Entering a candle recipe by hand

Already have a candle recipe you love — from a class, a supplier's spec sheet, your own notes? Type it straight in. This form is for transcribing recipes you already have, without the AI wizard. (When you want Ellie to invent a new one, that's the candle wizard instead.)

Entering a candle recipe by hand is reached from the Enter manually button on the candle recipes page — its neighbor, New recipe, opens the AI wizard instead. The by-hand form is only available in a candle-active workspace.

Fill in the basics

Start with the header details: the recipe name, the vessel, and the wax. For the vessel, wax, fragrance(s), and colorant(s) you can pick from your pantry so they stay linked to your stock — or type free text if it's something you haven't added.

Heads up: Free-text entries — anything not picked from your pantry — are just labels. They don't feed cost, fragrance load, or inventory tracking. Pick from your candle pantry whenever you can so the numbers work.

Add your fragrances, colorants, and steps

Add each fragrance oil and colorant with its amount, then write out the steps in the order you actually do them — melt, add fragrance, pour, cure.

Save it

When it's done, save the recipe. From there you can open it to see it in full alongside the rest of your library, or start a batch when you're ready to pour.

This path is the one to reach for if you're migrating recipes you already trust — from a notebook, a class handout, or another piece of software — rather than starting from scratch in the candle wizard.