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    Organic Soy?

    in Vegetable Wax & Beeswax Candle Making

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    People are trying to differentiate their candles from other folks, so words like "natural", "organic", etc. get thrown around like rice at a wedding. Not many people know what they are talking about in these areas but it guess it makes sales. Bottom line is the only natural wax readily available is bees wax, everything else is man made.

    Agreed, there's nothing natural about the process that it takes to create wax. It's all mostly a sales ploy or a way to make their product sound nicer. Like bamboo fabric, I know it's been a big thing for people to think that is such a fantastic for the environment because of how quickly it takes for bamboo to mature (only 3 years) when in reality the process to turn that plant into a fabric is not exactly the best for the environment. Anyhow, the best thing for anyone to do is to do your research before "buying" into the next new thing, which is what we are doing here now and keep and open mind. This forum definitely opened me up about a lot of misconceptions. So thanks to all who have researched and those who are currently.

    Organic Soy?

    in Vegetable Wax & Beeswax Candle Making

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    Here's a thought, paraffin wax is organic; it's not GMO and no pesticides were used in it production. Not sure how sustainable it is. Remember that both soy oil and crude oil undergo significant chemical refinement to become wax. While the original plants/organisms that were grown to create the oil may have been "organic", the changing of that oil into wax is hardly earth friendly.

    You bring up a very good point, this brings a lot of pondering I must do.

    Organic Soy?

    in Vegetable Wax & Beeswax Candle Making

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    When you add a fragrance oil that is a chemically synthetic compound, how can it be called "organic"?

    Also, doesn't the USDA have to certified anything organic and then you can use the word? Just asking.

    The answer is a big yes in order to be recognized as officially organic they do need the label. The purpose of providing the seal is because anybody can label something organic, so to make sure there are standards in place this is best. I wouldn't trust just anyone with the words organic on a label without the usda label as much as I trust products that claim they are 'all natural' (btw to label all natural only 3% of the product needs to be natural to use that title). Tho my local farmers market there are a lot of farmers who can't afford to go through certification process (it's not cheap) so all I can do is take their word for it that they practice organic farming. But I trust my local farmer over any commercial manufacturer that doesn't have the seal.

    Different palm wax structures

    in Old Style Candle Gallery

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    I know this is very old, but I was flipping around and saw this. I was curious if anyone knows a company in the US that sells the peacock one? In my hunting it seems palm wax isn't the easiest thing to find anyways(I'm still in the beginning stages and thus don't have a whole lot of sellers on my list of who to buy from) and I've seen the others but I don't think I've seen that one? Does anyone know?

    Dispelling the soy soot myth

    in Vegetable Wax & Beeswax Candle Making

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    There are many, many, many, many candle websites that say just that. Unfortunately..

    I agree it is unfortunate that companies do this. Just like the companies that make stuff that is "all natural" when really 5% of it is and the rest is chemicals. Though I've never read anywhere that actually researched it that soy never produces soot, just less if burned properly. The only places I've seen it said that soy doesn't produce soot is from the companies that are manipulating the truth or someone who really hasn't done their research. I am grateful for this forum because it did help inform me a lot about the myths of "natural" candle making.

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