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Vanilla Bean – Candle – What a smell!

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Fill your favorite relaxing space with mouth-wateringly lovely scent, with this hand-poured soya wax candle from www.kfcandles.co.uk It blends an extract of velvety, voluptuous vanilla bean with the mellow tones of creamy butterscotch, to create an opulently indulgent and sensuous fragrance with which to perfectly suffuse your home.

Always thought plain ol’ vanilla was a bit of a bore? Think again! This candle is as cool as ice, ice, baby. While many vanilla beans are destined to be turned into dessert, only the best are recruited to provide the meanest vanilla fragrance around. This candle’s sweet, rich aroma is made up of vanilla beans and has a unique smell – if you love vanilla you will love this!

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Why does Lavender help you relax? – KF Candles

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Lavender is known as a calming and relaxing herb and has frequently been used for insomnia, anxiety, depression, and natural stress relief. One recent study discovered that the scent of lavender increases the time you spend in deep (slow wave) sleep, though the effects were stronger for women than for men.

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“Lavender has an outstanding balancing and healing effect on the nervous system. Considering that so many illnesses are stress related, Lavender holds a special place in both preventative health care and Lavenderin the treatment of tension-related illnesses. It offers a soothing and antispasmodic effect that can assist tight muscles, digestive problems, spasmodic coughs, menstrual cramps, insomnia, and tension headaches. Great for restless leg syndrome.

Lavender’s anti-inflammatory, skin-healing properties will help heal burns, bug bites, wounds, bee stings, rashes, acne, and skin irritations or infections. Use a few drops of Lavender in any blend for reducing emotional tension, unwinding physical pain, and for any sudden skin problems.”

Lavender not only smells good, but it can also help you look and feel great! This fragrant herb has been used to treat skin lesions, calm anxiety and support your immune system.

Lavender is as old as humankind. Traced back 2,500 years, this beautifully-scented herb has been used in the following ways: perfume, disinfectant, deodorant, aphrodisiac and insect repellant.

Did you know lavender was also used in ancient times to tame lions and tigers? Perhaps ancient peoples intuitively knew what researchers are finding out about lavender…it calms anxiety and provides natural stress relief. And that’s not all — lavender has a long list of medicinal properties, making it a natural health superstar.

These days, lavender is enjoying renewed popularity as an alternative to conventional drug treatments.

deodorant, aphrodisiac and insect repellant.

Did you know lavender was also used in ancient times to tame lions and tigers? Perhaps ancient peoples intuitively knew what researchers are finding out about lavender…it calms anxiety and provides natural stress relief. And that’s not all — lavender has a long list of medicinal properties, making it a natural health superstar.

These days, lavender is enjoying renewed popularity as an alternative to conventional drug treatments.

LAVENDER AND RELAXATION

Lavender is known as a calming and relaxing herb and has frequently been used for insomnia, anxiety, depression, and natural stress relief.

One recent study discovered that the scent of lavender increases the time you spend in deep (slow wave) sleep, though the effects were stronger for women than for men. 1 Other findings suggest that lavender reduces the severity of depression when taken concurrently with an antidepressant.2

While lavender aromatherapy can help with your sleep and mood, it also has a wide range of health benefits.

LAVENDER HAS BEEN USED FOR:

  • Pain relief
  • Headaches and migraines
  • Muscle aches and sprains
  • Menstrual cramps
  • Allergies
  • Asthma
  • Relaxation
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Inducing sleep
  • Digestive distress, gas and colic
  • Inflammation
  • Burns
  • Insect bites
  • Chicken Pox
  • Acne treatment
  • Dermatitis
  • Insect repellant
  • Dry skin
  • Muscle relaxant

SOURCES OF LAVENDER

Lavender grows naturally in dry, sunny, rocky areas and is native to the Mediterranean. France is the world leader in lavender trade, but it can be grown anywhere if you select the right variety and provide ideal growing conditions.

Commercially, lavender is already in many personal care products, although most of the time, it is in trace amounts and combined with chemicals that are not ideal for your skin or your health. If you want to experiment with the many uses of lavender, it is available fresh, dried and powdered, and as an essential oil.

Essential oils are concentrated extracts from the plant, making them 70 times more potent than the plant itself!

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All you need to know about candles!

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All You Need To Know About Candle Wax

How much do you know about candles?

Come on board as we take you through the various kinds of candle wax.

The first kind of candle wax is made from animal fats (history of the candle). Although they were a natural wax, this kind of candle burned badly and had this malodorous stench that came with it. But over time, other types of candle wax that are clean, sweet-smelling and long-lasting have been discovered naturally. Some of them are:

Palm Wax

Palm wax, although very difficult to make is the longest burning kind of natural candle wax. For this reason, it is usually costly. The palm wax burns perfectly with no smoke. When molded with a cotton wick, the palm wax leaves no soot while it burns. This makes palm wax one of the best waxes for making candles.

Beeswax

The beeswax is another long lasting, clean burning wax which does not drip while it burns. The beeswax is used in making luxurious scents they give off the sweet smell of honey while they burn. The honey scent doesn’t overshadow any other additional scent; beeswax candles do not need additional fragrances.

Bayberry

Just like the beeswax, bayberry waxes are very expensive. They are best used for tapers and tarts as they do not burn well as large diameter Candles original bayberry wax has a clear olive or dark olive appearances. You may find some with the white “bloom” on the outside. Bayberry wax is usually made with other waxes like the beeswax to remove that brittleness that comes with pure bayberry.  The bayberry does not mix well with additional fragrances as it gives off that new-mown hay.

Paraffin oil

Paraffin oil is one of the oldest human-made types of candle wax. The oil is usually not expensive as it can be manufactured locally. Paraffin oil is made to fit the various features of the desired candles like more extended burn time hardness, luster, and clarity.

However, just very few candles are made from pure paraffin because they do not last long and perform well under warm weather.

Pure paraffin candles are good for warming items like tart warmers and disposable tealights.

To increase the strength of paraffin candles, increase their burn time and even help them stay strong under the warm weather, an addictive called vybar is added.

You should also know that paraffin is an allergen; this means that some persons might be allergic to paraffin. This is why mineral oil based candles are better than paraffin candles.

With the wealth of information above, you can now tell the differences in the various kinds of candles. This will help you make the right choice when next you shop for candles.

Natural wax candles are very expensive but are healthier and luxurious when compared to the traditional paraffin oil. However, the conventional paraffin candles are favorite among candle buyers due to its fact that it is a cheaper and readily available option for home décor and fragrance.