Hey everybody, it's Charlotte with the Wooden Wick Co. and today on Makers Moments I'm going to be
teaching you how to make wax melts. Making wax melts is a super fun add-on if you're already
making candles, or if you'd like to make wax melts on their own, it can be a fun way to get creative
using dried botanicals, micas, crystals, and other really cool enhancers. So i have out on the table a
few of our Wooden Wick Co. dried botanicals that i'm going to be using to make a wildflower wax
melt today. So i have dried Calendula, Organic Blue Cornflower, Red Rose Petals and Dried Lavender Buds.
These look and smell amazing, and add a lot of fun and vibrancy to your products.
And then I have a bottle of our Rose Water + Hibiscus fragrance oil
that is a fresh, watery rose scent. Beautiful for spring and summer. When you're making wax melts,
because you're not burning them like you are with a candle, there's not necessarily a maximum
that you can use for fragrance percentage other than the maximum amount that your wax will hold.
I'm going to be utilizing our Virgin Coconut Soy Wax from the Wooden Wick Co. today, which has a
maximum fragrance load of 12. So if you wanted to go up to 12, you could do that. Today I'm going to use
about 7-8% while i make these wax melts. So i have already melted my wax and
i'm going to let it cool to about 140 to 150 degrees. That is the maximum temperature that this little
eco clam shell can hold. This clam shell is made from 80-100% post consumer recycled product, so
it is a one-time use product, but you can feel a little bit better about it knowing that it's
eco-friendly and it's made with materials that are already getting a second life. And then I also have
one of our silicone molds here today. This is the circle silicone mold, and i'm going to use
this to make a few little wildflower wax melts in as well. So i'm just going to grab my pitcher
and that has cooled now to about 150 degrees, bring my pitcher over here, and
now just drop in my fragrance oil. I melted about 4 1/2 ounces of wax.
This eco clam shell holds 2.5 ounces of wax, and this silicone mold each of them holds
1.9 ounces of wax. I'm just going to fill one of them, and then i'm using one of our 10ml bottles
of fragrance oil, which again that's going to give me about a 7-8% fragrance load,
and then stir things up! So just like candles, when you're making wax melts you want to stir your
fragrance into the wax for 2-3 minutes so that it fully combines. This smells delightful!
You can also add micas or crystals
to your wax melts. If you're utilizing micas, those add a fun sparkle and shimmer to your product.
And with wax melts again, because there's no wick, you can add as much mica as you would like.
Okay so now it's been two minutes and i'm going to fill one of these circular melts,
and i'm going to fill up my clam shell. I am leaving a little bit of space at the top
for my botanicals, and i'm just going to take a small pinch of each of these
and sprinkle them onto the surface of the wax, kind of sprinkling them throughout so that i
get a mixture of all of the different colors. You'll notice that botanicals can sink
in your wax, that's okay - it's just going to give you a pretty look throughout the entire melting process.
Okay just add a few more, and a few more rose petals.
Beautiful, okay and now i'm going to do the same thing here over on my cute little circular melt.
You guys can always just use one of these botanicals if you want to make,
let's say, a lavender wax melt, or a rose-scented wax melt,
and just have fun and be creative, and place these however you'd like.
Beautiful, so now i'm going to let these cool until until they are fully hardened. And then
you can simply place them into a wax melter and enjoy the beautiful fragrance as well as
the gorgeous look of these pretty flowers. So simple as that! That is how you make wax melts.
They're fun to make, they're easy to make and they're a great product that's very popular.
So if you plan on selling your products, wax melts are a great addition to any collection.
And just so you guys can see as well, a great little finished product here - this one has
no additives, it's just a creamy white melt. All of our Wooden Wick Co. waxes are suitable for wax melts.
We have the Virgin Coconut Soy, Coco Apricot Crème, and the Beeswax Coco Crème, they can be
used in these products and they pop out of the mold nice and clean and easily, with no residue.
And as well, if you guys are having any trouble getting them out, whether you're using our waxes
or another wax, popping them into the refrigerator for a few minutes is something that can help
just reduce any adhesion onto the plastic or the molds, and help them to pop out easier.
That is how you make wax melts, and i hope you guys enjoyed this video! Please feel free to subscribe
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