Last week I posted about a cool soy candle company; Evergreen Candleworks and later posted a review of Evergreen’s Silky Soy Moisture Bar. Today let’s take a look at their candles!

Products: Evergreen sent me two soy candle flavors to review; a Silky Soy Candle in Sensuel Vanille and an Alpineglow soy candle in Colorado Sunrise (vanilla with a bouquet of orange blossoms & fresh oranges on a background of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and silky musk), along with a Candle Warmer. Visit the products page.

The other day I told you about one soy candle company; Evergreen Candleworks and mentioned I’d have some product reviews coming up. Today we’ll kick off with a review of Evergreen’s Silky Soy Moisture Bar.

Product: Silky Soy Moisture Bar (after clicking the link, scroll down a bit to see this product). This bar comes in a lot of yummy sounding flavors like Soft Amber, Vanilla Pear, Citrus Basil, Brown Sugar & Fig, Wildflower, Sensue’l Vanille. I’m reviewing the Vanilla Pear bar. This bar is used like lotion, but since it’s solid, you rub it on your skin.
Ingredients: All natural soy, …read more

If you haven’t jumped on the soy candle bandwagon, now is a pretty good time.
Candles made of soy are healthier – to a point – and are made cleaner and greener. Basic wax paraffin-based candles are made with petroleum, which we all know is a non-renewable resource while soy candles are made with a rapidly renewable resource. Wax candles also burn dirty, leaving more soot in your home and lungs than soy-based candles; the EPA notes that many known carcinogens have been found in measurable amounts when wax is burned. Additionally, wax candles tend to have unnatural fragrances (chemicals) added, …read more