Making Scented Candles is Easy..  Right?

Some of my fondest memories of my childhood are of making scented candles at home in the 1960’s and 1970’s. We used a very simple method in which the molds for the candles were cartons from and we used our crayons to change the color of the wax. We would go to the local craft store to get the scents and wax for our candles. I remember that we heated the wax in pots on the stove, and dropped in a crayon when the wax was liquid and stirred until it dissolved into the wax. We made a lot of candles at the same time, and we would make them in layers of different colors by carefully pouring on some more melted wax of a new color when the layer below was hardening but still soft. We made some layers slanted by tilting the mold at various angles, and we varied the thickness of the layers. The most exciting time for us children was when the wax had dried completely and we could peel off the cardboard and see how our colors and layering had turned out.

Our candles from those days always looked at least interesting and sometimes great, but because the molds were usually too wide, many of the candles did not burn well. As a result most of the wax would remain unmelted with the burning wax forming a puddle just around the wick. We had to throw away a lot of candles that had not used most of the wax, but that didn’t matter much to us kids because the important thing was that they looked cool. The candles that we made as children were not very safe, but we didn’t really think about that kind of thing back then.Our only concern was having fun making the candles.

Today there is a whole new type of candle called scentsy candles and they are much safer than those homemade candles that sometimes would burst into flame because they got too hot.  You know, a candle will do that when they reach 375 degrees fahrenheit.  Little did I know, you never want to throw watter on burning wax because it starts poping all over the place.

Let me just tell you a little about the scentsy warmer.I love the fact that Scentsy Warmers sell themself. It seems like everyone that sees the warmers and smells the scents falls in love with at least one scent and one warmer. I guess this is because there are so many different styles and scents available..  However, there is no flame which makes me feel safer than I feel when burning candles.It is great that you can change for one scent to another very easy and you can even keep your scents for future use..The fact that there is no smoke after blowing out a flame is great.That is the worst thing about burning a candle.With the scentsy wax, I can stick my finger down in the wax and not get burned.  They must be them same temperature as my skin because you hardly know the wax is there.

If you would like to get more information about scentsy products please visit my website at the previous link.  I am an Independant Scentsy Consultant and I would be glad to assist you in gaining more knowledge of Scentsy.  They are fun and easy to use scented candles, and they make a wonderful gift!

The links contained in this article are not associated with the Scentsy website.  The links provided are that of a Scentsy Independent Consultant

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