Milton and Margie's Soy Wax Candles is excited to announce we have a new product: Mini Tin Soy Candles! At just $6 a pop, these cuties make the perfect gift and a great way to try out a new scent. These handmade soy candles are hand poured into cute, little reused tins, meaning that no materials, energy, or waste goes into producing the container. We gather the cans from our own kitchen; friends, family, and customers; and a generous Chicago recycling center. And, of course, we meticulously clean ..read more

Working from home as a solopreneur can get pretty lonely, so I turn to podcasts for friendship while I'm making soy candles. I'm obsessed with true crime, so my podcast playlist basically consists of only murder, with shows including Last Podcast on the Left, True Crime Garage, and Case File, to name a few, but my all-time favorite podcast is My Favorite Murder, hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. The true-crime enthusiasts—aka Murderinos—tell grisly and heartbreaking stories of murder through the lens of humor and feminism, and I truly can not get enough.As a lifelong Murderino ..read more

Get ready for Milton and Margie's weekend sale, Black Friday–Cyber Monday (11/24–11/27)! We're offering 50% off on select soy candles in vintage glassware and 20% off everything else at http://www.miltonandmargies.com/. And as always, you get free shipping!50% Off Select Vintage Soy Candles 20% Off All Soy Candles ..read more

As the proud mother of three cats and one dog, I have to admit that my home often smells like there are, indeed, four animals living it. Lucky for me, as the owner of Milton and Margie's Soy Wax Candles, I make soy candles and burn them nonstop all day every day to help combat my animals' disgustingness.You could always opt for some Glade Plug-Ins or Febreeze, but I prefer the natural alternative of lighting soy candles to keep my home smelling fresh (of course, for accidents on rugs or furniture, I pull out the Arm and Hammer Pet Stain and Odor Remover). The cheap scents in household sprays g ..read more

Milton and Margie's Soy Wax Candles is now offering soy candle making kits. The candle kits contain everything you need to learn to make soy candles, including the supplies, instructions, and tips on creating your own signature fragrance. The kit comes in a smart little solid pine box, making it an ideal gift for your favorite crafter or DIY enthusiast. What are the benefits of soy wax? For starts, it's sustainable and it burns longer and cleaner than traditional paraffin wax candles ..read more

March 8th is A Day Without a Woman, and Milton and Margie's Soy Wax Candles wants to stand in solidarity with women everywhere by donating 25% of sales to Planned Parenthood. I believe that women's health is at the center of women's rights, and that makes the survival of Planned Parenthood essential. I, like their 2.5 million patients, have gotten health care at Planned Parenthood, and want all women to have access to their services ..read more

I am obsessed with this pink Himalayan salt scrub. Personal confession alert: My legs tend to be incredibly dry—Chicago winters—and I get a lot of in-grown hairs on the outsides of my upper thighs—probably because my jeans fit like sausage casings—and regular lotion just doesn't do anything for these issues. But ever since I started using this pink Himalayan salt scrub, my legs are smooth, soft, and free of bumps, and, most importantly, they're not itchy due to dry skin. They kind of look like the inhumanly shiny legs of celebrities on late-night talk shows (but, like, fatter—and I'm okay with ..read more

To help you celebrate Valentine's Day (or, really, Galentine's Day), we're offering free shipping on orders of $50 or more at Milton and Margie's Soy Wax Candles all throughout February.Use discount code FREE50.We have some pretty romantic scents (if we don't say so ourselves) for our soy candles, such as Dusk and Wild Rose, and the fun boozy scent Gin and Tonic that will set the scene for a girls' night in.Looking for a Valentine's Day gift for a guy? Snag some beard oil and beard wax to help him look sharp for your hot date ..read more

Those of you who know me well know that I am a filth-person who doesn't bathe regularly. But when I do, I go all out. I get like 12 soy candles going and break out my DIY pink Himalayan sea salt scrub, Young Living bath and shower gel (I add lavender and rosemary oil to it—my personal favorite combo), Young Living Art skincare collection, and my DIY bath salts. Post-bath I slather my entire body with Sweet Simple Living's Pretty Legs cream and recite a prayer to my overlord Young Living (jk ... maybe).But that's enough of my blathering; let's just get to the DIY bath salts recipe. It makes the ..read more

If you, too, are foolish enough to live in Chicago, you already know what I'm going to say: IT'S SO COLD. PLEASE, SOMEONE, ANYONE, HELP ME! My apartment/studio is a frigid punishment with tile floors that might as well be an ice rink. Does this sound familiar? I guess my point is that the only way to escape is through man's merciful numbing elixir: booze—and more specifically, warm cocktails. To loosen winter's grasp, I've worked up a hot toddy recipe, and I've been sharing it at my Dabble Chicago candle-making class Make Soy Candles, Drink Hot Toddys to give folks a little added motivation to ..read more