Wax Melts Recipe
Make your own wax melts with clean burning soy wax and your favorite fragrance or essential oils.
Yield: 24
Cost: $20
Equipment
- Old pot
- clean empty tin can
- wooden skewer or plastic spoon
Materials
- 2 cups natural soy wax flakes
- silicone ice cube mold
- essential oil blends or fragrance oil approx. 200 drops
Instructions
- Melt candle wax in a clean tin can in an old pot or saucepan with water on the stove.
- Once melted remove the can from the heat and add fragrance or essential oils.
- Stir and pour into the silicone mold to create wax cubes.
- Allow the wax to harden
- Remove wax melts from mold and bag them up for gifts or store them away in an airtight container like a mason jar until ready to use in any wax warmer.
Notes
Essential oils and fragrance oil vary in strength so you may not need as much in the molds. The best thing to do is add a little at a time and test it.
Beeswax and be substituted for soy wax. Both are natural ingredients. However, you might want to steer clear of paraffin wax as it is said to emit toxic chemicals.
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