Soy Delites Review and Giveaway

September 29, 2009 by Karissa
Filed under Giveaways

Really who doesn’t love a great scented candle? The trick is finding either Beeswax or Soy Candles that have enough natural scent that they can scent an entire room! When I was contacted to do a review for Soy Delites, I was happy to give them a go! And even more excited when I tried their Cucumber Melon, and it scented my entire great room. We have an open concept to our house, where our kitchen, living and dining (which we use as an office) are all pretty much open to each other. When you would walk in the front door or another room it smelled wonderful! When you smell the actually candle, it smells just like cucumber melon, but the burn scent is even better imo.

Soy candles do not emit the soot that are characteristic of paraffin candles. While the combustion of paraffin candles produces a considerable amount of soot, the combustion of soy wax candles produces little to no soot. Not only do paraffin candles leave black residue on the containers they were burned in, but prolonged use of these candles can stain your walls, ceilings, curtains or blinds, and even carpets or rugs.

To date, the EPA (or any other organization) has not conclusively studied the long term health issues that may arise from burning paraffin wax candles compared to burning soy candles. However, the EPA did find organic chemicals and known carcinogens, such as formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and acrolein in paraffin wax. In addition, Rezaei et al. studied the combustion characteristics of soy, paraffin and beeswax candles, and they concluded that measurable amounts of formaldehyde were detected when burning paraffin candles. We need to do further testing to clearly and unequivocally examine the potential health hazards of being exposed to possible respiratory irritants from paraffin candles compared to beeswax, soy wax and other vegetable wax candles.

Another benefit of soy wax is that it is a biodegradable product. This means it cleans up easily with just soap and warm water. You no longer have to worry about the mess paraffin makes when cleaning up your candleholders. Plus the glass that Soy Delites 5 oz and 9 oz candles are made in, can later double as a drinking glass! They have a pretty texture, and the label comes off extremely easily.

Lastly, soy wax has a much lower melting point compared to paraffin wax. Therefore, soy candles burn slower and last between 30 to 50% longer than paraffin candles of the same size.

We also sampled their tealights, and their Vanilla Scented Candle. Their tealights are fantastic, as they last for so long!! Great for some of my aromatherapy burners, as it helps that I don’t get just one use out of one tea light!

Craig and I are quite picky about Vanilla. We aren’t really fans of the fake French Vanilla Scent. This candle has the true blue Vanilla working! A sweet and nutty Madagascar vanilla with hints of chocolate and buttercream. YUM! This candle was a 5 oz. and has lasted forever! I love that the Soy Delites last so much longer, it encourages me to burn them more often then typically burn candles.

I have a great prize to giveaway to you from Soy Delites! I have a 5 oz., 9 oz. and a multi-pack of tealights, the 5 oz. and 9 oz. in your choice of scents! This is a value of $29.50! To enter to win, head over to the Soy Delites site and tell me what candle you would choose and of course what scent, if you could choose if you could pick anything to try!

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