Making Scented Candles - 4 Tips for Creating Captivating Scented Masterpieces

Scented candles increase the ambience of any room in your home. If you are a soft, romantic person, you will enjoy the 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 fragrance of scented candles will pep you up, even while the candle is unlit. 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.

Scented candles serve as wonderful gifts for any occasion and every season especially when they are made by your own hands.

1. Pick Your Candle Making Fragrance

Fragrance oil is available in virtually any craft shop. You may also shop for it on the web. 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, your fragrance should 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. Select Your Wax

The basics of making scented candles are more or less the same as for ordinary wax candles. Start by choosing your desired kind of wax. The current day market offers a versatile range of wax starting with beeswax, palm or soy & moving 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 Art of Making Aromatic Candles

Let’s cover the method for making aromatic candles.

The first step 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. You may now heat the water. Use a thermometer so as not to burn the wax. 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 your 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 mixture into your mold. The only task left is to let it the mold cool before removing your candle.

Congratulations on a job well done!

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 art of candle making and thoroughly enjoy the process.

It’s a great feeling to award your friends with a homemade scented candle knowing that they will find the fragrant essences both relaxing and invigorating.