How to Make a Scented Beeswax Candle

Beeswax candles are beautiful, natural and relatively easy to make. The beeswax itself can be obtained from a craft store or local beekeeper. Keep in mind that beeswax candles have a naturally sweet, honeyed scent. Therefore, even those candles that are made without any added aromas will have a pleasant smell. If you must add your own fragrance, do so in moderation and keep in mind that it should complement and not clash with the natural scent of beeswax. Almond and vanilla are good choices that will create a delicious, sweet scent. So, if you would would like to learn more on How to Make Scented Beeswax Candles, check out this article by eHow contributor, Mandi Rodiger.  The holidays are just around the corner, so this article may inspire you to create gifts for family and friends.

How to Make Candles From Beeswax Pastilles

According to Grant McKenzie, eHow Contributor, people in the Middle Ages burned tallow candles for light in their homes. Tallow was comparatively cheap and easy to manufacture, but it gives off a lot of smoke and smell bad. Churches, which used a lot of candles, used candles made of beeswax to eliminate these side effects, taking special donations to cover the cost difference. Today, beeswax is still more expensive, but is also still cleaner burning and sweeter smelling. You can buy it natural, which is a honey yellow color, or bleached white and in either blocks or pastilles, or pellets.

I have never made a candle from beeswax pastilles only from beeswax sheets. I am sure it is very similiar to what I do when I make soy candles. So if you would like to learn how like I do, then join me in reading Grant's article How to Make Candles From Beeswax Pastilles.

How to Make Poured Beeswax Candles

There are many different types of candle wax on the market from Parafin to Gel Wax.  One of the best types of wax is melted beeswax.  In article written by Lizz Shepherd, eHow Contributing Writer, poured beeswax candles are made from melted beeswax that is reshaped in a mold to create the candle instead of using pre-formed beeswax sheets. The completed candles look like paraffin candles, but they burn cleaner. Poured beeswax candles burn slower than rolled beeswax and they don't develop a white film on them as quickly as rolled beeswax does.

If you would like to learn more on how to make poured beeswax candles and not the rolled beeswax sheet candles, check out the following instructions in the article titled, How to Make Poured Beeswax Candles.