Other Ingredients & Equipment You'll
Need:
Stirring Spoon (4)
Stove
Scale
Knife
Disposable Plates (2)
Disposable Bowls (2)
Pot (for double boiler)
Apothecary Jar
with lid
Cutting board
Sharp pencil
Toothpicks (2)
Black Felt
Scissors
Lime Green Ribbon
Hot Glue Gun
Step 1: Stirring occasionally, melt
100 grams of beeswax using the double boiler method. Set the temperature of your stove top between
medium and low heat.
Step
2: Once the beeswax is in a liquid state,
remove it from the heat source. Now add 8 grams
of Giggles
Fragrance
oil to the beeswax and stir.
Step
3: Next, place one of your disposable
plates on
the scale and weigh out 50 grams of the scented beeswax. To this add 1 drop of Spectrum Black Candle
Dye and
stir quickly. Then,
set aside.
Step
4: Place 4 drops of Spectrum Black
Candle Dye into
the remaining scented beeswax and stir.
Then, pour all of this into your second disposable
plate. Set aside.
Step 5: Once again using the double boiler
method, weigh out and melt 30 grams of beeswax.
Step
6: While that is melting,
in one
of your disposable bowls, weigh out 2 grams of fragrance oil. Then, add a small pinch of titanium dioxide
to the
fragrance oil. Stir well to incorporate. Set aside.
Step 7: When the beeswax is melted, pour
all of the wax into the titanium dioxide/fragrance oil mixture.
Stir this well.
Step 8: Now, in your second disposable
bowl, separate
out
10 grams of the liquid beeswax. To this add 1 toothpick tip
of
Red Spectrum Candle Dye. Stir. Now angle this bowl
to keep the beeswax concentrated in one
end. Allow this to fully set up.
Step 9: Once all 4 colors of beeswax (gray,
black, pink, and white) have set up and are cool to the touch;
it is time to remove them. Carefully peel
the beeswax from the containers. You
may have to cut the edges of the disposable plates and bowls to do
this.
Step 10: Once the waxes are removed,
place them on your cutting board to design your pug face.
Step 11: For
the face, you will be using all four colors. The gray beeswax is for the mask area
including around the eyes and the nose.
The black beeswax will be used for the snout, bottom mouth portion, and the
color of the dogs irises. The white is
for the eyes, and the pink is for the tongue (open
mouth area).
Step 12:
Using
your pencil, lightly trace these designs into your beeswax. When you are ready, cut each item out.
Step 13:
Once
you have all of the facial components cut out; begin
placing the face together by layering each item where
it belongs.
Step 14: Once again using your pencil,
lightly trace any item that is overlapped onto a different color of
beeswax. Since we need our pugs face to
adhere to the side of the jar, it must be flat.
Now, cut those shapes out so that when you put the face together again,
it is only 1 total flat layer.
Step
15: Now, weigh out and melt 500 grams
of Joy wax using the double boiler method.
Step 16: While your joy wax is melting, begin
placing the face against the inside of your candle jar. It is best to do this starting from the
bottom mouth piece and working up to the eyes.
Then, when you are happy with the placement, apply gentle pressure to
make sure the beeswax is adhered to the wall firmly.
Step
17: Now, once your face is in place,
use pieces of extra beeswax to fill in any holes from behind the adhered
face. This will prevent any leakage of
joy wax from coming through when it is poured into the candle container.
Step
18: Center and secure your wicks to the
bottom of your candle jar.
Step
19: When your joy wax is in a complete
liquid state, remove it from the heat source.
Next, add 1 drop of Yellow Spectrum Candle Dye and 1 toothpick tip of
Spectrum Brown Candle Dye. Stir.
Step
20: Now to the melted and colored wax
add 40 grams of fragrance oil. Stir well
to incorporate. Then, place your
thermometer into the wax.
Step
21: When your wax reaches 125 degrees
Fahrenheit, give it a final stir. Then,
carefully pour it into your container; stopping the pour where the jar changes
shape.
Step
22: Straighten your wicks again, and
allow the candle to fully set up undisturbed.
Step
23: While your candle is setting up,
get your lid, hot glue gun, black felt, and green ribbon. Cut a piece of green ribbon and tie a
bow. Using your hot glue gun, attach
this to the top of the lid.
Step
24: Next, cut (2) rectangular shapes
out of the piece of black felt. These
will be your pugs ears. Once again using
the hot glue gun, attach each ear to the underneath lip area of your lid.
Step
25: Once your candle is completely set
up, trim your wicks and apply your lid.
Your Pug Candle is now ready to use!
Enjoy!