Candles and Wax Melts, which is better?
Candles and Wax Melts, are you unsure of which is better?
To us, nothing beats a candle on a dark cold winters night. That coziness and warmth that it provides is the ultimate hygge feeling.
Watching the flames flicker away as you relax to the divine aromas is simply beautiful and therapeutic.
But have you discovered Wax Melts? Do you know what Wax Melts are? Whilst we agree that nothing beats the hygge feeling of a candle, it is certainly important to consider both candles and wax melts.
Wax melts are also a great alternative to explore. Candles and wax melts both have their place in your home for different reasons.
So why would you choose Candles or Wax Melts? What would make you choose Wax Melts over Candles? Here we can help you decide which would work best for you.
1. Firstly, What are Wax Melts?
Candles and Wax Melts
Wax Melts are wickless scented chunks of wax that release fragrance when heated. Wax melts do not evaporate like candles do. Instead their fragrance gets burnt off.
This means the more that you use wax melts, the weaker the fragrance becomes. But that isn’t a bad thing as 2 wax melt squares can be remelted 3/4 times before the fragrance disperses.
You simply pop your wax melts into a warmer, use a heat source (electric or tealight) and as the wax melts are heated, they melt and fill your home with beautiful fragrances.
At Soapfullness we only use Soy Wax for our wax melts. Soy Wax provides clean burns, it’s non-toxic, produces strong beautiful scent throws and is long lasting.
Soy Wax is derived from natural resources meaning that it doesn’t produce carcinogens (cancer- causing agents) such as Benzene, which Paraffin waxes can.
Whilst we agree that it is unlikely that Paraffin can have real adverse health affects, we believe that we are exposed to enough toxins on a daily basis and that it is nice to be able to remove these from your environment if you are able too.
At Soapfullness we use Natural waxes in both our candles and wax melts. We want to ensure that you have beautiful candles and wax melts and we believe Soy Wax is the perfect solution for producing beautiful products for your home.
2. Are Wax Melts Safer than Candles?
Candle and Wax Melts
Wax Melts have been very popular as they can be a safer alternative to candles depending upon the heat source that you use.
Electric burners use a small 15-watt or 35-watt light bulb which heat the wax and release the beautiful fragrance into the room that they are in.
Electric Wax Burners are flame free, which means a reduced risk of anything accidentally catching fire.
Alternatively you can heat wax melts by using a tealight wax burner. This however does pose a fire risk due to the naked flame.
Even though Wax Melts are deemed a safer option, you need to ensure that you are taking care of you wax melt burner and ensure that you check for hair line fractures on a frequent basis and replace it if it does have any fractures.
3. Wax Melts are more Convenient
Wax Melts and Candles
Wax Melts have been very popular as they can be a safer alternative to candles if you use an electric wax burner.
Electric Wax Melt burners use a small 15-watt or 35-watt light bulb which heat the wax and release the beautiful fragrance into the room that they are in.
Electric Wax Burners are flame free, which means a reduced risk of anything accidentally catching fire.
Wax Melts can be used in spaces where candles are not allowed due to fire risk of the open flame.
Wax Melts can be a great alternative to candles if you are using an electric wax melt burner as there is no open flame.
This means that they are more versatile to where they can be used for example at the workplace, hotel rooms, student accommodation rooms, apartments as a few examples.
Wax Melts in an electric burner are also much safer to use around children and pets. But please always be extra vigilant.
4. Wax Melts make Great Gifts
Wax Melts and Candles
Candles and Wax Melts make great gifts. However Wax Melts are more affordable and they come in a variety of fragrances which means you can gift a couple of different aromas for the recipient to try and fall in love with.
Instead of just gifting one item such as a candle, wax melts allow the recipient to try a number of fragrances for little cost.
It is also a great way to introduce the person that you are gifting to have some self-care time and make their living space smell amazing.
So are Wax Melts better than Candles? Based on this we believe that Wax Melts make the perfect gift. Whilst it’s hard not to love a candle, wax melts are a great affordable gift.
5. We use Eco Friendly Packaging for our Wax Melts and Candles
Candles and Wax Melts
We fully support and chose to use recycled and recyclable materials in our packaging wherever we can. One eco-friendly benefit to wax melts is that we package in glassine bags. These bags are fully recyclable and biodegradable and very eco-friendly.
Whilst we support recycled glass as much as we can with our candles, glass isn’t always the eco-friendly option that it seems. Do you know that glass can take up to 1,000,000 years to decompose! Crazy right?!
Glass is made out of all natural-resources such as sand, limestone, soda ash and recycled glass and we only have a finite amount of resources.
We strongly recommend reusing glass materials as much as possible before recycling them, uses such as flower vases, drinking glasses, storage pots, key pot, flower pots to name a few upcycling examples.
6. Control Aromas by using Wax Melts
Candles and wax melts
If you are after a subtle aroma in your room, then wax melts are perfect for this.
Wax Melts give you the chance to decide how strong you want your home fragrance to be. Simply use less square for a subtle aroma.
We typically recommend using two squares from your wax melt bar. However if you want a subtle uplift one cube will be sufficient.
7. Wax Melts have a Longer Burn Time
Candles and Wax Melts
We believe this is an important factor in your decision process of deciding between candles and wax melts.
Candles are beautiful and there is nothing more therapeutic than sitting back and watching the flame flicker away. However, candles don’t last as long as wax melts.
One Wax Melt bar can last up to 90 hours (approx.), making them fantastic value for money. With Wax Melts, you are able to reuse / remelt your wax melts until the aromas aren’t as strong as you like.
You can typically remelt your wax melts 2-4 times before Then you simply scoop out the wax and put some more melts in.
8. Wax Melts are a Cheaper alternative to Candles
Our luxury range of candles only uses aromatherapy oils to produce the most desiring smells, due to this there is a higher price tag due to the ingredients and cost of production being much more costly.
Although there is a price difference between candles and wax melts, this is because of the additional raw costs, time spending creating, curing and storing to name but a few of the increased costs of making candles.
Wax melts are much more friendly on the wallet. Although they are smaller in weight, they do last 60+ hours, making them excellent value for money.
One Wax Melt bar can last up to 90 hours and is roughly the cost of a takeaway coffee (£3.50). Come and visit our wonderful range here.
Candles and wax melts both certainly have their place in the house. Both provide different aesthetic feels and both provide beautiful aromas. We all have different reasons for using candle and wax melts, but its certainly worthy exploring both options.
Whilst our love for candles is very real. If you are like us and adore the hyggeness of a beautiful candle, wax melts are a great inexpensive alternative to mix into the candle scene in your house.
So Are Wax Melts better than Candles? Candles are utterly beautiful and should certainly take a place of pride within your home. Wax Melts are certainly a great way to provide gorgeous affordable home fragrance which is long lasting.
We hope that you will adore wax melts as much as candles. We believe both candles and wax melts have a strong reason to be in your home for different reasons.
