8 important things you need to know before you start making aromatherapy candle
Making aromatherapy candle could be a fun experience that can be done at the comfort of one’s home, if you are new to this kind of hobby then these are some questions in aromatherapy candle making recipes that you want to asked before you start the project.
I have been told to not use essential oils for aromatherapy candles, is it true?
Essential oils is very expensive to buy and If you want to use it on candle, you'll use it on a large amount. and that's why aromatherapy candles is very expensive.
I want to make aromatherapy soy candles, Can anyone recommend essential oils that will work in soy wax?
Peppermint, Spearmint, Lavender, Ginger, lemongrass, litsea, patchouli are the good ones. Stay away from Eucalyptus and Citrus oils, because sometimes it fades.
What is the recommended amount of essential oils to wax?
0.4 - 0.5 oz of essential oils in 2-3% dilution per pound wax seems to work well.
Why candles using essential oils is not as strong as candles using fragrance oils?
Candle which is using essential oils can't be as strong scent as Fragrance candles because essential oils just don't work that well at high concentrations.
If that so, candles is not giving the aromatherapy benefits to us ?
Candles is not the best ways to get the therapeutic value of aromatherapy, because the flame's temperature is going to destroy a lot of essential oils benefit.
If that's true, then it would be better to use fragrance oils in Aromatherapy Candle Making Recipes . In many cases, the nose can't tell the difference between the Fragrance Oils and Essential Oils.
An aromatherapy addicts will insist it has to be the real thing, the essential oils. People who are interested in purchasing true aromatherapy candles aren't interested in the super strong scent anyway. However, some people will react also on fragrance oils.
Why?
It because some fragrance oils can be use to stimulate a mood, instead of a physical reaction from the constituents of an essential oil. This is what they called aromachology.
Aroma-chology vs Aromatherapy
The sense of smell is one of the most powerful senses, and the influence of fragrance on human behavior and response is well known. Although many consumers associate scented candles with aromatherapy, most fragrance candles are not true "aromatherapy" candles.
Most scented candles create pleasing psychological effects from the ambient aroma of fragrances Aromatherapy calls for creating physiological or therapeutic effects through the use of essential oils extracted from plants and absorbed in the body through massage, ingestion or olfaction. Many scented candles that use essential oils do not contain amounts large enough to produce true aromatherapy effects.
Instead, most scented candles create pleasing psychological effects from the ambient aroma of fragrances. This is sometimes known as "aroma-chology," rather than aromatherapy. In any case, the popularity of scented candles continues to grow.
