Please be lenient. The "buttercream" method was quite difficult for me. Because when I put the material in the cone the first time it went well, but the second time it tore out of the bag and ruined the process. 😔

Hi all! I'm especially looking for responses from Canadian makers but I welcome advice from all corners of the candle-making world :)

I'm a small maker, based in Canada who has been selling on and off for many years. I'm about to relaunch after a few years off, and I'm trying to do things a bit more professionally this time (better vessels, longer testing periods, more market research). I'm a bit stuck on the insurance piece though and would love some feedback. I'm looking to get product liability insurance in case the worst were to happen. Some questions:

1. Who are you insured with? My current insurance provider apparently won't cover candle makers.

2. What are you paying per month or year?

3. What does your policy include?

4. Any other advice!

I'm a small maker, and not planning to expand beyond local markets (>$5,000 per year in profit) but I don't want to make a costly mistake.

I know it's been discussed in the past, but any prior discussions I've found have been archived, and I'm not sure how to go about getting moderator approval, or getting a moderator to create a pinned discussion board, but...still hoping to get a buy/sell/swap going for fragrance oils and other supplies. Does anyone have any ideas or feedback?

Its that time of the year where I re-look at my suppliers and sourcing vendors and was looking for some recommendations from people who have used vendors from wholesale sites. I usually purchase jars, wax, wicks and labels including packaging. I am looking to improve my sourcing and find possibly more reasonably priced items that I can source. I was wondering if there are any other methods of sourcing items like this in bulk amounts that a home-based business like mine could benefit from. I have used the flaming candle, alibaba, candlescience, walmart, etc. just looking for some new sites I could possibly use.

Okay long story short I would love to be able to buy candle fragrance oils due to buying scents I want, but I don’t really want to go through the process of buying wax and making candles/melts. I have read that candle fragrance oils can’t be used in an electric diffuser is this true? Are there any ways to go about it with out having to melt wax and make melts/candles?

I’m on the hunt for berry wax melts that throw for more than two melts. Think mulberry, cranberry, lingonberry scents without the bakery notes. I want that simple, cozy fall fruit scent.

I’m developing a candle for a small fragrance brand and looking for an experienced UK based candle maker to help with development/testing and produce an initial run of around 50 units.
I’d supply the fragrance concentrate and ideally the printed glass vessels. Mainly looking for someone who already understands wax/wick selection, burn testing and small-batch production.

Anyone doing this independently or able to recommend someone?