HERE'S WHY YOU SHOULD START MAKING YOUR OWN CANDLES

The art of making your own candles may be a few centuries old but it is never too late for you to learn about this rewarding and fulfilling activity. Making your own candle is easy, fun and affordable. Here are the 3 reasons why you should start to learn how to make your own candles.

Healthier Option

Unlike store-bought candles that are made from cheaper paraffin wax, homemade candles are usually made from natural wax such as soy wax, beeswax and palm wax. Paraffin wax is made using petroleum and it is bad for the environment and health. Candles made from natural wax tend to be healthier, burn slower and does not produce smoke.

Made to your liking

With different materials and unlimited creative ideas to play with, you have the option to control and decide on the design, look and type of candle that compliments the decor of your house. You get to decide on the colour, the shape, the size of the candle and of course the scent too. You can even customise your candles to your very own theme or recycle used jars. The creative options are limitless here.

It's Cheaper 

Making your own candle will only cost you a fraction of what you pay when you buy candles in shops because you will be buying the raw materials in bulk. You can also save money on gifts for your families and friends by giving them your own homemade candle.

Making your own candle can be more than just a pastime as it helps to develop your imagination and creativity. Why not give it a try?

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LIQUID LATEX - MAKING TEXTURE SHEETS

Crafti-Latex is a natural latex liquid made in Malaysia. 

This product has some serious craft usages. For example, Liquid latex makes very durable and stable brush on molds. It also works great on special effects make up aka zombie looks and horrid scars. Not only that, it replicates any texture or fine details so it makes great texture sheets. 

PLUS you can even brush it on the underside of your house mats or house shoes for instant grip!

Today we gave Craft-Latex a little test on durability and flexibility. 

Using a plastic textured sheet, we brushed on layer after layer of liquid latex using a normal painting brush. Each layer takes around 3 minutes to dry depending on the thickness. The more layers you apply, the thicker the finished product is. The brush can be washed with tap water and reused any time.  

In this photo above we have the finished sheet. We can use this to make textures on clay or layer it at the bottom of soap or wax molds to have that all natural honeycomb look. 

We gave the liquid latex sheet some tugs and pulls. It yields pretty well and bounces right back to its original form without any distortion. 

We decided to get rough and abusive with the sheet for the skeptics out there. We really put the stretch to the test and the flexibility of this product was just amazing. Not a single tear or stretch mark on the sheet. The latex sheet just bounced right back into shape. 

Imagine something like this working as your mold or direct on your skin. It's so durable and strong, nothing short of a pair or scissors could destroy it. 

Have a read at this website for more info: http://www.craftilatex.com/

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REVIEW - SCULPEY SOUFFLE POLYMER CLAY

Polyform's latest product range, Sculpey Souffle, is a versatile, lightweight polymer clay loved by clay sculptors and jewelry makers worldwide. 

Sculpey Souffle bares it all in this review. Find out why Sculpey Souffle is so different from the rest in terms of softness, color choice, strength, flexibility, translucency and more.

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SCIENCE DISCOVERY - ESSENTIAL OILS MAY HELP AGAINST CANCER

Did you know that everything has an electrical frequency or vibration. This electrical frequency can be measured in Megahertz (MHz). The human bodies as well as diseases can both be measured in MHZ.

Essential oils possess some of the highest frequencies that can be found in nature, and as such they are able to create an environment that is hostile to disease, bacteria, virus, fungus and more. Their high-frequency property makes them a candidate for fighting the disease; cancer.

Therapeutic grade essential oils can have frequencies as high as 320 MHz. Some examples of essential oil frequencies are as follows: Helichrysum 181 MHz, Frankincense 147 MHz, Rose 320 MHz, Lavender 118 MHz, Myrrh 105 MHz, Sandalwood 96 MHz and Peppermint 78 MHz.

Continue reading here and find out why Frankincense is believed to help protect the body against cancer.

ALUMILITE MOLD MAKING & CASTING - NOW AVAILABLE IN MALAYSIA!

You can now buy Alumilite Mold Making and Casting Materials from our online store or at our outlet in Petaling Jaya.

For those of you in the Klang Valley, you'll see our Alumilite shelf the instant you step into our store. 

We are working very closely with Alumilite USA to grow this range. 

At the moment we have the following products: 

Amazing Clear Cast Kit - 454g

This easy to use epoxy resin has a 1 to 1 AB resin mixing ratio. Great for jewelry resin, casting crystal clear objects with no bubble issues.

RM129

Amazing Clear Cast Bar Top Coating - 2 Gallons

This clear epoxy resin comes in approximately 7.57kg with an easy 1 to 1 mixing ratio. This crystal clear AB resin is perfect for coating large areas such as bar tops, table tops, canvases and more. 

RM1080

Amazing Casting Resin Kit - 454g

This rigid urethane is also called Amazing White because it cures into a pure white resin with beautiful cosmetic properties. Perfect resin for making quick casts as it cures in 2 to 3 minutes and can be demolded in 10 to 15 minutes. Mixing ration 1:1

RM129

Alumilite High Strength 3 - 454g

This liquid silicone mold making rubber is much like the popular Amazing Putty but is 3 times stronger and more flexible. Great for making molds with deep undercuts, negative drafts or seamless one part molds. 

RM168

AlumiFoam - 454g

AlumiFoam expands 3-5 times the original liquid volume and produces an extremely hard, dense, and durable cast piece with good detail. great for casting light weight fishing lures, structural reinforcement, and rotational molding. Mixing ration 1:1

RM168

Ultra-Lite 400 - 800g

Ultra-lite 400 is a low density ultra light syntactic foam. Cures to a light weight, durable, rigid plastic Machines like wood and bonds very well to replicator products. Mixing ration 1:1

RM148

Amazing Remelt - 283g

Makes food grade molds for casting chocolates, sugar, wax, resin and more. Just melt and pour. This product is reusable time and again.  

RM135

Alumilite Flexible Foam - 454g

Flexible Foam is an easy to use, versatile, high tear strength, 2 part expandable flexible foam that expends up to 5 times its volume. Mixing ration 1:1

RM148

Alumilite Mini Casting Kit

With this Mini Casting Kit, you can mold and cast practically any small item you wish to produce.

Comes with sculpting clay, silicone mold rubber and casting resin. 

RM240

Alumilite SHELL - 3.17kg

Alumilite Shell cures to a light weight, durable, rigid plastic that can be used for a wide variety of applications such as light weight back filler to parts, tools, nests, cast replicas of bones, fake romanian pillars, movie props, architectural trim pieces and more!

RM480

Alumisol Soft Plastic - 907g

Perfect for fishing lure makers, special effects artists, rapid prototyping, and medical reproductions such as skin, fat, and muscle tissue, nests or fixtures and extremely soft rubbery parts. 1-part, heat & pour material.

RM155

Alumilite Synthetic Modeling Clay - 454g

Alumilite Modelling Clay is a sulfur-free clay used for creating one time original patterns, sealing mold boxes, and for claying up two part molds.

RM48

Alumilite Plat 25 Silicon Mold - 900g

A Food Grade RTV Silicon Mold. 1 to 1 mixing ratio for food applications. Yields a soft and pliable 25A rubber for casting of chocolates, sugar, wax, resin and more. 

RM288

Alumilite Porcelain Powder - 454g

Porcelain Powder is used with Alumilite Amazing Casting Resin White or Alumilite's White to achieve cold cast porcelain. It gives the user the look, feel, and texture of a porcelain casting.

RM88

Buy online right here today! We ship nationwide and also to Singapore! 

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WORLD'S SAFEST FACE PAINT - RUBY RED

We are proud to bring to you the world's safest face and body paint under the brand Ruby Red now available in Malaysia at Craftiviti!

If you've never heard of Ruby Red before we'll give you a summary of how awesome this range of product is. 

Red Ruby is a 100% made in USA brand of face and body paints. 

These paints are skin safe and ideal for toddlers, kids and even adults!

Here's a summary of why Ruby Red Paints stand apart from all other face paints in the market:

- Vegan certified - contains no animal products such as lanolin 

- These face paints are made from approved cosmetic ingredients
- Comes with full testing documentation with a child toy safety rating
- This product is fully compliant with all EU and USA FDA toy & cosmetic regulations
- Rated as hypoallergenic with no known side effects
- This face paint can be worn all day, is breathable and feels like a second skin
- This face paint contains no nuts, gluten or animal by-products
- Contains no fragrance
- Color pigments are highly concentrated, vibrant and top quality

- This is a paraben free face paint

- Very cost effective - a small 18ml cake will easily paint over 100 full faces
- When dry on skin it leaves no sticky or tacky feeling
- Paint well even on latex
- Great for special effects make up
- Easy to wash off. Just use light soap, water and a gentle wiping cloth

Ruby Red Face & Body Paint 18ml

This item will paint 100 full faces

Ruby Red Face & Body Paint 0.14oz

This item will paint 10 full faces

Ruby Red Face & Body Paint Theme Kit - 4 colours (0.14oz)

This item will paint 30-40 full faces

Ruby Red Face & Body Paint Classic Palette - 8 colours (0.14oz)

This item will paint 80 full faces

Ruby Red Face & Body Paint 16 Color Artist's Palette (0.14oz)

This item will paint 160 full faces

Ruby Red Face & Body Paint The JUMBO - 8 colors (18ml)

This item will paint 800 full faces

Buy online right here today! We ship nationwide and also to Singapore! 

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PROJECT: HOW TO MAKE A LARGE SILICONE RUBBER MOLD (2-PART) BY CHRIS TAN

The photos below are compliments from Chris Tan, a local customer on his project using Craftiviti Moldmaker RTV Silicone Rubber. 

Chris started with building a base out of Craftiviti Industrial Styling Clay. This clay contains no sulphur and is therefore safe to use with the Moldmaker RTV Silicone Rubber. In a nutshell, anything with sulphur will cause the RTV Silicone not to cure.

In the photo above, Chris brilliantly built the clay within a plastic tray hence eliminating the work needed to build 4 walls around the mold. Walls are essential in keeping the liquid silicone in.  

Next, Chris embedded his master objects. In this case, the master was a set of unique dices. Chris was careful to embed only half the dice. You can see how securely the clay grips onto the dice. Chris sprayed a layer of Silicone Release Agent on this master so that the master will not stick to the liqiud silicone rubber.

Next, Moldmaker RTV Silicone Rubber is mixed with the hardener. This step is crucial.

Mixing Ratio: 2.5%-3% hardener to the weight of the silicone rubber. 

So if you have 100g of  Moldmaker RTV Silicone Rubber, you only need approximately 3g hardener. A dripper or pipette is the best measuring tool for this and a very sensitive weighing scale too. Once you get more familiar with our Moldmaker RTV Silicone Rubber, you can roughly gauge 3g as 3ml. 

This mixture needs to be stirred well and poured SLOWLY onto the master to avoid bubbles forming. To encourage more bubbles to be released, just tap the mold. 

Chris left this mold overnight to cure.

The next day, the cured Silicone Rubber peels right off the mold. In the photo below you will see how well the silicone rubber emulates the master. 

Notice how well the Moldmaker RTV Silicone Rubber captures even the faintest detail including the shallow numeric on each dice. 

This is the first part of the mold. Now onto part 2. 

For part 2, Chris uses the 1st part of the mold with the dice. Again he builds a wall using Craftiviti Industrial Styling Clay. 

In the photo above, you will notice shiny liquid on the surface of this master. The liquid is a silicone-to-silicone brush-on liquid. Just brush on the liquid, allow to dry and repeat 3 to 4 times. You NEED TO DO THIS because silicone and silicone LOVE each other and will stick firmly together. This love is definitely NOT what you want in a 2 part mold.  

Repeat the mixing and pouring of the Moldmaker RTV Silicone Rubber. 

 The end result is a large two part mold slab that is ready to use. 

Thank you Chris for sharing!

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ESSENTIAL OIL: BERGAMOT OIL BENEFITS

Bergamot is a beautiful oil derived from the rind of the Bergamot citrus fruit. Craftiviti Bergamot Essential Oil is 100% pure from India and certified in the United States as Therapeutic Grade. 

This oil is extracted from the rind of the Bergamot fruit through Cold Press Method. Craftiviti Bergamot Oil is free from bergaptene which causes photosensitivity. 

Traditionally, this oil is believed to rid worms, heal wounds faster, relieve depression and anxiety, eliminate scars and acne marks, relax nerve and muscles, and more. Read article below for more on the benefits of this useful oil. 

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The health benefits of Bergamot Essential Oil can be attributed to its properties as a deodorant, vulnerary, vermifuge, antibiotic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, sedative, analgesic, antidepressant, disinfectant, febrifuge, cicatrisant, and digestive substance.

Bergamot is a citrus fruit whose rind is used for extracting the Bergamot Essential Oil. The scientific name of bergamot is Citrus Aurantium var. or Citrus Bergamia. It is a tropical plant, but thrives in Europe as well. Its powerful aroma makes it a popular component in msany perfumes, and it is often used as the all-important “top note”. It is derived through cold compression, opposed to the steam distillation of many other essential oils. One of the most common applications that you may not be aware of is its use in black tea. The inclusion of bergamot essential oil in regular black tea is then given a different name – Earl Grey!

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REVIEW: SCULPEY MEDIUM BLEND OVEN BAKE CLAY

We have these in our stores and we always get customers asking  what the difference is. So we referred to the trusty internet and found this review on Makezine about the Sculpey Medium Blend.

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All About Sculpey

Sculpey is a family of polymer clays produced by Polyform. Sculpey has been around in some form since the 60s and has been produced in a wide range of varieties. You may have worked with the colored Sculpey III or Premo! clays in crafting projects. Super Sculpey and Sculpey Firm are two favorites in the sculpting community.

Many sculptors create their own homemade mixtures of Super Sculpey and Sculpey Firm. By mixing these two clays together in a 50/50 mix, you get the workability of Super Sculpey combined with the ability to hold texture that is inherent to Sculpey Firm. Of course, this means having to spend extra time mixing clay, taking valuable work time away from your projects.

Well, the fine folks over at Polyform have been keeping an eye on polymer sculptors and have heard our woes. They have just added Sculpey Medium Blend to their product line. This is the perfect blend of Super Sculpey and Sculpey Firm. Mix your clay no longer! Not only do I now get to save precious time in my work day, I can also spare my hands the stress that comes with manually mixing clay.

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