Natural Soy Candles

Candles are a lovely way to illuminate your home with the soft flicker of candlelight. However, it’s important to choose only soy-based candles for several important reasons:
* Regular candles are made from petroleum-based paraffin and their fragrance is anchored and released with toxic chemicals. When you burn a paraffin candle, you’re filling your home with soot and harmful chemicals.
* Soy candles are completely non-toxic, and they burn cleaner and cooler than paraffin candles. Therefore, you won’t get the black soot residue from a soy candle. (Just make sure it’s a 100 percent soy candle, as soy/paraffin mix candles will create the black soot).
* The fragrance of soy candles are from natural essences and oils, without harmful chemicals. They don’t have the artificial scent like paraffin candles do. Soy candles’ fragrance also is stronger and so its aroma fills a greater amount of room space, compared to paraffin candles.
* Soy candles burn much slower than paraffin candles, so they’re a better value for your money.
* Paraffin candles have at least four known carcinogens in them, (Benzene; Carbon Tetrachloride; Trichloroethane; and Toluene), so when they’re burned, you’re spilling chemicals into the air that you breathe at home. There’s growing concern over pregnant mothers and young children breathing the fumes of paraffin candles.
* One expert on air safety said that burning a paraffin candle in your home is worse than running a diesel engine in your home!
You can find soy candles on Internet shops (just google soy candle) and at most Whole Food, health food, and metaphysical centers. Soy candles may be a bit more expensive, but since they burn much slower, you’ll save money in the long run. Look for non-GMO soy candles with cotton wicks, and you can also feel good that you’re supporting soy farmers in the process.
Clean Burning Candles