When I blew out the last of my gazillion-for-$3.69 tea lites from IKEA the other day, I wasn’t sure which eco-friendly option I should replace them with. Because paraffin, a petroleum byproduct, can sometimes creep into soy candles unannounced, I went for 100% beeswax. As Grassroots says on its site, beeswax candles are non-allergenic, non-toxic and made from “the only fuel known to modern science to produce a ‘negative ion’, which when burned purifies the air.”
They were a little on the steep side ($1.50/ea, $1.25 without the metal container) but seem to last longer, and the sweet honey scent is, well, the bee’s knees. I’m not sure what the deal is with the wick — whether it’s unbleached organic cotton or whatever — but I’m also not sure that I care.
Photo at top yoinked from Grassroots; Glimma, at right, from IKEA
