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We at Natures Garden know all about how to use aroma beads. So, this craft blog would be a great place for you to learn about aroma beads, which are sometimes referred to as sachet beads. We will begin going over all kinds of information for aroma beads, which is perfect if you are wondering what these are or are looking for some recipe ideas. These beads are a simple way to create wonderful room scents and there are a few fun ways to use this product, too. So, try out some fun aroma bead crafts!What Are Aroma Beads?Aroma Beads are clear beads made of plastic and are very absorbent. Since these beads are absorbent, they can be used to create some fantastic air fresheners. In fact, aroma beads can absorb up to 30% of the fragrance oil. Since they absorb fragrance, they make wonderful room scents. So, they can either be used on their own to scent your home or they can be added to potpourri to create a lovely room scent blend. How Do You Use Aroma Beads?Ultimately, our aroma beads are all used to create all kinds of different aroma bead air fresheners. All you need to make basic diy aroma beads is the aroma beads and the fragrance oils. However, there are so many fun things that you can add to make fantastic air fresheners. So, you can use unique containers, cosmetic colorants, cookie cutters in fun shapes, or many other wonderful ingredients to create your recipes. Many people have used this product as air fresheners in sachets, in smelly jelly jars, in closets, in automobiles, in lockers, in shoes, in vacuum cleaners, in drawers, in air cleaner vents, and so much more.How Do You Make Aroma Beads?Aroma bead recipes are fairly simple to create. As long as you know what you are doing, these recipes are low stress and very fun. While there are a few different kinds of recipes that you can choose to create with these beads, there are a few steps that remain the same. First, you will always need to allow your aroma beads to soak in fragrance until everything has been absorbed. Depending on the fragrance you choose and the amount you add, the waiting time can vary. Some may only need to soak over night while others could take up to five days. But, it shouldn't take more than a week. If you still see leftover oil seven days, then it may be a sign that your beads cannot absorb anymore oil. So, you will want to add a few more beads to absorb the rest of the fragrance oil.Can I Make an Aroma Bead Candle?Since aroma beads are used to scent the room, they are often thought of being similar to candles. Although they both can use candle making fragrance oils and colorants, a key difference is that aroma beads can't be used for a hot throw. While it may seem like a good idea to create an aroma bead candle, this will not work as it will melt and burn the plastic. So, you can only have a cold scent throw with this product. So, the product will be best for scenting small areas, like a closet, luggage bag, purse, desk drawer of car air freshener.How Long Do Aroma Beads Last?Of course, the most important part of an air freshener is the scent. So, you will want a product that will last as long as possible. Since aroma beads are able to absorb quite a bit of fragrance, they are typically able to outlast other types of air fresheners. However, this can vary depending on the fragrance oil you use. Some fragrances are just naturally stronger than others. So, pick a good candle scent and use the suggested amount and you will have a fantastic room scenting product! You can find some of our strongest candle scents on the Top Candle Scents section of the Natures Garden site.Can Increase the Scent Throw?While you can't create a hot scent throw, there are some things your can do to increase the scent throw of your aroma beads with the same fragrance oil. First, you can increase the air flow circulation of the room. This will help the cold scent throw carry throughout your entire house! Another option that you have to increase the scent is to set your aroma bead ornament in the sun. While you don't want your aroma bead ornaments to get warm enough to melt, allowing them to get a little warmer will help increase your scent throw a bit. Also, the Organza Air Freshening Beads Recipe in the little pouches are perfect for leaving in the car to get warm and provide a better scent throw.Simple Aroma Bead IdeasNow that you know a little bit more about aroma beads, you are ready to get creative and make some fun stuff! While using aroma beads is simple to do, there are lots of different ways that you can use them. So, they're both simple to make and fun to use. If you are interested in ideas for aroma beads, then we would like to share some of our free craft recipes with you.Organza Air Freshening Beads RecipeAnother easy way to create great air fresheners is the Organza Air Freshening Beads Recipe. All you need to do is let your beads set in one of your favorite fragrance oils until the aroma beads absorb the scent. Then, transfer your beads into a little bag you are ready to use! Personally, I love these as car air fresheners as you can put them in front of an air vent and throw scent throughout your whole car. But, there are so many places that you can decide to use these, too.Vacuum Air Freshening Beads RecipeAnother fun idea that you can use with aroma beads is the Vacuum Air Freshening Beads Recipe. Instead of leaving your aroma beads in a bag, you can vacuum them up to circulate the scent in your home. All you have to do is sprinkle some aroma beads on the carpet before you begin to vacuum. Once you sweep up the floor, you will begin smelling throughout your home.Making Aroma Bead OrnamentsOne fun way to create a room scenting product with aroma beads is to creating hanging air fresheners of aroma bead ornaments. You can choose any kind of shape you'd like and even use a nail to create a hole for hanging. Since these room scenting recipes will hang, they are great for both scenting and decorating. If you would like the steps for creating your own hanging air freshener, then check out the How to Make Aroma Bead Ornaments class on our website.Gingerbread Aroma Beads Air Fresheners RecipeOne recipe that you can create using aroma beads is the Gingerbread Aroma Beads Air Fresheners Recipe. This recipe is cheerful, festive, and absolutely perfect for the holidays. This recipe uses gingerbread man cookie cutters and puffy paint to create some cute little gingerbread men that would be perfect for decorating around Christmas time. Plus, these gingerbread men smell amazing due to the Gingerbread Fragrance Oil. So, your home will smell delightful and look super cute!Valentine's Day Bouquet RecipeAlso, you can create a beautiful bouquet of scented crafts that is unique and special. This craft uses soap, aroma buds, and aroma bead ornaments to create the Valentine's Day Bouquet Recipe. Not only will this recipe smell lovely, but the soaps can actually be used! So, this gorgeous recipe would be perfect for a gift on Valentines Day.Mulberry Love Air Freshener RecipeIf you want to create that Valentines Day recipe or just want to create cute aroma bead ornaments, then the Mulberry Love Air Freshener Recipe would be a great idea. This creating aroma bead ornaments is similar to other aroma bead recipes. The only difference is that these beads are melted in the oven. This allows the beads to stick together and melt a bit to create a heart shape.Tips for Aroma Bead OrnamentsWhile we have recipes and written directions on our class, we know that some people prefer video instructions. If you are interested, we have a YouTube recipe video that could be helpful for creating your aroma bead ornaments. So, you can check out a video on How to Make Aroma Beads Ornaments.Additional InformationSomething important to mention for using aroma bead ornaments in the car is that they may melt. Depending on where you live, your closed car has the potential to get very hot in the summer months. These extreme temperatures could cause your ornaments to begin to melt and fall apart. This would cause a mess and waste your perfectly good fragrance! So, we recommend not using this method for car air fresheners.How Can I Decorate Aroma BeadsOf course, it is fun to have a room scenting recipe that looks cute. Luckily, there are many ways that you can create recipes that are super cute! First, you can use Liquid Candle Colorants to add a pop of color to your recipes. This color would be absorbed just like the fragrance oil. Another option your have for decorating is mica shimmer. You can add some sparkles while the aroma beads are absorbing fragrance to get the mica to stick to the wet beads. Also, you could dust some mica on a finished aroma bead ornament. Speaking of aroma bead ornaments, you can use puffy paint to draw fun designs on any of your finished aroma bead ornaments!Important to KnowWhile these recipes can be fun, you should be aware of how fragrance oils need to be handled. First, fragrance oils can eat through finished surfaces, painted surfaces, or plastic surfaces. So, be aware of where you set your aroma beads to soak! If the fragrance seeps out onto an unprotected surface it could lead to damage. We like to leave our aroma beads on the back of the toilet in the bathroom as it can't damage porcelain. Also, fragrance oils should be kept away from children and pets, as they may try to eat the fragrance. If your child does ingest a fragrance, contact poison control immediately.Can I Use Soap Colorants?No, you can't use soap colorants in your diy aroma beads. Also, you can't use food coloring in these recipes. Both of these colorants are water soluble and the aroma beads will not absorb them as well as they would for a candle colorant. So, using either food coloring or soap colorants would lead to your finished product leaking color until all the color is gone. This will look bad, make a huge mess, and ultimately be a waste of supplies.Reach Out to UsWe hope that you learned something new about aroma beads! Once you know how they work, there are all kinds of things that you can create! If you have any more questions about using aroma beads, then you can reach out to us at Natures Garden. You can find us at the store, call us, or find us on social media. We are on Facebook, Twitter (@ngscents), and Instagram (@ngscents). We will love to hear from you and hope that you have fun creating your home made air fresheners.

Sometimes it is a hard pill to swallow, but when it comes to soaping, mistakes will be made, tears will fall, and you learn from your errors!This week, we had a slight oversight.All of our soaping ingredients were weighed out and ready for the combination and melt down. We had the lye and water ready to make the lye mixture. Everything else was prepped and ready to go.We put on our safety gear and started the soap making procedure. Everything seemed to be going flawlessly. Our scent was perfect, the color combination was the spot on, and the soap batter poured beautifully into the mold. It was soaping bliss.Then, we started cleaning up. That was when we found the sunflower oil. It was still in its dish, waiting to be added to the soap recipe. And, it was about 5% of our total soaping oils no less.Devastated, it was now time to play the waiting game. We had to wait for our beautiful soap to mold for at least 24 hours before it would be sturdy enough to remove it.What resulted, after unmolding, was a gorgeous shade of green soap that broke into pieces when sliced. Our soap was too lye heavy. And, we knew this was because of the forgotten and overlooked sunflower oil.One way to correct this soaping error was through rebatching. Rebatching is almost like a do over for soap. Although there are various reasons as to why you would rebatch, one of them is the fact that you can add an oil to your soap. Our soaping oversight would be a perfect example to rebatch.So, in order to save the 4 pound soap batch we had, we decided that we would take this opportunity to learn about rebatching and write a blog post on how to rebatch. Although it was the very first time we ever attempted a rebatch, here is the process we did to show how to rebatch soap (pictures included).Step 1: Grate the soap. This was no small feat for us. In total, 4 pounds of soap took us about 45 minutes to do.Step 2: Melt the soap back down. For this we selected to use our crock pot. Since we had missed the first opportunity to add the sunflower oil, we did this now to the grated soap.Step 3: Stir. Actually, this step is more like trying to rotate the soap. Since you never want to scorch your soap when using a crock pot, this stir was more like a rotation of the soap within the crock pot.Step 4: Wait about 25-30 minutes, then check the soap again and stir/rotate. The longer the soap melts, you will notice more of it becoming very gel like.Step 5: At this point, we noticed that the soap looked a little dry. If this occurs, add a little water.Step 6: Stir to disperse the water among all of the soap.Step 7: Wait for another 20 minutes or so, then give the soap a good stir.Step 8: Add fragrance and stir. Although we did scent the original batch, we wanted to rescent the rebatch for any scent that may have been lost through the saponification process and the reheating process.Step 9: Get your mold, and start to fill it with the soap. Remember to tap your mold as you fill to reduce any bubbles that may be trapped in your soap.Step 10: Continue filling your mold and tapping it until all of the soap is out of the crock pot and into your mold.Step 11: Insulate and wait. The soap will need about 12 hours or so in the mold. Once the time elapses, remove the soap from the molds and slice.Our rebatched soap bars are awesome now. They have a creamy full lather, and even better they don't crumble and are actual bars! Although the finished rebatch bars do have a rustic appeal, it kind of suits them. Overall, this was a great learning experience, and we were able to save the 4 pound batch of soap. Learning how to rebatch really was not difficult, and was well worth the effort in the end.

Many people are curious about how they can color their homemade soaps naturally. Of course, there are vibrant soap pigments and dyes, but what are my options for coloring soap? More importantly for all natural soap makers, How Do I Naturally Color Soap? Well, its simple, just use some cosmetic herbs. While not every herb is pigmented, there are many herbs out there that can be used to provide some wonderful colors. Plus, many herbs come with some added benefits for the body. So, Natures Garden has compiled a short natural soap colorants list that can be handy for the average soap maker.How Do You Add Herbs To SoapSince herbs are a great way to naturally color your homemade soaps, you will want to know the ways that you can incorporate them into your recipes. Depending on the form that they come in, there are a few methods you may want to know. First, we have the easiest herb in incorporate, which is powdered herbs. The powder can simply be added to the recipe either before the CP soap reaches trace or before pouring your MP soap. Also, you can add the herb to vegetable glycerin to break up chunks before adding it, but this isn't always necessary.Next, we have the whole herbs, which include things like flower petals or cinnamon sticks. While there are instances where you want to add whole herbs to your soap, you don't need this for coloring. So, these herbs can either be added in tea form or an oil infusion. For the tea all you need to do is steep your herbs in hot water to create a tea and use this as the water portion of your recipe. If you aren't using water in your recipe, then you will want to do an oil infusion. So, you will need to create an herb oil by either allowing your herbs to soak in one of your oils for 4-6 weeks or add them to the pot as you oils melt. After, you will just need to strain out the herbs.Creating a Yellow ColorOne fun color that you can achieve naturally in your homemade soaps is yellow. You can use highly pigmented herbs, like Annatto, Saffron, or Turmeric Ground, that are perfect for adding some color to your natural soaps. Plus, there are added benefits of turmeric powder in soap that you can get from a synthetic colorant. This cosmetic herb is well known for its many health benefits, which includes benefits for skin care. Turmeric is an anti-inflammatory, which has been found to help reduce redness or dark circles. Also, this herb is antibacterial, which could be beneficial for a clear face. Furthermore, this pigmented herb has antioxidant properties, which is a property that is perfect for anti-aging products. If you'd like to learn more about this herb, then check out Turmeric Class.How to Color Soap Orange NaturallyAnother great natural colorant is Carrot Powder, which provides a creamy orange color. Plus, this herb is absolutely wonderful for the skin, as it is full of vitamins and minerals that skin loves. This herb repairs and tones the skin, reduces wrinkles and scars, improves circulation, increases elasticity, and nourishes the skin with beta carotene. Also, since this herb tends to clump you may want to use vegetable glycerin to incorporate this lovely herb. How to Naturally Color Soap PinkAnother fun color that you can include in your natural homemade soap recipes is pink. Actually, there are a few different herbs that you can choose between to get some pretty pink hues. First, we have the Hibiscus Flower Powder. This herb is gorgeous, smells lovely, and is amazing for your skin. What's not to love? In fact, hibiscus has been referred to as "the Natural Botox plant", and for good reason. This herb is known to be gentle as it moisturizes, cleanses, tones, and reduces wrinkles! If you want to know more, check out our Hibiscus Class.A second option for coloring your soaps is the Beet Root Powder herb. One great thing about this her is that it is perfect for taking care of your face. In fact, this herb has been known to work great for reducing skin blemishes, pore size, and acne. If you'd like to learn more about this herb, then check out our Beet Root Powder Class.Lastly, you can create a gorgeous pink color for your bath and body products using the Rose Clay Powder. This pink cosmetic clay is gentle, natural ingredient that contains kaolinite. This herb gently exfoliates, draws out toxins, reduces inflammation, and increases circulation. Plus, it is gentle for even the most sensitive skin. It is a powerful and kind herb that is perfect for creating naturally colored soaps.Recipe for Naturally Pink SoapWe used the lovely beet root powder to create a wonderful recipe for face soap. Our Beet Root Facial Soap Recipe using only a few ingredients, including melt and pour soap, to create a recipe that is fantastic for the skin. The beneficial properties of this herb are perfect for skin care and beauty.Natural Soap Colorants for Melt and PourAlso, you can use the Rose Clay Powder to create naturally colored melt and pour soap. We used this cosmetic pink clay in our Swirled Melt and Pour Soap Recipe, as herbs are the best way to be able to swirl soap. While this recipe also uses pink soap pigment to create a more vibrant pink, this clay can work perfectly all by itself too. In the Perfectly Pampered Shaving Soap Recipe, we used rose clay to perfectly color the bottom portion of this gorgeous bath and body recipe.Creating a Brown ColorAlso, you can use herbs to create a natural brown color in your homemade soaps. One herb that you can include in soaps is the Black Walnut Hulls Powder. Not only can this herb be used to create a brown hue, but it can be added to vibrant colors to mute the color. Furthermore, this cosmetic herb has some fantastic properties for the skin! This herb has antifungal properties that have been known to treat acne, herpes, athlete s foot, cold sores, and even warts. Plus, it can even be used to treat yeast infections and ringworm. If you would like to learn more about the benefits of this herb, then take a look at our Black Walnut Hulls Class.Another great herb that can be used to create a deep chocolate brown is Cocoa Powder Organic. This cosmetic herb was used as an organic colorant and for its beneficial properties. This cosmetic herb promotes healthy skin tissues, firms and renews skin cells, and promotes healthy skin cell development. Plus, it works as an antioxidant and helps to repair any damaged skin, improves blood flow to the skin, helps to improve skin hydration and complexion. It even absorbs UV light into the skin. If you want to learn more about this fantastic herb, then you can find out more in our Cocoa Powder Class.Naturally Colored Chocolate SoapsCocoa powder is a perfect way to naturally color chocolate scented soaps. We have included this lovely herb in many recipes for both its perfect coloring properties and lovely skin properties. One delicious looking soap recipe that only uses this herb as a colorant is the Hot Fudge Brownies Cold Process Soap Recipe. This naturally colored cold process soap looks almost good enough to eat! Plus, you can you this herb to make some yummy melt and pour soaps, too. The Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcake Soap Recipe is a scrumptious soap that is just the perfect shade of chocolate! How to Color Soap BlackAnother color that you can create naturally with herbs is black. Adding Activated Charcoal Powder is a sure way to get a pure black color in your homemade soaps. Not only will you get a fantastic color, but this cosmetic ingredient is wonderfully cleansing. Activated Charcoal is an adsorbent, which means that it is able to hold onto molecules and trap them on the surface. So, when you wash off the activated charcoal the grime goes along with it. Further, it has the power to pull dirt and oil both off your skin and out of your pores. Overall, this makes activated charcoal a powerful cosmetic ingredient that you will adore for soap-making.Naturally Colored Black SoapsWe included this cleansing cosmetic herb in our own homemade soap recipes. First, we incorporated activated charcoal into the Activated Charcoal Soap Recipe. The herb enhances this soap to create an even deeper cleansing soap. Plus, the MP soap bars have a stunning jet black layer that works perfectly with the poppy seeds in the clear layer. Such a fun and natural homemade soap!Also, we included this fantastic colorant in our Total Hot Man CP Soap Recipe. While the red is a soap pigment, the black portion of the bar is all thanks to activated charcoal. So, you can tell that this herb works great in both CP soap and MP soap. Plus, this gorgeous bar of soap will maintain the powerful cleaning properties of activated charcoal. So, this bar of soap is great all around!How to Color Soap Green NaturallyAlso, you can use herbs to provide your soaps with a natural green color! Many herbs that come from plants containing chlorophyll will do the trick, but here are a few that we like to use in soaps. First, we have Parsley Leaf Powder. Not only does this herb provide a nice, earthy green color, but it will perfectly nourish your skin with nutrients. Also, you can use Green Tea Powder in any soaps to create a nice green color. Plus, this lovely herb will provide gentle exfoliation to the skin along with beneficial antioxidant properties. Either would be perfect for making some homemade soaps!How to Color Soap Blue or PurpleWhile many other herbs can be used to naturally color any bath and body product, the Alkanet Root is for cold process soap only. This means that you, unfortunately, won't be able to use this to make natural purple MP soap. However, you can create some pretty gorgeous and natural cold process soaps! We at Natures Garden don't carry this particular herb, but we still thought it was a great one to mention since it can provide a pretty purple color. Also, this can be used in differing amounts to provide a pink or even a blue color!What is AlkanetIf you are curious to learn more about Alkanet as a natural colorant, then Lovely Green's Growing Alkanet. Lovely Green uses a touch of this very herb to lightly color her typical lavender soap. It is a natural, light purple hue that is very pretty. The color was especially for a lavender soap! So, you will definitely want to check this herb out.Reach Out to UsWe hope that you have enjoyed all of these options for naturally coloring your homemade soaps! These herbs are just some of the most common herbs that we know of or have used in the past. If you know of or use any other herbs that you use for your naturally colored soaps, we would love to hear about your favorite cosmetic herbs for soapmaking. Also, feel free to ask us any questions that you may have about natural colorants or soaping in general. We are happy to help! You can reach out to us on social media. There is a Natures Garden Facebook page. Also, you can find us on Instagram and Twitter with @ngscents. We can't wait to hear from you!

Hey everyone! I hope you re all having a wonderful day and this finds you all in happy moods! For all you crafters out there, are you looking for some new and exciting products to try? Something that is sure to get your customers attention? Something sure to get everyone talking? Or maybe you re just looking for something new to try in your homemade creations? Have you ever tried making anything with cosmetic clays before? Kaolin Clay to be specific? If you haven t, then what are you waiting for? Cosmetic clays are amazing and you definitely should be using them in your products! Kaolin clay is wonderful and can be used in so many different industries and products!Kaolin clay is actually named after a hill in China where it was originally mined from, Kao-Ling Hill. But did you know that kaolin clay is also known by other names as well? It can also be known as Ceramic Clay, or China Clay. Kaolin clay was actually first introduced in Europe during the 1700s. The Chinese introduced it as an example of an ingredient used in the process for making porcelain. Kaolin clay can actually be used in the paper making process as well! When used for paper making, it helps to ensure to gloss on the paper. In 2008, the US Naval Medical Research actually announced that they had invented a kaolin-infused gauze. This gauze is called Quikclot Combat Gauze. There are many wonderful benefits to kaolin clay uses. It can be used for many different products and industries, one of them being for bath and body products. Some common bath and body products that can include kaolin clay are bath bombs, mud baths, face masks, eye shadow, natural deodorant, salt scrubs, sugar scrubs, foundation, and blush. When used in these products, kaolin clay has many fantastic benefits, especially for skin care. Kaolin clay helps to exfoliate the skin, stimulate circulation, and also works as a great exfoliant on the skin. There are also many medicinal benefits of kaolin clay as well! It helps to soothe upset stomachs and suppress hunger. Kaolin clay can also treat cholera, mouth pain, diarrhea, any soreness caused by ulcers or radiation, and it can even treat swelling within the large intestine.Now hold on there, I know you want to try out this amazing cosmetic clay as soon as possible, and here s how! All you need to do is type kaolin or kaolin clay into the search bar on our website. That will actually take you directly to our Kaolin White Clay Powder page. On top of the clay picture, you will see a little green box that says Recipe. If you click on that it will show the names and pictures of three of all of our wonderful free recipes that are actually made with kaolin clay! Make sure to try them all out especially our Stinky Feet Foot Powder, our Wild Bath Bomb, and our Silky Shimmering Body Powder!

There are many kinds of grapeseed oil benefits that can be had for both your handmade products and your body. We at Natures Garden would like to share with you all of the wonderful benefits that this cosmetic oil can have for you. This oil is perfect for creating perfectly crafted bath and body recipes that will care for and nourish the body. Not only is this lovely oil perfect for nourishing the skin, but there are plenty of beneficial properties that can be had for your homemade products. So, we will discuss the properties and benefits that come with this cosmetic ingredient within the blog below.How Grapeseed Oil is MadeThis delightful cosmetic oil is a perfectly moisturizing oil that is perfect for your skin. Not only is this conditioning oil is perfect for the skin, but this lovely oil is created in an interesting way. In fact, this cosmetic oil is sometimes created after wine making. The grapes are used to create wine and the left over product from this process can be used to create grapeseed oil. This cosmetic oil is just as beneficial to your body as the good properties of wine, along with the skin conditioning ability and other wonderful properties for the skin.Grapeseed Oil Benefits for Your Homemade ProductsGrapeseed oil is a great ingredient that you can use to create your homemade bath and body products. Not only is this cosmetic oil perfect for adding some conditioning power to your creations, but this ingredient will add some wonderful properties to your homemade recipes! You are going to love the different kinds of properties that you can have by adding this cosmetic oil. We will go over a few of the benefits that you can have in various types of homemade cosmetic products using grapeseed oil.Grapeseed Oil Benefits for Making Lotion and CreamsThis cosmetic oil is amazing for creating your own homemade lotion! Adding this delightful ingredient to your lotion and cream recipes it a perfect way to bring moisture to your skin. In addition, grapeseed oil is a wonderful oil for both moisturizing and nourishing your skin. Plus, this oil will sink into the skin and help condition deep down. Further, this oil won't leave behind a greasy feeling, as it will absorb easily into the deeper layers of your skin. If this ingredient seems like your kind of oil, then you may want to try out our Raspberry Vanilla Body Butter Recipe.Grapeseed Oil Benefits for Making Cold Process SoapAlso, you can use this lovely cosmetic ingredient to create some luxurious homemade soap recipes. If you are looking for a soap recipe that is both cleansing and moisturizing, then you are going to love this cosmetic oil in your homemade soap! This cosmetic oil has high conditioning properties. Plus, this oil has some added benefits of a creamy lather and adding to the hardness of your soap bar. Additionally, this oil can be used to create a soap that is anti-acne. Further, the properties of this oil would work amazingly with other cosmetic ingredients to create some fantastic soap! One great soap recipe that includes this oil is Nature's Garden's Blackberry Sage Soap Recipe.Grapeseed Oil Benefits for Homemade Bath ProductsNext, this cosmetic oil is perfect for creating your very own homemade bath and body recipes. You can use this amazing ingredient while you create all kinds of different bath and body creations. Whether you'd like to make some bath bombs, bath melts, or any other amazing bath products, you will love the properties of this oil in your creations. One of these various creations that you can create with this ingredient is the Foaming Rose Petal Bath Bombs Recipe.Grapeseed Oil Benefits for Making ConditionerAnother great way that you can use this cosmetic oil is adding it to your homemade conditioner recipes. Since this lovely cosmetic oil is great at absorbing, your hair can truly benefit from the benefits that this cosmetic ingredient has to offer. Plus, this conditioning oil is lighter than Olive Oil, which means it can moisturize without weighing down the hair. So, this cosmetic oil is perfect for those with thin hair, as the oil will nourish the hair without holding down your hair. Further, this cosmetic oil has a light scent that won't overpower any fragrance oils that you may want to add. So, this oil can be used to moisturize and rejuvenate your hair. Not only will you love your homemade conditioner recipes, but the way that your hair looks and feels after using it!Grapeseed Oil Benefits for Homemade Lip Care ProductsPlus, you can use Grapeseed Oil to create some wonderful lip care products. This cosmetic oil ensures that your lip products will moisturize and care for your lips. This cosmetic ingredient will sink down deep into the skin to moisturize and soften your luscious lips. Plus, this delightful oil is sure to leave your lips protected and softened as the delightful oil will absorb easily and last long. You will love the way your lips feel after you try out Grapeseed Oil in your homemade lip products. One amazing way that you can try out this cosmetic oil is in the Natural Sugar Lip Scrub Recipe.Grapeseed Oil Benefits for Your Whole BodyOf course, you want your products to love and nourish your body. So, its perfect that this homemade cosmetic ingredient is wonderful for skin and hair. This lovely ingredient will perfectly condition, nourish, and truly love your body from your toes to the ends of your hair. As you use your homemade products with this cosmetic oil your body will absorb and benefit from the nutrients in this oil. Below we will share with you a variety of benefits that your body will achieve from using this cosmetic ingredient.Grapeseed Oil Benefits for Reducing Wrinkles and ScarsAlso, you can use this lovely cosmetic oil to help reduce any of your wrinkles or scars. Since this cosmetic oil contains a variety of nutrients that healthy skin needs, like Vitamin D, this is the perfect oil to add some nourishment to your skin. This cosmetic oil will sink down deep to rejuvenate your skin cells, which will allow your skin cells to rejuvenate and heal. So, this cosmetic oil will help your skin to be clear and blemish free.Grapeseed Oil Benefits for Reducing Dark CirclesPlus, this cosmetic oil can be used to reduce any under eye circles. Whether you are actually tired or just have stubborn, dark circles, nobody wants to be seen with bags under their eyes. So, this cosmetic ingredient can be added to a homemade facial product or added directly to the area underneath your eyes. Either way, you can enjoy the benefits of adding this nutrient rich, conditioning oil.Grapeseed Oil Benefits for Conditioning Sensitive SkinAnother great property of this conditioning cosmetic ingredient is that this oil is gentle. This means that this cosmetic oil can be used in recipes that are intended for those with sensitive skin. Using this cosmetic oil will provide all the moisturizing benefits for your body without worrying. This oil won't leave you with annoying breakouts or irritated skin. So, you can make bath and body products that are wonderful for your skin and can be used by even the most sensitive of skin types.Grapeseed Oil Benefits for Tightening the SkinPlus, you can use some Grapeseed Oil in your cosmetic products to reduce certain signs of aging. If you are looking for a way to reduce some signs of aging, then this is the perfect way for you achieve the skin you want without using chemicals. Meaning that you can use this cosmetic oil to naturally and gently tighten your skin to create a more youthful appearance. So, you can use this cosmetic oil to help nourish your cells while tightening your skin.Grapeseed Oil Benefits for Reducing Stretch MarksAlso, there is another great way that this cosmetic oil is able to help you improve your complexion. You can use grapeseed oil to reduce the visibility of these stretch marks, as this cosmetic oil is perfect for rejuvenating your skin cells. This cosmetic oil can reduce the appearance of stretch marks by providing the skin with exactly what it needs. This oil will provide your body with the nutrients it needs to rejuvenate the skin and help reduce any stretch marks on the skin.Grapeseed Oil Benefits for Balancing Oily SkinFurthermore, you can use this moisturizing cosmetic oil to help create a balance with the natural oils in your skin. It is thought that the skin has the potential to over produce the natural oils in certain situations, This overproduction can happen when the skin feels that it is too dry. So, using an absorbent oil that won't clog your pores, like grapeseed oil, will help you maintain a healthy balance of oils. This will leave your skin with the perfect balance that isn't too oily or too dry.Grapeseed Oil Benefits for Balancing an Oily ScalpNot only is this cosmetic oil perfect for balancing out the oils in your skin, this ingredient will help you get an oily scalp under control. Grapeseed cosmetic oil is perfect for nourishing the scalp and balancing the natural oils. This means that grapeseed oil is perfect for helping to nourish and deeply moisturize your scalp. So, your conditioned scalp will feel wonderful and conditioned. This means that your scalp will be perfectly balanced where it isn't too oily and doesn't become dry and itchy.Grapeseed Oil Benefits for Sunburn ReliefAlso, you can use this lovely oil to relieve the burning pain after a sunburn. That's right! This cosmetic oil isn't just great for moisturizing skin, it has some beneficial properties for calming sunburn. There are nutrients in this oil, like Vitamin E, are perfect for finding some relief after a sunburn.Grapeseed Oil Benefits for Preventing DandruffPlus, you can use this cosmetic oil to reduce any of your dandruff or dry skin. Since this cosmetic ingredient contains conditioning and nourishing properties, your scalp will be perfectly cared for and hydrated. This oil has been known to increase blood flow to the scalp and moisturize the scalp to rejuvenate the skin cells. This oil is perfect for nurturing the scalp and providing it with the oils that it needs to be healthy. So, your scalp is sure to be free of dry, flaky skin.Grapeseed Oil Benefits for Hair GrowthFaster hair growth is another great benefit that grapeseed oil can have for your body. Using this cosmetic oil will help strengthen your hair and give it some extra nourishment. Due to the amazing nutrients in this cosmetic oil, your hair will reap the benefits of this cosmetic oil. Grapeseed Oil is perfect for growing long, healthy locks of hair that are simply gorgeous. Your hair can use these beneficial nutrients, like Vitamin E, to grow faster and look healthier!Grapeseed Oil Benefits More Recipes from Natures GardenIf you enjoyed the benefits that this cosmetic oil has to offer, then you should check out some of the other recipes that include Grapeseed oil. You can find these additional Grapeseed Oil recipes under the recipe tab on the Grapeseed Oil page. Of course, you can find this page on the Natures Garden website. These various bath and body recipes are perfect formulations that harness the properties of this cosmetic oil to create lovely products for the body.Grapeseed Oil Benefits Show Us What You've CreatedFurthermore, you can share your handcraftedcreations with us at the Natures Garden Facebook page or on Instagram @ngscents. Whether you create your own candle, soap, or cosmetic recipes or use one of our formulations, we would love to hear about your handmade projects. We hope to hear from you soon!Natures Garden sells our grapeseed oil for external use only. We do not sell it as a food item. While we talk about both external and internal benefits, the information we provide is for educational purposes only. This information is not intended to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent any disease. This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Natures Garden accepts no responsibility (written or implied) for any products you make. 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Today, I would like to share with you how to make Soy soap and why soy is a wonderful, beneficial ingredient to work with. One of the benefits of soy milk is that it hydrates the skin. Moisturizers containing soy milk extracts can make your skin soft and smooth. There have been studies done showing how products containing soy can have many positive effects on the skin. Soy-based moisturizers are perfect for combination skin. Dry skin can get hydrated while decreasing oiliness in other areas! Soy can have softening and smoothing effects while evening out skin tone.Studies have also been done showing how soy can help in improving the appearance of aging skin, including diminishing fine lines and wrinkles. Soy is not only beneficial to your insides, but to your outsides as well!What is Melt and Pour SoapIf you are new to melt and pour soap making, you may be wondering what is melt and pour soap. To put it simply, melt and pour soap is a soap based product that is composed of 50% soap and 50% solvents. The soap and solvent balance is especially formulated to absorb additives, such as fragrances and soap colorants. Also, Nature's Garden soap bases are created to be especially soothing for the skin. The melt and pour soap bases are made with no animal fats and they are not tested on animals. Another positive aspect of melt and pour soap is it's ability to be melted and re-melted without losing any of its qualities.Lastly, unlike cold process or hot process soap making, you can use your melt and pour soap right away! There is absolutely no cure time, which is perfect for those that have no patience! If you are interested in learning more about melt and pour soap and their ingredients follow this link to our web page that will teach you even more!Benefits of Working With Melt and Pour SoapIf you are interested in learning how to make soap, Melt and Pour soap is always a good place to start. Creating your own luxurious soap has never been easier and it allows for the soap maker to really focus on the aesthetic that makes this soap their own. A fun alternative to cold or hot process soap, melt and pour does not require the use of lye! Creating beautiful bathtime masterpieces is made safe and easy.Nature's Garden has nine types of soaps to work with! You can chose from Goat's Milk, Honey, Cocoa Butter, Oatmeal, Shea Butter, Clear glycerin, Hemp, Mango, SLS free and of course Soya Milk. So many choices! Where do you start? Below, we have eight fun and easy melt and pour soap recipes that would be an awesome addition to your line of soaps. We are sure that you will find something to inspire you to create a beautiful bar of soap that your customers will love!What Is SoyaBefore we get started on our recipes, let's discuss what soya is exactly. Soya Milk comes from, of course, soybeans. To create soya milk, dried soybeans are soaked and then ground into a puree. Once that is completed, the mixture is boiled and lastly, filtered to remove any insoluble residue. Those that are vegan, or vegetarian may know the original form as Tofu. A very popular substitution for meat. Soya Milk has become very popular throughout the world as a comparable substitution for those that are vegan or lactose intolerant.Soya Milk is chock full of protein, riboflavins, vitamin B-12, fiber and isoflavins. Drinking soya milk can be beneficial for men and women. Studies have been done on the effects of drinking soya milk. These benefits range from helping with weight loss to easing the symptoms of women experiencing menopause to helping prevent prostrate cancer in men.So now that we have the low-down on melt and pour soap, plus some interesting facts about soy milk, let's start talking about our fun recipes for you to try!Rustic Tree Trunk Soap RecipeFirst recipe up is our Rustic Tree Trunk Soap Recipe. This recipe is a fun soap to make for your men's line of products. Using our Soya Milk melt and pour soap base and our round loaf soap mold, you will create a trunk-like soap scented with our very popular Cracklin' Birch! Cracklin Birch fragrance begins with top notes of bergamot, orange, and lemon; with middle notes of geranium, lily, and rose; and base notes of patchouli, vetiver, and tonka beans. A cozy, warm fragrance oil perfect for your outdoorsman!Solid Pink Salt Scrub RecipeSalt Soaps are incredibly popular in the soap world! This Solid Pink Salt Scrub has incorporated both types, course and fine ground, of our Himalayan Pink Salt in this recipe. Mined in the Himalayas, this salt is thought to be the purest on earth due to the fact that the sea beds were once protected by lava. This gourmet salt is kosher, food grade, all natural, and organic compliant; it has high levels of minerals. We've also added coconut oil, sunflower oil and sweet almond oil to this recipe. Your skin will be shiny clean, refreshed and smelling sweetly of our NG Sun and Sand fragrance oil. A beachy scent of florals and citrus, combining white flowers, bergamot, orange blossoms, ylang ylang, muguet lily, with a light musk base. Perfect for summertime!Butter Cream Cupcake Soap RecipeThis Butter Cream Cupcake soap is a fun recipe to make with the kids! This recipe makes 10 little cupcakes that are perfect for little hands to help decorate! The whipped topping is simple to make also! Using the melt and pour and our Imagine Base you can try your cake decorating skills by piping on the topping with a piping bag or simply scoop the frosting onto the cupcakes in a fluffy mound! Top them off with some cake decorating sprinkles and you have a fun bath treat that the kids will love to use to make themselves clean and sweet-smelling! Of course we used our Buttercream cupcake fragrance oil that smells yummy enough to eat!Gummy Bear Soap RecipeUp next we have another fun soap to make that the kids will love! Our Gummy Bear Soap recipe uses both soya milk soap and SLS free Glycerin soap base. The SLS free glycerin soap is awesome to work with when you want your colors to pop and be bright and vivid! For the gummy bears, we have used a mold from Flexiblemolds.com. These molds are durable, and easy to work with! The fragrance oil we chose is our Tropical Blast fragrance oil. This oil is a fresh tropical combination of pineapples, mango, papaya, coconut, and wild watermelon. A perfect, yummy summertime fragrance!Neapolitan Cupcake Soap RecipeOur Neapolitan Cupcake Soap is a triple layered treat that is made similarly to the Butter Cream cupcake recipe. Using the same mold for the bottom half, you will create three yummy smelling layers that resemble the ever-popular Neapolitan Ice Cream. The first fragrance is Chocolate Fudge. A truly decadent, all things chocolate scent! Also, we have used some Cocoa powder in this layer. Not only will it help boost the chocolate scent, but it also is a perfect natural colorant. We used Buttercream cupcake for the vanilla layer of the soap. Lastly, we chose our mouth-watering Strawberry Preserves for the strawberry layer. Lastly we used Buttercream cupcake for the vanilla layer of the soap. This is a true scent of strawberries and sugar! To create the frosting, you will whip some Imagine Soap Base and melted soya soap melt and pour together. You can either pipe the frosting on or place some fluffy dollops with a spoon. Top off your soapcakes with a fun cherry on top to complete the look!Ghost Soap RecipeThere is always a need for some fun Halloween recipes to have in your arsenal! For our Ghost Soap, we have used three different types of soap in this recipe. To achieve a true, solid black color, the base of the soap is made with Diamond Clear Melt and Pour soap base. For the Ghost part, we used Whipped Soap Base and Soya Soap Base. Also, you will notice that we added some Vegetable Glycerin to those two soap bases. Vegetable Glycerin is useful in soapmaking when you are looking for some flexibility to your designs. Our fragrance of choice for this soap is our Alien Princess Fragrance oil which is wonderful duplication of Thierry Mugler's Alien for Women. This scent has notes of bright melon and sparkling mandarin are mixed with orange blossom, star jasmine, and rose along with a woody base that is supplemented by vanilla and musk. Soap Frosting RecipeDo you need a quick topping for a soap that may look a little rough on top? Or maybe you just need a simple finishing touch to a soapcake creation. Our Soap frosting recipe is a perfect go to recipe whether it's a melt and pour soap or a cold process creation! We use melt and pour soap base along with some Whipped Soap Base and vegetable glycerin. Once whipped into a frosting like consistancy, you can either pipe the soap frosting on or add simple, soap dollops using a spoon. However you choose to decorate your soaps, this soap frosting recipe is a definite keeper!Independence Day Soap RecipeLast, but certainly not least, is our newest addition to the Soya Milk soap melt and pour recipes. Our Independence Day soap is out just in time for the Fourth of July! This fun, four layered soap is a perfect patriotic addition for the summertime! For the red and white layers we used, Diamond Clear melt and pour, plus our Soya Milk melt and pour. To top this soap off, we added fluffy whipped soap along with red star embeds and curly blue "fireworks". The finishing touch for this soap was a sprinkling of blue colored Dead Sea Salt to give it a sparkly finish! How cute and festive is this soap? We chose our very patriotic Independent fragrance oil. This unique complex fragrance starts with refreshing crisp citrus notes of fresh orange slices, lime, and lemon zests; middle notes of tulip and daffodil, well-rounded with a smooth musky background.Soy RecipesWe talked about how good using soy in your diet can be beneficial both inside and out. Well, we helped you out with finding fun soya soap recipes. How about some recipes that use soy based ingredients? From baked goods, entrees and smoothies or milkshakes, follow this link to Soyconnection.com to see how you can incorporate soy into your diet!So that's all we have today on soya melt and pour soap. We hope you enjoyed reading on all the different ways you can use our skin happy melt and pour soap base. We at Nature's Garden are here for you anytime you need a question answered about a product or even help in getting some inspiration to create new products! Give us a call anytime or find us on social media! Look for us on Facebook, Twitter (@ngscents) or even Instagram (@ngscents) and we will help you out to the best of our abilities!

This amazing herb does wonderful things when introduced as a skin care ingredient. Whether it is used in flower form, powder form, or in the form of an essential oil, lavender can be a go to ingredient for aromatherapy needs, antiseptic benefits, or even relief from pain and discomfort due to skin irritations. This beautiful herb is also cherished for its decorative nature in both the body care industry as well as food and beverage industries, especially when it comes to the realm of teas and desserts.The name lavender comes from its scientific name lavandula which is actually derived from the Latin word lavare which means to wash. In fact, lavender was often heavily used by the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans for its antiseptic benefits for the skin, healing powers, and as an aromatic perfume.There are several ways to use the wonderful benefits of lavender in your homemade skin care and body wellness products. The very aromatic herb lavender is available for purchase in several different mediums at Natures Garden.Lavender Flower Whole Select- In this shape, it can be used directly in items like bath teas and soaps. This form of herb can be steeped to make an oil infusion which then can be used in a plethora of bath and body products like: skin toners, lotions, body creams, perfumes, shampoos, etc.Lavender Flower Powder- In powder form, lavender can be used directly in your formulations and this even includes body powders. The only precaution to remember when using this herb is that as with any powder, it is prone to clumping if not made into a paste first.As an essential oil, lavender is available as Lavender Essential Oil 40/42 or Lavandin Grosso Pure Essential Oil. Either of these essential oils can be used to scent your products for aromatherapy needs or to take advantage of all of the skin care benefits lavender provides.The scent of lavender is one of the most well known aromas worldwide. No matter where you live, chances are you have smelled this distinctive scent. Often used in aromatherapy and in body care products as a natural antidepressant; lavender will ease stress and tension by promoting relaxation. Lavender works as a nervine; calming the nerves and reducing irritability of the mind and body.As an analgesic, this herb can actually help to reduce pain from skin issues and aliments like acne, boils, eczema, and psoriasis. This herb is even beneficial for treating burns, sunburns, insect bites and stings.As a natural air freshener, lavender also works to fight against air borne viruses. You can achieve this by simply steeping lavender buds in water and letting the aroma fill the air.Natures Garden sells our lavender flowers herbs and essential oils for external applications only. In the above written blog post, we briefly discussed the wonderful benefits of lavender and the some of its uses across various industries. Nothing in this article is to be construed as medical advice. Please consult your doctor before using any of this information for treatment purposes. We provide this data for educational purposes only.

Goat's milk is a wonderful alternative to regular cow's milk. Goats Milk Soap Base is made using actual goat's milk and provides a lot of benefits to anyone who decides to use it in their soap making recipes. This soap base has many different applications, and there are many recipes created at Nature's Garden that use this soap. For this soap, it's usually recommended to add 1/2 to 1 tablespoon of fragrance oil for every pound of soap base. It's useful to know this if you decide to make your own recipe because you aren't only limited to our recipes.What makes up Goats Milk Soap Base?Our Goat Milk Soap Base is gluten free as it is made up of Vegetable Glycerin, Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Goat's Milk, and other natural ingredients. This soap also doesn't add any external detergents and is unscented. Without the use of external detergents, this soap is also great for exfoliating your skin without irritating it. This soap is naturally good at moisturizing your skin too. Also, the pH balance of the fatty acids in the soap is very similar to human skin. Knowing this, it can now be seen why Goat's Milk Soap Base is the ideal choice for those with dry sensitive skin. You can use this soap on any skin type. This is due to its gentle care on sensitive skin.Benefits of using Goats Milk Soap BaseThere are a lot of benefits of using Goat's Milk Soap Base in your soap recipes. One benefit is that is works great on skin with acne, eczema, and psoriasis. The reason for this is that this soap doesn't use any harsh detergents. This soap also contains hydroxy acids, which are known to remove dead skin cells from the skin. Also, this natural soap is great for keeping your skin moist while using it in the bath. Usually, you get that super dry, tight skin feeling when using other soap in the shower, this soap base won't do that. Goat's Milk also contains Vitamin A which is good for skin and cell damage. Goat's Milk also contains Vitamin B2 which is great for maintaining the body's natural energy supply. There are a lot more benefits to this soap out there as well.Different Applications of Goats Milk Soap BaseThere are a wide variety of recipes that you can create using Nature's Garden's Goats Milk Soap Base. You mainly use this soap in melt and pour soap recipes. A lot of these recipes are colorful and open to creative decoration. For example, there are recipes with colorful sprinkles, recipes that contain colorful swirls, and even recipes that have colorful stripes in them. Another way to use this soap base is to whip a whipped soap base, and apply it to the melt and pour soap for a whipped texture. Goats Milk Soap Base can make bath fizzies recipes too. There are many ideas that you can come up with using this soap base, it's up to you to decide what you like. How to Use Goats Milk Soap Base: Blackberry Cupcake Soap RecipeThe Blackberry Cupcake Soap Recipe is the perfect rendition of a freshly baked blackberry muffin. The Goat's Milk Soap Base is in this recipe for creating the muffin base and the blackberries. You color the blackberries with violet and black soap colorants. Then, they are scented with Nature's Garden's Blackberry Jam Fragrance Oil. You can top this recipe off with creative blackberries. They look similar to real blackberries. Anyone can create this recipe, and it also makes a beautiful decoration for any room in your home. You won't get over how wonderful the scent this cupcake soap gives off too when it's finished. How to Use Goats Milk Soap Base: Coconut Lime Verbana Soap Bowl RecipeHere is a fun recipe that anyone would enjoy creating. The purpose behind the Coconut Lime Verbana Soap Bowl Recipe is to capture the look of a busted open coconut. Goat's Milk Soap Base is used to create the coconut shells and the bits of broken coconut that go inside of the soap recipe. You need about 40 cubes of the melt and pour soap base to make this recipe. There are also lime slices and a straw incorporated into this recipe. For this part, you use SLS free glycerin melt and pour soap. Anyone would enjoy making this soap recipe and appreciate the creativeness that goes into it. A unique feature of this recipe is that you use a balloon to create the coconut shell. You blow up a balloon, then mold the shell of the coconut around it, then you pop it to create the shell. How to Use Goats Milk Soap Base: Coffee Melt and Pour Soap RecipeFor all of the early morning people, this Coffee Melt and Pour Soap Recipe is perfect for you. There's nothing more exciting than the smell of freshly brewed coffee in the morning. This recipe uses Fresh Brewed Coffee - World's Base as the fragrance oil of choice. This fragrance oil will give your kitchen or bathroom that fresh brewed coffee smell that you adore. There's also a fun aspect to this naturally made soap recipe as well. This aspect being that the soap also incorporates actual brewed coffee and freshly ground coffee beans. We hope you enjoy making this soap, as much as you'll also enjoy the scent. How to Use Goats Milk Soap Base: Floating Noah's Ark Soap RecipeHere's a fun biblical soap recipe that is great for kids and adults to create at home. Floating Noah's Ark Soap Recipe recreates Noah's ark in a cute way by creating a wooden boat with a lot of cute animals. The entire recipe is created using Goat's Milk Soap Base, as it allows the vibrant colors to show. You can choose which FUN Soap Colorant you want to use for your animals. The animals are cut using Nature's Garden's Embeded Mold - Animal Zoo. When making this recipe, you also want to pay particular attention to how thoroughly you melt the soap. If the soap is still clumpy, it will leave white spots in the finished product, and won't look as appealing. You start off melting the soap for 30 minutes at first. Then you go for shorter intervals and eye ball it after. How to Use Goats Milk Soap Base: Chocolate Orchid Melt and Pour Soap RecipeChocolate orchids are also known as "Sharry Babies", and have a smooth chocolaty color to them. This Chocolate Orchid Melt and Pour Soap Recipe attempts to capture both the colors of chocolate and orchids to create a fun soap recipe. Goat's Milk Soap Base makes up the entirety of this recipe. You use it with light purple, chocolate, and dark purple colors. The light purple makes up the base, the dark purple makes some of the confetti, and the chocolate color for the swirls and some of the confetti. The entire recipe is scented using Nature's Garden's Chocolate Orchid Fragrance Oil. For appearance, when you go to cut the confetti that goes on top, as well as the swirl slices, make sure they are all equal in size. Overall though, this recipe is really easy to make, and anyone would have fun making this at home. How to Use Goats Milk Soap Base: Soap Frosting RecipeFor anyone newer to making soap, this soap is right up their ally. This Soap Frosting Recipe is not only easy, but it incorporates a lot of different eye appealing colors. What this recipe is, is a cupcake base with whipped soap frosting and sprinkles on top. For the soap frosting, you end up mixing together the Goats Milk Soap Base and whipped soap. These two different types of soap are mixed together using a hand mixer. The consistency of this soap frosting is soft, but yet firm enough to stand up. You can also scent this soap frosting using any of Nature's Garden's fragrance oils. For this recipe we used Buttercream Fragrance Oil, but if you use our recommended percentages of fragrance oils, then you can use any fragrance oil that you think is complimentary. How to Use Goats Milk Soap Base: Snowball Soap RecipeWith winter right around the corner, here's a fun snowy recipe to make inside while enduring the cold. The Snowball Soap Recipe also makes for a great decor piece too. This recipe uses a cute combination of light blues and whites. You make this recipe primarily with Goats Milk Soap Base. Thus meaning the soap is great to use during the cold dry months. The reason for this being that you can use Goat's Milk Soap Base on dry, sensitive skin. The fun part of this recipe is the snowballs that go inside of the melt and pour soap. You melt the Goat's Milk Soap Base and pour it into the snowball molds, then let them set up, and add them to the soap. Everything made in this recipe is made using Peppermint Essential Oil, which is freshening and strong.How to Use Goats Milk Soap Base: Raspberry Zinger Bath Fizzies RecipeHere is a recipe that you wouldn't expect Soap Base to be used. In this Raspberry Zinger Bath Fizzy Recipe, you shred the Goats Milk Base Soap with a cheese grater. Then you throw it on top of the Zingers. This should resemble shredded coconut. You make the rest of the bath fizzy with ingredients like baking powder, arrowroot powder, citric acid, etc. Another fun aspect of this recipe is all of the colors that it incorporates. These colors blend well to show off all of the unique flavors that make up a Raspberry Zinger. The part of the Zinger recipe that stands out is the pink layer. The pink layer is made by incorporating 1 part Fun Soap Colorant Tomato Red and 3 parts Fun Soap Colorant Deep Purple. How to Use Goats Milk Soap Base: Psychedelic Suds Soap RecipeHere's a soap recipe filled entirely with different colors and creativity. The Psychedelic Suds Soap resembles that of a lava lamp. Diamond Clear Melt and Pour Soap Base is used to make the base of this soap recipe, and Goats Milk Soap Base is used to make the colorful parts of the recipe. Straws are used to create the colorful soap on the inside of this recipe. For a tropical, fruity touch, we use Aloha Fragrance Oil in this recipe to scent the soap. This recipe uses the colors pink, green, blue, yellow, and orange. The reason behind picking these colors is that they are some of the more vibrant colors in the FUN Soap Colorant collection. We hope you enjoy making this recipe and enjoy the scents associated with this soap. We covered the soap making recipes associated with Goats Milk Soap Base, now here are some home cooking recipes you can make using goat's milk. This article has a delicious recipe for goat cheese stuffed mushrooms. Stuffed mushrooms are usually a delicious choice of an appetizer to use for any holiday dinner. These stuffed mushrooms use cremini mushrooms and incorporates a lot of different flavors that blend well with the goat cheese. Another amazing recipe I found was the blueberry, honey, and goats milk monkey bread. This version of monkey bread is great because it uses the tart flavors of the blueberries to counter the sweetness of the monkey bread itself. There are a lot more recipes mentioned in this article, it's worth it to take a read and consider some of these recipes.Nature s Garden talks about how great goat's milk is for many industries. We provide this data for educational purposes only. Nothing in this article is to be construed as medical advice. Please consult your doctor before using this product or any of this information for treatment purposes.

How to Make Soap WhiteHomemade soap making is the perfect way to show off your creativity. While appearance isn't everything in a bar of soap, it certainly is important. Sometimes the discoloration of your soap bar just doesn't match the aroma and there may seem like there is nothing you can do to stop it. Or, you may just be trying to get your soap to be pure white, as no discoloration doesn't mean that you will get a pure white bar of soap. In fact, uncolored and unscented cold process soap is naturally an off white hue. But, there are a few additives that you could use in certain situations to attempt to achieve the perfect white color for your soap bars. All you need to do is learn how to make soap white and we at Natures Garden would like to help you at as much as we possibly can!How to Make Soap White Soap Making OptionsWe have three simple options for our lovely soap-makers that desire a whiter bar of soap. While there is no way to prevent discoloration in all cases, there are some options that you have for your soapmaking. First, we have the Vanilla White Color Stabilizer. This is a product that will actually prevent discoloration from fragrance. However, this ingredient is really only good for preventing fragrances with a vanillin content from discoloring. So, this additive will not always work to completely banish discoloration and may not work at all on some fragrances. Next, we have two types of titanium dioxide. While these ingredients are designed to change the appearance of the natural color of soaps. However, these additives will not prevent any fragrance discoloration. This ingredient is simply for turning the off white bars into a pure white hue.How to Make Soap White Vanilla White Color StabilizerOne easy method that you can use to whiten your cold process soaps is to add in our Vanilla White Color Stabilizer! While this ingredient can't completely whiten all kinds of discoloration, this product can strongly reduce certain types of discoloration. So, it is important to know exactly when to add this product. This ingredient will reduce the discoloration that is caused by vanillin. Also, this product will slow down this ingredient's ability to oxidize, which would cause browning in the soap. If the fragrance oil contains vanillin or components that will oxidize, then adding this ingredient will absolutely be helpful!How to Make Soap White Why Use Vanilla White Color StabilizerAs a soap maker, it is important to know how to deal with discoloration. While many great aromas that don't cause any discoloration, there are some fragrance oils with wonderful scents that just don't perform exactly how you want. It can be heartbreaking to discover a gorgeous scent that just discolors too much. What is worse is when the discoloration doesn't pair well with the aroma. This always happens with scents that have heavy vanilla notes. These fragrance oils often end up extremely dark, but smelling like a pure white vanilla dream! However, you can prevent it with Vanilla White Color Stabilizer. So, don't give up on your favorite vanilla soap scents just yet.How to Make Soap White Vanilla Fragrance OilsWhile there are definitely some types of discoloration that Vanilla White Color Stabilizer can't help with, this product is perfect for reducing discoloration from vanillin. This ingredient is what creates the vanilla aroma that we all know and love! This means that this color stabilizing agent is perfect for vanilla fragrances, and any fragrance that has a vanillin content. So, darker shades of soaps that are caused by vanilla fragrance oils can be tackled by this product. Although it is possible for a fragrance oil to have other discoloring agents, the Vanilla White Color Stabilizer is great for whitening discoloration due to vanillin. So, you should add this ingredient when the vanillin content is above 1% to prevent discoloration.How to Make Soap White Oxidation Impact on ColorOver time, certain ingredients in the fragrance oil may begin to oxidize. While this is just a natural reaction some ingredients, like vanillin, have with the air, this could lead to a change in the color of your homemade soaps. Oxidation has the potential to cause a darker color for your soap, so you could potentially have discoloration after the soap has been created. Although Vanilla White Color Stabilizer can't completely prevent this reaction from occurring, it is perfect if you would like to slow down this natural process. Thus, you can delay this discoloration and, if you use your bars quick enough, may never even have to see it!How to Make Soap White Impact on ScentSince you are attempting to save this fragrance oil for your soap making, you don't want anything impacting the scent. Luckily, vanilla white color stabilizer can reduce discoloration without negatively impacting the fragrance oil that you enjoy. Although the aroma of this product is strong out of the bottle, the scent is completely unnoticeable in the finished soaps. So, you won't smell a thing in your soaps! This means you can have the appearance in your soap that you want without sacrificing the integrity of this fragrance oil's scent.How to Make Soap White Using the WhitenerNow, you know exactly how Vanilla White Color Stabilizer will work in your soap! All you have left to do is to learn how you can incorporate the color stabilizer into your soap making. While it is not super difficult, you need to know what you are doing to make sure that the ingredient is actually incorporated. So, make sure to add this ingredient to aqueous bases as it is designed to stabilize water based formulas. This is because the vanilla white stabilizer can't be added to the oils until the saponification process.How to Make Soap White How We Use Vanilla White Color StabilizerIf you'd like to see exactly how this whitener product works, then check out our amazing Peppermint Fluff Soap Recipe! This is a quality soap recipe that required the base of the soap bar to be pure white hue. Otherwise, the design on our soap wouldn't look like a peppermint! So, the soap had to be red and pure white. However, this soap uses a fragrance with a vanillin content. In fact, the Peppermint Fluff Fragrance Oil includes a 6% vanillin content. So, we needed something to help with the inevitable discoloration. Otherwise, we would have ended up with a brown and red bar of soap that really wouldn't look like a peppermint at all. Instead, we used this ingredient and created the soap you see to the left!How to Make Soap White Titanium Dioxide Water SolubleAlso, you have another perfect option for making homemade white soaps. You can use Titanium Dioxide to create a whiter bar of cp soap. While this ingredient won't reduce discoloration that is caused by some fragrance oils, it is perfect for whitening. If you have a bar with light or no discoloration, then you can add this powdered colorant to create a whiter bar. Instead of the typical off white soap color, the Titanium Dioxide will create a more pure white color in your bars. Thus, you can have decorative soaps with a pure white hue. Also, you will be able to still use your personal cold process soaping recipe.How to Make Soap White Amount to AddFirst, it is very important for you to know how much titanium dioxide that you can add to your homemade soaps. While this whitening powder is perfect for soap making, you don't want to add too much of this product to your soap. However, not adding enough of this product could leave you with a bar that isn't as white as you would like your soaps to be. So, we would suggest for you to include no more than a single teaspoon per pound of soap colored. All you need to do is add the right amount of this whitening product to your soaps!How to Make Soap White Using the Water Soluble Titanium DioxideNext, you need to learn how this ingredient needs to be used. Since this ingredient is water based, it needs to be added to the lye water solution. This means that you will have to add this white pigment to your whole soap bar. So, the water soluble version of Titanium Dioxide is perfect for coloring an entire bar of cold process soap. Then, you can combine your water and oils perfectly to create a whiter bar of soap. Although you can separate some of this white soap to color with soap dyes, the titanium dioxide won't impact the color.How to Make Soap White Titanium Dioxide Oil DispersibleAlternatively, you can use a different type of Titanium Dioxide to create your soaps. This ingredient is perfect for whitening smaller portions of your cold process soap. This version of Titanium Dioxide will perform similarly to the water soluble version. Thus, both act as a whitening pigment for the uncolored portions of the soap. Again, this ingredient won't fix any discoloration caused by fragrance oils. This is because this additive is designed to alter the color of natural soaps to a more pure white. The only difference between the Oil Dispersible Titanium Dioxide and the Water Soluble Titanium Dioxide is how it is incorporated into the soap.How to Make Soap White Using the Oil Dispersible Titanium DioxideNow, all you need is to learn how to use this product in your soap making process! Since this ingredient is oil based, you need to add titanium dioxide to the oil portion of your soaps. So, you'll need to take a bit of your cosmetic oils and mix your powdered pigment together. Then, you will need to mix up your soap batch. Afterwards, separate out the portion of soap that you'd like to be whitened. Then, mix together the separated portion and the titanium dioxide to create the perfect white color for your soap design.How to Make Soap White How We Use Titanium Dioxide Oil DispersibleFinally, take a peek at how we like to use titanium dioxide in our very own soap making recipes. The Sweet Orange Chili Pepper Cold Process Soap Recipe is one example where adding this ingredient is perfect for creating perfect designs. This soap recipe incorporates a perfect in-the-pot swirl with vibrant red, pure white, and gorgeous orange colors. Note that the white portion of this swirl is even whiter than the normal hue of cold process soap. Luckily, this fragrance oil causes no discoloration in homemade soap! This means that adding titanium dioxide is a perfect option for creating a pure white section in your soap.How to Make Soap White Colorant OptionsNow that you have whiter bars of soap, let's talk about soap making colorants! You could add some fun colorants to your soaps that include some Vanilla White Color Stabilizer. Now that you prevented the discoloration, you are able to add any colors that you would like! Also, you are going to need some fun colors to go along with your newly whitened bars of soap. If you would like to explore your soap coloring options, then check out our various Soap Colorants. These would be perfect to add to your newly whitened bars.How to Make Soap White Share Your CreationsHopefully, you learned a bit about how to control the color of your handmade soaps. Whether you have discoloration issues or want a whiter bar of soap, using additives can be helpful for some of your soaping issues. Now, you are prepared to create all kinds of fun soap designs. If you would like to share any of your soaping successes, then share pictures or your story on either our Facebook or Instagram pages! We would love to see your homemade creations!

There are many different ways to gain Juniper Berry benefits for your body. First, you can include these berries in your food to create some delicious and unique recipes. This may help provide your body with various nutrients and beneficial properties. Also, you could create bath and body recipes that integrate these properties to benefit the body. Plus, these Juniper Berries whole can be used to decorate various Natures Garden recipes. So, this herb is useful to both decorate your creations and provide beneficial properties for these recipes.Juniper Berry Benefits: Growing ConditionsJuniper Berry plants are most common in the Northern Hemisphere and they come in a few different varieties. You can tell these varieties apart by their heights, as they are either one and a half feet tall, four feet tall, six feet tall, or twenty-five feet tall. So, these plants can vary from the sizes of small shrubs to large trees. Since they are similar to conifers, they have needles or scales that are useful for helping the plant survive droughts. But, this means that the Juniper plant can't handle being over watered. If they have wet soil that doesn't drain well, they will suffer. So, you should never need to water your plant unless there have been severe drought conditions. Although Junipers prefer acidic soil, they can grow in a variety of soil types. Also, they will prefer to be exposed to full sun.Juniper Berry Benefits: Harvesting Your Juniper BerriesFirst, make sure that you do in fact have an edible variety of juniper before you begin your harvest. The most common edible variety of juniper is Juniperus communis, but there are many varieties out there that are poisonous or bitter tasting. After you are sure you have the correct tree, you will want to pick the soft berries that are a blue/black color. Make sure that you don't pick unripe berries as they won't dry properly. Then, you can dry your berries by allowing them to set inside at room temperature for approximately three weeks. Once the berries are dried you will need to remove any berries that are brown or have viable entrance holes. These berries will have bugs living inside them. Lastly, you can either use your berries immediately or store them in an airtight jar for up to a year.Juniper Berry Benefits: Caution for Anyone that has Apple TreesYou may want to hold off on planting a juniper berry tree/shrub if you have an apple tree. There is a fungus that can infect your apple tree called cedar-apple rust. It will begin growing on the juniper trees or shrubs first. Then, the fungus can make its way to any of the apple trees nearby. So, you would be putting your apple trees at risk by planting juniper nearby. However, anyone without apple trees won't have to worry about this disease transfer.Juniper Berry Benefits: Industry UsesYou can find many different ways to use juniper berries in a variety of products. First, you can use this herb to spice up your meals or to flavor gin. Also, you can create a tonic or tea to benefit from some of the medicinal properties of juniper. Further, you can use this botanical herb to create wonderful bath and body recipes. So, let's look into the benefits that you can gain from adding this herb to your products.Juniper Berry Benefits: Medicinal UsesIn ancient medicine, Juniper Berries were used to treat all kinds of illnesses. Plus, many different cultures developed ideas of how they could use this herb in their medical practices. This lovely herb was considered to be able to purify blood and was thought to boost stamina for the Greeks. Also, ancient Egyptians used Juniper to embalm their dead. Then, Juniper was made into a tonic that became popular by Europeans in the 17th century. While this was originally created as a diuretic, this juniper tonic quickly became known as gin.Juniper Berry Benefits: Medicinal Uses for Juniper BerriesToday, there are many medicinal uses for juniper berries. Primarily, this herb continues to be used as a diuretic. These berries can be used to get your kidneys to work more efficiently, which will stimulate your urinary passages. While this can be useful for helping reduce renal insufficiency, weakness of the bladder, or weakness of the urethra, it is dangerous for a kidney infection. So, you should ask a doctor before using this herb if you have any urinary tract issues. Plus, the antimicrobial and antifungal properties in this herb have been found to be useful against certain infections. For example, studies have shown that this herb can be used to fight the bacteria that cause illnesses like E. coli, pneumonia, gonorrhea, Staphylococcus aureus, and more! Further, this herb's antiseptic properties are useful for treating scrapes and cuts to prevent infection. Also, this herb is a carminative agent that has been known to help move gas through the body. Further, it is thought to prevent more gas from being produced while it is in your system. So, this herbal property can be used to reduce indigestion, chest pain, and stomach aches. Furthermore, Juniper can be used to prevent stomach ulcers and get the stomach back on track. This is due to the herb promoting stomach bile secretion, which protects the inner lining of the stomach. Also, this herb can be used to reduce symptoms of joint pain, gout, and rheumatoid arthritis. Juniper can help with these conditions as this herb improves blood circulation and helps remove toxins from the body. These toxins are flushed out using excess sweating, which will help clear your pores, too. Further, there are properties in this cosmetic herb that help to reduce swelling. Also, this herb is useful for reducing muscle cramps and spasms.Juniper Berry Benefits: Food and BeveragesIn areas of Northern Europe, like Scandinavia, Germany, or some regions of France, Juniper is commonly used as a spice for cooking. It is most popular to use Juniper to spice up meaty dishes, like chicken or beef. Just make sure not to overcook the herb, as it can draw out an unpleasant, bitter flavor. Instead, you may want to try toasting them. However, Americans are more likely to have added juniper in their gin than their meals. In fact, gin was named after Juniper in the Dutch language. The taste of juniper is uniquely refreshing and tangy with notes of pine and citrus. Anyone that wants to add more juniper into their diet should check out 16 Recipes That Make the Most of Juniper Berries by Brit + Co.Juniper Berry Benefits: Bath and Body ProductsAlso, you can add this herb to various cosmetic recipes to provide the body with a variety of benefits. Of course, you can add these berries whole to your recipe. However, this is not the only way to use this herb. You can create an herbal tea with this cosmetic supply to add to your recipes, as well. Further, you can infuse your oils with the properties of dried Juniper Berries. So, there are many different ways that you can add some juniper berries to your products.First, antibacterial and antiseptic properties have been found in Juniper. These properties can be useful for treating minor cuts and scrapes, as this herb will protect the body from infection. Also, the known astringent and detoxifying properties are useful for helping to control sebum production and balance oily skin. This is perfect for helping to prevent clogged pores or breakouts. Plus, these properties can be beneficial for improving skin tone and help to shrink your pore size. So, this is another way that Juniper can be used to help reduce the production of sebum. Not only is this property great for balancing the sebum production of oily skin, but it can be useful for preventing acne breakouts.Plus, this herb is helpful for reducing blemishes, rashes, and eczema. Also, this herb will help bring more blood to the skin. This will help nourish skin cells and promote healthy growth. Also, the antioxidants in this herb can be used to fight oxidation damage, which can leave the skin looking aged. So, adding this herb to your skin care will help prevent signs of premature aging.Juniper Berry Benefits: Natures Garden RecipesWe at Natures Garden have incorporated the Juniper Berries herb wholesale into a variety of homemade recipes. First, we Incorporated this herb and a few others into our Rustic Wax Melts Recipe. This blend of herbs creates an authentic aroma in the wax tart recipe. Also, we included this botanical herb in our Christmas Wreath Fire Starters Recipe. While this product is different from a candle, the herb provided a nice scent. Plus, the Juniper added to the wreath appearance. Additionally, we included this herb into the Berry Bewitching Bath Brew Recipe. The Juniper berries were useful in the bath tea as their natural menthol content, anti-inflammatory, and antiseptic properties. Further, we used juniper berries in our Acai Berry Smoothie Sugar Scrub Recipe to provide a decorative topping. Plus, it can be used with the poppy seed herb to help exfoliate the body.Juniper Berry Benefits: Other BenefitsSome people have found that this herb can be useful for disinfecting the air. Since this herb has antimicrobial properties, it is thought that Juniper can be used to purify the air. So, it could be beneficial to include this herb with your natural candle making supplies. You can either add this herb whole to your homemade wax melt recipes or allow this herb to soak using bath tea bags in your melting candle wax. This will allow you to create a candle that includes this aroma without the risk of adding whole herbs, which have a potential to catch on fire.Juniper Berry Benefits: Attracting Birds to Your HomeIf you enjoy bird watching, then you may want to consider using plants to attract birds to your home. This way you can enjoy all kinds of beautiful birds without having to leave the comfort of home. One great plant that you can use is Juniper! This plant will attract a variety of birds that like to eat the juniper berries. According to a birdwatcher, who with a juniper berry bush, the bird types that seem to frequent these bushes were cedar waxwings, bark creepers, blackbirds, grackles, robins, sparrows, and many others. He loved to watch them from his windows as they were feasting on the berries. While Juniper attracts birds, it isn't the only plant you can use to attract birds to your area. You can find a list of different plants you can use on Birdscaping: Creating Your Landscape to Attract Birds from the Ohio Landscape Association.Juniper Berry Benefits: Ask Us Your QuestionsWe hope that you learned something new about the Juniper Berries herb. If you have any more questions about this herb or any others, then feel free to ask us your questions. We are available in the store, on our HUG line, and online. An easy way to reach us online is our social media. We have a Facebook page and you can use @ngscents to find us on either Twitter and Instagram. Good luck and hope to hear from you soon!Juniper Berry Benefits: Reminder About Our HerbsNote: We at Natures Garden sell our Juniper Berries Whole herb for external use only. We do not sell our herbs as food items. The information that we provide on our herbs is for educational purposes only. We do not intend for this information to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent any disease. The information we provide has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Make sure that you keep all herbs out of reach of children and pets. Also, pregnant and/or lactating women should take special care when handling any of our herbs. Natures Garden accepts no responsibility (written or implied) for any products that you make with our herbs. Further, all testing is the responsibility of the customer.

One of the most frequent questions we are asked by new candle makers is: How much candle wax will I need to fill my jars? And, the solution is really simple to find out with this equation.Basically, you will find that 1 pound (by weight) of candle wax will equal 20 ounces (in volume) when pouring into containers or molds. With this knowledge, you can use simple math to figure out how much candle wax you will need to fill your containers or molds.Take for example that you are making 6 oz. hexagon container candles for a wedding. For this order, you have to make a total of 200 wedding candles. The question you are asking yourself is, "how much candle wax will you need to fill all 200- 6oz. jars"? Here is the equation to figure it out: Take 200 x 6 to come up with your total weighted ounces. For this example, the answer is equal to 1200 ounces. Now, you must divide your total weighted ounces (1200 ounces) by 20 (volume ounces) to find out the total pounds of wax you will need for your wedding (60 pounds of wax).Let's try one more example since the 16oz. jar size is one of the most popular sized jars that candle makers sell. Now, you want to make 24 candles, all of which will be poured into 16 oz. jars. This equation would compute to: 24 (the amount you have to make) x 16 (the ounce size of the jar)= 384 (the total number of ounces). Now take 384 and divide this by 20 (the volume) and the answer you get is 19.2 pounds of wax (thus you should likely get 20 pounds of wax to cover yourself.Remember the equation: Number of Candles you want to make (multiplied by) Volume of your containers (divided by) 20 = Total number of pounds of wax you will need to do your project.We hope that this simple equation will help you figure out how much wax you will need in the future.Happy Candle Making!

One of the most common questions in candle making is: how much fragrance oil for a candle is the right amount? Using the correct ratio ensures a well-scented, clean-burning candle. Too little fragrance oil may result in a weak scent throw, while too much can cause burning issues. This guide will help you understand the ideal fragrance oil amount for candles and how to calculate it properly. Disclaimer: When using essential oils or fragrance oils in candles, always check with the International Fragrance Association (IFRA) guidelines to ensure safe usage levels and proper handling. Understanding Fragrance Oil for Candles Fragrance oil for candles plays a crucial role in determining the strength and quality of a candle’s scent. The amount of fragrance oil per pound of wax is measured as the fragrance load, which refers to the percentage of fragrance oil relative to the wax weight. The most common fragrance loads for candles range from 6% to 10%, though some wax types can handle up to 12%. Using the appropriate fragrance oil for candle making ensures that the scent binds well with the wax for optimal performance. Factors That Impact Adding Fragrance Oil to Candles Several factors influence how much fragrance oil for candles should be used: Type of Wax – Different waxes hold varying amounts of fragrance oil. For example: Soy wax typically holds 6-10% fragrance oil. Paraffin wax allows up to 12% fragrance oil. Beeswax has a lower fragrance load capacity, around 3-6%. Candle Size – The total wax weight affects how much fragrance oil per pound of wax is needed Fragrance Oil Strength – Some fragrance oils for candle making are more potent than others. Lighter scents, like citrus or floral, may require a higher fragrance load, while stronger scents, like vanilla or musk, need less. Flashpoint of Fragrance Oil – Each fragrance oil for candles has a flashpoint, which is the temperature at which it begins to evaporate. Adding fragrance oil at the right wax temperature (typically 185°F for most waxes) ensures maximum scent retention. How Do You Calculate Fragrance Load for Candles? To determine the fragrance oil amount for candles, use the following formula: (Wax weight) × (Fragrance load percentage) = Fragrance oil amount For example, if you're using 1 pound (16 oz) of wax with an 8% fragrance load: 16 oz × 0.08 = 1.28 oz of fragrance oil For different wax amounts: 1 lb of wax at 6% → 0.96 oz fragrance oil 1 lb of wax at 10% → 1.6 oz fragrance oil 2 lbs of wax at 8% → 2.56 oz fragrance oil Using this method ensures that you’re adding fragrance oil to candles at the correct ratio, preventing issues like weak scent throw or wick clogging. Frequently Asked Questions About Fragrance Oil for Candle Making How much fragrance oil per pound of wax should I use?The standard range is 6-10%, depending on the wax type and scent strength. Can I add too much fragrance oil to a candle?Yes! Adding too much fragrance oil for candle making can cause burning issues, wick clogging, or an unstable wax pool. What’s the best temperature for adding fragrance oil to candles?Most waxes absorb fragrance oil best around 185°F. Stir thoroughly to ensure even distribution. By using the right fragrance oil amount for candles, you can create beautifully scented, well-balanced candles. Always consult IFRA guidelines when using essential oils or fragrance oils to ensure safety and proper usage levels in your candle-making projects! Find a range of scents and fragrances here at Nature’s Garden.