It’s relatively easy to make soy jar candles. First of all, soy wax, often called “beginner’s candle wax”, is low-maintenance. You don’t need a double boiler to liquefy it; any sturdy saucepan will do. Next, you don’t have to worry about the contour of your homemade candles as the wax will be enclosed in a [...]

Iam from Missouri. The state suprises me the more I explore her. Tonight I am staying in a hotel in Branson, Missouri. Many of you are probably familiar with the city, I am not. Evidentally I was here at the age of 5,… but to be honest, if I can remember something that happened 10 [...]

Ahhhh, the scent and sight of a burning paraffin wax candle and the appealing ambiance that it floats throughout a room! One may think that this scenario is innocence in its purest sense. There is, after all, that cozy feeling which makes one give thought to everything that’s good in this world. That is until [...]

If you like candles and want to burn a candle that is earth friendly, a soy candle is what you need. If you are considering making soy candles, one of the first things you need to do is learn as much as you can about soy wax. A good soy candle use wax from natural [...]

The recent years have seen a growing demand for soy candles. These candles are made from soy wax, which contains hydrogenated soybean oil as its chief ingredient. Soy wax was developed in 1992 by an American candle-maker named Michael Richards. He was looking for a cheaper material that could be used in place of beeswax [...]

The world is changing. We’ve all be so dependent on synthetic and petroleum-based products but it seems that this is wreaking havoc on the planet. Thanks in part to Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth plenty of people are going natural —even in their use of candles. While paraffin remains the most widely used wax for [...]

Honestly, when I first heard of soy candles, I thought, “Yuk, I don’t eat soy or tofu or anything like that. Why do I want soy in my candles? After some thorough research, I found out why. Let me first tell you, I am a seasoned Massage Therapist who has done massage in small, enclosed [...]

Sure, you’ve heard of soy wax candles, but are really better than ordinary candles? How has the humble soybean carved a sizable niche in the candle marketplace in just a few short years?Today’s candle buyers are primarily women under the age of 44 with children. These sharp consumers are no longer satisfied with shoddy candles [...]

Soy wax, Paraffin wax, Palm wax, Natural wax blends. A candle is a candle, and they’re all the same – right?Wrong.A well made, 100% Soy Wax candle is very clean burning, and will give a pleasant scent throw that is a truer imitation of the scent it’s named for. However, few Soy wax candles [...]

With the much cleaner and natural green era well underway it’s important to become conscious of the numerous eco friendly alternatives that we can benefit from. In actual fact there are various applications ranging from solar panels to soy candles. We as a people hold possession of the power to revolutionize the future by being [...]