Natural soy candles

Soy is everywhere these days including in your milk, chips, nuts and even burgers adding health benefits, now it seems soy is also in your candles. Soy candles are a new and emerging type of candle that offers great benefits to those candle lovers in the world that can’t live without fresh aroma burning each and every day in their homes.
Soy candles have grown in popularity because the natural base does not interfere with the fragrance so the customer ends up enjoying the pure fragrance and also for longer because the soy candle lasts 50% longer than conventional candles for example paraffin, making them Long lasting candles.
Soy candles also do not produce soot, so your walls and home interiors are safe from the black stains associated with the commonly found paraffin wax candles.
Soy wax candles are right up the street of the environmentally conscious candle lover because they know soy wax is sourced from natural, renewable soya beans.
With a soy candle burning in the corner of the bathroom while you have your relaxing soak you can rest easy because you know you are not inhaling toxins and carcinogens which is what you are inhaling when you burn paraffin candles which produces 11 toxins 2 of which are carcinogenic.
Candle lovers with children and pets are also more comfortable using soy wax candle because they know if the soy wax is accidently knocked onto their favourite table cloth it can be easily washed out, because soy wax is water soluble.
Some candle jars are very pretty, but it takes so long to wash out the wax, you think why bother! But the water solubility of soy wax candles also makes it easier to wash out and re-use the candle jar.

Candles History

Candles have a long and interesting history. Using candles for different purposes has been around for thousands of years, and has been practiced by nearly every culture and every religion. There is evidence that beeswax candles were used in Egypt and Crete for more than 5000 years. Candles can be used to unite the powers of mind, body and spirit. They work as a reminder and symbol of our desires, as a medium to hand our dreams over to a force more powerful than we are and as a reflection of the changes we would like to bring to ourselves and our lives.
Historians have found evidence that many other early civilizations developed wicked candles using waxes made from available plants and insects. Early Chinese candles are said to have been molded in paper tubes, using rolled rice paper for the wick, and wax from an indigenous insect that was combined with seeds. In Japan, candles were made of wax extracted from tree nuts, while in India, candle wax was made by boiling the fruit of the cinnamon tree.
It was during the 19th century when most major developments affecting contemporary candle making occurred. In 1834, inventor Joseph Morgan introduced a machine which allowed continuous production of molded candles by the use of a cylinder which featured a movable piston that ejected candles as they solidified.
Further developments in candle making occurred in 1850 with the production of paraffin wax made from oil and coal shales. Processed by distilling the residues left after crude petroleum was refined, the bluish-white wax was found to burn cleanly, and with no unpleasant odor. Of greatest significance was its cost - paraffin wax was more economical to produce than any preceding candle fuel developed. And while paraffin's low melting point may have posed a threat to its popularity, the discovery of stearic acid solved this problem. Hard and durable, stearic acid was being produced in quantity by the end of the 19th century. By this period, most candles being manufactured consisted of paraffin and stearic acid.