| class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Candles | | | | Candles are safe to leave on 24 hours a day if you |
| are a very popular commodity in the United States. | | | | wish. They are as safe as leaving a night light plugged |
| Surveys have shown that between 70-80% of the | | | | in but will scent your home throughout the day and |
| US use candles in their homes. I want to educate you | | | | even into the night. No more worries about |
| on why a wickless candle is better. To start I want | | | | wondering if you blew out the candle before you left |
| to ask some questions. Do you know anyone who | | | | your home or if you’re 4 year old is going to |
| has had a house fire from a candle? Do you know | | | | get burned by playing with the candle. |
| anyone who has had to repaint their walls because of | | | | Scentsy candles are also sootless and smokeless. |
| candle soot? Do you know anyone who loves | | | | There have been many times family and friends of |
| candles but has little children in their home? If you | | | | mine have decided to wipe down their walls only to |
| said yes to any or all of these questions, then I can | | | | find they are coated with black soot from their |
| assure you that you already know wickless candles | | | | flamed candles. The black smoke from candles is |
| are better. However, I am going to go through some | | | | actually attracted to wood beams in ceilings and walls |
| statistics and information to prove my point. | | | | and I have even seen where the smoke outlines the |
| In a 2001 study done by the Consumer Product | | | | beams on the ceiling once it has settled there from |
| Safety Commission, it was found that deaths caused | | | | long-term candle use. Burning candles is found to also |
| by fires from candles have increased over 700 | | | | release particles into the air that can pollute our |
| percent. The Commission found that though | | | | homes. Some of the byproducts released from |
| residential fires had dropped by nearly half, those | | | | burning candles may include carbon monoxide, carbon |
| fires from candles had increased 750 percent from | | | | dioxide, nitrogen oxides and soot particles. |
| 20 deaths in 1980 to 170 deaths in 1998. | | | | The wonderful thing about flameless candles is they |
| In most cases, candles that caused house fires were | | | | only release the scent, nothing more. The wax is |
| left unattended, tipped over or ignited nearby | | | | warmed, not burned in a Scentsy Candle Warmer. |
| combustibles. Almost half were started in a bedroom | | | | When you have a traditional wicked jar candle and |
| and mattresses or bedding were the most commonly | | | | you light it, the candle goes down as it burns. Where |
| ignited items. Tealights and tapers are common | | | | does the wax go? It goes into the air in the form of |
| culprits in house fires. | | | | soot and smoke. You are eventually left with an |
| Children’s playing with candles is one of the | | | | empty, black jar. With a Scentsy electric warmer, |
| biggest contributors to house fires. They often hide | | | | you have a decorative ceramic warmer that will last |
| in closets or under beds, which also leads to tragic | | | | indefinitely. When you use the Scentsy wax bars, |
| fatalities. CPSC Chairman Ann Brown comments, | | | | you will notice the scent eventually goes away with |
| Candle sales are booming and families are lighting | | | | use but the wax stays. Once the scent is gone you |
| candles in their living rooms, family rooms, dens and | | | | just pour out the wax, wipe out the warmer top and |
| bathrooms. | | | | put in your new wax cube. Very simple and easy to |
| From this information we can see that flamed candles | | | | use and smells wonderful! |
| are very unsafe and are not family-friendly. How can | | | | One last reason wickless candles are better is they |
| wickless candles solve these safety issues? Wickless | | | | are cheaper to use! Here are some statistics on |
| candles are 100% flame free. No flame equals no | | | | candle use and cost: |
| danger. A wickless candle I want to mention is called | | | | Let’s say an average household burns one |
| Scentsy Candles. These candles are electric warmer | | | | candle a month with a burn time of approximately |
| that use a low wattage light bulb to warm the wax. | | | | 50-80hours. For a 12 month period here is the |
| The light bulb used is a 25, 20, or 15 watt, depending | | | | breakdown: |
| on the candle warmer you purchase. The Scentsy | | | | Candle Warmer -$30 plus 12 candle bars = $80 |
| bars are made of highly scented wax that you break | | | | Scentsy candle bars will warm an average of 60-80 |
| into a small cube to melt in the top of the warmer. It | | | | hours. |
| is warmed by the low-wattage bulb to just above | | | | Jar candle- 12x $18.95 (16oz) = $227.40 Candle burns |
| body temperature. You can even put your finger in | | | | an average of 40-60 hours. |
| the wax and not be burned! Scentsy Flameless | | | | |