I Tested Clickbait DIY Candle "Hacks"
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- Publicado el 4 ago 2021
- Hello friends! So, previously we have tested out many a bizarre hack video -- from beauty hacks, to fashion hacks, to photo/video hacks AND soap art hacks -- from Blossom, 5 Minute Crafts, and others -- and in general, I have not been impressed. BUT, a couple of months ago when I stumbled upon these beautiful CANDLE art hacks -- I fell in love. These are the coolest candles I've ever seen and I needed to have them. So we decided to pick out a few key candle art hacks and see if they are just pure clickbait, or if you can actually make any of these crafts IRL. We tried a margarita jelly candle hack, a whipped wax latte candle hack, and a wax cherry blossom tree hack. What do you guys think of our final products??
What do you guys think of these soap hacks??
You can check out the Blossom videos that contain our hacks here!
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EDIT: also, the wick we used for the cherry blossom hack was pre-waxed! it was a roll of pre-waxed wick :)
HELLO FRIENDS!! hope u all are doing well! in this video, we test out 3 ~viral~ candle art hacks and honestly, they didn't turn out all that bad!! what do you guys think of our attempts?? xoxo, saf
Try to make crayons. That would be cool lol!
The wax to wick ratio was wonderful
you should do a lipstick candle
Great job!! The final results were very impressive aesthetically for all 3, all things considered.
Please do more with jelly soap/jelly wax/maybe even Jello someday! It's so fun to watch.
Can you test cheap / recommended clothes from shein or try tiktok hacks
As a bartender who makes my fair share of margaritas, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve overfilled a cup with too much ice and ruined part of a salt rim 😂😂 so seems pretty authentic to me
@Reddish Gurl the restaurant I work in serves our on the rocks. There so many different variations of the classic margarita recipe, which is the cool part about bartending; there is no one set way to make any one drink.
@David Roybal just wanted to say I admire your nice response to that snarky comment lol
@Reddish Gurl There are literally frozen margaritas blended with ice, don't think some ice cubes will ruin it too hard haha
@Reddish Gurl though it isnt the traditional recipe, of course you can!!! There are recipes that call for ice and some people might want their drink on ice, it wont ruin the flavor
You literally make a boozy slush, why is ice needed? lmfao
I love how Safiya and Tyler are still out here breaking societal norms of daily uploads by staying true to rarer, longer, quality videos. No pressure to keep up with weekly or even daily videos. Just intense excitement every time I stumble across the newest video.
They should've made the "toppings" scented too, maybe vanilla for the latte candle?
@bofooit gojo yeah
Im ur 200th like :)
True. It's a pleasant surprise to see a new video from time to time.
I thought the exact same thing a few days ago. I was just thinking about her and how I actually find time to watch her content and look forward to it because it is not not three cheap videos that I have seen somewhere else already but instead original high quality stuff. Tylers and Safs videos always have this fun "small documentary" feeling to me.
That turned out surprisingly well. If Blossom starts doing a better job at giving instructions, measurements, and necessary warnings then they could become a legitimate craft channel.
As well as actually start doing more real stuff, since they still have too much fake stuff
@I don't kn ow what to put That's true as well.
yeah i mean atleast theyre better than 5 minute crafts lmao
5 minute crafts... imagine the frantic search to add something, anything, to a new video that hasn't been shown 100,000 times already, blah
5 tips from someone who's made candles with better tutorials than Blossom's:
- *Glue your wicks to the bottom of the candle before you even start melting wax.* Don't do the latte thing where they just shove the wick in last minute!!! They definitely just forgot it in the video and went like "well it only has to work for as long as it takes to light the candle." Your wicks need to be centered well, in the bottom of the jar, or the candle won't burn right! You can prop them on popsicle sticks laid across the rim of the jar too, to help keep them centered while your wax cools.
- *There's an ideal temperature to add fragrances.* Look it up for the kind of wax you're using. Otherwise the scent oils can bead up in weird ways or just not bond with the wax properly. At best it won't disperse scent well (poor "throw") and at worst you can end up with pockets of flammable oil.
- *Candle making suppliers sell coloring chips.* Saf used one for the cherry blossom branches. Honestly, I was really surprised how well the brown crayon worked for the latte drink candle--normally that doesn't go so well. Coloring chips are much more reliable. Never try to use liquid food coloring for candles, it's literally oil and water.
- *There are lots of kinds of wax.* Even within a category, like "soy wax," there are different consistencies and they're for different things; the wax you use for jar candles is softer than the stuff you use to make pillar candles. Most kinds of soy wax have a lower melting point than paraffin (except the really hard kinds used for pillar candles), and so it probably would have been less burny to use for the cherry blossom thing because it can get cooler and still be liquid. Hard to say without testing though.
- *In the whipping video,* their wax was already close to melting point in the bowl (it was just about to harden). You can see it starting to turn white around the edges of the bowl. It's probably easier if you let it cool off a bit first. It'd probably be a better tutorial if they _told you this._
As always, the tutorials leave a lot out here. Real instructions just don't make as pretty of a video as attention-grabbing jumpcuts. I'm glad these worked out as well as they did though!
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Thanks 😊 but how. Much free time you got🤔
But pockets of flammable oil! It's a risk Blossom is ready to take on your house.
Sis it's not that deep, Saf is doing this for fun and isn't presenting it as a tutorial
@H Macklemore You misread the comment. They're criticising Blossom, not Saf. Blossom is 100% trying to make it a tutorial.
Wow that all great info ty
Safiya: “is this a fire hazard?”
*candle literally on fire*
Tyler: “uh probably”
Me: Does this possibly look like the lights in the great hall in Harry Potter?
Mind: Probably
A NSFW profile took this comment and replied to me :l
Irk lolllll
Tyler yelling “I Promised my mom” as Saf eats the wax is my favorite moment ever
As someone who stuck her hand warm wax as a child, I was actually fairly confident in the cherry blossom one lmao
Same 😂
its actually pretty common for ren fairs
Omg same
Used to do that in scout camps when we made candles lol
@imagery what're ren fairs?
Tyler: "it looks amazing from this angle."
Saf: " then film it from that angle!"
Lol
On the margarita candle, perhaps allowing the "drink" portion to partially cool would hold the "ice cubes" up a little better? So there'd be more structure to provide distinction between the colored base and clear additions?
I also agree, scenting the "cubes" would be smart!
Yeah that's what I was thinking
As a candle maker that margarita is a fire waiting to happen. The container is not thick enough and the fact that is gel wax which burns hotter than wax makes it even worse. Also fires are caused by too much fragrance/essential oil and using the wrong wick. And never ever use crayons
Hello I am a year in the future
having Tchaikovsky’s Waltz of the Flowers playing in the background somehow just adds to the pure chaos that is Safiya putting candle whipped cream on a fake latte
The 3rd candle is actually something some do on Vietnamese new year and we stick it onto branches and we leave it in our house. But instead of lighting it we leave it there and get rid of it at the end of new year ( lasts 3 days). If you want to do it I recommend you have cold water nearby and coat the flower 2 or 3 times because it becomes thicker making it less breakable and easier to remove
Safyia is gonna start her own hack channel called “4 hour hacks”
TommyInnit 🅥 Jump in the Cadillac
SuperSpaceBro anything you want-
SuperSpaceBro never gonna give you up
@surya never gonna let you down~
@emroes never gonna run around, and hurt youuu
She was making that latte foam and said "Maybe you should back up....." and Tyler DID NOT EVEN HESITATE. We stan a husband who listens. 😂😍
Safiya: Is this a fire hazard?
“Candle”: *has a billion wicks*
“Candle”: *literally has highly flammable material for a base*
“Candle”: *making of process is from a content farm and is literally a burn hazard before the damn thing is lit*
… you might wanna have a fire extinguisher on standby next time you do Hacked Candles…
The cherry blossom branches are basically just very oldschool candlemaking. Start with a wick, dip it, hang to dry, repeat for 7 million years until it's thick enough to be sturdy and burn slow. So that's pretty cool!
is it just me who loves the way saf talks? her voice just gives her so much personality and the minute i hear her talking i get happier
This woman is saving me so much money, time, and frustration by doing all of these 'quick' and 'easy' hacks so I don't have to.
Safiya's obsession of candles will NEVER get old
more like her obsession with wax🤣
omg you got a heart!
My obsession with Safiya never gets old!
Daisy!
Never thought I’d see you here, what are you doing nowadays?
Anyone else screaming that the “vase” in blossom’s video is clearly also full of wax??? They made it so much harder on themselves with the foam 😭
I'll just pretend like this -video- could be of any relevance, to anything, and like I know what we're talking about here. xD
@Jamie Probably not harder as far as construction goes but definitely much more of a fire hazard... they were lucky that the flames did not touch the foam (even if it didn't catch on fire but melted instead, there still would be some horrid and possibly toxic fumes)
It would probably have been harder considering that they'd have to either shove the wicks into a vase of hardened wax or time everything so the wicks went in while the wax was still soft, but not so soft the wicks fell over.
not a candle maker, but as a professional baker i have sooooo many ideas on how to whip the wax more efficiently:
- you could use ice bath while whipping it, or just some cool water if it hardens too fast
- you could let it semi-harden, THEN whip it so the hard bits and the liquid bits blend together in the desired texture while it fluffs up, but that risks in it being a bit chunky
- same technique as above but instead of letting it harden you melt half the wax and after cooling it a bit you dump in the other half to get the right temperature and texture (we use technique for tempering chocolate, and the name for it in french translates to "insemination" 😳)
- im just having fun at this point but if you have a marble countertop, you could spread it around with a spatula or bench scraper until it thickens, then return it to the bowl for whipping
a lot of these ideas come from working with chocolate cuz wax and cocoa butter (a component in chocolate) do seem to share a lot of qualities, so that white chocolate comparison wasnt too far off actually 😂 and again tho, im not a candlemaker so dont quote me on any of this lol
So that you have an actual real person in this threat: those are some really cool tips
wow
the last tip is how you make branch chocolate! that's how we call it in my country.
basically is doing what they said but just folding it until it almost hardens, make a thin sheet and then roll and/or fold it until it looks like a cinammon branch
it's so fun to bite into! i think it's also good for people who can't bite the hard chocolate
and it's so fun to watch being made too, last time i saw a dude irl do it they were showing the little kids in the fair
the comparison of the chocolate and wax was good because cocoa butter it's very stiff compared to other oils/butters which is why natural lip balms for people with sensitive skin are pure cocoa butter, i think
The latte candle is something my grandma used to sell at her antique store!! She sold them in flavors like fruity pebbles and cereal flavors and cookie or seasonal flavors! she didn’t make them but they looked darn cool.
Safiya manages somehow to make me sit through a 30 minute video of stuff I actually don’t care about, and on top of that entertain me ahah
If Bath and Bodyworks had any sense they would colab with Safiya. Much like the Colourpop colab it would sell out in no time. I want to see a Colab with Simply Nailogical with Lipstick and Nail Polish duo.
I also want to see her collab with Royalty Soaps. That would be so cool!
Oooh. Maybe like a "Nightshade", a deep purple holo one/floral candle or "Going/Gone Batty" a bat glitter shaped topper!! 🦇💿
Yaasss!!!!! The lipstick 💄 and nail polish 💅 with both of them!!!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍😍
i’d be so happy if she did a colab with some small shops… because most of them make everything from hand so the formulas would be so much different than ones mass produced
PETITION NOWWWWW COLLAB WITH SAF AND SIMPLY FEAT. TYLER AND BEYYYYYN
I just realised something: The video where they showed how the cream was made.... it's definetly egg whites!!! It looks 100% like egg whites, and also foams up exactly the same way (like, the little sprinkles on the sides of the bowl and the consistency) They probably filmed the video of the actual process and were like 'no this is really not presentable enough' and just took egg whites to make it look nice and pretty.
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if that were the case. Hack channels tend to be more presentation than practicality.
Honestly, maybe, maybe not. Could be that they did it to save time, but if you look at the video, there seems to be a thin film on the sides of the bowl that seems more opaque like dried candle wax. Based on other websites and other tutorials, it's totally possible to whip the candle wax in less time than they did anyway, they just didn't let it cool down at all before starting like they should have LMAO
Could just be straight up whipped cream, too, if it's the one I'm thinking it is.
I kind of liked that the ice cubes melted first because it made it more realistic 😂
I would say, for the Cherry Blossom hack, it definitely functions more as a display candle rather than functional candle.
The Blossoms flower part can be done differently !
Personally, I use the store candles and just use the candles like normal, except they melt wayyyyyy easier and because of that, they are fully melted and the wax is not even hot ! It’s actually feels like dipping your hand onto your average warm bath water. They dried very quickly and come of easy, too
For the cherry blossom candle “it’s wax to wick ratio is so off,”: I wonder if you could make the branches before hand the same way (maybe smaller…?), set them in a large enough vase and then fill that larger vase slowly with cherry/cherry-blossom scented clear jelly wax? Then you could see the branches but maybe the flames would a smidge more controlled. That candle might be huge if you’re not careful though.
Or they could do another type of flower and use scents for the flowers themselves.
Safiya: “This is a shank!”
Tyler: “You slapping it?”
Safiya: “This is a flank!”
Tyler: “Slap that bag.”
Safiya: “This is a steak!”
😂😂😂😂
The theme song
Omfg saf can for sure smack it lol stern hand smack
Ummmmmmm ok I see you girl/boy
I'm genuinely shocked at how well those hacks worked irl! Nicely done, and good to see you guys posting again. Stay well!
Safiya is pure gold. She’s beautiful inside and out. Sending love to you both ❤️
ive done the cherry blossom one, after failing with the dipping the wick in brown wax i decided to just use paint (i wasnt burning it), and i like the feeling of hot wax on my fingers so it was pretty easy for me to do it (i used to dip in fingers in my moms candles LMAO
Sammmeeeee
Also Cristine will be proud with your "Oh my god it's a candle!" troom troom girl voice
for the margarita candle one, it would be easier if you poured the candle wax half way in cup first, let that harden and then put the ice cubes in and poured the rest of the wax solution after (make sure not to overflow it). It would have been easier to show visibility of the ice
As a candle maker myself, something that should be said when it comes to gel wax is you have to make sure whatever oil you use is gel safe fragrance. If you have a fragrance oil within a certain flashpoint it can literally make the candle explode. And there are percentages of wax to fragrance ratios.
The wax frosting you need to cool the wax before whisking the wax. It’s quite easy and quick to make. But you do have to wait for it to cool before whipping it. I don’t know why they call these hacks!
I think they called it hack to lure into false pretense that these are easy as they presented it to be, that any average human could do it. However, it's been pointed out on the soap maker channel that they still put questionable and even potentially dangerous stuff into soaps. They did not care at all on actual practical function of the thing they create, they just care to look pretty.
@Dodi Xaverius yeah it’s incredible in a very sad way how they can keep putting up the dangerous “hacks” they do. It actually pinched a nerve a little seeing people just randomly putting stuff in the gel wax without figuring the right ratio and also now knowing the flashpoint of the oils.
@C Trivy I think if you do some more research, find a version of this tutorial done by a pro, you could probably still diy it
@Anna Jensen absolutely. I know it sounds intimidating but a little research goes a long way. Once you know what you’re after and how much of everything you can find amazing tutorials to help you along the way. Once you’ve done it a couple times it’s easy as pie!
Having bad pms leg cramps, her videos are my safe place, where everything slowly goes away. And I start laughing bc of the commentary.
Having as much wax as you do, you should find more to try. This was fun to watch and helped me know whether or not I want to make some candles. Fun!
Just as a heads up. The candle won’t work for very long for the coffee candle. You need a dye for the wax, not mica powder (which is what in your crayons). If you use mica, the mica will start to cut off flow of the wax to the flame via the wick. So, even if you WANTED to burn your coffee candle, it wouldn’t work for very long.
THANK YOU for the instructions and measurements! I tried the coffee one! It turned out slightly uglier the yours,but I really loved it!
Safiya putting on the “whip cream” and Tyler hyping her up is so stinking wholesome Omgsh. The sheer joy 😂💙
*whipped*
Thats what marriage does to you lol
It is so incredibly cute and unexpectedly funny! The joy from Tyler is just SO PURE! 😄
Yeah i love them together sm :)
4k’th like reeee
I love the clear ones with the funfetti soaps in them and I agree that they look cooler when you hold them up to a light. The little succulent soaps were pretty cute too.
You two are so patient and cheerful while you try these hacks!
I am so impressed you mixed for 30 mins, I barely can for 5 mins. Absolutely love the cherry blossom one!
I think the cherry blossom candles would look so good on a cake in a Japanese themed birthday party though!!.. You'd have to blow it out fast, but past that, it's quite cute, I must say.
I just want to say that watching this video was very satisfying and humorous to me. The 'bouquet of matches' and 'the wax to wick ratio is wack' was killin! This is my first time vid of Safiya and I'm now a satisfied sub. Thanks for making my day.
Safiyah: "Is this a fire hazard?"
Me, looking at that highly flammable florist's foam: "Yep."
😂
IKR? I was seriously bracing myself.
honestly lol, i think it was a cup of candle wax in the video they watched
I thought this 😰🤭😬😂😅
Honestly, I love losing track of this channel and just coming back and bingeing. I love you Saf 💕
I love how you mentioned the book”The Lion,the Witch,and the Wardrobe”because my daughter actually just finished reading the book in her class.
Ps…Keep doing good and don’t give up on these vids they bring me joy and inspiration everyday!
I really want to see the video of Safiya trying to trick MatPat with the coffee candle!
Whenever you use wax on your body, go for Soy wax. It melts on a way lower degree and dries off much faster. Paraffin needs a higher degree until it melts. You could also just go for some specially designed body wax, which is safe and has some essential oils in it. Please don´t burn yourself next time
This is the comment I was looking for. I am new to playing with wax on my body, but know paraffin wax is bad. Couldn't remember which ones would be better suited at the top of my head. [:
i like the fact that you saved me the time in doing the experiment myself also i was able to decide other wax i may use that may be better in comparison to what you have used and to add more scents etc .... loved the videos and your personality keep doing these videos
my first day of preschool I've been told I made a beeswax candle - the type where you roll up a sheet of beeswax around a wick. My mom says I was so proud and excited at the prospect of her using it. Lo and behold at dinner that night she set it on a candle holder and LIT IT ON FIRE! Tiny me was horrified at my art being destroyed and cried not understanding that candles are very different from my older siblings drawings on the fridge where they stayed safe.
Awww poor you! 😂
I had that too! I came home another day and my mum had lit them and I cried
If I was a mom I wouldn’t have lit it & I would’ve just saved it lolol but that’s just me.
Oh no haha! That’s so sweet and sad
I was the 1 thousandth like. Never before has the opportunity to click that 999 happened to me
I like this video. Making candles and the wicks parts are low-key the frustrating parts for me when I made some once. The ideas here are aesthetically nice though.🌸
Maybe Blossom isn't sharing the specifics on purpose, so we could just keep on watching their videos trying to figure everything out.
Safiya feels like a chill gothic best friend ❤
"Cottage core menorah" - not going to lie, I was legit thinking 'oh hey I could make that for channukah' when it was all lit :D
I had the exact same thought haha
I want to do weird experiments with y’all! 🥺
I would do nothing but play with that bag of jelly wax 😂
Tyler yelling "Fluff, you bastard!" has stuck itself into my brain and I will never not use it when baking now
Everytime I fail horribly trying to make frosting I'm going to stand over the mixer yelling that.
I broke my feet today because I kicked my computer because someone commented that my videos are bad! I hate unjustified criticism. Please wish me a speedy recovery, dear tay
TommyInnit 🅥 Hello fakeinnit
I’m a professional candle maker and I so enjoy your hack “smacking” lol
Not gonna lie, her tapping All Star on the bag of wax was actually pretty good lmao💀
I love that the pink plattform Crocs have their own podium on the kitchen counter 😂😂
Safiya is the definition of a normal human being
Can you imagine a birthday cake with a cherry tree forest of candles on top? ☺️would be so prettyyy
This reminded me of my mom's late-90's candle parties. Jelly candles were so popular in the 90s
My grandma had at least 3 in the living room. When I was over when I was little I would just stick my finger in them because it felt weird. She would get so mad😂
Omg I used to do the same thing! The ones that looked like water on top of sand but were actually Jelly used to mess me up so much as a kid! And then when they got all dusty on top….
In Mexico they're still a thing in Quinceañeras party's. Not as common as it used to be, but you can still easily find them
Also, pls give me some cultural context: what is or how do you do a candle party?
I had one given to me in maybe 2006 in a small champagne flute shape glass (with out the stem) with little sea shells in the peach colored jelly wax haha
I’m surprised that Blossom didn’t show how to make candles from-
Oh yeah…
Anyways, if you ever want to make candles from scratch, it isn’t hard! I’m not 100% wether or not you’ve don’t it already.
Step one: Get a block of regular (it will be white/opaque) wax, no colorations or anything.
Step two: Get colored dye from the store, it will almost always be scented. This is on purpose.
Step three: Place large stew pan on stove with water half way-ish.
Step four: Take a pan with handles that will fit into the stew pan without touching the water, place a metal rod long enough to stop it from falling in through the handles.
Step five: Take regular wax and place it into the small pan.
Step six: Wait until wax is melted, then add dye.
Step seven: Tie pre-waxed wick to soda can tab. Place that on bottom of container so wick stays above the top edge.
Step eight: If the wick will not stay, wrap it around a utensil. Knife, fork, spoon, anything not too round. So pencils and chopsticks are out the window. (Knives work really well)
Step nine: Pour melted wax into container until it reaches desired level. Make sure the wick stays above it.
Step ten! Wait until cool, then take wick off of utensil.
Feel free to create lavender, apple, cinnamon, and more! You can even add ice cubes at certain points to create a REALLY cool effect.
This is coming from a person who spent their childhood making candles
You guys are hilarious. Love the Narnia reference. I laughed so hard at all your references. You guys are so funny! I have to subscribe and watch all your other videos. Really fun and informative.
Who else thinks Safiya has a voice that sounds like a narrator.. I love it!
Yes! I'd love to hear her narrate a wildlife documentary!
6:56
“They look like what I imagined Turkish Delight look like reading The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe.”
I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT TOO!
And it is pretty close. Just a pink colour and a covering of sugar.
@K O'B True.
@Adam Martins indeed
I remember in my first school in like 2nd grade. My class had a treat of watching the movie "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" and a lady came in that made us Turkish delight for us and it was pretty good.
I absolutely love the jello wax candles
Safiya's intro brings so much peace and comfort
Yes!
Lol
i miss the “this is safiya’s new intro song”
@misses elise same
And then you get the choatic videos
I’m shocked she didn’t make a pun with the blossoms at the end, she definitely had the opportunity to say it was wicked… (thx for the likes)
Safiyah’s cherry blossom tree is so adorable!!
As a beginner candletuber, this made me happy :)
Tip for those who want to make whipped candle wax: Let the wax cool down until the top of the wax layer is white but the centre is still liquid before mixing
We learned about candle making this summer, dip the wick in wax twice and then into ice water, helps cool the wax instantly and then you can dip it again!
It’s always good to be reminded that the hair twisting thing was not a fever dream and I did actually beg for it for Christmas. And then used it approximately three times.
I got one second hand from a family friend when I was little dont think I ever used it I only ever used the clips it came with
Aster Regis it was on my Christmas list and Santa didn't bring it 😭😭
Aster Regis Yeah thats the one I had lol
Omg I REMEMBER THAT
Aster Regis omg i totally had the same thing
I went to a craft fair where there were many wacky candles from jelly margaritas to froot loop candles (isn't that scent was so accurate-) in was in awe and could not stop poking the jelly ones lmao
The bubble texture aspect is interesting. I never thought about that in candy
Love the cherry blossom did not think that would work 😀
The lion the witch and the wardrobe reference 🖤👌 and yes, Turkish delight does pretty much loo like that. Usually a color with sugar on the outside like a little sparkly coating, and sometimes a nut on the inside!
I’ve now decided I will be creating 8 cherry blossom tree candles and using them as menorahs this Chanukah.
Soy wax probably would have been better for the cherry blossom one. Paraffin is pretty soft for a candle, which is why it melts at a temperature low enough to just shove your whole fist into (you had it too hot). Soy needs a bit more heat but is still skin safe with the water barrier, and it dries harder and thicker. As for usage, it would be great on top of a birthday cake, especially if you stripped the brown wax off the ends of the wicks and dipped them in the pink while you were waiting for the temp to come down for finger insertion.
18:55 You could put a cream/sugar/cinnamon scent in the white part and a coffee in the brown part, to make a double candle with a changing smell.
I know you’re not going to see this, but every time I get really anxious and need to fall asleep, I watch one of your videos and feel a whole lot better :]
Something cool you can try with a candle is when you blow it out, if you quickly hold a flame in the smoke trail above it, it will reignite the candle just using the vapor (I wonder how this trick would work with the cherry blossom candle and that plume of smoke?)
Safiya digging into that gel wax brought back so many memories of me digging into my grandma's friend's gel wax candle for the sensation and to fish out the little figures suspended in it LOL
Actually in truth the cherry blossom kinda would work well as a cottage core menorah if you made enough branches for all 8 nights. Hanukkah candles aren't really meant to burn for that long.
Could be cute but you'd need to make 8 of them since you're not supposed to blow out the candles 😅
I mean 8 nights, that's like 192 hours
I was thinking a menorah as well! But you can't blow out the candles so you'd have to make a lot or just use it on the last night.
That’s gonna be a lot of candles, and it looks as if you’d be left with just a puddle of wax before you’re done with the shehekeanu
Cottage core menorah would be a great band
The way that she speaks is so pleasing to hear for a non-native English speaker. 💛
Saf: *doesn't put any scent in her candles*
Also Saf: "the candles don't smell like anything"
She did put something... Did you miss the lime and the coffee essential oils? The problem was that the recipe only called for the essential oils to be in the main part of the drink and not the parts that are on top. She was just copying the recipe
i really like the martini one. i think your coffee one can be kept in the bathroom to cover crappy smells! and the cherry blossom shall not be burnt!
When whipping wax, you need to let it get fairly cool and start setting before whipping it. Safiya has so much patience to keep whipping it for that long!
Very impressive. Enjoyably fun to watch.
When she didn't put any scent into the whipped wax after saying putting no scent in the ice cubes were a mistake hurt me a lot :')
I was looking for this comment... Channelling my inner Roxie (from Dead Like Me) I kept audibly telling her through my my monitor "So... add some damn scents, asshole"
In the most loving way, of course, Safiya is MyGaardian (I had to)
Haha yeah I thought the same but then I thought I think their main point was the instructions givin were so vague and whatnot, so they wanted to make exactly what they saw, so no scents lol but yeah that problem could be solved very easily tbh
I see how you think this due to the way it was edited, but in reality Safiya made all the candles before lighting any of them, proven by the shot near the end that shows all the candles with their wicks still white, so by the time she lit the margarita candle and realized it needed scent in the cubes, she had already made the other two candles so it was too late.
@Trudy Ahh that explains it as well! Thanks for clarifying, I wouldn't have noticed that! Also, to reiterate, I didn't mean what I said in any negative way at all :D
Loves how she calls us friends!
I feel like Marinette
If you get it, you get it
As someone with some experience of making dip tapers, all the wax for the cherry blossoms needs to be quite a bit cooler.
My husband would like to personally thank you guys for doing these as it means I can "experience" these crafts and not spend $92 in craft supplies and ruin our kitchen.
Tyler is a professional himbo/simp and I love it. He's always hyping up queen Safiya
The cherry blossom tree seems like it could be a cute cake topper other than all the wax drip. Like for a birthday cake having each branch be a year.
The cherry blossoms remind me of birthday candles with their functionality