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Soy Candles – A Natural Choice
In recent years, soy candles have steadily overtaken paraffin and beeswax candles in popularity. This is largely due to the rise of natural products and their positive health benefits. A key advantage of soy candles is their lack of harm to health. Soy wax is naturally odorless, making it easy to infuse with favorite scents without the paraffin undertone. As a result, manufacturers often opt for pricier, high-quality fragrance additives. Today, soy wax candles are enriched with essential oils, perfume-like scents, plant extracts, and spices, much like skincare products.
Soy Scented Candle and Massage Oil
It might sound odd, but soy wax excels as a massage product. Unlike paraffin wax, it has entirely different properties. It’s suitable for massage due to its lower melting point and natural compatibility with skin. Soy wax can thus be used not only for scented candles but also for massage products.
How to Perform a Soy Wax Massage
You can do a soy wax massage anytime, anywhere. Light the candle and wait for the wax to melt. Then extinguish the flame and let it cool slightly. Once the wax is still liquid but not too hot, pour it onto your hands or directly onto the skin where you’ll massage. The warmth of the wax and hands, its pleasant texture, and your favorite scent make even a home massage feel like a beloved spa ritual.
How Soy Wax Is Made
Soy candles are vegan products made from soybean seeds. Soy is completely natural and biodegradable, found in many foods and now cosmetics too. A legume from the pea family, soybeans are crushed to extract oil, which is then hydrogenated – hardened – to create solid wax instead of liquid oil. This simple process yields soy wax, later enhanced with desired scents.
LaQ Soy Candles
For LaQ soy candles, we use wax from natural soybeans. Our scent blends are refined and carefully crafted, mirroring those in our cosmetic lines. Discover the aroma of Forget-Me-Not, Peony, and Magnolia. Plus, unwind with the sensual scents of Sensual Day and Sensual Night. For sweet-tooth fans, we offer a unique treat – a soy candle scented like Praline, lingering long after it’s blown out. Fruit scent lovers will adore the Kiwi and Grape fragrance series.
How to Use Soy Candles
All our candles have wooden wicks, which burn differently from traditional ones. Here’s how to use soy candles to make them last as long as possible.
To prevent tunneling, burn the candle until the wax melts to the container’s edge.
Don’t burn the candle for more than 4 hours at a time – this avoids drowning the wick.
Trim the wick to 0.5-1 cm before each burn for a clean, even flame.
To avoid cracking the glass, stop burning when about 0.5 cm of wax remains.
Why Soy Candles Beat Paraffin
Soy candles’ popularity stems not just from their perks but also from paraffin’s flaws. Paraffin isn’t odorless, and its smell muddies fragrance blends, unlike soy. Plus, burning paraffin releases harmful substances like benzene and toluene, known carcinogens that affect humans and pets. Soy candles produce almost no soot, unlike paraffin ones, which leave dark residue. Another perk: spilled soy wax cleans up easily with water and mild soap.
Soy Candles Last Longer
Soy burns at a lower temperature than paraffin, making it ideal for massage and longer-lasting – soy wax burns about twice as long as paraffin.
Why Soy Candles Cost More Than Paraffin
The price gap comes partly from soy wax being natural and costlier to produce than paraffin. It reaches candle makers via intermediaries, hiking production costs. Soy wax prices follow the dollar exchange rate. Burn time, fragrance additives, and whether they’re handmade also factor into the cost.
Soy Candles as Gifts
LaQ soy candles are a stellar gift idea for anyone. Why?
They’re no-pressure gifts, perfect for your mother-in-law, boyfriend, or teacher
Wooden-wicked soy candles in glass with elegant labels subtly enhance any space
Screw-top jars are reusable, like for storing small items
Among LaQ soy candle scents, everyone finds a match
What’s in the LaQ Store
Below are candles sure to steal your heart. Take a peek:
- natural soy candle FORGET-ME-NOT
- natural soy candle SENSUAL DAY
- natural soy candle SENSUAL NIGHT
- natural soy candle PRALINE
- natural soy candle KIWI AND GRAPE
- natural soy candle PEONY
- natural soy candle MAGNOLIA
