What type of candles do you like?

LOL! I love true scents too but I find that many of Yankee Candle scents are anything BUT the true scent (but that applies to m ost chemical company scents.. if it's says "lavender" it never is LOL)

I prefer soy candles due to the fact that they're healthier and earth-friendly. I like knowing that when I burn my candles, I'm not giving me or my kids cancer. Ya know? But I do love true scents and Yankee Candles sometimes do have those..but I can't make myself by them LOL

Sooo you're good around dirty diapers right? LOL:o)
Glad you can enjoy a candle!

Wow. Where are you located? I get all the soy candles at wholesale through my business of course. But I can get beeswax candles at the grocery store for like $8.

Yes, paraffin is less expensive. It also leaves soot on your walls and lungs. They don't burn evenly and you end up with wax left after the wick is gone. I dunno.. bad deal all the way around IMO.

I'm with you.. I love candle warmers. I switch up scents according to the weather/season. In the fall, I use scents like cinnamon, mulled apple cider, apple pie, etc. In the winter, I like coffee, cappacino, clove and burning embers type scents. In the spring I burn florals and summer I burn fruits LOL

Yep I'm neurotic

I wouldn't say neurotic_ what about devoted? or enraptured? enchanted? LOL

I like to buy candles_ So, which kind of candle is the best one to use? Where can I look on the candle to find out what it's made from?

I like all your winter scents. How much do you pay for candles? How much is too much? Sorry for the endless questions. Where do you buy your candles? A health food store or a place like Bed, Bath and Beyond?

Okay, I'll stop asking?

LOL you're funny! Fortunately, I get them wholesale because I sell them on my internet-based shop. I know a girl who makes them and she makes them for my store:-)

Ugh! Didn't finish what I was saying! Anyway-- you can usually find them in shops in downtown areas. At least that's the case around here anyway. I even saw them at the grocery store yesterday--how weird is that.

OKay, I'll let you know how candle shopping goes next time I buy one. Thanks for responding back, that was fun!

ha! Don't say that because you know I'll wrangle you into my store!! LOL
Speaking of which.. I have a whole new list of scents I need to add to the store. Grrrr. I hate updating my sites.

I forgot about your store, Lol.
Do your candles smell strong and last long?

Ok I'll give you my experiences with them.:-)

1. The first one I had was a 16oz. I burned it 8 hours at a pop by accident (don't ask) every day for 3 months. Add that up LOL! Ok I will. That's approximately 720 hours.

2. I have some 8oz "jelly jars" that I purchased in Sept 2006. They're what I consider "autumn" scents so I burn them only in cooler weather.. so 0ctober-February 2006-2007 and then again this past fall/winter. I burn them maybe 2-3 hours per day for those 4 months (so that has been 8 months of usage so far.. or approximately 360 hours. They're still not empty.. they're about 1/2 empty (or half full?):-)

On my site, I list the burn times, but I list it as the candle maker states. In reality they last much longer for me. As for scent? Yes! Very scented.. those fall candles I mentioned: I burn 2-3 hours and the scent lasts all day (until I cook dinner and that scent fills the air LOL)

Also, my daughter had 4 rose scented votives, she received the package, sat them on her dresser and we left the house. When we returned, my entire 3000 sq ft house was filled with the scent of roses! After the candles had burned out, she kept little flakes of them in a metal jar top on her dresser. For the next year and a half, her room smelled like roses from those little shavings!

Wow! They sound great! I'll have to try to find your site again. Or if you want to PM it to me...I'll check it out when I get back from my trip tomorrow. I'm going to visit my birthmother for the day, (wednesday).
Thanks!

I do love vanilla! I have one in my bathroom that is Jasmine-Vanilla. Very light scent but not so light that one cannot smell it. But not overpowering ya know?

Wow that's such a different experience for me. I had a 16oz candle from my shop that I burned 8 hours per day for 4 months before it was gone. I have a 8oz "jelly jar" candle that I started using in Sept 2006. I use it 2-3 hours per day all fall and winter. That little candle scents my entire house and now it's spring 2008 and it's still got a good 2oz in it. I've never had a paraffin candle do that at all.