Spring Flower Wax Melts!

~Spring Flower Wax Melts~

(Made with EZ Parasoy Wax)

 

With Spring time finally here, flowers seem to always be the main focus when it comes to

spring-themed items; and for good reason!

Brightly colored, fresh picked vibrant flowers are the perfect pick-me-up

after a long cold winter season.

Speaking of brightly colored flowers, this month we're going to focus on adding a new look to those ever so popular clamshell wax melts. I've never personally seen wax melts like the ones you're about to see, so I thought it'd make for a fun and easy blog to kick off the month of April.

 

 

 

Materials you will need:

~ EZ Parasoy wax

~ Fragrance Oil

~ Candle Dye (I used the liquid dyes)

~ Wax Tart Warning Labels

~ 6 Cavity Clamshell Molds

~ Embed/Tart mold (I used the Poinsettia mold)

~ Scale

 

 

Step 1 - Heat the wax to 180-195°.

 



 

 

Step 2 - Once the wax reaches desired temp, add your fragrance oil (I used 1oz fragrance to 1lb of wax), blend well. Then add your choice of candle dye and again blend well. Preparing your wax embeds that will set on the surface of the initial poured clamshell, will be the main focus at this point. I used the Purple/Violet Liquid Dye for the top flower embeds, and Hot Pink/Pink Liquid Dye for the base color. I also used the popular "Apple Flower" fragrance oil for these.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 3 - Allow the wax to cool to a temperature of 130-140° to make sure that the heat of the wax will not melt the clamshell molds. A melted plastic mold makes for a mess!

 

 

 

 

Step 4 - Once the wax has cooled to the desired temp, start carefully pouring the scented/colored wax into the embed molds. These will cool rather quickly compared to the larger clamshell base that you will be pouring shortly. Set aside to cool.

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

*Tip: Setting the embeds in the fridge for a few minutes helps greatly with the molded embeds to release from the mold with ease. If taken from the mold too soon before the embeds are too warm, the embeds are likely to break apart (as shown below).  

 

 



 

 

 

 

Step 5 - Repeat steps 2 & 3 to prepare the clamshell base color. Go ahead and pour the melted wax into the clamshells.

 



 

 

 

 

 



This is where a scale really comes in handy. The 6 cavity clamshell molds will hold 2.5oz of wax. I first filled the clamshell mold until it contained 2.2oz of wax. As soon as your base wax has been poured, take a cooled embed and gently set the embed in the center of the mold within the freshly poured hot wax. Each poinsettia embed weighs .3oz. After you have added the flower embed to the clamshell, you will have a perfectly filled 2.5oz clamshell.

 

 



 

 



 

 

 

 

Step 6 (final step) - Set entire clamshell aside to completely cool at room temperature for a few hours. Do not set in the fridge to cool! Cooling the wax too quickly will cause cracking and possible sink holes within the wax. When the clamshells are completely cooled, shut the lid of the clamshell, apply a warning label and you're done!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Happy Candle & Soap Making!
-Elya