Enjoy the scent of fresh lavender flowers long after the season is over with this simple candle recipe.
Lavender is truly a unique flower and fragrance. There’s really no synthetic perfume that matches this pungent summer blossom.
If you’ve ever grown lavender, you know it’s a labor of love. In some growing zones (like mine), it’s not easy to grow at all!
So when you have a harvest of lavender (or you pick some up at the farmer’s market), you want to find ways to preserve it.
One way you can do that is with these simple lavender beeswax candles.
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The Beauty of Beeswax Candles
You’ll find beeswax in many of the recipes on this site. It’s so easy to work with in DIY recipes, and it has its own sweet, but not overpowering scent.
Beeswax helps to purify the air as it burns. This is in contrast to most other candles you buy in the store that emit harmful chemicals and additives into your home.
When you’re using pure beeswax, there are no preservatives or other ingredients added.
It’s a welcome relief for people who suffer from allergies and migraines caused by many candles on the market. (Like me!)
This makes it the perfect medium for DIY candles. You can use either white or yellow beeswax pellets – whichever shade you prefer.
And once you’ve learned to work with beeswax, you can add SO many different herbs, flowers and essential oils to create beautiful candles with materials you might already have in your home.
How to Make Lavender Infused Beeswax Candles
In this recipe, we’re using dried lavender flowers purchased in bulk. But you can definitely use your own flowers from the garden.
I recommend drying them first before infusing them. This helps to maintain the scent, and also prevent moisture that could get trapped in the beeswax and cause mold.
By infusing the lavender directly into the beeswax, you’ll get to enjoy the essence of these blooms all year long.
The process is straightforward. You’ll infuse the beeswax with the dried lavender first by heating them together in a saucepan.
Leave the flowers and beeswax to mingle for a few hours and slightly cool (but not harden).
Next, strain the lavender and retain the beeswax. Position the wick in the candle jars, and pour in the infused beeswax.
If you want to add essential oils, you can add them after the mixture has started to cool, just before pouring into the candle containers.
See below for detailed printable instructions.
How to Make Lavender Beeswax Candles
Preserve the incredible scent of fresh lavender in these easy to make beeswax candles.
Materials
- 1-1/2 cups beeswax pellets
- 1 cup dried lavender flowers
- 100 drops (approximately) of essential oils
Instructions
1. Melt the lavender flowers and beeswax on medium low heat on the stove in a saucepan (or container found in candle making kit).
2. Once melted, remove the saucepan from the heat and allow the mixture to cool for a few hours (but not harden).
3. After a few hours, strain the lavender flowers out of the melted wax.
4. Add in essential oils if using. *See notes.
5. Position the wicks in the glass jars using the wick holders. *See notes.
6. Pour the infused beeswax into each jar. Let harden for several hours or overnight.
7. If the beeswax caves in in spots, you can top with more melted beeswax if desired.
8. Trim the wick and enjoy!
Notes
*It takes quite a bit of essential oils to retain its fragrance when heated, so you will want to use a generous amount of oil. Oil is optional, but some people like to add additional lavender oil to enhance the fragrance even more. Or, add your companion scents such as rosemary, vanilla, rose or citrus oils.
*Use standard size wicks when making beeswax candles. They can burn quite hot, and if you use larger wicks it can create too much heat.
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