The Blog

a creative evolution: meet makesy.

The Wooden Wick Co. started as a big dream in a small LA apartment and has done a whole lotta growin’ up since then. With over 1000+ stunning and i...

Planting Seeds for Greatness

The month of February is a celebration of bringing out our greatness – every single one of us has something remarkable inside and this is the time ...

How to Stop Soap From Sweating

Let’s take a look at how to prevent your soap from sweating with four of our go-to tips from our in-house soap making experts! But first, what in t...

How to Make Soap Frosting

If we’re making ANYTHING with frosting… count us in! Soap frosting is a technique used to add fun shapes and textures to the top of your soap. You...

5 Ways to Get Sh*t Done as a One- (Wo)Man Show

We know running a business isn’t always easy, but it’s 100% worth it as you put your personal creations out into the world and start building an au...

How to Make Soap Dough

Soap dough is essentially soap that has been made pliable so that you can mold, sculpt, and paint with it. It’s a fun tool to use as you step up yo...

How to Prevent Loaf Layers of Soap from Separating

If you’re making a layered loaf of soap, you know that it can be quite challenging to keep the layers together during the cutting process… we’ve be...

How to Make Soap More Moisturizing

Making your own soap is a lot of fun - you get to choose your own base, fragrance, and Enhancers to make it look, feel, and smell sooo good! Bu...

Why Is My Soap Not Sudsing?

Are you making all-natural bars of soap that look and feel amazing but lack a rich lather when you finally put them to use? You’re not alone! Wit...

3 Ways to Package Soap

Packaging plays a huge role in how much your finished soap products stand out to customers, so it’s definitely worth putting some thought into how ...

5 Quick Tips for a Kickass Business Structure

There is so much to consider as you’re building your brand and figuring the ins and outs of your business. You’re not only a creator of unique and ...

How to Make Melt + Pour Soap

Soap making is so much fun once you get the hang of it! There’s tons of room for customization - like the kind of creamy, nourishing, all-natural M...

How to Reimagine 10 Top-Selling Valentine's Day Candles

Love is in the air and so are our favorite Valentine’s Day scent-sations!

How to Use Mica in a Candle

Are you wondering how to give your candles some fun shimmer and shine? Perfect! Allow us to introduce you to mica. Mica is a lot of fun to add to a...

Maker Spotlight: 2022 New Year's Resolutions

2022 is here and we have SO MANY exciting things in the works! What excites us most, though, is seeing our Makers continue to grow and take their ...

5 MAKER HOLIDAY DECOR IDEAS

Oh hey there, holiday season! Now that you’ve arrived, we’re inspired to decorate our living space in ways that give us cozy, let’s-stay-inside an...