When visiting any crafts store you will notice the huge selection of various scents for use when making scented candles. Many are familiar with which scent goes with what but that are also others that have no clue what mix of scents will work best.
Let’s cover some basics first, when starting out making your own candles most start out the same way. First is the wax preparation, the wax is melted in a metal bowl over a pot of rapid boiling water, some call this a double boiler. The metal bowl contains the raw wax. After sitting over the boiling water pour the melted wax into your mold, of course make sure you have your wick in place before you do this. Once the wax has cooled, usually about 4-6 hours remove the wax from the mold. In efforts to avoid the wax from sticking to the mold you can always try some non-stick cooking spray.
Now that the basics are out of the way we can focus on the scents. When shopping around for scents stick with the oil based scents since candle wax is mostly oil.
When you wax is removed from the heat you’ll want to add your fragrance. If using paraffin wax, most common, you can use one ounce of fragrance per one pound of wax. If using a soy type of wax up it just a bit to a little over an ounce per pound. If using gel wax that will depend on the density of the wax since it will only be able to hold so much fragrance.
With all the different types of fragrances it can be hard to choose. Stores will have many different scents to suit your needs and the internet has even more. Typical ones are like baby power, floral, cinnamon, apple, clove just to name a few. As you can see many can be used for a type of holiday gift or would work well in a bathroom or kitchen. Really just think about the scents and where it fits, some for winter like a balsam or peppermint. Autumn scents could be pumpkin or clove and floral are always good for a living room.
Just keep an open mind when exploring different scents for your candles. It’s best to speak with someone at a craft store just to get a feel for it vs. starting out online. Go into the store and touch, feel and smell all the options. Most of all just have fun and try different things you’ll see what works and what doesn’t and you’ll learn the most this way. Making your own scented candles this way allows you to put your own personal touch on them and will being interesting to friends and family.
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