100% Pure Beeswax candles
Our natural beeswax candles are pure delight with a natural scent!
We use only natural and certified beeswax for our pure beeswax candles.
At the moment we only offer candles with 100% beeswax, though more is coming! In our soon-coming series of naturally scented beeswax candles, we also only apply sustainably sourced and organic coconut oil and essential oils. Some are ready already this winter of 2023, so stay tuned!
There is no compromise on quality. I love the smell of natural beeswax and sweet coconut (this scent is soon coming!), and the fact that the negative ions released when burning beeswax candles is actually good for the indoor environment.
We also use specialized cotton wicks which gives a clean burn. Our wicks are self-trimming, but I do recommend having a look at our Candle maintenance tips-section below for having the best candle experience.
In addition, we have a brand new wood wick series, which I simply love because it gives you a slight crackling sound like a fire and offers the cleanest burn of all candles. Worth a try!
Sources of beeswax
We actually dot not use our own Norwegian beeswax in our candles for a very important reason, the one we use come comes from England and is sustainable and 100% natural from the hive. There is a shortage of Norwegian beeswax and because in our traditional beekeeping (luckily) we do not treat our bees with any antibiotics or chemicals in treatment of our bees, we cannot simply import and use foreign beeswax without comprehensive laboratory testing. In Norway, in contrary to most other countries, we use only organic acids as hygienic measures (predominantly oxalic acids) to ward off the parasite Varroa. The benefits of living in the North is not only the beautiful nature, our freezing winters are beneficial for keeping our beehives healthy!
Have candle left overs?
There will be a brief guide added on how to clean your candle jar and how to reuse the wax for candle, ask if you want to know!
Do not use this wax for bees and do not throw in the food waste even if organic wax.
Why Beeswax candles?
The significant advantages of using beeswax candles are many! With pure beeswax candles you can improve the indoor environment as the negative ions in beeswax acts as an mini-air purifier. In addition, beeswax have a significantly higher melting point, which makes a beeswax candles of equal size to another wax-based candle last longer, giving you more value for the money. It also gives a beautiful flame and of course the soft scent of beeswax. In our series of coconut and beeswax you also get the beautiful scent of the coconut, it always put a smile on my face.
As people also prefer vegan or vegetable wax candle (which I also fully support!), sourcing beeswax from the bees is also sustainable as long as one does not over-exploit the resource. Unfortunately not all soy wax, for example, is sourced sustainably either, and it is more important to ask the seller where and how the wax is sourced. Healthy, sustainable beekeeping practices is more important, as the balance for allowing the bees to live healthy and happy in their hive societies is just as necessary for the bees as is for us.
Candle care tips:
- The first time you light the candle, make sure the wick is roughly 0,5 cm high, and let the candle burn long enough to melt evenly the top of the candle surface. This vary from candle to candle and is written underneath on the info label on the bottom of the jar. Normally anything from 1 hour to 3 hour.
- Always put your candle on a flat, even surface without risk of tipping.
- Always put your candle, even if in a candle jar, on a surface or place that can handle heat. The glass will become warm to touch at the level of the wax melting pool and flame height. So treat with care.
- How a candle burns depends on many factors also external to the candle itself: Draft areas such as windows, near open doors, heating pump or air vents, can impact the direction and flickering of the flame as well.
- Keep a distance to materials that can easily catch fire, such as curtains, napkins, decorations of burnable material.
- Always keep burning candles under supervision. Do not leave a burning candle unattended! Never leave a burning candle on while sleeping.
- If the wick is curving too much to one side, you can trim the top so the wick is as straight as possible. Most of our wicks are self-trimming, but always check before lighting the candle to ensure a best possible experience.
- Even if a clean burning candle, sot can happen due to several reasons. As mentioned above, make sure the wick is trimmed or fairly straight between each burn, allow the candle to burn between 1-3 hours each time and avoid putting the candle in positions where draft air can impact the flame.
- If, for any reason, the candle burns in an undesirable way, such as the flame touching the glass of the jar, blow out the candle immediately. Contact us if any uncertainty about this as we want you to have a great candle experience.
- Enjoy the fact that you are burning high-quality, natural and healthy candles!