Massage Oil Candle
Learn how to make your own massage oil candle with this step by step guide that includes a recipe.
Servings: 1 2.5 ounce candle
Cost: $5
Equipment
- Heat Safe Container
- Pan to boil water in
- Spatula
- Scale
- Marker (to hold wick straight)
- Scissors
- Glue gun
- Container for candle
Ingredients
- 0.70 ounce | 28% Soy Wax
- 0.78 ounce | 31% Cocoa Butter Deodorized (unless you are going for a cocoa scent!)
- 0.80 ounce | 32% Shea Butter Refined
- 0.13 ounce | 5% Caster Oil
- 0.10 ounce | 4% Love Spell Fragrance Oil **Follow manufacturer's recommendation for use rate
- 1 Wick
- 1 Candle Container
Instructions
- Adhere the wick to the bottom of the candle jar with a small amount of hot glue on the bottom of the wick tab.
- You want to be sure to place the wick in the center of the candle.
- Weight out all of your ingredients
Heated Phase
- Add soy wax to your heat safe container
- Also add in your cocoa butter.
- Place on a double boiler until the soy wax and cocoa butter are fully melted. Be sure to stir it while on the double boiler, so the oils don't get too hot.
Cool Down Phase
- Add in the shea butter to the melted oils. Stir until the shea butter is fully melted.
- Add caster oil and fragrance oil.
- Stir well.
- Pour the hot massage oil into the candle container.
- Use a marker to hold the wick in the center of the candle.
- Allow the candle to fully cool.
- Trim the wick to 1/4 inch.