10 Reasons to Light a Candle

The flicker of candlelight emits an ambience that simply cannot be replicated. Positioning a few well-placed candles around the room can really add effect and create a cosy and intimate feel. This will create softness in your room and instantly make it feel warm and welcoming. 

The ritualistic act of lighting a candle, the dancing flame and the gentle glow it creates, helps to throw off the worries of the day and eases the transition of making you feel ensconced in your home. 

CELEBRATION & ROMANCE
Whether it's lighting the candles of a birthday cake or creating a romantic candlelit dinner, candles are a superb way to mark celebrations such as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and other special occasions.

Candles make thoughtful gifts as well as being a nice treat for yourself! Our beautifully packaged, strong scented candles are hand poured into a recyclable container and are made using a blend of all-natural rapeseed and coconut wax and the maximum ratio of fragrance oil for the best fragrance throw. 

DECOR
Candles are a stylish way to add the finishing touch to any room in your house.  Bathroom candles provide a spa-like retreat, strategically placed candles throughout your living room make it snug and harmonious, candles at the centrepiece of your dining room table can create a romantic or festive atmosphere, and kitchen candles are conduit to where people often like to gather and can kill odours. Using candles outdoors and in your garden to create a magical, whimsical escape; another good tip is to burn a citronella candle to keep pesky bugs away.

Candles correlate with the element of fire, which is vital if you are into Feng Shuai. Firelight draws on our primal need for warmth and light, and although times have changed since our ancestors first made campfires, the impulse to bask in warm light can still be found in all of us today. No matter what kind of  interior design style you have, candles will always add to your home décor.

FRAGRANCE
Scented candles are a perfect way to subtly add an evocative fragrance to your space, and ward off unwelcome odours. There are a wide variety of scented candles available for purchase in a number of fragrance types: everything from fruity to baked goods; from herbal and earthy to airy and clean, from woodsy and masculine to floral and feminine, from food and drink to seasonal and festive.

Add scent without the soot: candles made from natural wax are soot-free, non-toxic, burn clean, and last much longer than traditional paraffin which often produces black soot and releases toxic carcinogens into the air. 

HEALTH
Burning candles can be beneficial to your health. Part of living a healthy lifestyle is self-care; lighting candles can provide the perfect environment to induce a sense of calmness and well-being. They can also help with reducing anxiety by instilling tranquillity. Some health benefits are much more tangible; ear candling is one way of eliminating excess ear wax.

MEDITATION & PRAYER
Lighting candles during meditation is a wonderful way to support your beliefs. There are many visualisation exercises that involve focusing on the flame of a burning candle while sending your hopes and prayers into the universe. Candles are also used during prayer and religious ceremony.

REMEMBRANCE & SUPPORT
Our sense of smell is strongly tied with memory, so we often associate a specific scent with a moment or recollection. Not only can candles trigger specific memories, they can also be used in remembrance of loved ones we have lost. Our communities hold candlelight vigils to show support for specific causes. Many churches have tables where you can light a candle for a loved one. 

ROMANCE
Keep that spark alive in your relationship with a little love flame so you can transform any weekday  dinner into a romantic, candlelit occasion . Always keep candles on your nightstands; when the mood strikes, light it and turn up the heat - nothing enhances the moment quite like some soft lighting. Let's face it, we all look more attractive in diffused light!

SELF-EXPRESSION
Diversity embraces all ranges of fashion, music and food. We all have particular fragrance preferences and everybody smells scents differently. Show off your individuality and personality by burning the scents that you love. And just like your style choices, never feel insecure about what you like. If someone else doesn’t like your sweet-smoked bourbon, that doesn’t make it a bad scent, it means it is uniquely for you.

TRAVEL
You don’t have to leave your candles behind when you travel: take all these benefits on the road with you. Pack our travel tin candles and turn any space, anywhere in the world, into your own personal sanctuary. Feel at home wherever you are with your favourite scent burning.