20 Citronella Candles You Can Make Yourself

It’s summertime and the bugs and mosquitos are biting. These DIY Citronella candles are all easy to make and the perfect solution to zapping away bugs, midgies and even flies. How do these candles work?

They are all made using Citronella Essential oil.

Citronella oil is an essential oil that’s made from the distillation of the Asian grass plant in the Cymbopogon genus Lemongrass.

Citronella oil is extracted from the leafy part of the citronella plant by the steam distillation technique, it’s not a very nice scent in its raw form so it is no wonder the bugs hate it. Citronella Essential Oil slows or prevents the growth or spread of harmful airborne bacteria making it a great antiseptic too. Great for tired muscles or nerve and arthritic pain too, so if you have some oil leftover make yourself a massage oil Citronella is also great for respiratory infections and the candle burning in the room will help with this also.

Making your own candles is really easy and you only need the basic of supplies Wax and Wicks.

If you haven’t made candles before then check out this tutorial for “basic candle making”

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