A great alternative to burning candles! These beads absorb up to 30% oil and last longer than water based bead air fresheners. Aroma Beads are easy to make and will not shrink or grow mold. I really like them in my car, as a decorative accent to silk flower arrangements, inside a lace sachet, in drawers or closets or anywhere that accumulates stale air. Use with our liquid candle dyes and fragrances oils.
RECIPE FOR AROMA BEADS
Ingredients:
Aroma Beads (1 cup = 5.5 oz. by weight)
Liquid Candle Dye (Food color or soap dye will not work)
Fragrance Oil (1 oz.)
Glass, ceramic or metal mixing bowl
Packaging (glass jars w/ air freshener lids work best)
Step 1: Mix a drop of liquid candle dye with every ounce of fragrance used. Use less dye for pastel colors and more dye for deeper, darker colors. We recommend starting with just a drop because you can always add more if you want a darker color.
Step 2: Add your Aroma Beads and mix well until liquid fragrance blends evenly over beads. Keep mixing every so often until fragrance oil is completely absorbed by beads.
Step 3: Be patient - it takes anywhere from 24 hours to 1 week for the fragrance to completely absorb into the beads. Thinner fragrances such as citrus blends will absorb easier than thicker vanillas or cinnamons. If there is still liquid fragrance present after a week, just add more Aroma Beads until the extra liquid is absorbed.
Step 4: Enjoy! These have so many different uses and we would love to hear how you are using them too. Email our webmaster with your suggestions.
************************** Aroma Bead Ornaments/Tarts ***********************
Ingredients:
Colored & Scented Aroma Beads
Non-Stick Cookie cutters/tart molds/purple silicone molds
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Place colored and scented aroma beads inside cookie cutter (on metal baking sheet) or mold
Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes
Tips: Longer baking times will result in a smoother appearance. Try baking for different lengths of time to achieve different effects. Mix colors to get a marbleized funky look. Place a metal rivet inside cookie cutter to create a hole for a ribbon or string to hang the ornament.
Have fun!
*****************************Variations & Production Tips************************
- Just add color to unscented beads and keep and inventory of different colors on hand that can be scented later.
- Make ornaments ahead of time using your colored aroma beads and just dip into your fragrance oil to scent later.
