Hello friends and family! It has been a very long time. No...., I have not given up on my berry simple life, just enjoying my long personal vacation at Maldives island. Yeah, you wish, right? Well, glad to be back.. I'm up early today and I don't feel like getting out of my bed. It's too damn cold to go anywhere, the temperature here is below zero for the past few weeks. One city up north was (-42) degrees below zero last week, they still go about their normal daily life. I guess after you live here for so long your skin grows a thick layer of blubber that protects you from a harsh freezing cold weather like a polar bear. Unfortunately mine didn't grow an inch. Talk about cold freezing weather, I'm hoping to make a butter bar soap sometime next week. This will help a lot with your skin during winter.
Last week I got a chance to make some soy candles. It was fun and easy to make. Short and simple, soy wax is biodegradable, made from pure soybeans/vegetable, so its natural and non-toxic. Oh yeah, we best support the American soy farmers as well, because there are over 350,000 soybean farms in the US. Here it is, step by step:))
I made a small batch at a time to test it out, plus my pyrex glass is big enough for 16 oz. (1lb). You probably cannot see, there's a round cookie cutter on the bottom of the glass so it doesn't sit directly in the pot. My homemade double boiler. The stick in the middle is for stirring.
I used pencil and wooden stick to secure my cotton wax
When temperature reach around 175 no more than 185 degree, remove from heat and add dye, stir until completely mixed, add fragrance oil. Stir thoroughly and gently. FYI - add 1 oz to 1.5 oz of fragrance oil per lb of wax. Set aside to cool.
I put a warning sticker on the bottom. Looks like a store bought candle, ha.
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