When we started Garsnett Beacon Candle Co. at our kitchen table during the pandemic, I wasted more wax to bad math than I want to admit. I would eyeball how much to melt, come up short on the last pour, then melt a second pot and end up with leftover wax hardening in the pot. Multiply that by a few ...

If there is one thing that will make or break your candle line, it is scent throw. People forgive a small wet spot on the glass. They forgive a label that is a little crooked. What they do not forgive is lighting a candle they paid good money for and smelling almost nothing. When we started Garsnett...