Just place an unscented tea light into the burner and place your favourite wax melt on the top. As it melts it will gently release its beautiful fragrance. Perfect for use all around the home, this also makes a fabulous gift alongside a selection of our fabulous wax melts or a wonderful treat for yourself. Classic Wax Warmers (10 items) Deep purples, rich magentas and calming blues mingle on crackled glass. Matte silver-tone accents add an extra measure of style. Use with an Unscented Tea Light Candle and Tarts® Wax Melts to enjoy your favorite fragrance.
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Choose whatever essential oil you love the most or need the most. I chose so my house smells like Christmas. Peppermint oil also helps you focus and concentrate when it's diffused into the air. Diffused oils can actually kill viruses and bacteria in the air! I just love a clean home. People say that an actual diffuser works much better than a candle warmer for medicinal purposes, which I believe, however other people swear that this method works perfectly for medicinal purposes.
So just take that into consideration before you do this. As for me, I love knowing that I'm not inhaling anything harmful and I love the subtle aroma that fills my home. In my guest bathroom I use essential oils with a fragrance ring on the light bulb. I have purchased ceramic rings but don't really like them as they tend to absorb too much of the product and when empty, smell like wet clay. I have a couple of brass rings that I just love for this purpose. The only time they emit fragrance is when the lights are on.I am very eager to try this method with a warmer and water to diffuse the fragrance.
Often times I find that wax or straight oils tend to be overpowering. II entertain a lot and find that I want my home to smell wonderful but do not want the scent to compete with the food. Nothing is worse than sitting down to a meal and having overpowering odors from scented candles or the wrong flowers on the table!
I am an event planner and that is the first thing I tell my clients when we talk about flowers for their tables. No lilies, no gardenias, etc. AnonymousI agree with most of the comments here about this ruining the essential oil. As a Certified Aromatherapist, I can tell you that you lose a lot of the medicinal qualities of the essential oils when used in this method.
However, if all you're going for is scent, then it's no big deal. I would recommend using a lesser quality essential oil, one that isn't food grade for example. Some of them can be very expensive, and I personally, wouldn't want to spend money on these oils without being able to utilize the best they have to offer. But that's me.
Diffusing is one of my favorite ways to use essential oils. But it should be a diffuser specifically made for diffusing essential oils. They DO have a lot of medicinal qualities like being antimicrobial, antifungal, antibacterial, and do help with concentration and a whole host of other things. They should absolutely be diffused into the air, just in a different way.
I agree with Jen regarding heating essential oils. You will benefit from the aroma but will loose some of physical and emotional benefits. I do diffuse in a warmer but also use a cold diffuser (nebulizer) Most of the tarts you will purchase are using fragrance oils made with chemicals so they may make your home smell great but you are inhaling something very unhealthy.
I am glad to see more people learning the difference between essential oils and fragrance oils. Essential oils are not inexpensive but go a long way and much healthier for your environment and you. Just a head's-up: Scentsy wax is simply food-grade paraffin wax with essential oils and non-toxic synthetic fragrance. It contains no harmful VOCs, no phthalates, no benzene, no soot, no lead, no carcinogenic toxins, and it is formaldehyde-free (most scented candles contain formaldehyde). It's a VERY high-quality wax.Scensty is in compliance with the IFRA (International Fragrance Association) which conducts and collects empirical scientific studies to determine which ingredients are safe and at what levels, for each product function. They also develop every fragrance and product to be in compliance strict environmental and health & safety regulations.Also, if you warm anything in a Scentsy warmer other than Scentsy wax bars, you will void the lifetime guarantee on that warmer in case anything goes wrong with it.
Scentsy Gal, you are right on the money! I own two scentsy warmers, and four essential oil diffusers. I use both ONLY according to manufacturer's specs.
Essential oil diffusers do not get hot, as the oils can become toxic if heated! That's why when making a skin care recipe, you are always told to add oils when your heated items cool!
I am personal friends with my scentsy rep, and have been years before she started selling it. I don't get into a lot of fragrances, because I ama little sensitive to some, but with scentsy, I don't have to worry so much about it. The product development teams have put a lot of effort in keeping things as safe as they can!
Love the product, and now, Scentsy has eo diffusers, you can use essential oils, or all natural fragrance oils! Win - win on all sides!And another popular thing I have seen posted on pinterest is people lusing laundry fragrance pellets - like Gain fireworks in their warmers. This, too, is a VERY toxic thing! Scentsy warmers are a much cooler temperature than other wax earmers. Usually about body temperature, so as not to cause burns is accidentally spilled (by a child, pet etc.) They use only food grade partafin wax, and you are unable to use them for other types of melts, because the low temperature is not enough to melt other types (soy etc.) If you have a reaction to a particular scentsy melt, it may just be that larticular fragrance, not Scentsy in general, as all fragrances are non-toxic and natural.
Heating the oils destroys them and their healing properties, and in some cases(when heated enough) can even make a smoke that is harmful. That's why cool mist diffusers like the high quality ultrasonic aromatherapy diffuser I have from Young Living is so essential to using essential oils. It has the same whole-house effect, but disperses the oils into the air combined with tiny water particles so they're easily inhaled, easily absorbed into the skin, and leave the healing properties of the oils intact. In an electric warmer this is fine and does NOT damage the medicinal value of the essential oils, though I would recommend using an infused low heat oil such as grapeseed.
The hottest I have been able to reach is 140 F with any so far and you reach 110-140 F when distilling essential oils initially. A tea light infuser is a different story, those can easily boil water which does pretty much destroy most (still not all) of the benefits of essential oils. Also the infused oils will burn/smoke in a tea light warmer if you use low heat carriers such as grapeseed or virgin olive, basic olive or palm would work but you would still hurt the essentials. Resins won't work on electric as you do need the higher heat for them simmer water then drop in resin pieces seems the best so far for max benefit.
I would suggest people doing their research before they heat essential oils and possible have a fire hazard in their home from using a product such as any wax warmer for something other than it's intended purpose! I have warmers, and I have diffusers! Love them all, and use them only in accordance with their manufacturer's specifications! I have done extensive research on essential oils, and on Scentsy! Both are wonderful things!
Use your common sense before someone in your family ends up with lung issues from using a warmer in the wrong manner! When you heat things such as Gain laundry crystals and other items other than wax bars that are not intended to be heated, you run the risk of severe respiratory injury!!!! Wake up and be smart about it. It isn't that difficult! This is actually potentially dangerous and also ruins the makeup of the oils. Essential oils should NEVER BE diluted or mixed with water. They should only be mixed or diluted with a carrier oil (a mild, unscented oil.
Google carrier oils to find lists of all different kinds that you probably have around the house). Oil and water do not mix, it is a potentially dangerous combination. Just like if you get essential oils on your face/eyes and it is irritating or stinging, you should NOT flush the area with water. You should wipe it away with a cotton ball/pad soaked in carrier oil. Please, for your readers safety, do not encourage this practice of diluting essential oils with water. ESPECIALLY of there is heat involved. You wouldn't add water to a pan of hot cooking grease on the stove, right?
It's the same idea. Please correct it for your readers safety! Though this is an older post I wanted to comment anyway.just in case there are newbies looking up this information. You should NEVER warm eo's (or any other kind of oil)in water. Heating oil and water together is and always has been a fire hazard. Just splash some water into hot grease and you will see why!!
Anyway, essential oils should be mixed with a carrier oil (such as olive, grape seed, almond oil, etc.) or into an unscented natural wax like soy or bees wax before being heated. When mixed with one of those it is perfectly safe to use in scentsy, wal-mart or any other brand wax burner and the scent will last longer too.
Oils and waxes do not evaporate as quickly as water so when the scent starts to fade you can simply add a few drops of essential oil to the pot to rejuvenate the smell.