Q&A for How to Make a Scented Candle in a Glass

Trim the wick so it's the same height as your jar. Then, secure the wick it by attaching it to a stick placed over the mouth of the jar.

What you're talking about is getting the essential oil out of the flowers, which is a time-consuming, expensive, and complicated process. It takes hundreds of blossoms just to make a few ounces of essential oils. It's far easier and more cost-effective to simply buy essential oils.

No. You should only use dyes that were specifically created to color the wax that you're using. Anything else could cause the candle to smoke and not burn properly.

Typically this happens when the wax was too cool when you started to pour it, so it starts to harden in layers, leading to these lines. Try pouring the wax back into the original container before it hardens completely and reheating it a little.

This isn't a good idea. They could spark or smoke and lead to uneven burning.

You could melt down wax candles that have already been made, but this would likely be more expensive than just buying wax flakes.

You can use paraffin wax to make candles. However, it's more expensive than soy wax and a bit more difficult to work with. Soy wax is great for beginners because it melts so smoothly and easily and burns cleanly.

A Pringles container isn't a great option for a candle because it's made mostly of cardboard, which is flammable.

While it’s always important to read the manufacturer’s instructions, a standard rule is to use one ounce of candle fragrance to one pound of candle wax. However, the strength or weakness of the candle scent added will affect the outcome, so it pays to experiment and take reminder notes on amounts added as you go, allowing you to improve on the scent ratios for future candle making projects.

You can use essential oils to scent candles. Keep the addition to around 3 drops for a light scent and a few more drops for a heavier scent––a little goes a long way as essential oils are highly concentrated. It’s important to add essential oil drops while the wax is warm and soft but not so hot that the fragrance burns off. Always read the instructions accompanying the oil.

No, this is not a good idea because real perfume contains too much alcohol, which causes the scent to burn off immediately rather than lasting for whole candle. Moreover, alcohol content turns a candle into a fire hazard once lit, as well as stopping the wax from setting properly, which can make the wax brittle or weak, causing it to break up. Scented additives need to be compatible with wax and produce scent for a long duration. To get this balance, the best choices to scent a candle are perfume oil or perfume candle scent; if wished, these can mimic a particular perfume scent.

It's a good idea to heat the glasses, as the hot wax might cause the glass to crack due to the rapid change in temperature.

Heat the measuring cup so that all the wax inside is liquid. Then wipe out measuring cup with a paper towel. Repeat if necessary to get all of the wax out.

No. The food coloring is water-based so it won't mixed properly with the candle wax, which is oil-based. Oil and water don't mix.

Yes, vanilla essence is fine.

It's not really recommended as perfumes contain flammable chemicals. Many candle supply retailers sell well-known perfume fragrances designed for use in candles and bath bombs. It's worth taking a look.

It depends on what colour the wax was before you melted it - if it was white before melting, it will stay white.

You could, but cologne is going to be much stronger than essential oils, so you'll need to put a lot less in so that it's not overpowering.

No, the rope wick will be burning directly on the glass and could possibly crack it.

Any scent can be used as long as it is oil based in order to mix perfecly with the melted wax (perfume and water based scents will not work).

I would say it takes around one hour, at least the first time.

I don't think so, as candles having seeds or decorative items like beads and glitter are actually not for burning. if you want to use something else than essential oils, try using sandal wood -- you just need to wrap them around the candle, and they will give off a nice fragrance.

It'll evaporate out. So best not to, but there are liquor-scented oils out there, so use those instead.

Yes. That is possible. Heat it and it'll still turn liquid and set into any mold you pour it into.

I wouldn't recommend using those.

A string won't burn correctly, so you need a wick.

You might not be able to get all of the wax out using conventional methods, such as scraping and washing with soap and water. But, you could try heating the measuring cup in the stove at a somewhat low temperature to get the residual wax to pool in the bottom and then pour it out.

No. The plastic would melt. Stick with glass.

Unfortunately, the first ingredient is water, so it won't mix well. Any scent you use should be oil-based.

You shouldn't burn a candle without a holder. It's a fire hazard, and wax will drip and get everywhere.