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. 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 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. Pick Your Fragrance For Candle Making
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 inexpensive alcohol or water 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, the water from a 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. 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. It is important that you decide on the fragrance intensity for your candles before picking the kind of wax. For example, lower density wax holds less fragrance than wax of a higher density.
3. The Process of Making Scented Candles
Now we’ll go through the process of creating aromatic candles.
The first task is to melt your wax. For this purpose, a double boiler can be used. That means put the wax in a small pot. Now place that container into a slightly larger pot partially filled with water. You may now heat the water. Use a thermometer to avoid burning your wax. The temperature should be maintained at 170-180 degrees Fahrenheit.
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 fragrance oil to 1 pound wax will produce a fragrance that permeates your candle up to 6% of its 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 your melted wax/fragrance mix into it’s mold. The only task left is to let it the mold cool before removing your candle.
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 candle making technique and thoroughly enjoy the process.
It’s a great feeling to award your loved ones with a {scented homemade candle} knowing that they will find the fragrance both relaxing and invigorating.