Candles

Mars · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:24 pm

I really love having candles in the house, as does my boyfriend. I really hate the idea of using Paraffin wax though! So I try to always buy soy, but unfortunately the more handy little tea light ones are hard to find in pure soy wax, and they are also so expensive! Also tapered candles! I do miss those! I very often eyeball the beeswax products with lust but don't buy them due to, well, you get it...

GraciaKai · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:31 pm

I haven't purchased a besswax candle ever. But I remember loving one that a friend of mine had when we were younger. Cause it was a honeycomb candle and it just looked really cool.

RandiJM · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:38 pm

No candles for me! My dad ingrained in me at a very young age a fear of burning down the house, and knowing me it's for the best that it stuck.

choirqueer · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:40 pm

Another option is palm wax! http://www.veganstore.com/product/700/v ... ax-candles

Mars · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:55 pm

choirqueer wrote:

Another option is palm wax! http://www.veganstore.com/product/700/v ... ax-candles

Hey, those are a good price, too, compared to many soy tea lights!

raspberrycomplaint · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:57 pm

Bayberry candles are available in tapers. We have some we use at Christmas. I think they're a bit more expensive, though.

I really like scented candles, but I'm kind of afraid of them now. The other day, when my room was smelling like wet dog (thanks, Sable), I grabbed one of my mom's Yankee Candles. I had it lit for about 2 hours. Later, when I was brushing my teeth, I noticed my nostrils looked really black. I actually thought "Holy shiitake! Did I suddenly sprout a bunch of nose hair or something?!" But I got a tissue, and it was soot. Soot all in my nose! That freaked me out. I don't really want to be breathing in horrible chemicals. I think soy is supposed to burn cleaner, so maybe I'll stick to those from now on.

quark · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:31 am **Posts:** 642

Hunh, I never knew there was anything wrong with paraffin wax and thought soy candles were a weird hippy thing (even though I'm kind of a weird hippy).

Gulliver · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:13 pm

Rapeseed* (which I think Americans call canola) oil candles are nice and it's grown in the UK so I don't have to worry about ethical issues like paraffin wax actually being made out of children's tears and tiger snot.

Actually, I was given a massive amount of candles last year that we're still churning through.

* Has nothing to do with that kind of rape; it's from a different Latin word. See also: spotted dick and baguettes.

GuiltyofBeingSprite · **Joined:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:12 pm **Posts:** 562

NONE OF YOUR BEESWAX

GET IT?!

Mars · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:33 pm

quark wrote:

Hunh, I never knew there was anything wrong with paraffin wax and thought soy candles were a weird hippy thing (even though I'm kind of a weird hippy).

Paraffin is made from petroleum, so there's the whole oil drilling sadness issue, but one of the main issues people have with it is actually that it burns off all these chemicals, and, yeah, like monkeytoes noticed, soot.

GraciaKai · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:43 pm

raspberrycomplaint wrote:

Bayberry candles are available in tapers. We have some we use at Christmas. I think they're a bit more expensive, though.

I really like scented candles, but I'm kind of afraid of them now. The other day, when my room was smelling like wet dog (thanks, Sable), I grabbed one of my mom's Yankee Candles. I had it lit for about 2 hours. Later, when I was brushing my teeth, I noticed my nostrils looked really black. I actually thought "Holy shiitake! Did I suddenly sprout a bunch of nose hair or something?!" But I got a tissue, and it was soot. Soot all in my nose! That freaked me out. I don't really want to be breathing in horrible chemicals. I think soy is supposed to burn cleaner, so maybe I'll stick to those from now on.

What that is bonkers!

quark · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:31 am **Posts:** 642

Mars wrote:

quark wrote:

Hunh, I never knew there was anything wrong with paraffin wax and thought soy candles were a weird hippy thing (even though I'm kind of a weird hippy).

Paraffin is made from petroleum, so there's the whole oil drilling sadness issue, but one of the main issues people have with it is actually that it burns off all these chemicals, and, yeah, like monkeytoes noticed, soot.

All right, you've convinced me. Soy it is.

Chicki · **Joined:** Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:53 pm **Posts:** 1714

I like soy candles. Yeah they can be more expensive, but I think they last longer than other kinds.

This is my favorite etsy seller. The lavender is so so so great. The little tins last a pretty long time

http://www.etsy.com/shop/PurePalette?ref=pr_shop_more

starrynight87 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 7:04 pm

choirqueer wrote:

Another option is palm wax! http://www.veganstore.com/product/700/v ... ax-candles

I guess that depends on how you feel about palm oil and all that stuff.

Mars · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 7:27 pm

Haha, oh yeah... *shakes fist at world*

nickvicious · **Posted:** Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:30 am