EDIT: also, the wick we used for the cherry blossom hack was pre-waxed! it was a roll of pre-waxed wick :) HELLO FRIENDS!! hope u all are doing well! in this video, we test out 3 ~viral~ candle art hacks and honestly, they didn't turn out all that bad!! what do you guys think of our attempts?? xoxo, saf

As a bartender who makes my fair share of margaritas, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve overfilled a cup with too much ice and ruined part of a salt rim 😂😂 so seems pretty authentic to me

As someone who stuck her hand warm wax as a child, I was actually fairly confident in the cherry blossom one lmao

On the margarita candle, perhaps allowing the "drink" portion to partially cool would hold the "ice cubes" up a little better? So there'd be more structure to provide distinction between the colored base and clear additions? I also agree, scenting the "cubes" would be smart!

As a candle maker that margarita is a fire waiting to happen. The container is not thick enough and the fact that is gel wax which burns hotter than wax makes it even worse. Also fires are caused by too much fragrance/essential oil and using the wrong wick. And never ever use crayons

If Bath and Bodyworks had any sense they would colab with Safiya. Much like the Colourpop colab it would sell out in no time. I want to see a Colab with Simply Nailogical with Lipstick and Nail Polish duo.

That turned out surprisingly well. If Blossom starts doing a better job at giving instructions, measurements, and necessary warnings then they could become a legitimate craft channel.

Tyler yelling “I Promised my mom” as Saf eats the wax is my favorite moment ever

The 3rd candle is actually something some do on Vietnamese new year and we stick it onto branches and we leave it in our house. But instead of lighting it we leave it there and get rid of it at the end of new year ( lasts 3 days). If you want to do it I recommend you have cold water nearby and coat the flower 2 or 3 times because it becomes thicker making it less breakable and easier to remove

I love how Safiya and Tyler are still out here breaking societal norms of daily uploads by staying true to rarer, longer, quality videos. No pressure to keep up with weekly or even daily videos. Just intense excitement every time I stumble across the newest video.

help I drank the candle and can't get up - Tyler

5 tips from someone who's made candles with better tutorials than Blossom's: - *Glue your wicks to the bottom of the candle before you even start melting wax.* Don't do the latte thing where they just shove the wick in last minute!!! They definitely just forgot it in the video and went like "well it only has to work for as long as it takes to light the candle." Your wicks need to be centered well, in the bottom of the jar, or the candle won't burn right! You can prop them on popsicle sticks laid across the rim of the jar too, to help keep them centered while your wax cools. - *There's an ideal temperature to add fragrances.* Look it up for the kind of wax you're using. Otherwise the scent oils can bead up in weird ways or just not bond with the wax properly. At best it won't disperse scent well (poor "throw") and at worst you can end up with pockets of flammable oil. - *Candle making suppliers sell coloring chips.* Saf used one for the cherry blossom branches. Honestly, I was really surprised how well the brown crayon worked for the latte drink candle--normally that doesn't go so well. Coloring chips are much more reliable. Never try to use liquid food coloring for candles, it's literally oil and water. - *There are lots of kinds of wax.* Even within a category, like "soy wax," there are different consistencies and they're for different things; the wax you use for jar candles is softer than the stuff you use to make pillar candles. Most kinds of soy wax have a lower melting point than paraffin (except the really hard kinds used for pillar candles), and so it probably would have been less burny to use for the cherry blossom thing because it can get cooler and still be liquid. Hard to say without testing though. - *In the whipping video,* their wax was already close to melting point in the bowl (it was just about to harden). You can see it starting to turn white around the edges of the bowl. It's probably easier if you let it cool off a bit first. It'd probably be a better tutorial if they _told you this._ As always, the tutorials leave a lot out here. Real instructions just don't make as pretty of a video as attention-grabbing jumpcuts. I'm glad these worked out as well as they did though! (Edit to add extra linebreaks so this isn't such a wall of text lol)

is it just me who loves the way saf talks? her voice just gives her so much personality and the minute i hear her talking i get happier

"I forgot about the Wick!" ~Three movies of Keanu Reeves antagonists

"Bouquet of matches" and "cottagecore menorah" were truly excellent quips

having Tchaikovsky’s Waltz of the Flowers playing in the background somehow just adds to the pure chaos that is Safiya putting candle whipped cream on a fake latte

"Cottage core menorah" - not going to lie, I was legit thinking 'oh hey I could make that for channukah' when it was all lit :D

my first day of preschool I've been told I made a beeswax candle - the type where you roll up a sheet of beeswax around a wick. My mom says I was so proud and excited at the prospect of her using it. Lo and behold at dinner that night she set it on a candle holder and LIT IT ON FIRE! Tiny me was horrified at my art being destroyed and cried not understanding that candles are very different from my older siblings drawings on the fridge where they stayed safe.

“Cottagecore menorah” is a perfect way to describe the cherry blossom one.

The cherry blossom branches are basically just very oldschool candlemaking. Start with a wick, dip it, hang to dry, repeat for 7 million years until it's thick enough to be sturdy and burn slow. So that's pretty cool!

This woman is saving me so much money, time, and frustration by doing all of these 'quick' and 'easy' hacks so I don't have to.

It’s always good to be reminded that the hair twisting thing was not a fever dream and I did actually beg for it for Christmas. And then used it approximately three times.

My favorite thing about your videos is when you mess up or it doesn’t turn out how you want it to, you make it again. It’s so frustrating to me when youtubers just leave it so it’s satisfying that you redo it!

The latte candle is something my grandma used to sell at her antique store!! She sold them in flavors like fruity pebbles and cereal flavors and cookie or seasonal flavors! she didn’t make them but they looked darn cool.

Safiya's obsession of candles will NEVER get old

Safyia is gonna start her own hack channel called “4 hour hacks”

Safiya: Is this a fire hazard? “Candle”: *has a billion wicks* “Candle”: *literally has highly flammable material for a base* “Candle”: *making of process is from a content farm and is literally a burn hazard before the damn thing is lit* … you might wanna have a fire extinguisher on standby next time you do Hacked Candles…

The Blossoms flower part can be done differently ! Personally, I use the store candles and just use the candles like normal, except they melt wayyyyyy easier and because of that, they are fully melted and the wax is not even hot ! It’s actually feels like dipping your hand onto your average warm bath water. They dried very quickly and come of easy, too

As a candle maker myself, something that should be said when it comes to gel wax is you have to make sure whatever oil you use is gel safe fragrance. If you have a fragrance oil within a certain flashpoint it can literally make the candle explode. And there are percentages of wax to fragrance ratios. The wax frosting you need to cool the wax before whisking the wax. It’s quite easy and quick to make. But you do have to wait for it to cool before whipping it. I don’t know why they call these hacks!

Safiya putting on the “whip cream” and Tyler hyping her up is so stinking wholesome Omgsh. The sheer joy 😂💙

I would say, for the Cherry Blossom hack, it definitely functions more as a display candle rather than functional candle.

for the margarita candle one, it would be easier if you poured the candle wax half way in cup first, let that harden and then put the ice cubes in and poured the rest of the wax solution after (make sure not to overflow it). It would have been easier to show visibility of the ice

Tyler yelling "Fluff, you bastard!" has stuck itself into my brain and I will never not use it when baking now

When she didn't put any scent into the whipped wax after saying putting no scent in the ice cubes were a mistake hurt me a lot :')

I’m a professional candle maker and I so enjoy your hack “smacking” lol

Just as a heads up. The candle won’t work for very long for the coffee candle. You need a dye for the wax, not mica powder (which is what in your crayons). If you use mica, the mica will start to cut off flow of the wax to the flame via the wick. So, even if you WANTED to burn your coffee candle, it wouldn’t work for very long.

Safiya: “is this a fire hazard?” *candle literally on fire* Tyler: “uh probably”

This reminded me of my mom's late-90's candle parties. Jelly candles were so popular in the 90s

ive done the cherry blossom one, after failing with the dipping the wick in brown wax i decided to just use paint (i wasnt burning it), and i like the feeling of hot wax on my fingers so it was pretty easy for me to do it (i used to dip in fingers in my moms candles LMAO

Safiya manages somehow to make me sit through a 30 minute video of stuff I actually don’t care about, and on top of that entertain me ahah

Whenever I see Safiya getting a hack wrong or the hack just not being a good one, I imagine her going "Curse you BLOSSOM!!!" like Dr.Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb. LOL

I am a sculptor and I used to make a TON of art out of paraffin and other candle wax- my advice is that wax takes FOREVER to cool and solidify as long as it’s kept in the same (very hot) container it was melted in. Pouring the hot wax into a cool, unused container after melting would cut my cooling time in half, if not more!!

Having as much wax as you do, you should find more to try. This was fun to watch and helped me know whether or not I want to make some candles. Fun!

Safiya is pure gold. She’s beautiful inside and out. Sending love to you both ❤️

For the first one, I’m not sure because I don’t work with candles, but it might of worked better if you let the lime bit solidify a little before putting in the ice cubes to give the illusion that they’re floating

I agree that the lime essential oil needed to be in the “ice” too. But I also noticed in the clip you used that their “margarita” portion looked thicker, like they’d let it cool in the glass slightly before putting in the “ice”. I bet that’s how their “ice” stuck up out of the “drink” portion. Same with the “cherry blossoms”. The wax for those was definitely much cooler than they let on. As for your “whip”, cake decorators fold the bag open to fill them. That gets their material down in the bag and not all over the sides of it.

I love the clear ones with the funfetti soaps in them and I agree that they look cooler when you hold them up to a light. The little succulent soaps were pretty cute too.

This girl actually deserve subscriber unlike some youtubers she works soo hard to entertain us. She is the ideal channel that i really like

Safiya: “This is a shank!” Tyler: “You slapping it?” Safiya: “This is a flank!” Tyler: “Slap that bag.” Safiya: “This is a steak!”

Safiya's intro brings so much peace and comfort

I've made lots of these candles. They are tough. Tip- the margarita green wax should have cooled slightly before placing the ice cubes. And a crayon should never be used for color cuz it clogs the wick and it'll keep burning out. Learned from my own mistakes. Great job guys! Love the videos. ❤️

You two are so patient and cheerful while you try these hacks!

I feel like the second candle would’ve been better as hot chocolate (so chocolate scented base) and then adding a slight mint to the ‘whipped cream’ and then maybe some ‘sprinkles’ for just a cute hot chocolate beverage

Tyler: "it looks amazing from this angle." Saf: " then film it from that angle!"

I am so impressed you mixed for 30 mins, I barely can for 5 mins. Absolutely love the cherry blossom one!

The way that she speaks is so pleasing to hear for a non-native English speaker. 💛

Saf whipping wax: I'm tired of this grandpa Wax: well that's too damn bad

Instead of ice water, try lotion first. That’s what I coat a hand with before I dip it in paraffin as a manicurist. Also, I would say 2, 3 or 4 dips before you try and place them on the branch would look really nice as well.

i like the fact that you saved me the time in doing the experiment myself also i was able to decide other wax i may use that may be better in comparison to what you have used and to add more scents etc .... loved the videos and your personality keep doing these videos

I just want to say that watching this video was very satisfying and humorous to me. The 'bouquet of matches' and 'the wax to wick ratio is wack' was killin! This is my first time vid of Safiya and I'm now a satisfied sub. Thanks for making my day.

I used to make candles all the time and often used the “whipped cream” trick. The thing is, the wax needs to be partially cooled down so that it actually whips up into peaks. Just for future reference:)

I worked at Joe’s Crab Shack like 15 years ago and made their signature drinks for our bar as decor! I made the ice out of regular wax so that it looked cloudy like regular ice, but apart from that, it was just like this!

"Our wax reached the right amount of cooled and whipped to become Cool Whip" that was so smooth

"It's a lot of elbow grease just to set it on fire." Love it.

i forgot you were making candles, and thought you were making a margarita soap. i was very confused with how you were going to use it lol

“a cottage core menorah” that is so indescribably perfect

A slow decent into madness! Also the 3rd is for pyros 😂😂. It's just strait fire!

I love how you mentioned the book”The Lion,the Witch,and the Wardrobe”because my daughter actually just finished reading the book in her class. Ps…Keep doing good and don’t give up on these vids they bring me joy and inspiration everyday!

Safiyah: "Is this a fire hazard?" Me, looking at that highly flammable florist's foam: "Yep."

I love candle making! Word of advice I learned the hard way is that the fragrances used mostly in professional candles is fragrance oil rather than essential oils. Fragrance oils are less diluted and have to be measured as a part of the whole for the candle weight.

The lion the witch and the wardrobe reference 🖤👌 and yes, Turkish delight does pretty much loo like that. Usually a color with sugar on the outside like a little sparkly coating, and sometimes a nut on the inside!

I know you’re not going to see this, but every time I get really anxious and need to fall asleep, I watch one of your videos and feel a whole lot better :]

Actually in truth the cherry blossom kinda would work well as a cottage core menorah if you made enough branches for all 8 nights. Hanukkah candles aren't really meant to burn for that long.

I would like to appreciate that almost all of Safiya's videos are captioned. Thank you! - A hard of hearing person

"OH MY GOD IT'S KIND OF OKAY" **Best anticlimax EVER**

I love that the pink plattform Crocs have their own podium on the kitchen counter 😂😂

Candle maker here with some tips: to have a better scent, let it cure for at least a week before lighting. Always trim the wick down to about 1/4", not so long. For the frosting, don't start whipping until it starts to solidify and cool down more. Also, never use a crayon to color a candle, it will clog the wick. All in all you did good!

For those wanting to make the 'wip cream wax' I use soy wax, melt it completely add colour if I want and scent. I then use the spatula every now and then to mix it as it cools. Once it's almost hard but also soft enough to pipe I add it to the piping bag and boom...done! I make cupcake candles and they melt nicely like this!

I like this video. Making candles and the wicks parts are low-key the frustrating parts for me when I made some once. The ideas here are aesthetically nice though.🌸 Maybe Blossom isn't sharing the specifics on purpose, so we could just keep on watching their videos trying to figure everything out.

THANK YOU for the instructions and measurements! I tried the coffee one! It turned out slightly uglier the yours,but I really loved it!

I see a bit of the iconic "Jenna too-much gene" in Safiya when she's trying to keep adding more wax whipped cream to the latte candle

“Never question blossom, except always question blossom. Rarely believe blossom” Truer words have never been spoken

I have no idea why this was in my recommended videos, but it was both entertaining and informative. 10/10.

Her voice is so ear pleasing. She sounds like Caitlin from ask a mortician. Just so satisfying listening to her.

Note to anyone making these candles: please practice safe candle burning! Always make sure your candles are in a safe fire-retardant area (like their stone countertops). Never burn homemade candles (especially the cherry blossom candle that has parts that can fall) on wooden or otherwise flammable surfaces! Have fun candle making! 🔥

This video brought me back to my childhood because I was obsessed with candles, i collected them and as a teen, made them (latte candles) every Christmas until my early twenties.

i have a latte candle like that! seems its a pretty common method then, i also think that if you had melted the soy wax on the stove, you would be able to get it at its melting point exactly, and through some method of soft cooling, you would be able to make the process of making the "cream" alot faster.

I feel like the cherry blossom candles would make decent birthday cake candles since they’re only lit for a few minutes at most, and they’d be really pretty as decoration. The only issue would be what to do with them when you’re done….

27:26 "Functionally, it's just a bouquet of matches" is my new favorite Saf quote.

Love this. The latte one was spectacular. Put some scent into the "whipped cream" and it should be golden.

okay but cherry blossom _birthday candles_ on like a fancy cherry blossom frosted cake???? wedding candles???/ lmao this was fun thank u again

I was worried about the candles in cups, certain types of glass will shatter when heated. Several candles at a store near me were recalled for it!

Tip for next time, when whipping/hand mixing anything you want to move the mixer/beater side to side (kind of in a zig zag pattern) rather than in circles for faster mixing 😊

Nnn i haven't heard your voice in AGES! I don't know how im not subscribed to you but your voice has given me a very much needed serotonin boost.

I just realized these are my comfort videos

The sakura tree candles would look amazing in a cherry blossom birthday cake 💕✨

I appreciate all the work Safiya and Tyler put into these videos. The voice-over, the colorful editing, the music, the fun concepts - everything is so neat and thoughtfully done.💚

You guys are hilarious. Love the Narnia reference. I laughed so hard at all your references. You guys are so funny! I have to subscribe and watch all your other videos. Really fun and informative.

We learned about candle making this summer, dip the wick in wax twice and then into ice water, helps cool the wax instantly and then you can dip it again!

Tip: freezing your crayons allows you to take the wrapper off much easier than with a warm crayon because the wax contracts a bit making the paper easier to remove!