Pillar Candles & Concrete creations with Afternoon Tea
£145
Hosted by award-winning founder, Paula Mateo
In Bexley, Kent, with easy access from London
Learn to create top quality, fragrant, natural pillar, 3D candles you can feel proud to burn in your home or gain enough skills to start a business. We will also make concrete trays to place your creations!
You will also learn about safety testing and compliance
Certificate of completion
Paula, the award-winning founder of Old Bexley Soap & Candle Co., a master Chandler with years of experience is your host and teacher.
You’ll be in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere and leave with all the creations you make. We finish with a delicious Afternoon Tea.
YOU WILL LEARN:
About the different type of waxes and their differences in candle making
About wick types and how to wick your candle correctly
How to burn a candle correctly
How to make your own soy wax pillar candles
How to scent your candles from a selection of the highest quality fragrances in the UK.
The variety of ingredients needed to make a natural candle, how to select and where to source them.
The equipment required to make your own candles and where to purchase it.
How to conduct burn tests to produce safe and fragrant candles you can give as presents or sell.
An introduction about compliance and regulations pertaining to the sale of candles.
About the best suppliers for your ingredients.
VENUE AND TIMINGS
Parkhill Road, Bexley DA5 1HY
The course runs from 10am-3pm in Bexley, Kent, easy to get to from London, Kent, Essex and East Sussex. We’re just a couple of minutes walk from Bexley train station (zone 6 on Oyster Card), with regular trains from London Bridge, Waterloo East, Charing Cross and Cannon Street. Bus 269, 132, B12, 229 and 492 stop nearby. If you are driving we’re just off the A2 and near the M25.
“I loved this course and it’s really inspired me to do this as a hobby to learn & perfect this craft. I had no appreciation for the theory behind making a great candle! Paula was friendly, informative, patient & so willing to share her passion. The day flowed very well, just enough to take in and it was a real treat to take time out for me! I’d highly recommend it. ”
“I had the pleasure of attending both the Candle and Reed Diffuser Courses by Paula. Both were extremely informative and provided great hands-on practice and guidance. I learnt the valuable practical skills and crucial information I needed for prepping to start my own business, that I can’t imagine I could have gotten anywhere else! It was exactly what I needed to have such an amazing launch. I would absolutely recommend her course.”
