Homemade "Like Scentsy" Beeswax Cubes

My blog post today is about a happy accident that turned into a fun gift idea.

Pictured above you are looking at scented beeswax that are cut up using a tool that I normally cut my homemade soap with. 

A few months ago our local Bee Keeper and friend/neighbor gave me a twenty pound brick of beeswax.  

I'd almost bet you he was thinking, "let's see what she can do with this (hehehe)"    

One of the things I wanted to try was Beeswax candles, as our kids would say, it was pretty much a fail.  The candles cooled too quickly and most had unsightly cracks in them.  The first candle batch was scented with Pumpkin fragrance oil.  I decided to melt the candles down and just pour the scented wax into quart sized half and half cartons till I figured out a way around the cracking.

Quart sized milk and half & half cartons are perfect for making smaller blocks of Beeswax and works as a nice soap mold too.  

I "unmolded" the scented Beeswax by tearing off the paper cartons.  Before the Beeswax hardened completely I cut it up into chunks so it would melt easier and then thought about my Scentsy warmers.  Oh wow, I'd just made my own scented wax for my warmer!!!  I tried out a couple of the cut up cubes and they worked beautifully, smelled delightful and lasted a lot longer than the name brand product - hey wow I think I'm on to something!  The only real difference is the Beeswax melts at a higher temperature so it takes longer to melt in the warmer.  Beeswax is a much healthier alternative to paraffin wax so that's a plus for our families too.

Now for the gift idea!  I was having a hard time thinking of a gift for one of my husbands sisters and realized I could make scented Beeswax cubes for her and package them in a up-cycled candle jar!  She'd mentioned she liked a store brand Fig scent and I just happened to have a Mediterranean Fig fragrance oil from Elements Bath & Body.com. 

I put some of the unscented Beeswax in my double boiler, waited for it to melt, checked the temperature to be sure it was about 150 degrees and added the fragrance oil.  Next I poured it into the quart sized half & half container and waited for it to set up and cool.  Wouldn't you know that when I use a carton like that my wax has never cracked???   

After the Beeswax had cooled and the brick was solid I tore off the carton and cut it into cubes.

The next day I put the cubes in the up-cycled candle jar, made a tag label and added a red ribbon.

It was a hit, she loved it!

I used the scented Beeswax cubes as a Christmas gift but they'd make a nice birthday present, hostess gift or anytime when you'd like to give someone just a little something.
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