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By Debra Hardy  2010-08-24

How To Make Homemade Candle Molds

Making your own soy candle molds can be easier then you think, and there are numerous ways to create your own candle molds. If you don’t mind funny feet, and want a larger candle, you could cut the top off of a soda bottle. Just remember to look for smooth sides on your containers, if you plan to remove the candles to burn as free standing pillar candles. If the sides are not smooth, the candles won’t slide out once they are cured.  When beginning to look around for ideas on soy candle containers, the primary consideration is whether the container is smooth sided, heat-resistant, and leak proof.

More Homemade Candle Mold Ideas Follow Read On….

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Aromatherapy Oils, Essential Oil, Fragrance Oil, or Hydrosol For Candles

By Debra Hardy 2010-08-18

Balsam and Cinnamon Fragrance

Unless you want to know how to make an unscented soy candle, consider this article a crash course on how to select pure high quality scents. Is it an  Aromatherapy Oil, an Essential Oil, Fragrance Oil, or Hydrosol?

Know How To Identify Perfume Oils, Flower Water, and Pure Aromatherapy Oils

With so many choices to make, knowing how to identify a pure aromatherapy oil from the fakes on the markets can be very confusing. Unfortunately  hydrosols, fragrances oils, and essential oils are sold throughout all over the Internet, and in hobby and craft stores making it very difficult for the uninformed to make the best choice possible.

To help you understand, the therapeutic properties contained within pure essential oils are used in the practice of aromatherapy. Fragrance oils do not hold any  therapeutic properties possessed by pure essential oils.  Hydrosols have no therapeutic properties of their own, plus they are considered a ‘by-product’ of the pure essential oil distillation process.  This is why it is being able  to identify and tell the differences between these three different oils can be difficult.

Essential Oils – Do NOT Buy Altered or Adulterated Products

Every individual essential oil is rendered from a unique plant. With costs rising, profit margins decreasing, many individuals, and companies are trying to cut costs, and ‘copy’ natural essential oils. The fact is, nature’s essential oils are expensive to produce.  Most important you need to understand, there are no healing properties, or therapeutic value to be found in adulterated or synthesized ‘copies’ of the original essential oils.

Pure Essential Oils Chemical Make-Up

Essential oil when produced consist of difficult to identify individual chemical components and are extremely complex substances and difficult to isolate.  Plus factors surrounding the growth of the plant itself, and how it is impacted by nature itself, make it ‘difficult’ at best, if not impossible to replicate factors related to growth and natures influence.  (Natural impacts are shown below, but the list is not an exclusive list.)

• The weather.

• What country a plant is grown in.

• Soil quality – what condition is the soil chosen to grow the plant in.

• What time of day is the plant harvested and distilled.

• Even the altitude of the soil will impact the growth of the plant. For example, a lavender plant grown at a low altitude will have a different chemical structure, that a lavender play grown above 2000 feet.

When purchasing essential oils, you must be aware essential oils are sometimes sold as a pure product when, in reality they are not. Second, this altering of the essential oils may not be identified on the product label.  The most important thing you need to understand however, is a pure essential oil will not lose the therapeutic properties essential for the healing process, it will not be diluted, and it will not be chemically changed in any form.

Hydrosols Used in Aromatherapy

Flower water are also referred to as floral waters. Some properties of essential oils exist in hydrosols, because flower water is actually the waste water of a essential oils distillation produced. (Not oil)

Essential oil is thought of as a non water-soluble product, but some of the essential oil components actually dissolve in the water base, and can be blended with                   to make a plant hydrosol.  As a result of this, adulterated hydrosols can be found in circulation, being sold almost the same as essential oils.

Jasmine is one example of a ‘fake hydrosol and producing both the hydrolat, and the actual essential oil. Consider this essential oil carefully before purchasing it, because the process to make Jasmine ‘essential oil” is a process known as solvent extraction, as a result you can not buy a Jasmine product named ‘pure’.

Remember, the fragrance oil is quite popular within the USA, but they are completely synthetic, and do not contain any therapeutic properties like those within essential oils. Fragrance oil is used in the perfume industry, because the smell itself is the most important quality.

If the smell of the soy candle is all that is desired, not the healing properties of the scented soy candle itself, fragrance oil can actually be a cheaper alternative, as long as you remember the healing, therapeutic values of essential oils are non-existent in fragrance oil. Many home-made bath and beauty products are made by hobbyists, and small business owners because they are less expensive to use when producing their products.

Identify The Difference Between Fake Oils vs. Pure Essential Oils

Hopefully, this will make it a little easier for you to identify how to tell the difference between fake essential oils, pure essential oils, and hydrosol, or flower water.  By continuing to study the subtle differences between hydrosols, those who are selling fake essential oils, fragrance oils, and the real essential oils, you should be able to select a good supplier of pure essential oils, not substandard products.

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Soy Candle Heart Shaped Cherry Scented Tart

The website Scented Candles Today has a great picture of 3 layered candle Heart Shaped Tart.  There is also a picture of a 3 layer tart cube I found really interesting, so I decided to point a link to the website to show you both if you are looking for new ideas on new types of candles to make.

I am not sure if  it the two candles shown are made of soy candle wax or not. The important thing, is this is another idea for a unique candle melt. The idea of making a 3 layered Candle Tart is a really great idea. I can hardly wait until Valentine’s Day comes around again so I can buy the heart mold at one of the local craft stores, and make some of my own 3 layer tarts. I think I will need the muffin pan to make them thick enough to get some nice colors.

Quit buying overpriced commercial candles - you can make better candles in the comfort of your own home. Get your own copy of How to Make Soy Candles Ebook jammed full of everything you need to save big bucks and make quality candles and tarts.

Soy Wax Pillar Candles Enhanced With Festive Christmas Crocheted Base.

Here is a really good video I found on YouTube showing how to make a decorative crocheted base for a pillar candle to make it more festive for the Christmas Holiday.

There is actually an entire series of videos (11 to be exact) showing step by step how he did this.  I am only going to embed the final video so you can see the finished candle base.  The rest of the videos can be viewed by searching for mikessmail on YouTube.

Hope you enjoy this pillar candle base for all you crafty candle making crochet fans.

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Salt Candle Holders Are Mother Nature’s Own Air Freshener

Scented-Soy-Candles is thrilled to bring you my initial results after testing my new Himalayan Salt Crystal Tea Light Candle Holder, and the opportunity to own your one too!

Scented Soy Candles Tea Light Salt Candle Holder

My new crystal salt tea light candle holder really surprised me. About 6 hours after burning soy tea lights in the salt crystal candle holder the outside of the candle holder had attracted moisture, and the sides were damp to the touch. From my research, the salt crystal attracts moisture during the negative ion creation process . When you get your own salt crystal tea-light holder, remember to place your soy tea light holder on a stand, or coaster before lighting the scented soy tea-light candles. Surface damage could occur as surface moisture collects when conditions are right.

My candle holder is really beautiful lit at night don’t you agree? I really was pleased by how bright it appeared with just the light produced by my tea light candle.

Keep reading and learn where to get your own Himalayan Salt Tealight Candle Holder.

My sinuses are wide open this morning, which is extremely unusual due to allergies. Past two nights, I have slept really sound. My concentration seems to have improved, which brings me back to what got me interested in the first place. I work on the computer several hours every day, and have for years. Recently a friend pointed out from observation, I had difficulty keeping focus on one thing at a time. The data with the candle holder indicating concentration would improve was attracted me in the first place.

Electronic Smog and Light Therapy

Let’s touch upon “electronic smog” produced by computers, TV’s, electronics which is bombarding us with an electromagnetic frequency around 100 160 Hz (Hertz). Normal brain waves vibrate at roughly 7.83 Hz. the same as the Schumann Resonance Frequency. Sitting in front of a computer, or TV’s is exposing our bodies to vibration frequencies often 20 times higher than our natural brainwaves. Research shows this can imprint upon our brainwaves, causing lack of concentration, concentration weakness, insomnia, even nervousness. The constant exposure to varying frequencies also increases the build up of free radicals with the human body, a proven cause of cancer, when the natural development of our cells is disrupted or altered.

My salt crystal tealight candle-holder distributor advised me to place a salt candle holder on my computer table, where I work all day, and another within a few feet of where I watch TV to counter the electronic smog. In fact, she surrounds her electronic smog bombardment area with salt crystal lamps and salt crystal candle holders to get maximum exposure to the good ions.

When our eyes are exposed to certain wavelengths produced by these salt crystals (especially in the orange crystal wavelength range) epidermal skin tissue reorganization is positively influenced. Allopathic medicine reports I am reading discuss how these therapeutic wavelengths are being used when treating skin cancer.

Testing was conducted on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptomatic children. ADHD symptoms subsided after being exposed to crystal salt lamps for only one week. At the end of the test period, when the lamps were removed, the symptoms returned.

Europeans have believed for many years in using Himalayan Salt to treat a number of aliments including rheumatism, high blood pressure, migraine headaches, allergies, asthma, this salt is know for it’s unique air purifying abilities.

Research conducted in a small Japanese study found blood pressure was positively affected by the Schumann resonance frequency, therefore more testing on human health is warranted.

How Does the Ionization Process Occur?

As the soy wax tea light candle holder absorbs moisture the negative ion field builds up. Excessive bad or positive ions bind with the (good) negative ions, neutralizing the positive ion charged atmosphere within a room.

The Himalayan salt crystal vibrates at the same electromagnetic wave length as our brainwave patterns do. Salt crystal appears to naturally amplify the resonant frequency 8-10 cycles per second, helping harmonize the artificial frequencies. Which in turn, helps counter the imprinting process of the higher faster wavelengths produced by electronic smog.

My plan is to continue burning scented soy tealight candles in my natural Himalayan salt crystal candle holders, and to buy more of them, in addition to reselling both the Himalayan salt crystal tea light candle holders and Himalayan salt crystal lamps. I am able to offer them via my website now. You can purchase your own candle holder with, or without purchasing my eBook, or receiving all of my bonus ebooks.

1. How to Make Scented Soy Candle and Tea lights 2. How to Scent Your Soy Candles 3. Candle Makers Tips, Tricks, and Techniques 4. How to Start a Candle Making Business From Home

Scented Soy Candles Tea Light Salt Candle Holder

Purchase the salt tealight candle holder with the ebooks right now, and you will also receive my newest special bonus! I will personally mail you a cd with 12 of my videos in mp4 format showing with step by step instructions exactly how to:

1. Make a Soy Pillar Christmas Centerpiece

2. How to Make a Soy Votive Candle Christmas Arrangement

3. How to Make a Gold Soy Pillar Candle Centerpiece

4. How to Make a Christmas Soy Votive Candle Centerpiece Decoration

5. How to Make a Double Wicked Scented Soy Candle

6. How to Make Scented Soy Candle Tea lights and Soy Melts

7. Instructions – How to Make Santa Suit Votive Candles

8. How to Make a Simple Fall Holiday Soy Wax Pillar Candle Decoration

9. Valentine’s Day Scented Soy Pillar Candles

10.Valentine’s Day Soy Tea light Candles Enhanced with Pheromones

11.Valentine’s Day Soy Tea-light Candle Heart Centerpiece

12. 7 Mistakes to Avoid When Burning Soy Wax Candles

Candle Holder Purchase Options

Salt Lamp Candle Holder Only $25.97 Salt Lamp Candle Holder Plus Ebook, ebook bonuses and CD videos $49.97 Ebooks ONLY, Ebook Bonuses without cd videos $23.97

For more information on how to make your own scented or unscented soy candles, tea lights, melts, tarts, votive’s, even soy wax pillar candles, for more information on how to use essential oils in soy wax, even candle fragrance oils click here.

Starting a Soy Candle Business Pitfalls to Avoid

I found a really interesting article about the start up issues involved with a company as they started to get off the ground. Below is the original title of the article, and the link to read the rest of the article.

How to (not) Start a Candle Company

Scented Soy Tea Light Candles –

Great for Beginner Hobbyists or Business Entrepreneurs

Hi everyone!

I have been thinking again about more ideas for those of you trying to get your home based soy candle business up and running, and making some serious money.  So today, I am writing a couple of posts about scented soy candle tea lights.

So here’s another home business idea for those of you who are looking at ways to develop your own scented soy candle home based business and make money from home.  As before, we will touch upon soy candle product line ideas. Don’t forget, these articles are all about helping other people succeed so all comments, soy candle gift ideas and thoughts for other readers will be welcomed by everyone. Read the rest of this entry »

Scented Soy Candles Enhanced with Pheromones are in HOT! DEMAND!

As the economy gets tougher, more and more people are looking at every conceivable business opportunity to find the best ways on how to make money from home, and in many cases they need low start up costs. How to make some serious money from home takes the development of a very unique selling proposition. One of the highly lucrative business models growing in demand at this time are products being made from bio-degradable, Eco-friendly, green,  renewable resources.

Since I have written a number of articles about how to create your own successful home based scented soy candle making business from home, I just wanted to expand upon an idea for a very special product line some of you might be interested in, or never thought about considering.

Once you decide to start a scented soy candle business from home, the next idea is how to find your own niche to stand apart from the competition.

Pheromone enhanced scented soy candles offer great potential. You want to create a very special product line which can be personalized for individual customers keeping them coming back year after year, while growing not only your customer base, but also expanding your fledgling companies profitability.

Romance has it’s own allure, and so do candles created especially to put everyone in the mood for romance.

One of the ideas you may want to consider is developing a very intimate, discreetly sold, marketable line of pheromone enhanced scented soy candle products. Imagine how the ladies and gents will be flocking to your door step before all of their romantically planned moments, dinners, holidays, even anniversaries over the course of the year. Imagine how they will be calling you to get their “special” candles made for all kinds of romantic moments. If making money is important to you, then this is a great way to develop a product line guaranteed to grow you a recurring customer base in a hurry. Personalizing and expanding your scented soy candles line even further on an individual basis can be further enhanced by good record keeping. Calling or dropping a friendly postcard, or email reminder before the date arrives to ask for special orders can make a significant increase in your profit margin. Keep track of their interests, and surprise them with your personal attention.

Please see my pages under the soy candle products tab where I have a page devoted to soy candles and pheromones, another for soy candle fragrance oils and essential oils, plus candle making supplies.

Remember, the higher the percentage of female pheromone, the more expensive it will be.

Don’t forget to click here to return to the home page of Scented Soy Candles where all of the information you need to immediately get your own scented soy candle business started.

Hello,

I just wanted to post a quick note to all of my readers to be sure to check out all of the scented soy candles articles under the different pages, and not just the books on How to Make Soy Candles and Tea Lights, or How to Start A Candle Making Business from Home which are featured on my homepage.

There is tab just for scented soy candle articles, and a second page for my EzineArticles RSS feed where all of the articles being written to post at EzineArticles show up. I have also made a page just for articles on the sensual pheromones for romantic candles and their enhancement.

Comments and ideas for articles are welcome. So let me know what you are looking for.

And thanks again for making Scented Soy Candles part of your day!

How to Start a Candle Making Business from Home

Today everyone is struggling to survive, and one the biggest concerns right now is how to make MONEY! Am I right?

So many people are looking for a way to earn a living, or supplement their income by making money from home.  There is so much stuff to sort out there on the internet to sort through, I remember when it made my head spin like I was Regan in the Exorcist.

I know really know how it feels!  I have been in those shoes. I was looking  at all kinds of money making business ideas for what seemed like forever!  My unemployment had run out, I am in Las Vegas. Unemployment is currently at 14.2%, no one can find work, and the government has forgotten about the 99er’s! Unfortunately I believe you are going to have to fend for yourself! I really truly believe we have to do more for ourselves, make our own money, and build our own security.

Not only that, so many people having depleted cash flows, lots of you are trying to find a home based business model available with low start ups costs, so you can bring in some additional income. One of the ways to do so is by starting your own home based scented soy candles business.  When you work from home you will be able to start to regain a bit of control over your own finances.

Here is a link to an article I wrote on Home Based Business Ideas – Sell Soy Candles – Quickly Start a Home Business of Your Own.  Be sure to look for at the rest of the articles, including my article on Teen Soy Candle Home Business since it happens to be my most popular article todate!

Good luck,  and I wish good luck to all of the new start ups who have bought my Scented Soy Candle e-books and are busy doing  just  that. It makes me feel good to be helping people here in USA, but I love my new European, U.S.A., Canadian and Australia friends, and our business associations. When they launch their businesses I am offering to post their information on my website to help promote the kickoffs of their new ventures. Just send me an email…..

Comments are welcome! Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day Weekend!   And God Bless everyone who has given, and gives their all to protect our freedom! Thanks!