The Four Benefits of Coconut Wax Candles
Candles can set a mood, lift your spirits and even help you relax. But the wax in your candles can have a great impact on both the environment and your health. Paraffin wax is the greatest offender, but soy wax isn’t perfect either. We hear a lot about clean burning waxes like soy and beeswax, but what about coconut wax?
Of all the eco-friendly waxes out there, coconut tops the list. Here’s why:
1. Clean Burning
Paraffin wax, the most common type of candle wax, can be toxic when burned if it’s not considered a food grade paraffin wax.
Coconut wax, on the other hand, is:
- Clean burning
- Produces less soot than paraffin and even soy wax
Coconut wax is one of the cleanest burning waxes out there, so you never have to feel guilty about lighting it and enjoying its rich scent.
Plus, this wax is naturally creamy white and beautiful, making it more of a luxurious wax.
2. Long Lasting
Some candles burn out almost as quickly as they’re lit. But coconut wax burns slowly, cleanly and smoothly.
Even compared to soy wax, coconut wax burns much longer – 10-15% longer to be exact. A 250gm soy candle will give you about 50 hours of burn time, but a coconut wax candle would give you up to 58 hours of burn time.
Coconut wax tolerates both short burns and long burns well.
3. Environmentally Friendly
Even other clean burning waxes, like palm oil, are hard on the environment. Vast amounts of forest in the Amazon have been cleared to make way for palm oil farms. Soy wax comes from primarily GMO soy crops.
Coconuts are sustainable and environmentally friendly. They don’t require fertilizer or pesticides, and they are harvested by hand. They are grown carefully and responsibly by small independent farmers.
4. Better Scent Throw
Compared to paraffin and soy wax, coconut wax has a better scent throw. This means that you can enjoy strong scented candles with an aroma that lingers long after it’s blown out.
But it’s not just the hot throw that impresses; coconut wax also has an excellent cold throw. When you open the jar to smell a coconut wax candle, the scent will be almost exactly the same as when it’s lit.
Other types of waxes smell completely different when burned, but that is not the case with a coconut wax candle. This makes it easier to decide whether a particular scent is the right choice for you.
When lit, coconut wax candles can easily fill a room with a luxurious scent.
Coconut wax candles offer many benefits. They’re better for the environment and your health. They burn longer, and they have an excellent scent throw.
