Making Scented Candle Tips – 4 Steps for Creating Aromatic Works of Art
Scented candles increase the ambience of any room. If you are a romantic kind of person, you’ll appreciate the aroma of these scented wax masterpieces. You and your guests will be intoxicated with a sense of well being. As you will appreciate, the flickering glow of any candle heightens the elegance of a room.
The subtle fragrance of scented candles will pep you up, even while the candle is unlit. When you arrive home tired and worn out from the day, the aroma & warm glow of a scented candle tends to loosen your tightness & lift your energy level.
Scented candles are great gifts for every season and all occasions; especially when they are hand crafted by yours truely.
1. Choose Your {Candle Fragrance}
Fragrance oil is sold in most craft shops. You can also shop for it online. I would suggest that you opt for fragrance oils rather than going for cheap water or alcohol based fragrances. Since your wax mix will be oil based, use a fragrance that is also be oil based. Why? Well, as oil and water do not blend, water based perfume tends not to mix with the melted wax.
2. Choose Your Wax
The basics of {scented candle making} are more or less the same as for ordinary wax candles. Start by choosing your desired kind of wax. These days the market offers a versatile range of wax, starting from natural waxes made from beeswax, palm or soy and on to gel or paraffin wax. It is important that you decide on the fragrance intensity for your candles before picking the kind of wax. For example, in case of gel candles, gel wax with less density holds less fragrance compared to gel wax with higher density.
3. The Process of Making Scented Candles
Now we’ll go through the process of creating aromatic candles.
The first job is to melt the wax. Use a double boiler for this purpose. 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 ensure the wax is not burnt. Maintain the temperature at a constant 170-180 degrees F.
When the wax is melted, put a wick in the mold & take the wax from the heat source. Next add your fragrance oil. A mixture of 1 ounce fragrance oil to 1 pound wax will produce a fragrance that permeates your candle up to 6% of its density. Appreciate that larger portions of fragrance oil means the candle to burn out sooner.
Now pour your melted wax/fragrance mix into it’s mold. The only job left 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 expertise in all phases of candle making when 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 {homemade scented candle} knowing that they will find the fragrance both relaxing and invigorating.
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