Naked candles

As the big holiday approaches there's that one last push of orders that sends us working overtime to get everything made and packed and shipped out.

These are what I've been pouring and dipping non stop for the past few months.

The novelty and figurine candles are rather stark when pulled from their molds. They're called "cores" which is just plain ole wax poured with a wick.  Many of our designs have their own unique core color based on what type of finish they get.

Some have multiple steps to the finish such as dipping in secondary wax colors, staining or even painting before their final glossing some are simply glazed with no over dipping.

Today and well in to the evening hours I'll be pouring and demolding the little angle candles, by tomorrow they'll have their gold and silver finish added and will be hung up ready for glazing. 

Angelic candles

I'm still struggling with how I want these to look.   The gold and silver dipped finish isn't as metallic as I hoped for, add the coating of glaze and they loose a lot of the fine detail that make these sculptured angel candles so stunningly beautiful.

This sweet baby angel cherub is finished in a spray on candle safe metallic paint.   I first started using this finish back when I was selling the molds.  I really like it and it doesn't hide the fine details of the candles, but I abhor spray painting.  My poor index finger hates me for a week and the only time there's a breeze is when I start shaking that can. 

My absolute favorite are the un-dyed  No glaze, no dip.  Just wax  in it's purest form.