In a word, no.

Our best selling taper candle kits and birthday candle kits are particularly easy to make and we've had customers use them as crafts for children as young as 5. And, of course, our adult customers enjoy making them as well.

The pillar making kits are a tiny bit more involved, but still easy enough for most anyone to do.

All of our kits come with simple to follow directions and we are just an Etsy message away should you need any additional help; our reply time is typically well under 24 hours.

If you're not sure which kit is best for your needs or you'd like a custom set - just send us a note and we'll figure it out together!

Candle burning, like candle making, is a bit of an art, and your candles will burn best if you follow the following tips. But of course it's your candle, so do what you want.

Trim your wick to approximately 1/4 inch after each use.

Candles burn best in a draft-free environment.

Burn your candle long enough to create a wax pool the width of, or nearly the width of your candle's container to ensure maximum candle life. This is especially important for the initial burn. Short burns will result in tunneling.

If your candle does tunnel and the flame becomes weak, carefully pour out the excess wax.

When possible, snuff your candle flame by quickly dipping the wick into the surrounding wax pool, ensuring the wick pops back out.

Many items in our shop ship for a $4.25 flat fee within the US, though if you purchase $35 worth of candle goodies, your order will ship for free.

We do ship internationally; Contact us if your country is not listed.

We ship quick as customer service is important to us. Expect your candle to be in the mail within 24 hours of purchase (excluding Sundays and USPS holidays).

We use USPS First Class for all light weight items and USPS Priority Mail or Parcel Select for heavier orders. Shipping can be upgraded to Rush + Priority mail for an additional fee when requested - contact us for details.

Customer Service is a major priority for us when is comes to our two Etsy shops (we also sell organic skincare @EmpireSquid).

If you have any questions about anything in our shop, simply send us a conversation through Etsy and we'll get back to you within 24 hours (barring the birth of a child or some other, major delaying factor!).

We strive to create a positive experience for our customers and are proud of our customer service. Cause, you know how it is, if you're happy, we're happy.

WIth both of our shops (you can find us @EmpireSquid Organics as well), we strive to minimize our environmental impact as much as possible. We use cardboard boxes, cardboard mailers, and cardboard wrapping - much of it from recycled material. Our packing peanuts are made from vegetable starch and can be composted or simply dissolved away with water. Any plastic bags we use are simply bags we are reusing that came to us as packaging from one of our materials suppliers. We reuse as much of the packaging material we receive as possible. We do occasionally purchase and use bubble wrap to ensure that fragile glass containers aren't broken during transit since reshipping replacement items takes its own environmental toll.