It smells beautiful with honey and summer meadow, has the color of the autumn sun and is still pleasant to the touch. The latest fragrant candle We know companies? Not by chance. Just “ordinary” from beeswax. “Beeswax is part of bee superorganism and one of the six bee products that these amazing creatures can give us,” says researcher Dalibor Titěra in the podcast. You won’t find more natural. And if you want a healthy candle, look just after that. Or at least in something similar.
The whole podcast about bee products can be found here:
Fragrant candle is great attention, nice gift and beautiful decorative accessory. The problem is that many of them should only remain decoration. In the vast majority, they are made of paraffin, which has a number of advantages. It is cheap (it is a by -product of refined oil), it works well with it and holds color and shape without problems. But not a little good for the human body.
Regardless of the ecology and problems related to its production, substances are released, which can irritate the airways, cause headaches and contribute to the development of asthma or cancer for a long time. Not to mention that the candle is also chemically “scent” and has the chemicals impregnated with a wick. There are several healthier materials for the production of candles. You can easily find them, whether you produce them yourself or buy a finished product. So what are they made of?
Straight away from the bees
Beeswax is actually the most natural variant of the candle you may want. It originates naturally, without any human intervention. “The bees secrete the wax from the glands on the buttocks and use it as a building material for the creation of a housing,” explains Dalibor Titěra, a researcher specializing in bee research institutes in a podcast. “From the beginning it’s actually a technical raw material.”
The candle really smells of honey itself, and it burn longer. It is also suitable for allergy sufferers, helps clean air and also neutralizes odors, including tobacco smoke.
From soybean beans
It’s great if you want to have white candles – it’s its natural color. At the same time, it does not smell, which may also be an advantage. Like bee wax, it burns slower than paraffin, so the candles will last longer. It produces only a minimum of soot, when burning, it is released by gaseous substances, but are safe for humans. It is important to look at the origin of wax. It should be produced in accordance with the principles of organic farming, because just soya or its cultivation, is large responsible for destroying rain forests.
From yellow fields
It is usually used in combination with other natural waxes, most often with bee. It is more suitable for glass candles because it is at least shrinking. It burns for a long time and purely with a minimum amount of soot. In addition, it is more environmentally friendly than soy wax, even the one of sustainable agriculture. It is produced in Europe and does not have to travel far from you. Even in this case, it is good to watch the origin and choose wax from sustainably grown rape.
- A healthier candle is:
- Made of coconut, soy, rapeseed or beeswax, preferably from proven, gentle sources
- colored or smell of natural products such as dried flowers or herbs, or pure essential oils
- But the ideal candle is ideal
- has a wick only from a cotton twine that is not modified anymore
