DIY Basic Candle made from Repurposed Wax

𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗬𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗫 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗝𝗔𝗥⁣⁣

This is my new favorite hobby! I go head over heels when I discover a DIY that allows you to not only create your own masterpiece but repurpose, upcycle and reuse items that people would otherwise throw away!

I use soy wax melts around my home and many times use seasonal scented soy wax for holidays or essential oils and other herbal infusions over the heat of the wax warmer. Whenever it dawned on me to save the wax from the wax melts once they lost their scent it was like a giant AHAAAAA moment.

The same goes for your candles. Once the candle is used up, there is usually a good amount of wax left at the bottom. Use the method I show below in the video to remove the wax and add it to your “old wax pile”.

I recommend using an old jar for this project to keep with the repurposed theme we have going here.

The below steps are for the most basic DIY candle. You can do fancy coloring and swirls with different colored wax etc. But that will be for a different post!

⁣⁣I SIMPLY….⁣⁣

𝚂𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚡 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚜 (𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚡! 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎: 𝚂𝚘𝚢) ⁣⁣

𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚠𝚊𝚡 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍. 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 : 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚔𝚒𝚗, 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚎 & 𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚛 & 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚑 𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚗, 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚢 𝚎𝚝𝚌. 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚛.

⁣⁣ 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚒𝚕, 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎-𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙸 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝙿𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚎 & 𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚒𝚕𝚜. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚍𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚒𝚕. 𝚂𝚎𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚠!

⁣⁣ 𝚆𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚡 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚒𝚕 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚍. 𝙼𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚡 = 𝟿 𝚘𝚣.

⁣⁣ 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚒𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝟼-𝟾%. 𝙼𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚡 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝟿 𝚘𝚣 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚒𝚕 = .𝟼 𝚘𝚣(𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙) 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝟼%. 𝙷𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚒𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚜. 𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚍𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚍𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜. 𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘!

⁣⁣ 𝙸 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚡 𝚊𝚍𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚊𝚋 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚛.⁣

⁣ 𝚃𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚊𝚡 𝚊𝚍𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚛 , 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚢, 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚡 𝚊𝚍𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚊𝚋 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎.

⁣⁣ 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚡 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚛 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚞𝚙 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚍.

⁣⁣ 𝙾𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚡 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝟷𝟾𝟶° 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝟷𝟾𝟻° 𝚊𝚍𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚒𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚛.

⁣⁣ 𝙿𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚡 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚓𝚊𝚛 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝. 𝙼𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚍𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚛𝚢. 𝚂𝚘, 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚕𝚢. 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚘, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚡 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚓𝚊𝚛.

⁣⁣ 𝙰𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚌𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍, 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝚈𝙾𝚄 𝚁𝙾𝙲𝙺!