The Art of Making Scented Candles – 4 Steps to Aromatic Beauty
Scented candles increase the ambience of any room. If you’re a warm and romantic type of person, you will appreciate the aroma of scented candles. Treat your guests to a touch of mystique and a sense of calm. And, of course, the glow of almost any candle highlights the elegance of the room.
The warm fragrance of a scented candle will lift your spirts, even when the candle is not lit. So when you come home tired and worn out from the day, the presence of the perfumed candles tend to unwind you and make you feel uplifted.
Aromatic candles serve as wonderful gifts for all occasions and every season, and they are particularily meaningful when crafted by your own hands.
1. Pick Your {Candle Making Fragrance}
Fragrance oil is sold in most craft shops. Also, you may buy 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? Oil and water do not mix so a water based perfume will not mix properly with the oil based wax.
2. Choose Your Wax
The basics of {scented candle making} are more or less the same as for ordinary wax candles. Begin by choosing your wax type. Available in the market is a versatile range of wax beginning with naturals from beeswax, palm or soy and moving along to paraffin or gel wax. You should decide on the fragrance intensity of your candles before selecting your wax. For instance, wax with less density holds less fragrance than higher density wax.
3. The Art of Making Aromatic 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. 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 so as not to burn the wax. The temperature must be kept between 170 &180 degrees F.
Once your wax has melted, insert a wick in the mold & take the wax away from the heat source. Now add the fragrance oil that you have chosen. One ounce fragrance oil to 1 pound wax will create a 6% fragrance. Greater amounts of fragrance oil will cause the candle to burn out quicker.
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! You’re finished!
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 candle making technique and thoroughly enjoy the process.
It’s a great feeling to award your loved ones with a {scented candle that is homemade} knowing that they will find the fragrance both relaxing and invigorating.
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