How to make DIY French vanilla coffee candle

A lot of people love and enjoy coffee, I for one do love them and then there’s vanilla. When it comes to vanilla, it’s not just about the taste, the smell is always amazing, the same thing goes for coffee. Do you love both flavours? If you are reading this blog post then I’m guessing you love them too. So what if I tell you that you can make your home smell like a mixture of vanilla and coffee, that’ll be great right? I guessed so too, that’s why in today’s blog post, I’ll be teaching you how to make French vanilla coffee candles by yourself.

Making your own candle is great and also fun, that’s if you enjoy doing things yourself. I know some people are usually of the opinion that it’s a lot better to buy them than to make them since it saves you the time and stress you’d undergo to make them. Do you agree with them? Just in case you are having doubts about making them, I’ll be telling you the benefits of making your own scented candles.

It doesn’t contain chemicals 

When you make the candles yourself, you are sure that it’s all-natural because you choose the ingredients yourself. Chemicals are usually used in the production of many scented candles you’ll find in stores today.

It burns longer

Since homemade waxes have a lower melting point, they tend to last longer. What does that mean for you? It means that you get to enjoy that scent you love so much for long and it also saves you money.

It produces less soot

Homemade candles burn cleaner than most of the candles you’ll find in stores. You homemade candles, you can say bye-bye to black soot gathering on your candle or creeping onto your walls.

Now you know some of the benefits you stand to gain when you use homemade scented candles, continue reading to learn how to make your very own vanilla coffee candle.

Things you’ll need:

• Small glasses and/or bowls. Storm into your kitchen and collect all the cups and bowls you can find.
• Candle wax. You can chop up old unscented candles and reuse the wax or you don’t have that then you can buy wax chips at a local craft store.
• Candlewick.
• Chopped vanilla beans.
• Coffee beans.

Procedure 

1. Melt the wax. To do this, you can use a microwave or a double boiler to melt the wax.
2. Glue the wick in place at the bottom of your bowl, glass, or cup. Alternatively, if there’s no glue available, then you can hold it with your hand, this time at the top.
3. Pour a small layer of the melted wax into the cup, glass, or bowl. Now, add a layer of vanilla beans and coffee beans.
4. Stir the mixture with a chopstick to distribute the beans in the wax.
5. Allow the wax to cool off and solidify.

Once the wax becomes solid, you would have successfully made your homemade French vanilla coffee candle. For people with busy schedules who would have loved to make one themselves but can’t, you can purchase autumn fall wax melts instead. They are natural and smell really great. If you love the smell of coffee and vanilla, then trust me, you are going to love them too.