity accord of peach, blackberry, and added sunshine.  Dragon's Blood Dragon’s Blood is an oriental and earthy fragrance which incorporates top notes of orange blossom with middle notes of clove, patchouli and cedarwood. This comes to rest on a bed of Indian Incense, star anise and musk to create a fragrance which is complex, sophisticated, and has legendary depth.  Raspberry Tarte Top notes of succulent raspberries dance with a core of luxuriously thick cream, voluptuous vanilla and raspberry glaze whic...

At 4Candles, we take our commitment to the environment and corporate social responsibility seriously. We are continuously looking for ways to maintain the high-quality standards that our customers expect whilst minimising the impact we make on the environment. Over the last two months, we have been extensively trialling an eco-friendlier packaging solution – as many of our customers will know upon receiving their orders. Previously, we used branded plastic air bags to secure items within your order however we have now moved to a paper solution. Whilst the previous plastic solution was recyclable, the paper alternative has many eco-friendly advantages. The paper packaging is made from recycled material, supports renewable forestry, and is more widely recyclable. In addition to this, the paper packaging can be re-used when fulfilling your own orders and is fully compostable! We have received great customer feedback since implementing this change and have sent several thousand parce...

Whether you’re looking to entertain the kids over half term, or looking to brighten up your candle stall, these Halloween votive candles are a chandler’s equivalent of carving a pumpkin! We enlisted the help of some children to create our ghoulish designs! Step 1 – Make Votive Candles:  To begin, you will first need to choose your fragrance and colour combination! We chose the following colours and fragrances: Inpex Candle Whitener with US Style Liquorice Fragrance Orange Inpex Deep Dye with US Style Pumpkin Souffle Fragrance Fluorescent Green (used at a lower percentage to create a ‘slime’ colour) with US Style Strudel & Spice Fragrance Fluorescent Green (used at a higher percentage to create a ‘Frankenstein’ colour) with 50/50 US Style Crème Brulee and US Apple fragrances to create a toffee apple scent! Once you have chosen your combinations, you will need to create the votive candles themselves using the votive wick pins, votive moulds, and Chandler G...

Escentscia hav e rebranded their ranges and tweaked the formulas. Ahead of changes to fragrance legislation, such as the reclassification of lilial, Escentscia have begun to implement changes ahead of time . These changes are very small and the scent of the fragrances and how they perform in your candles/melts has not changed in any way. Testing is not required. Escentscia Original fragrance oil range has now been rebranded to Prime Range. Prime Range fragrances are designed to be used as a strong single scent. They can be used on their own or together for your own unique blend.  Escentscia have also rebranded the Escentscia US Style fragrance oil range to Style Range. Style, by definition, is an elegant, fashionable, or luxurious mode of living. We believe this perfectly embodies the style fragrances which are styled blends designed by expert perfumers.  All our fragrance oils are suitable for vegans, not tested on animals, and are paraben, petroleum and s...

We have now introduced the TCR Candle Wick series to our website. This is a wick which we have been asked to stock and we now offer a whole range of sizes. As with all of our wicks, the TCR can be coated in natural wax. The TCR candle wick is an unbleached, self-trimming candle wick suitable for natural waxes including soy and rapeseed. The wick is made from cotton entwined with a thread of paper.  The core of this wick has a supportive external jacket which is designed to eliminate sooting and minimise mushrooming. The smallest sizes are also suitable for natural tealights.  The TCR Wick is available to purchase in many formats including in sample amounts, raw and pre-waxed. We offer a fully bespoke waxed wick service where customers can choose the height of the wick, the type of wax it is coated in, and the sustainer they would like this placing on. Below, you will find a wax pool guide for the TCR candle wick series: Wax Pool Guide – Soy Wax TCR...

Our new Summer fragrance oil range is now available and we are offering 50% off the 75ml bottles on all six fragrances until the 7th July! 😁  4Choo, 4Millions-M, and Blueberry Muffin have all been added to our Escentscia range.  Mango & Lychee, Cherry & Lime, and Fountain of Youth have all been added to our US Style range.  Perfect for this weekend's fantastic weather! Enjoy! ☀️☀️☀️

We currently stock a total of nine different pillar mould sizes and are frequently asked how much wax you should use for each size. Below, you will find a guide of how much wax to use for each of our pillar moulds. Whilst this is only a guide, as the amount of wax used depends on how high the mould is filled, the below measurements are a great reference point for calculating how much dye, fragrance oil, and wax to use for your candles.  If you are interested in making pillar candles for the first time, you can purchase our  Chandler Grey Pillar Kit he re or you can also read our  in-depth guide on how to make pillar candles.   50mm Diameter Moulds: 50 x 100: 160g 50 x 150: 240g 50 x 200: 310g 62mm Diameter Moulds:  62 x 100: 270g 62 x 150: 400g 62 x 200: 550g 75mm Diameter Moulds: 75 x 100: 400g 75 x 150: 560g 75 x 200: 800g If you have a candle making topic which you'd like to see a guide for, please contact us  and we will b...

We will be closing tomorrow (18th April) at 4pm for the Easter bank holiday break. All orders placed before 2pm tomorrow will be despatched. Any orders which are placed once we are closed will not be despatched until we re-open on Tuesday, 23rd April. We wish all of our customers a lovely bank holiday weekend! 🐰

We have now added two labels to our Safety Stickers Range designed specifically for wax melts and tarts!  Alongside general warning information, these labels also contain burning instructions and are suitable for both melts which are melted using a tealight burner or an electric burner. One important factor which we considered when developing these labels is that many wax melt safety labels which are available on the market advertise using an oil burner to melt their wax melts. Oil burners are designed very differently to wax melt burners and, alongside the possibility of overheating the wax, many of our customers have also advised that using an oil burner to melt their wax melts could invalidate their liability insurance. Because of this, we have designed these labels to comply with industry-leading recommendations and advice.  The large labels have a diameter of 50mm and the small labels have a diameter of 32mm meaning that no matter whether you’re making deli po...

⭐️⭐️⭐️COMPETITION WINNERS!⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thank you for all of your entries on our National Fragrance Day competition! It is wonderful to see such a wide variation between all of our customers' favourite fragrances. The three lucky winners have now been chosen at random and will each receive 10 x 75ml bottles of fragrance oil of their choice from our extensive fragrance range! 🎉🎉🎉

🔥🔥🔥🔥 COMPETITION TIME 🔥🔥🔥🔥 To celebrate National Fragrance Day, 4CandlesUK are giving away 10 x 75ml Escentscia/US Style Fragrance Oils to THREE LUCKY WINNERS! The three winners will get to choose the fragrances they wish to receive! To find out how to enter, visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/4CandlesUK   Competition will end on Thursday, 28th March at Midday. T&Cs Apply

We have now added five new fragrances to our Escentscia fragrance oil range!   We are offering 20% off the 20ml bottles of these fragrances until 11/03/2019!  Find a list and description of these fragrances below: Vetiver This fresh, citrus fragrance combines top notes of bergamot, lemon, and lime with middle notes of green moss and mixed spices. This fragrance is set on a complex musky base of vetiver and musk, with earthy tones. Cracklin Campfire Familiar and distinctive, this warming scent begins with top notes of campfire smoke and golden embers. This fragrance then develops to release musky middle notes of amber, saffron and clove. Cracklin Campfire is set on a woody base of sandalwood and patchouli, giving the fragrance extra depth. 4Bamboo Soft yet intense, this perfume type incorporates top notes of Italian bergamot and orange blossom; this fragrance has middle notes of Casablanca lily and ylang ylang and is set on a base of heady...

All our fragrance oils are formulated in the EU by Escentscia  and are all suitable for vegans, not tested on animals, and are paraben and sulphate free. But do you know the difference between our Escentscia Prime and Escentscia Style Range of fragrance oils? The first difference between our two ranges is that our Escentscia Prime range tends to be singular fragrances (such as Chocolate and a separate Orange.) Our Escentscia Style range however tends to be blends of fragrances (such as a combined Chocolate Orange). Whilst any of our fragrances can be blended together, we have formulated the Escentscia Prime Range as singular fragrances to allow you to blend and create your own unique and bespoke fragrances! In a growing market, this is a great way for you to stand out from your competitors. Whilst blending fragrances may not always be a 50/50 ratio, we do offer free CLP information for all blends created exclusively with our fragrances. The second difference between our tw...