How to choose aromatherapy candles

Today, I will give you a comprehensive answer to all kinds of questions about aromatherapy candles, and make sure that after reading this practical article, you will no longer know how to choose aromatherapy candles for nothing. 

How to choose aromatherapy candles? 

1. Ingredients: candles are mainly composed of different wax groups. Most of the aromatherapy candles on the market are paraffin, soybean wax, beeswax, coconut wax, palm wax and so on. There are so many ingredients alone, so how do we choose? 

Paraffin wax: most of the candles on the market are paraffin wax, paraffin wax is extracted from petroleum chemical products, low price and cost, candle texture is hard, taste greasy, disperse incense quickly, but also easy to produce black smoke. But not all wax-based candles are inferior, as long as they are well refined and added with a sufficient amount of high-quality essential oil is also a good candle. Individuals advise not to buy and long-term use of low-cost paraffin candles, because it is still more or less harmful to the body. 

Soybean wax: soybean wax, as the name suggests, is a kind of plant wax, which is widely used in addition to paraffin wax. Natural soybean wax is harmless to human body and has a low melting point. Beginners can try it. Fragrance Oils

Beeswax: the most representative is the French royal fragrance candle Cire Trudon, with high-quality beeswax as raw materials, beeswax collected from the beehive, after filtration, cleaning, tempering, exposure and other processes. Pure natural beeswax is white, no chemical addition, natural environmental protection, known as the candle in the "aristocrat", so the price is not low. 

Coconut wax and palm wax: coconut wax and palm wax are taken from coconut and palm trees. They belong to plant wax. The surface of the candle is smooth and delicate, the melting point is low, the combustion is pure, the aroma is lasting, and it is harmless to the human body. Some candles burn and melt wax oil can also moisturize the skin, the price is a little higher than soybean wax, the pursuit of candle quality friends can try. Fragrance Oils

2.  Wax core: wax core is also a key factor affecting the perfect combustion of a can of candle. There are lead-free pure cotton wax core and wood wax core on the market. Pure cotton wax core is more common in safety and environmental protection, and it is not easy to produce black smoke. Wood wax core burning will be accompanied by wood burning crackling sound and taste, poor quality will affect the fragrance, burning debris will also destroy the beauty of the candle. 

How to choose aromatherapy candles? 

3. Smell: whether the quality is good or not, fragrance is a simple way to distinguish, the intensity of flavor is related to the amount of essential oil added (usually adding less than 8% essential oil, Professional brands will add about 10% essential oil), indoor space size, ventilation and other factors, good quality fragrance cold and hot fragrance can give people a comfortable feeling. The fragrance is as the candle surface gradually melts and spreads out, if just lit wax pool has not opened very fragrant, that is not quite normal. Fragrance Oils

4. Look at the appearance: avoid choosing a variety of colors of candles, may add industrial pigments and other ingredients; if the fragrance and ingredients are very like, coupled with the appearance of some details do very carefully, then this candle is very worth starting to experience.