Soy Candles

When the holidays are coming and you are expecting guests, most people focus on cleaning and decorating their homes, creating a visual appearance their guests will appreciate.  However, it is also wise to think about how your home smells.  This doesn’t mean hiding the litter box or taking out the trash twice an hour, but rather introducing some fragrant scents into your home.  You and your guests will appreciate the smell of cinnamon, apples, caramel, or vanilla wafting throughout the house.  The traditional method to accomplish this would be through the use of candles.  However for a method that is cheaper and more cost effective, consider tarts or melts and a warmer. 

Tarts or melts are small cubes of wax which are placed in a warmer, and then melt releasing their scents for several hours.  Warmers are purchasable from specialty stores and online, while tarts and melts tend to be available in most places.  The soy tart is available in multiple flavors and lasts up to twenty hours, giving you a great scent for all your holiday events.

Halloween is over and with it the Jack-O’-Lantern, but Thanksgiving is soon to come.  One thing these celebrations have in common is the pumpkin.  The pumpkin is thought to have originated in North America.  References to the pumpkin date back many centuries from Greek, to French, to English, to American.  Its name has undergone many changes as well from the Greek “pepon”, to the French “pompon”, to the English “Pumpion”, to the American colonists name “pumpkin”.  It has been used by the Native American Indians as a staple in their diets long before the pilgrims landed in America.  They used it in making mats from dried pumpkin strips, as well as roasting those strips for food.  Then the pilgrims arrived and found pumpkin becoming a staple in their diet as well.  Pumpkin pie is believed to have found its origin when the colonists filled the carved out shell with milk, spices and honey and baked it in the hot ashes of a dying fire. 

A great way to celebrate Thanksgiving is by filling your home with the fresh scent of pumpkin spice.  There are versatile styles of soy container candles, soy votives, soy wood wicks, soy melts and fragrance oils in which to choose the fragrance of pumpkin spice.  Enjoy this Thanksgiving and give thanks for the many blessings in your life.  Happy Thanksgiving!  

While the term “soy tart” sounds like some kind of diet-conscious candy, they are actually a form of candle. Soy tarts are small cubes of wax, usually about 1” all around. They typically come in clamshell packages with six designated spots.

Because they are individually separated within this package, you are able to break off each cube one by one. This means you can use one or all six in one sitting.

The desired number of cubes is then placed in a soy tart warmer, which melts the wax slowly. Use all six for upwards of twenty hours of vibrant fragrance.

If you’re feeling particularly creative, purchase multiple fragrances of soy tarts. Add different scents into the soy tart warmer to create your own unique fragrance. Add as many as you like. Make sure to jot down what you added together so you’ll remember what worked well together, and what made for an unpleasant coupling.

There are many reasons why you might choose to use soy candles.  See if any of the following fit into your reasoning.

1. Soy candles are a great way to set the mood, especially if it’s a romantic one.  A great choice is our massage soy candles that melt into a body massage oil.  Thrill your loved one with this romantic mood setter.
2. Instead of paying the high costs of hiring an interior decorator to add the finishing touches, you can use soy candles to add that special flair to any room.  Our soy candles come in many different elegant containers.  You can find the perfect match for any decor.  If you are creative you can even make your own soy candles and fit the container to the occasion.
3. Soy candles are also an inexpensive way to add light to your darkened rooms.  With the high cost of energy these days it makes sense to use energy saving tactics.  Our soy votives come in many different fragrances and are cost effective. 
4. Soy candles are environmentally friendly, made from all natural soybeans.  They freshen the air while not polluting the air.  Our soy tart melts can be melted without flame, just use a candle warmer.
5. The fragrance from our soy candles is awesome.  Not only do they add light, beauty, and are eco-friendly, they tempt the sense of smell.  Our soy candles are scented from the top to the bottom.  The middle is even scented.  Treat your nose to your favorite fragrance in any of our soy container candles.

Most people enjoy burning candles.  Why not choose the most economically and environmentally friendly candles on the market.  Make soy candles your favorite choice and find your own top reasons for using soy candles. 

The origin of soy wax is from soybeans.  Soybeans are a renewable resource, grown all around the world.  Soy wax is made from hydrogenating the oil of the soybeans.  The origin of paraffin wax is from kerosene.  It is the final left over byproduct of petroleum refining.  When we burn soy wax candles we help to support the farming industry of America and reduce our dependency on foreign oil. 

Soy wax candles are healthier to burn than paraffin.  They do not contain the dangerous elements that paraffin do, 11 of them having been detected by the EPA.  Some of these have been shown to be carcinogenic.  One of them is carbon tetrachloride, which can cause liver, kidney, and central nervous system damage with chronic exposure to it.  Some other contaminants to the air with paraffin wax fumes are toluene, benzene, methyl ethyl ketone, and naphthalene.  These substances are also found in paint and varnish removers.  The soot of paraffin wax candles is the same as that produced by burning diesel fuel.  The American Lung Association has given warnings in regard to burning paraffin wax candles, citing them as a cause of indoor air contamination.

So the question today is: soy wax candles versus paraffin wax candles?  It is your decision which one to burn.  May you make a healthy and wise economic choice.

Enjoy a great way to spread fragrance throughout your home.  No flame necessary!  All you need is a candle warmer and some soy tart melts and you have an exquisite scent throw.  You can even mix the melts to create your own unique blend of scents.  Once the melts are completely gone the dish is washable with soap and water.  The melts are very affordable and will last 10-20 hours.

The benefits to using soy tart melts are that you don’t have to worry about a flame and the scent lasts even after you turn off the warmer.  You are helping to boost the farming industry and economy by using soy based candle products, as they are made from soybeans and processed in the United States.