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There’s a lot more to candle science than meets the eye, or rather than the eye sees. Being ever so slightly candle obsessed (shock horror), we like to know everything we can about soy candles. This includes candle science, which is the ins and outs of how candles work. We’re not alone in our passion to learn more about candles; scientists have been studying them for hundreds of years. In 1860, well-known scientist Michael Faraday gave a lectures series about his observations of a burning candle. NASA even performed candle flame behaviour experiments in the space shuttle in their quest...

If you’ve never visited Warkworth, you’re missing out on something great and we’re not just saying that because we’re based here! Warkworth is around a 45-minute drive north from Auckland, close to Goat Island, Tawharanui, Matakana and Omaha. We could tell you that it was founded in 1853 by John Anderson Brown and it contains many historic old buildings dating as far back 1850s. But, we think it would be more fun to share all the other little titbits about our beautiful town – the reasons why we’ve made it our home! Photo: Tawharanui Reasons Why Earth Candles Co. Are Based...

Do you know the properties of a clean-burning candle? One which doesn’t raise your indoor pollution levels, nor does it put out nasty black soot? We do, we are proud to sell hand-poured, clean-burning, pure soy wax candles! Today we’ll detail three of the main characteristics of a clean-burning candle. Three Characteristics of a Clean Burning Candle There are three things which set a clean-burning candle apart from the others: Wick – here you are looking at both the size of the wick and the material it is made from. A candle wick with a metal core can leech lead...

At Earth Candles, our speciality is in making soy candles, with a big focus on preserving our local environment. Over the years, we have perfected our processes, from the upcycling of the glass bottles, the creation of the pallet timber lids and the candle making processes themselves.  We’re often asked by customers for further information on making soy candles, and today we’re letting you into a few candle making secrets. Processes for Making Our Unique Soy Candles We can break our processes down into three specific stages: Upcycling glass bottles Creating reclaimed pallet timber lids Making the soy wax candles ...

Handmade candles have been a source of light for more than 5000 years. By 3000 BC,  both the ancient Romans and Egyptians had invented the wicked handmade candle. The Romans dipped rolled papyrus into melted tallow or beeswax. These candles were used for both lighting homes, helping those travel at night-time and in special ceremonies. Later it was found that early Chinese communities had made candles moulded in paper tubes. Each of their handmade candles had rice paper for the wick, and wax obtained from an insect, which was combined with seeds. The Japanese used wax extracted from tree nuts,...