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Black Liquid Candle Dye
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Revision Notice: 

As of February 8, 2022, our Black Liquid Candle Dye has been revised to meet our stringent safety standards. Just like CandleScience Clean Scents™, our new liquid candle dyes go above and beyond Prop 65 requirements by excluding a wide range of ingredients known to be harmful to human health, which means these candle dyes are free from carcinogens, mutagens, reproductive toxins, organ toxins, and acute toxins.

Our Black Liquid Candle Dye for candle wax produces colors ranging from light grey to black, depending on the type of wax and amount of dye used. For example, our black candle dye in soy wax generally produces light to medium shades, whereas paraffin wax can range from pastels to darker shades. We encourage you to experiment.

Use: 3 drops/lb (454 g) for a lighter shade or 6 drops/lb (454 g) for a darker shade

Note: Use instructions differ between colors. 

Toxin-free and phthalate-free, our Clean Scents Certified liquid candle dyes give candle makers confidence in the products they make. Just like CandleScience Clean Scents™, these dyes go above and beyond Prop 65 requirements by excluding a wide range of ingredients known to be harmful to human health, which means these candle dyes are free from carcinogens mutagens, reproductive toxins, organ toxins, and acute toxins. They’re also vegan friendly.

Fragrance Oil Recommendations: Black Coral and Moss, Black Sea, Leather, Fireside, Suede and Smoke

Wholesale Ordering
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Made in the USA

Properties

Application
Candles and Wax Melts Only
Prop 65 Warning
No

Product Reviews

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5 out of 5 Stars.
Use more than directed to give deep black color

Although I have to add way more drops than directed, I am able to get a true deep black color in my 90% soy/10% paraffin wax blend. Very happy with the product!

5 out of 5 Stars.
Best black dye

This is the BEST black dye. It makes a true deep black and is concentrated.

3 out of 5 Stars.
Great Colors, horrible bottles

I love that these colors are so concentrated and a little do in fact go a long way. My only issue is the bottles itself are horrible. I always wipe down my bottle before putting it away and no matter what when I use it again it's everywhere, the amount of product I had to throw. away because of it is crazy. net alone it staining your hands. Please fix these bottles. I love these colors and don't want to give it up at the same time I don't want to spend valuable time cleaning and throwing stuff away because they leaked.

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CandleScience responded: 2022-07-26

Hello Val! Thank you for taking the time to write this review and share your feedback. We're sorry to hear you've had a negative experience with the liquid candle dye bottles. A member of our Customer Support team is reaching out via email to provide further assistance.

3 out of 5 Stars.
Color is great, bottle is bad

The color payoff is great, I'm struggling to get a TRUE black but I'm guessing I'm going to need to add a lot more than 5 drops when using GW 494 Soy.

But another comment to add, these bottles are absolute crap. I've made sure to close all the lids properly before storing away in a box and the next day they've all been LEAKING in that box. It's a huge mess because there's no way to clean off the bottles and I keep getting the color all over my hands. Incredibly frustrating when the whole point of liquid dye is to have ease of handling. These are way too expensive to have them leaking like that so it's incredibly upsetting.

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CandleScience responded: 2022-06-22

Hello! Thank you for taking the time to write this review. We're sorry to hear the bottles for the liquid candle dyes have caused so much trouble. We appreciate your feedback immensely and will be flagging this issue for investigation. A member of our Customer Support team is reaching out via email to provide further assistance.

5 out of 5 Stars.
the best!

absolutely amazing once you figure out the ratio to create the shade you want. I have two really unique shades from this one dye and it’s so convenient. best dye and the best price!