Question about candles....

[BigSexy]

Hey there....thinking about using candles especially hot wax on the body. Is there a certain kind that I should use/shouldn't use and any recommendations?

I'd appreciate any help, as I'm supposed to be using the wax as early as tomorrow...that'll teach me to bring things up to the significant other without doing research first.....

Thanks...

BigSexy

 

[CutieMouse]

Plain white utility candles, or uncolored religious votive candles (the tall pillar sort with Our Lady of Guadelupe painted on the side of the glasss container)- colored candles and beeswax have too high of a melting point and can burn easily (in a bad way).

 

[SweetCherry]

Plain white utility candles, or uncolored religious votive candles (the tall pillar sort with Our Lady of Guadelupe painted on the side of the glasss container)- colored candles and beeswax have too high of a melting point and can burn easily (in a bad way).

I'll never look at those candles the same way again. Next time I go to the grocery store, I'll be doing all I can to not think dirty while walking thru the Hispanic stuff section.

 

[CutieMouse]

I'll never look at those candles the same way again. Next time I go to the grocery store, I'll be doing all I can to not think dirty while walking thru the Hispanic stuff section.

There is something about the whole wrongness of it that makes things more entertaining... kinda like when I bought a whole bunch of vintage slips and panties from a church run charity shop, while the radio was blasting away with a preacher railing against the sins of homosexuality.

 

[SweetCherry]

Heh. I'd have been tempted to mention going home with the slips and panties and trying them on for my girlfriend before we had sex. Then again, I'm dirty like that.

 

[wicked woman]

If I remember correctly, the higher you hold the candle above the skin the less it hurts. Conversely, the closer the more painful.

Did you check out the Blank Manual on the How To Forum? Or done a search for candle wax? I know I've read stuff about this on Lit before.

 

[kajira311]

Don't use gel candles ever for body play!

They have a much higher melt point and can burn like fuck!

 

[WriterDom]

Seems like the cheaper the candle, the better. Also white with no fragrance are cooler. And try them out on yourself first.

 

[subfem1963]

I really love wax play, i always use the basic everyday white candles, as the wax from them doesnt seem to get as hot as the coloured ones. And I find the further away you hold the candle by the time the wax drops onto you, it has cooled down a little.

 

[Snoozebutton2]

Nothing to add except liked doing it using combined with bondage, specifically over the door cuffs. As more range of motion and gravity makes such pretty designs with drip patterns.

 

[Evil_Geoff]

Plain white utility candles, or uncolored religious votive candles (the tall pillar sort with Our Lady of Guadelupe painted on the side of the glasss container)- colored candles and beeswax have too high of a melting point and can burn easily (in a bad way).

When using votive candles, please keep in minde that if you pour from the candle you will get soot on the insides and uneven heating of the glass. With cheap ones you get a slight risk of breaking from the uneven heating.

I like to put the votives in my oven, set the temp to WARM and leave them in just long enough to melt... You have to use an oven mitt or hot pad to hold the candle to pour, or you can use a small paint brush to dip or a very long handled small ladel. Yum!

 

[coyotepondering]

Thr reason to avoid fragrances and colors is that the additives can raise the melting point - which is bad. However, if you want to play around with some hotter candles you can layer wax on the body, starting with cooler ones and building up layers. It becomes very messy and fun.

 

[subtleone]

I'd just like to thank the OP and all subsequent posters, for a rather obvious flush that occurred when passing through the candle aisle in the store today, if only they knew why the candles made me hot and flustered!!

 

[LunarKitten]

When using votive candles, please keep in minde that if you pour from the candle you will get soot on the insides and uneven heating of the glass. With cheap ones you get a slight risk of breaking from the uneven heating.

I like to put the votives in my oven, set the temp to WARM and leave them in just long enough to melt... You have to use an oven mitt or hot pad to hold the candle to pour, or you can use a small paint brush to dip or a very long handled small ladel. Yum!

We use one of the hand wax pots that have become so popular in the last few years and just use the wax that comes with them. No burning and you have a bunch to work with

 

[twosidesmeet]

Thr reason to avoid fragrances and colors is that the additives can raise the melting point - which is bad. However, if you want to play around with some hotter candles you can layer wax on the body, starting with cooler ones and building up layers. It becomes very messy and fun.

Another thing to watch with additives and such, beyond the above, is they can cause massive reactions to some people's skin. Chemical burns are not fun things to deal with.

 

[Shankara20]

We use one of the hand wax pots that have become so popular in the last few years and just use the wax that comes with them. No burning and you have a bunch to work with

The warmer that came with the one I have broke so I just place the little bucket of wax in a pan of water and use the stove top to warm it to the temp I desire. I use canning paraffin bricks to refill it and a makeup brush to apply it. It does not have the mind-fuck that candles have, but mine is for self-play.

I set on a big underpad I buy from Walgreen's and have a fun messy time with the hot wax (anus likes it hee hee )and clean up is not a huge problem.

OH! Did I just do a TMI

Sorry.

 

[Guttergoddess]

soy candles don't get as hot, and are safe for the skin....plus they actually tell you that you can use them "for massage" uh huh...sure

 

[neonflux]

Plain white utility candles, or uncolored religious votive candles (the tall pillar sort with Our Lady of Guadelupe painted on the side of the glasss container)- colored candles and beeswax have too high of a melting point and can burn easily (in a bad way).

I very much like the religious votive candles. Actually, I read the opposite about the colored votive pillars on one site - guess that sometimes misinformation can be bliss. I have actually used the colored votive candles, as well (on both the giving and receiving end) and they have a low, and comfortable melting point. I will try to take pictures the next time, because you can make really, really pretty patterns. Neon

 

[serijules]

Oh, for those that want something slightly different...

Take paraffin wax, melt it, mix in some peppermint or cinnamon oil and let it set again. Makes for a WONDERFUL cooling/heating sensation along with the hot wax itself.

You can also buy menthol wax blocks in the same section you find the paraffin baths. The added "cooling" sensation with something so obviously hot is quite a mindfuck, especially when the wax builds up and the cool is trapped under the heat. I just can't explain this well but it's wonderful. Regular wax bores the hell out of me now that we've tried this.

 

[nh23]

We use those little white tea light candles. They work very well and even when he holds it very close to my skin i don't blister.

 

[Daddyslilpet]

Still have yet to try this first hand, but do have the candles now. lol. Hopefully when Daddy gets back home (again) we can try this.

Also here's some threads on this subject too...

Candles, wax, etc.

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