| Oh, the beauty and fragrance of scented candles | | | | candles, tapers, floating candles or tea light models |
| emanating from different rooms in your home. If | | | | placed in strategic places of your home will provide |
| you have never tried burning scented candles in your | | | | light, fragrance and charm to any home decor |
| bedroom as you are relaxing on your bed after a | | | | setting. |
| long day's work or in a small corner of your dining | | | | Along with appearance, size, fragrance and type of |
| room for a romantic dinner for two, you are truly | | | | candle, another factor you may want to consider |
| missing something. Scented candles make lovely | | | | when buying candles is the type of wax the candle |
| accessories for a home and with the large variety of | | | | is constructed from as this will determine both the |
| candles available to choose from, you will have no | | | | way the candle burns and how long it burns. There |
| difficulty finding styles, sizes and colors to match | | | | are basically three types of waxes used to make |
| your home decor. | | | | candles: paraffin, beeswax and soy wax. Paraffin |
| Scented pillar candles are, as their name implies, | | | | wax candles are less expensive than beeswax or |
| shaped in pillars and come in diverse sizes, colors and | | | | soy; however the burning characteristics are of less |
| fragrances. Pillar candles are popular to use when | | | | quality as it burns for less time and gives off polluting |
| you want your piece to burn for longer lengths of | | | | substances in the process, which may affect people |
| time. You can choose from natural scents such as | | | | who suffer from allergies or asthma. Beeswax carries |
| pine, bayberry or floral scents to more fruit flavored | | | | a natural scent, burns for long periods of time and is |
| aromas. Custom scented candles offer colors and | | | | easily accessible anywhere on the market. |
| scents for holidays; change of seasons or to create | | | | Candles made of soy are growing increasingly popular |
| a particular mood during special occasions such as | | | | as they burn cleaner and are longer lasting than |
| dinner parties, a quiet evening at home or get | | | | paraffin and release no petro-carbons during its use. |
| together with your friends. | | | | Most all soy candle models are not made 100% of |
| Though these candles can be easily purchased in bulk | | | | soy wax but are rather a blend of either soy and |
| or by piece in major department stores, candle shops | | | | paraffin or soy wax and other botanical oils. If you |
| or by online retailers and manufacturers, another | | | | are interested in purchasing soy scented pillar candles |
| avenue of acquiring these lovely accessories is | | | | you should ensure the soy wax blend is not the kind |
| through home candle making shops that sell | | | | that contains paraffin. Other advantages of the soy |
| homemade candle products. Many people today are | | | | candle piece includes production of less soot when |
| looking for ways to make extra money at home and | | | | burned, they hold their shape longer when burning |
| producing beautiful homemade candles to sell as gifts | | | | and they distribute their scent better than their |
| or for others' personal home use is one way to raise | | | | paraffin counterparts. |
| the extra funds desired. Handmade pillar candles, jar | | | | |