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Aromatic candles will enhance the ambience of a room. If you’re a warm and romantic type of person, you will appreciate the aroma of scented candles. You and your guests will be intoxicated with a sense of well being. Also, the light of almost 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 serve as wonderful gifts for any occasion and every season especially when they are made by your own hands.
1. Choose Your {Candle Fragrance}
Fragrance oil is available in virtually any craft shop. 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. Your wax mix will be oil based, so your fragrance should 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. Choose Your Wax
The basics of {scented candle making} are more or less the same as for ordinary wax candles. Start by selecting your 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. You should decide on the fragrance intensity of your candles before selecting 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 Act of Making Scented Style Candles
Now that we’ve talked about waxes, let’s discuss the method for creating scented candles.
The first job is to melt the wax. For this purpose, a double boiler can be used. That means place the wax in a small pot and, in turn, put that container into a slightly larger pot containing water. You may now heat the water. You’ll need a thermometer to ensure the wax is not burnt. Maintain the temperature at a constant 170-180 degrees F.
After the wax is melted, insert a wick into the mold and remove your wax from it’s source of heat. Now add the fragrance oil that you have chosen. 1 ounce fragrance oil to 1 pound wax will create a fragrance of 6%. Be aware that greater amounts of fragrance will cause the candle to burn out sooner owing to higher liquid density of the candle.
Next pour the melted wax/fragrance mixture 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. Try Different Things as You Go
Start experimenting and you will soon become an expert in all aspects of making candles. 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 candle that is homemade} knowing that they will find the fragrant essences both relaxing and invigorating.
