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Professional Candle Making Class

Learn the art of candle making from a master chandler with 25 years of experience at Back Porch Soap Company. Create beautiful and customized candles in glass containers, blending your scents and colors. Perfect for those interested in making candles for sale or as unique gifts.

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  • 711 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY
  • 2 hours & 30 minutes

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Mon. Oct 26, 2026, 6pm ET


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Learn how to create beautiful, customized candles in glass containers in this 2.5-hour, hands-on workshop taught by an expert chandler with 25 years experience. Students will blend their own scents and colors. If you are interested in making candles to sell or as a craft for gifts or favors, this class is for you.

Much thought and consideration should go into developing a line of candles. Marla Bosworth has been manufacturing and selling candles since 1998 and will cover the many natural waxes on the market, how to determine which wax is right for you, how to create safe candles, getting cold and hot throws, colors, testing, insurance/liability requirements, labeling requirement, resources for packaging (containers, boxes, labels, wax/wicks, colorants) and much more.

Natural wax candles are a wonderful addition to any indie beauty line or as a launch product. As you know, they add incredible warmth, fragrance and charm to any environment. In this hands-on workshop you will make your own candles, learn how to create candles in glass containers, choose your own scents. If you are interested in making candles to sell or as a craft for gifts or favors, this class is for you!

Join green beauty cosmetic scientist, Marla Bosworth, and learn to design your own soy wax and coconut wax candles. Marla will share her expertise in blending fragrances that provide beautiful hot and cold "throw" and aroma.

This Candle Making Class is intended for students to have fun exploring different scents while creating their very own candles. Students will choose their own scents and colors for each candle - one for coconut and one for soy wax. If you are developing a line of candles note that there is much research and education that needs to happen prior to selling and launching your candle line for the safety of consumers and for the liability of yourself and your business. 

Signup for this live NYC Candle Making Class also includes access to Marla's online candle class that students can watch and learn at their own pace. The online class goes into depth about choosing wicks, wax, required labeling, pricing and insurance (for those wishing to sell), testing and much more, leaving us with more experiential time in the live workshop for you to design your own candles.

This class is perfect for newbies, spa owners, estheticians, green beauty entrepreneurs, massage therapist and for those who are currently making candles, but unsure if they are making them properly or need to troubleshoot wicks, candle burn, etc. 

You'll receive an emailed information-packed handout with detailed instructions, formulas, formulating guidelines and a valuable supplier list that is worth the class alone.

Students will design a total of two customized candles - one soy and one coconut wax - in beautiful glass jars by choosing their own color, natural fragrance oil blends and more. If you have an existing beauty business, or are launching one, you'll love how these candles easily cross-sell with the rest of your line.

Marla creates highly experiential workshops - a holistic perspective of learning by transforming new and ancient wisdom. If you've ever attended her classes you know she creates a positive, supportive learning environment that is educational and also fun.

Refund Policy

  • In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.
  • This excludes same-day class signups.
  • After 24 hours of registration, we do not offer refunds or class transfers due to our event rental space and travel situation.

If for some reason our class is cancelled (this has only been due to major snowstorms), we will promptly refund your registration in its entirety.

Reviews of Classes at Back Porch Soap Company (184)

(4.8-star rating across 184 reviews)

This class: 4.8 out of 5 from 65 reviews

  • Professional Candle Making Class

    Absolutely amazing! Learnt so many new things . Marla is a superb teacher with just so much knowledge. So many questions were answered.
  • Professional Candle Making Class

    I actually took this candle making class yesterday evening. It was cancelled for the 20th last week. I really enjoyed the class. The teacher was remarkable. She took her time to explain the candle making process step by step. The studio looked amazing. I loved the black tiled floor with streaks of different colors. Both of my candles came out beautifully. The color & scents I choose for making my candles came out very well. I would recommend this class to anyone wanting to make candles.
  • Professional Candle Making Class

  • Professional Candle Making Class

    this was a very thorough class. while you make two different kinds of candles that you can take home and burn, the primary purpose of the class is to review the steps needed to get into candle making as a business. as such, the teacher shares her personal experience, providing tips on where to source for materials and how to price. as a big plus, she’s friendly and approachable, so this is not like a dry lecture, or powerpoint presentation. she also left us with a printed booklet which included a lot of what she went over incase theres something you forget. 5 stars (and im not even a candle person)
  • Professional Candle Making Class

  • Professional Candle Making Class

    Class was great, really liked it.
  • Professional Candle Making Class

    The class was fun and very informative.
  • Professional Candle Making Class

    Very knowledgeable teacher. After many tries reading candle making books and making candles with crappy results, Marla cut through all the useless info I brought into class and gave straight forward useful techniques, tried and true products…candle wax, wicks, fragrances and candle vessels. I made 2 great candles and left armed with useful info to continue making candles at home. Thank you!!!
  • Professional Candle Making Class

    We got to make 2 amazing candles. 1 is Soy and 1 is Coconut. They smell amazing. This class is perfect for someone wanting to learn the business side of candles.
  • Professional Candle Making Class

  • Professional Candle Making Class

    I enjoyed the class very much. Marla’s went through the course material and answered all the questions that I had. Highly recommend!
  • Professional Candle Making Class

    I loved it! It was a wonderful class. I found it to be very informative, fun and actually therapeutic. The instructor even provided a video for us to watch before the class which provided a lot of information and will actually serve as a great follow-up resource. I will definitely sign up for more courses.
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  • Professional Candle Making Class

    Amazing!!
  • Professional Candle Making Class

    Great class…highly recommend especially beginners..walked away with lots of information!!! Marla and Cae are awesome!!!
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  • Professional Candle Making Class

  • Professional Candle Making Class

    It is a class packed with information and a lot of hands on experience!
  • Professional Candle Making Class

    So knowledgeable!
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Back Porch Soap Company, founded by Marla Bosworth in 1998, offers workshops and classes on making natural skincare products, essential oil blends, and natural wax candles. Marla is well-known in the natural skincare community and provides a comfortable environment for students to learn and ask questions.

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