The number one summer enemy where I am from is the hated mosquito! They are aggressive and painful around my house and 100% times worse at my fiancés. So for us to be able to enjoy the summer outdoors we need citronella candles and bug spray! Today I will show you how to make the Citronella Candles and tomorrow I will show you how to make essential oil Bug Spray.
First let me explain why I make my own instead of buying them! The ones that come from the store are full of fragrances and chemicals. We all end up breathing the fumes in and they end up in our blood stream. So in my book thats definitely a NO NO. In mine I use organic beeswax, cotton wick, and therapeutic grade essential oils. All perfectly good for your body.
You'll Need:
♡Organic Beeswax (I got mine on amazon)
♡Mason Jars (Walmart)
♡Cotton Wick (Michaels Craft Store)
♡Small Washers (Lowes Or Home Depo)
♡Young Living Citronella Essential Oil (Got to the Oils
♡Bamboo Skewers (Walmart)
What to do:
First you will want to tie your wicks to your washers for each masion jar. Set the washer with the wick tied to it in the bottle of the jar. Place a skewer on top of the jar and wrap the wick around it 2 times. Then cut the wick and tape to skewer. Shown in a picture below!
Now you want to get busy melting beeswax. This took me forever. There is not exact science to melting wax. I got a glass measuring pitcher and microwaved it at 50 second increments. Do this until 100% liquid with no off white floaties. For each 2 cups of melted liquid beeswax I added 40 to 45 drops. I filled the jars to the line where the tin top would end. Then repeat this process till all mason jars are full.
Let your jars sit over night before trimming the wick and lighting! Once they are done you can light them and enjoy! The scent is very light and not at all over whelming!
Hope you enjoy comment below and let me know how this works for you.
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