Any Ex Candle Makers Here??

[AletheaAnderson]

Greetings Ladies,

I used to make specialty votives with essential oils, embedded with rocks, sparkles and all sorts of fun things. They were a part of my bath and body company that I sold in 2007

It is SO nice to be a candle business coach and let the corporate offices do the pouring and invest in the safety and testing. Now I can focus soley on the marketing and growth of my my business, allowing more time for family, friends and FUN!

[Yuliya Mironova]

"Old candle-makers never die - they merely wax and wane ..."

[Clee8212]

) How cute!

[Diane Mumm]

Hey Holly, nice to know you.. gold canyon I have heard of.. I like Scent -Sations and will be working this candle business. It is funny we can't get away.. I thought 10 years in the candle making industry would take me out of it.. but since I know candles what a great fit.. and it looks like you feel the same..

obviously a few people that know and realize the time and testing involved and want to leave that in the hands of other candle producers.. Focusing on growing our business.. and more time for the fun things in life, plus my house is not completely taken over.. that part I love..


I wish you success, and lets keep tabs on each other ..

Diane Mumm

[jenfrat]

I gave up candle making about 3 years ago after my first son was born. I just recently signed up with Scentsy...I get the fun of selling candles, and don't have to worry about making them.

[Mrs1stSgt]

I gave up my candle making business when i married into the military and started a family. I only make candle know for myself and my family.

[HollyinWA]

Hi Diane,

Glad to know you are happy with Mia Bella, and yes now we don't have to focus on testing and developing and all the other things that go into being a candle maker and having it as a business. Man, it is tuff! I am so glad that there are others as well, like us, who just can't get candles completely out of the system. I am looking forward to parties. Before, I would be happy when I would get a party but then I would cringe and dread the work afterwards. It made me not go out and seek parties. I only did them when they asked me. LOL Isn't that sad when one can get more business but don't want to and can't because of the amount of workload on one person? I am very relieved even though I still have sadness. I will get over not having my own products to be proud of.

I wish you the best with your new candle biz, and I hope you have lots of fun. I will stay in touch here.

~Holly

Originally Posted by Diane Mumm

Hey Holly, nice to know you.. gold canyon I have heard of.. I like Scent -Sations and will be working this candle business. It is funny we can't get away.. I thought 10 years in the candle making industry would take me out of it.. but since I know candles what a great fit.. and it looks like you feel the same..

obviously a few people that know and realize the time and testing involved and want to leave that in the hands of other candle producers.. Focusing on growing our business.. and more time for the fun things in life, plus my house is not completely taken over.. that part I love..


I wish you success, and lets keep tabs on each other ..

Diane Mumm

[Denise811]

Hi everyone! I can't say that I totally gave up candlemaking. LOL I love making soy candles and tarts. I just HATE testing. HEHE any how, I'm now with SoyLicious.com, selling them. I just make the candles for myself. I made soy candles for about 7 yrs. Nope, I don't think I'll ever give it up. lol

[DFWcandlemom]

I make candles every now and then. I used to make them all the time. Now, I am focusing on teaching candle-making in my home. I love candles, have been burned (no pun intended) by a few companies that have poor quality candles so I quit those companies.

Mia Bella has top-quality candles, Diane, you should do very well with them. If only other companies would take a lesson or two from Scent-sations, all would be well with the candle-making world. Their candles burned clean and even every single time. Scentsy is also very good quality product company.

[Wax Menagerie]

I bought a small candle-making kit online...took it out of the box, looked at it, put it back in the box and that's where it's stayed so far (except the wax melter ditty which I use to make samples for my current company). Maybe one day I'll have time, space, money to start making my own for fun but in the meantime I'm enjoying the same thing like Alethea said...not worrying about making high-quality candles, I just sell and market them