Scented candles increase the ambience of any room. If you are a romantic person, you will enjoy the warm aroma of scented candles. Your guests will be intoxicated with calm and well being. Also, the light of almost any candle enhances the elegance of a room.
The subtle aroma of a scented candle will heighten your spirit, even before the candle is lit. So when you come home tired and frazzled, the aroma & flickering glow of a scented wax candle will relieve your tightness & lift your spirits.
Aromatic candles serve as wonderful gifts for all occasions and every season, and they are particularily meaningful when crafted by your own hands.
1. Choose Your Fragrance For Candle Making
Fragrance oil is sold in most craft shops. Also, you may buy it online. I suggest that you opt for fragrance oils rather the cheaper alcohol and 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, water based perfume tends not to mix with the melted wax.
2. Pick Your Wax
The basics of scented candle making are more or less the same as for ordinary wax candles. Start by selecting your wax. Available in the market is a versatile range of wax starting with the naturals, beeswax, palm & soy, and progressing to paraffin or gel wax. You should decide on the fragrance intensity of your candles before selecting your 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 that we’ve covered wax selection, let’s talk about the process of creating scented candles.
The first task is to melt your 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. Now heat the H2O. Use a thermometer to ensure the wax is not burnt. The temperature must be kept between 170 &180 degrees F.
When the wax is melted, put a wick in the mold & take the wax from the heat source. Next add the fragrance oil that you’ve selected. A mixture of 1 ounce of fragrance oil to 1 pound of wax will create a fragrance level equal to 6% of candle density. Greater amounts of fragrance oil will cause the candle to burn out quicker.
Now pour the melted wax/fragrance mixture into your mold. The only job remaining is to let it cool before removing your candle from it’s mold.
Congratulations! You’re finished!
4. Try Different Things 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 candle making technique and thoroughly enjoy the process.
It’s a great feeling to gift your friends with a scented homemade candle knowing that they will find the fragrant essences both relaxing and invigorating.
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