Making Scented Candles - 4 Tips for Creating Captivating Scented Masterpieces
Aromatic candles will enhance the ambience of a room. If you are a soft, romantic person, you will enjoy the aroma of scented candles. You and your guests will be intoxicated with a sense of 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 great gifts for every season and all occasions; especially when they are hand crafted by yours truely.
1. Select Your Fragrance For Candle Making
Fragrance oil is sold in most craft shops. You can also look for it on the internet. 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, 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 making scented candles 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 starting with the naturals, beeswax, palm & soy, and progressing to paraffin or gel wax. You’ll want to decide on the aromatic intensity for your candles before choosing your wax. For instance, in case of gel candles, gel wax with less density holds less fragrance compared to gel wax with higher density.
3. The Art of Scented Candle Making
Now that we’ve covered wax selection, let’s talk about the process of creating scented candles.
The first step is to melt your wax. Use a double boiler for this purpose. That means put the wax in a small pot. Now place that container into a slightly larger pot partially filled with 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.
Once the wax has melted, put a wick in the mold and remove your wax from the source of heat. Next add the fragrance oil. A mixture of 1 ounce of fragrance oil to 1 pound of wax will create a fragrance level equal to 6% of candle density. Be aware that greater amounts of fragrance will cause the candle to burn out sooner owing to higher liquid density of the candle.
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 on a job well done!
4. Experiment as You Go Along
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 gift your friends with a homemade scented candle knowing that they will find the fragrant essences both relaxing and invigorating.
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