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How to Make Essential Oil Candles

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I am really loving my Young Living essential oils. We use them for cleaning around the house, I treat my runny nose/ watery eye symptoms with them and I make my own bath salts and bug spray too. I decided to try my hand at another homemade project using them, candle making. A few weekends back we went shopping in Round Top, a large twice yearly antique, thrifting and junk haven! I only bought two things all day. A beautiful wooden bowl for my new kitchen table and a handful of adorable vintage mini tart tins. As soon as I saw the tart tins I knew they would make the sweetest essential oil candles.

Essential Oil Candles // Lani Derrick #YLEO

The hardest part of this project was deciding which oil to use. I love the way they all smell and each one has its own unique benefits. I chose to use the Young Living Joy blend, it smells amazing and is perfect for lifting your spirits. I knew it was a scent my mom would love and I thought this would be perfect as part of her Mother’s Day gift this year.

DIY Essential Oil Candles // Life Anchored #YLEO

First thing I wanted to do was wash my tins. You can use a variety of containers for your candles, I recommend thick glass or metal for safety when heated.

DIY Essential Oil Candles // Life Anchored #YLEO

I took my candle wax bits and heated in the microwave in a glass mixing container, 30 seconds at a time until completely melted. I carefully removed my container or melted wax from the microwave using something to protect myself from that hot glass. Next I added 10 drops of Young Living Joy blend essential oils to the wax and stirred gently until mixed.

I left my wicks untrimmed and placed in the middle of each tin. If you are having trouble with the wick standing upright, you can place a scrapbooking glue dot on the bottle of wick to secure it.

Slowly pour your wax to fill your container. Make sure that you are working on a surface that can withstand heat as well as be scrapped if you spill the wax on it.

DIY Essential Oil Candles // Life Anchored #YLEO

Allow to sit until completely cooled.

I packaged up mine to go with my mom’s kitchen themed Mother’s Day gift, but candles make a great gift all on their own. I know I will be making a variety of essential oil candles to have in our home.

What is your favorite scent of candle?

Comments

  1. These are really cute. I love essential oils. I have made candles with the pepper oil. I need to try it with some other scents. I agree candles do make great gifts.

  2. I had wondered about making candles with them but my understanding is the essential oils lose their therapeutic grade when heated. I was going to use them in my scentsy warmers and I was told while they will smell good they will lose the therapeutic qualities.

  4. These candles are so cute! But yet they look simple enough for me to do. I’m not craft at all. haha

    Thanks for sharing your DIY candles at #SmallVictoriesSundayLinkup !

  5. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this! I’ve been wanting to make my own candles for ages and this has spurred me on. What gorgeous little tins too! Thank you so much for linking up to #AllAboutYou

  6. I love how vintage they look and I can just imagine how wonderful they smell. Thank you for sharing at Share It One More Time. Cathy

  7. These turned out great,, I was wondering about adding essential oils to candles. Thanks for the idea!
    Thanks for stopping by to linkup on FF Linkup this week on Oh my Heartsie Girl!!
    I hope you enjoy your weekend!
    Karren

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