| With the increasingly stressful demands everyday life | | | | hydrogenated and made into wax. This has the |
| makes of us, essential oil candles are becoming more | | | | benefit of being cheaper than the beeswax often |
| and more popular. Some people have romantic | | | | used for other types of candles, partly because soy |
| notions of placing them around a warm, foamy bath | | | | beans are an abundant and renewable source and |
| and relaxing to the gentle fragrances they release, | | | | partly because they last much longer than paraffin |
| and some just like to have one balanced on their | | | | candles. Some people even believe that soy |
| desk to relax them at work, but essential oil candles | | | | aromatherapy candles produce a more distinct and |
| are always a calming, gentle presence that adds to a | | | | clean scent because a pool of wax is created that |
| room's atmosphere. | | | | lasts longer than normal wax and therefore |
| Essential oils are extracted from plants, trees and | | | | distributes more aromas. |
| fruits and usually have a particular fragrance. Often | | | | Of the various scented essential oils available, some |
| they have medicinal or soothing effects that are | | | | are rarer than others, depending on the difficulty of |
| included in homeopathic remedies - tea tree oil for | | | | the extraction process and the availability of |
| example is extracted from an Australian plant that | | | | ingredients. However, while the effects of these |
| was originally used by aboriginals for healing purposes. | | | | scents in the form of aromatherapy and essential oil |
| Eucalyptus is often used in decongestants to clear | | | | candles have not been scientifically proven, there is a |
| the sinuses, and could be put to use in an | | | | lot of evidence to suggest otherwise. Use of certain |
| aromatherapy candle for someone suffering from a | | | | scents is said to have an effect directly on the |
| cold or flu. | | | | human brain, by entering the body through scent |
| Essential oil candles may sometimes be quite | | | | receptors in the nose and mouth and then affecting |
| expensive, but this is because the process of | | | | the limbic system of the brain. They also can have a |
| extracting the oils from plants and fruits can be | | | | psychological effect. If a person always uses certain |
| lengthy and usually requires many ingredients. | | | | scented essential oil candles when they are relaxed in |
| Creating an orange scented candle is a process that | | | | a bath, they will gradually associate that scent with a |
| uses many more oranges than you think; 50 oranges | | | | sensation of calm and relaxation. From that point |
| would be required to make 30ml of essential oil. The | | | | onwards, it will induce the feeling of relaxation |
| all natural candles created with oil extracts cannot be | | | | naturally. |
| produced by a laboratory with synthetic ingredients | | | | Essential oil candles can have a profound positive |
| because the same effects would not be simulated | | | | effect on the body and mind, whether they are |
| without steam distilling or CO2 extracting the oils. | | | | simply placed on a shelf to add a certain atmosphere |
| Another popular form of candles is aromatherapy soy | | | | to a room or to fill it with a pleasant fragrance, or if |
| candles, which are non-toxic and burn cleanly without | | | | they are routinely used as a tool to calm, heal and |
| paraffin or petroleum. These environment-friendly | | | | relax the body. |
| candles are made from soy beans which have been | | | | |