It melts at 116 to 120 degrees and is harder ... A few years back I wanted to make bayberry candles with a native plant class. I picked some branches with berries and leaves and proceeded ...

To make bayberry candles, the wax is separated from the fruit by boiling it in water and collecting the wax from the water’s surface. The wax, which melts in the range 39–49 ºC, is heated at low ...

Here s how to craft perfect homemade candles with bayberry oil, ensuring they smell ... temperature control is key. Melt the soy wax and let it reach around 185 F (85 C) before adding your ...

Give as a gift: A bayberry candle can make a good gift to someone hosting a holiday party. It’s your way of wishing them well for the new year. Rhyme time: ...

Candles and customs aside, northern bayberry (Myrica pennsylvanica , also classified as Morella pennsylvanica) has a lot to recommend it. While it prefers sandy, dry, infertile soils that are ...

When I was a young lad, our house always smelled of bayberry candles during the holiday season. I think my mom bought them from the Fuller Brush Man (also the source of the famed witch hazel ...

The process to convert bayberry fruit into candles was labor intensive (up to 10,000 berries could be needed for one candle), so they were saved for special occasions. Candles eventually were ...

Unless you were well off or could make them yourselves, bayberry candles would have been a luxury. The cheaper alternative was to use tallow, which didn’t smell great to start with and could ...