Handmade massage candles - step-by-step instructions for making them at home. Massage candle "magic flower" The result is a handmade massage candle

Massage candles only relatively recently became one of the attributes healthy image life. They are included in this category of goods for a reason, because attentive attention and care for your body is one of the components of well-being and longevity.

Today, both elite beauty salons and private practitioners successfully use massage candles. Their undeniable advantages are ease of use, compactness and high efficiency, which improve the comfort and effectiveness of the procedure.

But such candles have one more advantage: you can make them yourself, creating a massage product that is suitable for you. Its healing, cosmetological and aromatic qualities will be expressed exactly to the extent that you need.

Technique for making a massage candle

Everything ingenious is simple: making a massage candle is no exception. You can use any solid vegetable fats or flower waxes as a basis, but it is still better to give preference to soybean and cocoa butter. They are neutral substances, that is, suitable for any skin type and allow various combinations with other additives.

Melt a piece of butter of the desired size in a water bath, add a few drops of aromatic products to it. These can be special flower compositions based on plant extracts. Or perfumed fragrances, which can be found in specialized stores. But the best option for aromatizing massage candles is to use natural essential oils, because such an additive gives not only a subtle aroma, but also beneficial properties.

Since we are talking about a product that will subsequently be applied to the skin, “coloring” will be unnecessary. Adding pigments can make a candle more attractive, but less functional. After all, it is impossible to say in advance whether colored oil will cause undesirable consequences. For example, pigmentation of the massaged area or dyeing of clothes.

Pour the finished oil into a container in which it will remain permanently. It is better that the container is made of natural materials - hardwood, clay, glass - and has a handle. This will make it more convenient to pour the heated oil into your palm. Do not use plastic, metal or painted containers; depending on the material, when you light the candle, they may melt, heat up and burn you, or contaminate the oil with paint particles.

"Secret Ingredient"

Essential oils added to a massage candle should be selected according to your desires and goals.

• Ylang-ylang, patchouli, cinnamon, ginger are aphrodisiacs. These oils highlight and enhance the erotic mood and are an excellent scent for candles with romantic purposes.
• Jasmine, lavender, rose - relaxing essential oils. Even a foot massage using products scented with these esters will help relieve fatigue.
• Citrus fruits are energy drinks in the world of scents. A warming massage before training, toning yourself up after a busy day - massage candles with the addition of lemon, orange oil, etc. can do everything.

Handicraft master class on how to make DIY candles.

Finding a person who doesn't like massage is incredibly difficult. That is why stores sell huge quantities of all kinds of oils, creams and other massage products. Today we propose to make a universal thing - a massage candle. When burned, this fragrant candle turns into warm massage oil, containing

which contains more than 10 nutritious components. will say “thank you” to such a warm moisturizing “cocktail”

any skin tired of winter dryness and cold. Pamper your skin!

Materials and tools:

• Beeswax - 10 g + 30 g for wick.
• Unrefined cocoa butter - 20 g.
• Shea butter - 10 g.
• Olive oil - 20 g.
• Almond oil - 30 g.
• Vitamin E - 5 drops.
• Orange essential oil.
• Glass cup.
• Floss threads.
• Wooden skewer.
• Containers for a water bath.
• Wooden spatula.

Let's create massage candles with our own hands

1. Before we start making the candle itself, we will make a wick. To do this, cut a 30 cm long thread from a skein of floss thread. Fold it in half.

2. Now take 30 g of wax and melt it in a water bath. We lower the floss thread into the container with wax so that the wax saturates it properly. We take it out of the container and lower it several more times in a row. Help yourself with a fork or wooden spatula.

3. Carefully place the resulting wick on a flat surface and lightly roll it to form a “pigtail”. Let the wax harden completely.

4. While the wick hardens, let's start making the candle. To do this, melt solid oils and beeswax in a water bath. Remove the mixture from the heat, add olive and almond oils. Mix well with a wooden spatula. After the mixture has cooled a little, enrich it with vitamin E and essential oil.

5. Select a glass container into which we will pour the candle. Now we wind the previously made wick onto a wooden skewer. Lower one end of the wick to the bottom of the glass cup. We cut off the excess. Pour in the hot oil mixture. Let it harden.

6-7. Using scissors, cut the wick to a length of 5 mm.

Massage fragrant DIY candles You did it! Now we light the fire, and as soon as the oils begin to melt, you can begin the massage.

Your personal massage candles

Massage candles are an amazing tool that helps create a harmonious atmosphere of comfort and relaxation, and also serves as a source of healing and fragrant massage oil. This oil warms biologically active points, relieves pain, improves tissue nutrition and elasticity, and improves metabolism in the body. Evaporating essential oils have an anti-inflammatory effect on tissues and the entire body as a whole. After the massage, blood circulation significantly improves, muscle elasticity and tone increase.

A massage candle is not just a massage product, but also a romantic gift that creates a feeling of intimacy, a moisturizer, and an aromatherapy product.

If you are not familiar with a massage candle, then you are far from alone in this matter. This is not surprising. Massage candles appeared on the market relatively recently, in 2008.

What is a massage candle

A massage candle is a massage product that requires preliminary melting. Initially, they were used by specialists in beauty salons, but as time goes on, massage candles are gaining popularity among the population.

Due to its composition, a massage candle melts at a lower temperature than a paraffin candle.

The wax, after melting, quickly cools to a comfortable temperature for massage and does not burn the skin.

Thus, the massage candle has unique properties. The candle consists exclusively of natural components that care for the skin, and the temperature of the molten wax is favorable for massage procedures, which enhances the beneficial effect of the components of the massage candle.

Composition of a massage candle

Massage candle is a natural product consisting of soy and beeswax, with the addition of oils such as coconut, shea butter, etc. This composition perfectly moisturizes the skin and serves as an alternative to massage oil.

Soy wax

Soy wax is the main component of massage candles. Soy wax has unique properties.
Soy wax melts easily, is non-toxic and does not emit soot.
Soy wax dissolves in water.
Soy wax burns 40% longer than paraffin.
Soy wax has a moisturizing and softening effect on the skin.

Beeswax

Beeswax is a natural product that has anti-inflammatory properties.
Beeswax also softens and nourishes the skin well.

Coconut oil

Coconut oil is a unique skin care product.
Coconut oil makes the skin soft and soft.

How to use a massage candle

1. Light the candle and wait a few minutes for the wax to melt.
2. Test the temperature of the melted wax with your finger. Since soy wax melts at a much lower temperature than paraffin, the temperature of the melted soy wax will be only 2 degrees higher than your body temperature.
3. Extinguish the flame and use the melted wax for massage. After the massage, you can wipe the body with a dry cloth, but the wax is absorbed so well that it leaves virtually no traces.
4. You can only massage completely dry areas of the skin.

The massage candle is suitable for massaging arms, shoulders, feet, and legs. As a caring element, it perfectly complements manicure and pedicure procedures.

Useful properties of a massage candle

Relieves fatigue and normalizes emotional state.
Improves the texture and tone of body skin.
Improves blood circulation and reduces swelling.
Returns radiance and softness to the skin.
Improves physical and mental performance.

A massage candle performs several functions at once: soft light creates a romantic atmosphere, a pleasant aroma relaxes, and natural ingredients improve skin and well-being.

How to make a massage candle?

Body massage candles are a new cosmetic product for massage, body care, pleasure and pleasure. When a massage candle burns, it produces a warm massage oil that is pleasant and absolutely safe to apply to the skin if the candle is made from 100% soy wax. Please, if you buy massage candles, carefully study the composition. This massage candle is made from soy wax and contains only natural ingredients that are absolutely harmless to human skin. Soy wax is 100% natural and completely environmentally friendly. Nourishes and moisturizes the skin.
Using massage candles made from pure soy wax with added vitamin E and natural oils softens the skin, nourishes and moisturizes it, slowing down the aging process and helping it stay youthful. Helps restore tired, dull skin by increasing its elasticity.

Massage candles are a wonderful alternative to products such as massage oil and massage solid oil. Massage candles consist of pure soy wax with the addition of essential oil (6%), enriched with vitamin E. Each candle also uses a natural cotton wick.

There are many different massage candles on sale now, but you can make them yourself by adding aromatic essential oils to your liking.

Enjoy your massage candles!

Here are some fun, soothing, delicious options for massage candle oil blends. Choose your favorite or try each!

Citrus Rush. 7 drops each: bergamot, grapefruit, lemon and orange, 2 drops jasmine, rose or geranium ylang-ylang.

Fire and ice. 20 drops mint, 5 drops bergamot, 3 drops eucalyptus, 1 drop ylang-ylang.

Lavender. 25 drops lavender, 2 drops cloves, 1 drop vetiver, ginger or cinnamon

Silk Road. 20 drops sandalwood, 4 drops orange, 3 drops patchouli, 1 drop each: black pepper, vetiver and ylang-ylang

Sweet sensuality. 3 drops jasmine, 2 drops black pepper, 1 drop ylang ylang (these essential oils are very strongly scented, so you need fewer drops than other blends)

And more about massage candles:

Smell isn't the only thing you can play with when making massage candles.

You can vary the carrier oils to make the hot mixture absorb faster (or slower) into the skin or to suit your skin type.

You can replace one tablespoon of soy wax with a spoon shea or cocoa butter to make a softer massage oil.

To make candles with slight smell of honey, replace one tablespoon of soy wax with beeswax.

Do not add artificial color for this recipe - unless you want to end up waking up with a different skin color the next day.

How to use a massage candle:
Light a massage candle and let it burn, spreading a magical aroma throughout the room. When a layer of oil forms, put out the candle, wait a few seconds for the oil to cool a little - take a little oil with your hand and apply it to your body, arms, back. Warm massage oil is very relaxing and relieves stress. A massage candle is a good start to a romantic evening!

A massage candle is a good healing product for the skin. One has only to light a candle and we get not only an amazing aroma, but also a nourishing oil that is applied to the body during the massage. A massage candle can be prepared at home and does not require a large number of ingredients. You can make a candle with your own hands and enjoy your work to the fullest.

To prepare a massage candle we will need the following ingredients:

Fat phase

• Soy wax 150 gr.
• Shea butter - 10 gr.
• Avocado oil - 10 gr.

Active phase

• Vitamin E - 1 drop.
• Patchouli essential oil - 10 drops.
• Ylang-ylng essential oil - 8 drops.

Method of preparing a massage candle

To prepare a massage candle, we need to prepare a clean container for mixing ingredients, a kitchen scale, a candlestick, a wick and two wooden skewers.

First of all, measure 150 grams of soy wax into a container.

Soy wax is best used for making massage candles, as it has a low melting point and does not smoke when burned.

Shea butter is very often used in the preparation of natural cosmetics, as it has a beneficial effect on any skin type. The oil perfectly nourishes and moisturizes the skin, making it velvety and elastic.

After this, add Avocado oil - 10 g.

Avocado oil perfectly moisturizes, nourishes, and also has a rejuvenating effect on human skin. It is suitable for any skin type and therefore Avocado oil can often be found in cosmetics recipes self made.

While our wax and oils are simmering in a water bath, we can begin preparing the wick.

To do this, you need to lower the wick into melted wax and oils, level it as much as possible and let it harden. This way we will get an even wick that will not bend.

Active phase

Once the wax and oils have dissolved and become a homogeneous mass, the container can be removed from the water bath. While our mixture has not hardened, we begin to add our active ingredients.

The first active component will be Vitamin E - 1 drop.

Vitamin E will act as a preservative. Thus, it will significantly extend the shelf life of our candle.

After this, add patchouli essential oil - 10 drops.

Patchouli essential oil is an excellent cosmetic product for skin care. The oil has healing properties and is excellent for dry, aging and problematic skin.

The last component will be ylang-ylng essential oil - 8 drops.

Ylang-ylng essential oil has healing properties. The oil is very often used in the preparation of handmade cosmetics, especially in masks and skin creams.

Our massage candle is ready!

Always yours,

Victoria Prutkeovskikh.