Pur Cur Scents

I’ve been looking forward to learning how to use soy wax in candle making for quite awhile now! When a friend saw the groupon on deal and fwd it to me we signed up immediately.
The location for the class was in a define studio, not hard to find and an easy location.
We reserved almost two months in advance because the classes filled up quickly. PRO: Paula was easy to work with via e-​mail on getting us in a class.
The day of the class was very rainy and several of us were late. I was one of the last two people to arrive 4 mins after the class started.
I was surprised to see how crowded the class was. People were seated particularly on top on one another. There were not enough seats and a gentleman was kind of enough to get up for one of us the other had to wait 10 mins while they discussed where to find another seat. Paula made a comment about overbooking w/​o apology. The fact that the class was so popular had to be a good sign?
Now to the class itself: Background as to why soy wax is better than paraffin wax was informative. As someone who has made regular candles I had lots of questions about wicks and burn rates for soy vs. «regular» wax. Not a lot of info was given in regards to that. We went immediately into making that candles. The instructor and helpers went around pouring the wax for us and passing around scent bottles. Unfortunately nearly every scent bottle was just about empty by the time it got around to us. Also my end of the table had very little wax in our votive. The helpers walked around topping off a few people but nearly half of us were left with sad little half candles smelling like «Axe» bc vanilla, lavender, and sweet pea scents had run out. CON: Low supplies on hand to actually make the candles. Left me and some of the other ladies feeling rather disappointed in the finished products. I had hoped to gift mine to an event later that week and was embarrassed to do so.
If you are looking for something instructive that will guide you on making candles at home this in not the class for you. If you’d like to be crafty and not have to worry about cleaning up the mess and I do think this is a good option. PRO: The instructor has a gift for inspirational speaking. Most of the class time was spent regaling us with her life story and how her candles has now been picked up by departments stores enabling her to not have to do these classes anymore. Pretty cool!