Thimna MatikaThere are many ways to give your home a spa-like fragrance, among them is turning your citrus into naturally scented candles.
Which is the easiest and most therapeutic way of carving a citrus fruit to make a candle from its peel? When cut in the middle, citrus fruits can be turned into an aromatic fragrance for your home. The peel of citrus fruits like lime, lemon, oranges, and grapefruit has volatile oil glands in pits.
The fleshy interior is composed of separate sections, called carpels, filled with fluid-filled vesicles that are specialized hair cells. These characteristics of citrus fruits make them well-suited for natural fragrance, perfumes, and essential oils. Therefore, unique and naturally scented candles can be easily and conveniently made by carving a citrus fruit of your choice and repurposing your citrus peels.
What you will need:
- Microwave bowl
- Teaspoon
- Cotton string
- Wax/candle
- Essential oils
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How to make a DIY citrus candle
- Choose which citrus fruit you want to create a candle with orange, lemon, lime, or grapefruit.
- Cut the fruit in half with a knife.
- Use a metal spoon to calve and get most of the flesh of the fruit out.
- Keep the husk of the fruit as it increases the citrusy fragrance of the candle.
- Tie a cotton string onto a teaspoon and cut it to the size of the fruit.
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- Place the cotton string into the bowl.
- Melt a candle or wax in the microwave for at least 5 minutes.
- Before pouring the melted wax into the fruit, drop essential oils of your choice into the wax and stir.
- Pour wax into the fruits that you’ve carved. Let it cool down.
Take advantage of the citrusy crisp, tangy aroma of the citrus fruits that are in season this winter. Making your own DIY citrus candles is not only enjoyable and healing, but it’s also a lovely and natural way to add a spa-like scent to your house.
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You can make as many of these candles as you like with fruit you already have in your house, whether you like the sweetness of orange, the tang of grapefruit, or the brightness of lemon. All season long, fill your home with a warm, energizing citrus scent and relish the joy that comes from making something useful and lovely by hand.
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