Gel Candle Designs: Illuminated Embed Candles

The candle appears just like an ordinary, plain candle during the day.

If kept under light…as the night starts to near, you can slowly see the image of the dolphin appear from the phosphorescent pigment contained in the glass.

We began this gel candle with a few chunks of Glow Base, dropped in the bottom around the wick, so that we would have highlighting in the entire base of the candle.

Next we added more clear chunks of gel (for depth) and then did our over pour of clear gel scented with Ocean fragrance.

Then, using our embedding tool, we positioned the (I.E.) dolphin in the corner of the candle.

Since the dolphin is made with clear glass treated with phosphorescent pigment, he is almost virtually invisible during the day, which is the look we want.

So that our ‘day-time’ candle would not be too boring, we allowed the candle to set, and then placed a glass palm tree in the top surface of the candle in the corner. (If you have trouble getting the tree to adhere, pour a thin layer of molten gel to hold the tree in place.)

Leave the candle in a light source during the day and, as nighttime approaches, the image of the dolphin will magically appear. Customers LOVE this idea.

DayTime Illuminated Gel Candles

Nighttime Illuminated Gel Candles

Another design is to embed a regular blue glass Dolphin also….then as night approaches, you see he has found a magic friend and playmate.

And the best news is that when the candle is finished, the customers have a splendid glow-in-the-dark dolphin as a keepsake.

Article & Design by Patti Smith, Design Artist
BioMax Candle Supply ~ www.biomax1.com