Happy Candles- Gel, Wax, Soy, Handmade, Votive Candles

To ensure the most even burn, pillar candles should be burned long enough to create a pool of wax that comprises most of its diameter.

Did You Know:
The candle is the oldest method of providing light. Although a slew of modifications have been made to the mechanisms of candle making, there is no basic variance between a candle made in the past and one made nowadays.

Even more developments in candle making occurred in 1850 with the production of paraffin wax made from oil and coal shales. Processed by distilling the residues left after crude petroleum was refined, the bluish white wax found to burn cleanly and with no unpleasant odor. Of greatest significance was its cost, paraffin wax was more economical to produce than any preceding candle fuel developed. And while paraffins low melting point may have posed a threat to its popularity, the discovery of stearic acid solved this problem. Hard and durable, stearic acid was being produced in quantity by the end of the 19th century. By this period, most candles being manufactured consisted of paraffin and stearic acid. With the introduction of the light bulb in 1879, candle making declined until the turn of the century when a renewed popularity for candles emerged.

Candles burn more slowly and evenly with minimum wax drippings if they are placed in the freezer for an hour before using.