Soy wax melts or “tarts” are one kind of wickless/flameless candle. You can use soy wax melts in a tart burner such as Scentsy wickless candles (flameless), or use with a tealight burner (which would not be flameless). They tend to give off a stronger fragrance than candles with wicks. One of the reasons for this is that you can use more fragrance oil in the tarts since you don’t have a wick to worry about clogging up. The other reason is that the whole wax melt, melts completely and more quickly, letting out more fragrance than wick candles.
So if you don’t want a burning flame but love the fragrance that a candle gives, then you should try going with wax melts for a wonderful wickless candle. Soy wax melts have the advantage of being made with all natural soy wax and you can make them with many different colors or leave them the natural creamy white color of the soy wax. You can also use either fragrance oils or essential oils. Read more about the difference between fragrance oils and essential oils.
How To Make Soy Wax Melts
You basically start with the soy votive candles recipe because you will be using soy votive wax so that the wax melts will release easier from the molds.
Follow all the directions for the soy votive candles keeping in mind that 1 soy wax melt, if you are using the metal tart molds, is just a little under 1 oz, so for 12 wax melts, use about 11 oz of soy votive wax and then about 1oz of fragrance or essential oil.
For however much fragrance oil you use, decrease the amount of wax, so like I said, if you need 12 oz to fill 12 tart
molds and you use 1 oz of fragrance oil, then only use 11 oz of soy wax. You can use a bit more fragrance oil or essential oil if you’d like.
So once the soy wax is heated to 190-200 degrees you can take it off the heat and let it cool to 185 degrees and then add your fragrance oil and dye. Stir well. Pour into molds at 175 degrees. Let cool, usually about an hour and then the wax melts should pop right out!
Use these tarts/melts in a tart warmer and you’ve got a flameless alternative to wick candles!
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Is the pouring temperature cooler if using the plastic clam shells?
Yes, you should pour around 130-140 degrees when using the plastic clamshells.
Hi Melissa, I have just started making my own candles and love your teaching videos. My question to you is, when you were doing this as a business, how did you go about making candles in a big enough bulk to sell at like craft fairs and such. The most I am able to do at one time is about 2 8 oz containers at a time. I thought you might have some suggestions for me.
Thanks so much and thanks for the great videos.
Jana Giraud
Jana, I am so glad you enjoyed my videos! I have 2 4lb pour pots and a 1.5 lb (which can actually fit 2lbs of melted wax). So one of those 4lb pots can do 8 8oz candles. You can usually find them at most candle supply sites or on Amazon. You can check out my supply list as I have links to some of the places you can buy them: https://soycandlemakingtime.com/candle-making-supplies-list/
Good information. Lucky me I discovered your site by accident (stumbleupon).
I’ve book marked it for later!
I had a customer return a melted soy tart. it did not cool with a smooth top, it looked like it may have bubbled or something. Is this normal? What caused it?
Pouring your tart too hot or cold could do this or pouring too fast. Hope this helps. I don’t know why she returned it, it’s going to melt anyway, it doesn’t bother the way the tarts perform!
Simone is correct, pouring too hot or cold or too fast. What type of wax are you using? (sorry for such a late response!)
I love the look of those silky smooth melts but am unsure of what wax to use, some say parrafin wax (which i believe hold fragrance better than soy wax), others say soy wax. What are your thoughts.
Paraffin wax is a lot stronger with the oils than soy. I make soy candles, tarts and melts as well. I love the Eco Soy CB Advanced Wax with my candles and the PB Pillar Eco Soy Wax for Melts and Tarts. I use 2 oz. of Fragrance per lb. of soy wax. Hope this helps as well.
I have been using Eco Soy PB lately and I love it. Makes absolutely beautiful melts and votives. I used to use Enchanted Lites Votive blend, and that’s what I used for the melts in the video, but it has been discontinued.
Thanks for your video it was very informative,I’m just starting to make melts etc,again,thank you 🙂
I was very intrigued on ur videos and thought they were absoluy brill something g else learnt thank u xx
You’re very welcome!
I use 100% soy wax. When making tarts what temp do you pour them at?
Can you use any fragrance oil? I am wanting to branch into making the wax melts for the wax burners, and I have a lot of fragrance oils that i use for all of my handmade soaps and bath products. Will those fragrance oils work?
I just read all of these but I am still dummo. I don’t know where to get flameless fragrance melts.
I don’t know how to make or where to get for homemade. I need to find Exotic flameless fragrance Rose Petal was melt, where to get them?
Help me to make them. How?
Does a fragrance oil flash point alter the temperature you add the fragrance at?
I found a great valentines gift for my fiancee on this site in the name. She loves anything to do with soy wax. Got the idea when I saw her on Soycandlemakingtime. Shes always on this site. Cant wait to give it to her next week.
Thanks for great articles
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