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Scented candles increase the ambience of any room in your home. If you’re a warm and romantic type of person, you will appreciate the aroma of scented candles. You and your guests will be treated to a sense of calm and well being. Also, the light of almost any candle enhances the elegance of a 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 worn out from the day, the presence of the perfumed candles tend to unwind you and make you feel uplifted.

Scented candles are wonderful gifts for any occasion and/or season, especially when made by your own hands.

1. Pick Your {Candle Making Fragrance}

Fragrance oil is sold in most craft shops. You can also shop for it online. I would suggest that you opt for fragrance oils rather than going for cheap water or alcohol 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 {making a scented candle} are more or less the same as for ordinary wax candles. Start by choosing your desired kind of 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’ll want to decide on the aromatic intensity for your candles before choosing your wax. For example, 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 talked about waxes, let’s discuss the method for creating scented candles.

The first task is to melt your wax. I suggest using a double boiler. Meaning place the wax in a small pot & place that pot into a slightly larger container partially filled with tap 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.

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 because it has a higher liquid density.

Now pour the melted wax/fragrance mixture into your mold. The only job left is to let the whole thing cool before removing your candle from it’s mold.

Congratulations, well done!

4. Experiment as You Move Along

You will gain expertise in all phases of candle making when 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 loved ones with a {scented homemade candle} knowing that they will find the fragrant essences both relaxing and invigorating.