How Do You Make Natural Candles With Essential Oils?
Making your own natural candles can add beauty to your home, and the candles make wonderful holiday gifts. Natural, hand-dipped candles can be created easily using simple methods that are the same today as they were hundreds of years ago. Plus, when you add essential oils to your handmade candles, it will allow them to spread aromas in your home throughout the year. Heat the beeswax. Pour 4 lbs. of beeswax pellets into an empty, clean coffee can. Place the coffee can into the top part of a double boiler, then fill the bottom part halfway up with water. Heat the double boiler on a stove top over medium-high heat until the beeswax melts completely. Remove the wax from the heat. Pour in the essential oils after the wax has been removed from the heat. Lavender and rose essential oils combine especially well with the scent of the beeswax. Stir the mixture well using a wooden spoon. Using an 18-inch piece of candle wick, dip each end of the wick into the wax 6 to 9 inches down, depending on
