Light up your life with the soft, warm glow of a premium quality candle
Our Living Light plant wax candles are a beautiful deep red colour with a sparkly, crystal structure - a bit like granite or marble. Deliciously scented with ripe plum aromas. (Being an individual, handcrafted product, your candle may vary a little to that pictured.)
Individually handcrafted from premium quality plant wax, top quality cotton wicks and the purest fragrances available. Carefully designed for a perfect wax to wick ratio resulting in an even burning candle with exceptionally long burning time.
Plant wax is made up of Palm Oil and Palm Stearine – derived purely from vegetable raw materials. Palm Kernels are gathered off Oil Palm trees, pressed to release the oil and then heated under high pressure to separate the glycerine from the fatty acids. The fatty acid component is treated with oxygen and distilled to create a flaked, hard, white compound, which raises the melting point and is capable of absorbing high concentrations of scented oils. Palm oil is harvested from the palm kernels in a process that preserves the tree for subsequent harvests. This renewable resource results in a candle that burns with a bright, sturdy white flame with virtually no smoke and no soot.
Individually handcrafted from premium quality plant wax, top quality cotton wicks and the purest fragrances available. Carefully designed for a perfect wax to wick ratio resulting in an even burning candle with exceptionally long burning time.
- Each tealight has a burn time of approx 5 hours. Available in packs of nine.
- Packaging and containers are 100% recyclable.
- Each Living Light candle is individually handcrafted in glorious Golden Bay, New Zealand. Sourcing the highest quality and most ecological materials available and providing a dynamic, sustainable business that supports the environment and local, rural community.
- Makes a beautiful, thoughtful gift.
The Art of Burning Your Candle
Candles need to be burned properly to avoid smoke and spill.
You must trim the wick of your candle each time you light it:
- Light your candle.
- Wait 1 minute.
- Trim candle wick to 5mm while alight.
- Remove any wick debris that has fallen into the candle.
- Maintain wick length at 5mm throughout burning time.
In the unlikely event that your candle is smoking and you’ve already trimmed the wick to 5mm, extinguish the candle immediately. Pinch or trim the wick just a bit more and the smoking will stop.
Candles need oxygen to burn. If you burn a candle in a small, confined area it will smoke, so consider the size of the room when you arrange your candles to make sure they will have sufficient oxygen to burn cleanly.
Living Light Candles contain a UV inhibitor to prevent colours from fading when exposed to sunlight. However, to be safe avoid placing your candles in direct sunlight.
Handy safety information
- Never leave a candle burning unattended.
- Keep candles out of the reach of children and pets.
- Always place your candles on sturdy, non-flammable holders, in sizes appropriate for the candles.
- Always light candles in draught-free areas, to prevent dripping and smoking. If a draft cannot be avoided, turn the candles 180 degrees every hour so that it burns evenly.
- Never burn a candle completely. Dispose of it when it burns to within one inch of the base or holder.
- Remember to remove the labels on your candles before you light them.
- Remove wick debris and any décor near to, or exposed to the flame.
- If the candle flame is flickering or smoking the wick is too long and will need trimming.