With the best candle making classes and workshops in London, you can learn how to make professional looking scented candles and wax melts. Master making your own homemade candles using jars, wicks, natural essential oils and scents. Beginners can learn how to make candles with unique scents and shapes with workshops in London or at home starter kits! We have put together a list of the top 8 best candle making classes and workshops in London that are sure to help melt away your stresses!


Top 8 Best Candle Making Classes & Workshops in London:

  • Venus Candle Making Workshop with Yougi
  • Beginners Candle Making Course with Afternoon Tea with Old Bexley Soap Co.
  • Vegan Candle Making Class with Tea & Crafting
  • Essential Oil Soy Wax Candle Making Kit with Somewhere of London
  • Make and Decorate Body Shaped Candles Private Workshop with Trippy Tuesday
  • Beginners Candle Making Workshop with Candle By Events
  • Candle Making Masterclass with The London Refinery
  • Aromatherapy Candle Making Class with Yougi

Venus Candle Making Workshop with Yougi

Make your own Venus inspired candle 

Location: London bridge, Central London

This workshop is inspired by Venus, the goddess of love, beauty, prosperity, and victory.

Students will start by heating the wax, blending the essential oil, setting up the wick and the mould, and finish by pouring the wax into the mould and making their own Venus candle.

Learn all about fragrance families and what top, heart, and base notes are, and the aromatherapy benefits of essential oil. In this workshop, you can expect a natural calming effect and a beautiful candle!

Yougi have the aim of inspiring people to be more sustainable, mindful, and creative. While bringing people together in the process! All of their raw materials are cruelty-free, ethically sourced, eco-friendly, and 100% natural.

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Beginners Candle Making Course with Afternoon Tea with Old Bexley Soap Co.

Enjoy afternoon tea while making unique candles

Location: Bexley, South East London

Paula, the award-winning founder of Old Bexley Soap Company, a master Chandler with years of experience is your host and teacher.

Experience a friendly, relaxed atmosphere and leave with two beautiful handmade soy wax candles - one large 30 cl and a smaller 12 cl. Once you have created your unique candles, it's then time to enjoy a delicious afternoon tea!

Paula , founder of Old Bexley Soap Company is passionate about natural skin care and luxury fragrances and enjoys sharing her soap and candle making passion with others.

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Vegan Candle Making Class with Tea & Crafting

Make a scented vegan candle

Location: Covent Garden, West London

In this candle making workshop students can choose from a selection of seasonal fragrances; from the ever popular Black Pomegranate to Apple Crumble and Custard!

No matter which scent you choose, the candles that you will make will have approximately 15 hours burn time each.

At the end of the class you will have mastered the art of making the perfect candle! Students will leave this workshop with their handmade gift set of 7 mini candles in either silver, gold or copper tins.

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Essential Oil Soy Wax Candle Making Kit with Somewhere of London

Learn at home with a candle making kit

Location: At home learning kit

Make your own natural essential oil, soy wax candles at home! Your candles will include vegan and cruelty free materials and will each burn for 35-40 hours.

Perfect for beginners, this kit suits anyone who enjoys experiences or candles! Students have a choice between two blends. The first blend is lemongrass, bergamot and May Chang which is more oriental and slightly citrus-y. While the second blend is eucalyptus, lavender and cedarwood which is slightly minty, with heady aromas of cedarwood and the warmth of lavender.

Candles are made in a fashionable and sustainable amber glass jar, with a kitsch screw top aluminium lid.

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Make and Decorate Body Shaped Candles Private Workshop with Trippy Tuesday

Create body shaped candles 

Location: Harringay, North London

A soy wax candle making workshop at Trippy Tuesday HQ is 3-3.5hrs of candle making fun! In this private class, groups of 8-10 students will get to make their own unique scented mini set, decorate their very own full sized candle of choice and get a tour of the studio and behind the scenes at Trippy Tuesday HQ!

Trippy Tuesday is all about spreading body-normativity and creating a fun, chilled and interactive experience! They work to normalise body shapes that are so often not represented in mainstream media and aim to teach any and all candle lovers!

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Beginners Candle Making Workshop with Candle By Events

Experience a candle making class for beginners 

Location: Marlow, Buckinghamshire

This three hour workshop will teach you all about the different types of candles that are sold in the UK. This hands-on workshop will show you how to make a variety of beautiful natural soy and beeswax candles.

Choose from a range of fragrances and dyes to personalise your very own candle range. At the end of this workshop, you will take home the candles you have made plus a copy of a step-by-step guide.

Candle By Events is a candle-making experience company based in Marlow, Buckinghamshire. They run weekly events all around candle-making in their Marlow studio plus other venues across the country.

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Candle Making Masterclass with The London Refinery

Master making scented candles 

Location: Ealing, West London

Students will first learn about how our sense of smell works and how fragrance affects our mood and emotions. They will then learn about the different fragrance families and what top, middle and base notes are.

In this workshop, students will discover how to use a range of essential oils to blend into their own candle. Each student will have their own blending equipment, mixing jug, whisk and glassware.

The London Refinery is all about crafting natural fragrance. They use essential oils which are carefully blended together to create different emotions and enhance your wellbeing.

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Aromatherapy Candle Making Class with Yougi

Learn how to make a natural aromatherapy candle

Location: Deptford, South East London

This aromatherapy candle workshops will be hosted by Emily Lynam, Founder of Yougi. During the workshop, Emily will share tips on creating a natural fragrance.

In November 2019 Yougi set out to reinvent candles. They built their brand around the idea of natural scent to transform mood. As well as their candle making workshops, Yougi also has a line of candles, essential oils, and candle-making kits.

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Looking for new scent sensations? With the best candle making classes and workshops in London, you can discover how to create candles with different fragrances and scents. Explore the many benefits of using essential oils as well as how to use these oils to make your own unique soy wax candles. The best beginner candle making workshops and classes in London will guide you step-by-step through the captivating candle making process!

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