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How To Store Your Candles and Wax Melts
Knowing how to correctly store your candles and wax melts is a great way to ensure you have a backlog of products in stock whilst also keeping them fresh and in good condition for your customers. Take a look at just some of the ways you can store your creations to give them a longer shelf life!
Safety First
Before you get to the actual conditions of storing your wax based products, it's best to outline the safety aspects first. First and foremost, keep out of reach of children and pets. Often things such as individual wax melts can be mistaken by small children as edible, it’s best to keep all of your products out of sight and reach of children and pets in the home or keep them in a lockable cupboard.
Storage at height is also another important aspect to consider. Remember to always follow correct lifting procedures and remember to store heavier items on shelves between shoulder and mid-thigh height, ideally at waist height, for example this is applicable to heavier boxes that may contain filled candles in glass jars.
Temperature
One of the most important factors you need to consider when storing anything wax-based, is your temperature. You don’t want them to be stored somewhere too hot where your wax will melt or leach, alternatively you don’t want to store them somewhere too cold. Huge variances in temperature can affect the finish and burn of your creations, so it’s important to store them correctly.
Sunlight also has a tendency to bleach dyed candles after a while, leaving them looking faded or discolored, therefore we recommend storing them somewhere dry, out of direct sunlight and at temperatures no higher than 28°C.
Rotate Your Stock
When storing your stock, remember to rotate older candles and wax melts to the front of your stash to make sure you use them first.
Packaging Your Creations
To ensure that your candles and wax melts are kept in good condition, it’s important that you store and package them correctly.
Pillar Candles
Pillar candles don’t come in a container that will keep them clean and in good condition. To avoid candles sticking together and the wax being affected we recommend wrapping your pillar candles in tissue to provide a protective layer between the tacky wax, making the candles easier to separate and remove from storage later on.
Candles
One of the best ways you can keep candles free from dust, debris and everything in between is to invest in lids. Lids are a great way to keep dust out and fragrance in! Once your candles have suitable lids, it’s about keeping your glass or metal containers free from scratches and marks. Again, you can use tissue or card to create a barrier between the glassware. You can then store your candles amongst one another in a storage container. We recommend large plastic boxes that come with lids, these are waterproof and are also great at keeping dust and foreign objects away from your creations.
Wax Melts
Depending on the type of wax melts you’ve made will depend on how they’re stored. If they’re in a clam shell or deli pot they’re already packaged, just follow the same steps as storing your candles, wrap well and place in a durable box! If you have made individual melts using a silicone mould, you’ll have to think about your packaging. Glassine bags are a popular choice for storing wax melts along with small plastic segment boxes and cardboard trays! We also recommend storing your wax melts vertically. The wax in your wax melt is purely a carrier of your fragrance oil. The fragrance oil is mixed in the wax, but over time the oil can settle to the bottom of the bar or clamshell if kept in an upright position. This makes the end of your snap bar more fragrant than the end.
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