Scented candles increase the ambience of any room in your home. If you are a soft, romantic person, you will enjoy the aroma of scented candles. You and your guests will be treated to a sense of calm and well being. Also, the warm glow of just about any candle enhances the elegance of a room.
Even before it is lit, the subtle fragrance of a scented candle will heighten your energy level,. So when you come home tired and frazzled, the aroma & flickering glow of a scented wax candle will relieve your tightness & lift your spirits.
Scented candles are wonderful gifts for any occasion and/or season, especially when made by your own hands.
1. Choose Your Fragrance For Candle Making
Fragrance oil is available in virtually any craft shop. You can also shop for it online. I would suggest that you opt for fragrance oils rather than going for inexpensive alcohol or water based fragrances. Since your wax mix will be oil based, your fragrance should also be oil based. Why? Well, as oil and water do not blend, the water from a water based perfume tends not to mix with the melted wax.
2. Pick Your Wax
The basics of making scented candles are more or less the same as for ordinary wax candles. Start by choosing your desired kind of wax. The current day market offers a versatile range of wax starting with beeswax, palm or soy & moving on to gel or paraffin wax. Decide on the aromatic intensity of your candles before making a wax selection. For instance, wax with less density holds less fragrance than higher density wax.
3. The Art of Making Aromatic Candles
Let’s cover the method for making aromatic candles.
The first job is to melt the wax. I recommend using a double boiler. That means place the wax in a small pot and, in turn, put that container into a slightly larger pot containing water. Next step – heat the water. Use a thermometer to avoid burning your wax. Maintain the temperature at a constant 170-180 degrees F.
After the wax is melted, insert a wick into the mold and remove your wax from it’s source of heat. Next add the fragrance oil. One ounce fragrance oil to 1 pound wax will create a 6% fragrance. Appreciate that larger portions of fragrance oil means the candle to burn out sooner.
Now pour the melted wax mixture into your mold. The only job remaining is to let it cool before removing your candle from it’s mold.
Congratulations on a job well done!
4. Experiment as You Go
You will gain great expertise in all phases of candle making once you start experimenting. By using different fragrances and colors, you will perfect the art of candle making and thoroughly enjoy the process.
It’s a great feeling to award your friends with a scented homemade candle knowing that they will find the fragrance both relaxing and invigorating.
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