Candle Mould – Snowflake Pendant

01 · 70-75 °C, NOT 55-65

Beeswax is not even in play at 55

The maker's sheet asked for 55-65 °C and called it a high temperature. It is the other way round: beeswax melts between 62 and 65 °C, so at 55 there is nothing to pour, and at 65 you pour wax that has only just liquefied and arrives thick at the tips of the flake, exactly where fluidity is needed.

The right point is 70-75 °C, below the 85 above which wax darkens. With soy wax or paraffin the number is different: each has its own.

02 · SNOWFLAKES WITH ARMS INTACT

Spray, taps and a complete cool

Silicone spray is not optional on this model: with so many recesses, without a release agent the flake stays inside in pieces. It is a mould without a slit, filled from above with no bands, and poured slowly so as not to drag air in; then a few quick taps on the sides bring the bubbles up.

What really changes the result is patience: unmould the flake fully cold, at room temperature, and slowly. The freezer does not help with beeswax: chilled suddenly it turns brittle, the thin arms break more easily and, coming out, the piece picks up condensation.

03 · ORNAMENT OR SCENT TABLET

Two products from the same mould

LYSON lists it as a hanging decoration, with no wick: to hang it, push a toothpick through while the wax cools to leave the hole for the ribbon.

And there is a second outlet that pays: the wardrobe scent tablet. Fragrance goes in — up to 10 % — with the wax already off the heat and about to thicken, because heat carries the aroma away. Being flat pieces with a lot of surface, they diffuse well without any flame.

04 · BEFORE YOU BUY

A filigree mould: it asks for technique, not force.