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Our candles:

  • Are Proudly Made in America.
  • Are Made from a renewable source (soybeans grown by American Farmers), whereas paraffin candles may be manufactured with foreign oil.
  • Are Made with the Highest Quality Soy Wax available. We do not blend paraffin wax into our candles like many other soy candle companies do.
  • Burn clean and are virtually soot-free.
  • Can be cleaned up with soap and hot water.
  • Are Biodegradable, non-toxic, have NO harmful emissions, and are therefore good for the environment.
  • Burn 25-50% longer than paraffin wax candles.
  • Are Heavily and Authentically scented throughout the entire candle with only the highest quality scents on the market and have both a strong Cold and Hot Scent throw. Unlike the cheap candles you find in the large discount stores which lose their scent after the first burn and rarely smell anything like the scent name printed on the label.

 

Soy candles don’t put your health at risk.

Soy candles do not release the toxins that paraffin candles emit. According to the state of California’s Proposition 65 (Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986), there are at least seven toxins in paraffin candle wax, including benzene, a carcinogen.

Paraffin is a petroleum product – a byproduct of oil refining. The soot from these materials can contain carcinogens, neurotoxins, and reproductive toxins. Testing and air chamber analysis by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found the following compounds, in significant quantity, in a random group of over 30 candles tested: acetone; benzene; trichlorofluoromethane; carbon disulfide; butanone; trichloroethane; carbon tetrachloride carbon black (soot) particulate matter; trichlo-roethene; tetrachloroethene; tolulene; chlorobenzene; ethylbenzene; styrene; xylene; phenol; cresol; cyclopentene; and lead. Obviously you’d have to be a chemist to truly know what most of these chemicals are, but according to the EPA, they pose a health hazard with continued exposure over time.

Soy candles help the U.S. economy & farmers.

The production and burning of soy wax candles can greatly benefit the American agricultural economy. If soy wax replaced common paraffin wax, an estimated 60 million pounds of soy beans would be required for annual candle production.


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