WHY WE USE SOY WAX?

When we started making scented candles we wanted to be as kind to the environment as possible we didn’t want to use paraffin wax which is a bi product of the refinery process for petroleum, the research started on what we could use.

We decided on Soy wax which is a vegetable oil derived from the soybean this means that it is 100% natural, renewable, and environmentally friendly. The soy wax we use is biodegradable vegan friendly and no animal testing has been carried out in its manufacture.

Soy Wax melting in pot

The benefits for using Soy wax

· Longer burning – soy wax has a lower melting point, which means it will burn up to 50% longer

· Nontoxic giving a cleaner burn – as soy wax is made from soybeans it has a clean burn and releases no known carcinogens when burning

· Renewable resource – soybeans are an environmentally friendly sustainable and a renewable resource

· Better fragrance - due to the lower melting temperature of the wax and a healthy wax pool created around the wicks this enables the fragrance oils to vaporise more easily.

· Soy is biodegradable – easier to clean spills, with hot water and soap long gone are the days of hacking at split wax.

Decision was made Soy wax is the wax we would use.