| In the last five years a new type of clear candle has | | | | around containers and embeds, of which resin-based |
| emerged - freestanding resin-based (aka clear wax) | | | | candles have none. As a result, clear wax candles are |
| candles. Using a base of mineral oil, the candle uses a | | | | a much sought after commodity in places like eBay |
| patented resin as the stabilizer, creating a candle that | | | | and other online venues. |
| outshines both traditional paraffin and gel candles. It | | | | Imagine a candle you can see through - with no |
| requires no container like gel candles, burns longer | | | | bubbles. There are no seascapes or flammable |
| than paraffin and holds more fragrance than both. | | | | embeds in these candles - just pure clear color and |
| The flame burns down through the inside of the | | | | sheer fragrance. This is the resin-based candle reality. |
| candle as light radiates through the candle's side wall. | | | | Elegant and refined, but unpretentious for the |
| These resin-based candles can be made in any | | | | decorator. The Oprah Magazine even featured clear |
| traditional paraffin shape, with no bubbles. This lends | | | | wax candles in the O List a few years ago as an |
| them more decorative appeal than gel candles and | | | | alternative to shorter burning paraffin counterparts. |
| more durability than paraffin candles. | | | | Resin based candles actually cost less per burning |
| A handful of manufacturers have embraced this new | | | | hour than most paraffin candles and don't pose the |
| technology, but many large manufacturers have | | | | safety risks of gel candles. |
| avoided gel candles altogether. Candlemakers site the | | | | Whether in front of a mirror or alone in the darkness, |
| dangers of gel candles as a reason for not offering | | | | the colorful radiance of clear wax, resin-based candles |
| the clear freestanding candles. Resin-based candles | | | | is something you have to see to believe. When you |
| have unfairly been lumped into this category. Gel | | | | stand on one side of a candle and look through to |
| candle safety concerns while valid, revolve mostly | | | | the other, the difference becomes clear. |