About Us
Inspired by Nature
Welcome to Enchanted Wicks, the home of handmade Eco-Conscious Candles and Essential Oil Blends inspired by Nature.
We are a small business that creates our products in-house and believes we all need to do our part for our environment and planet; having always respected companies and business who advocate positive ecological values, it was very important to us that our business does the same.
Not only do we plant one tree for every order placed, (click here to find out more about this) we strive to be as eco-friendly as possible within both our materials sourced and our production. We take pride in having as little impact on the planet as possible, we make every effort to ensure every part of our products/packaging are: recyclable, reusable, biodegradable, water soluble or compostable!
Plus all of our products are made using natural ingredients, they are vegan friendly and cruelty free!
We only use 100% Natural, Vegan Coconut Wax!
Here are just a few reasons why we love our Coconut wax:
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It burns cleaner than paraffin.
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It's more sustainable than soy.
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It's a renewable, high yield crop. (This makes it a great sustainable product).
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It burns slowly, evenly and cleanly.
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It's biodegradable.
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It’s got a smooth finish and a beautiful creamy white colour.
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it's Vegan Friendly and Cruelty Free.
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It's also free from: Soy, Paraffin, Palm & GMO's.
We don't use any fragrance oils in our candles, so that means they are one of the cleanest candles out there. (Which also means they are safe to burn around pets!)
Why we will NEVER use Paraffin.
Most candles you can get at the shops today are mass produced in factories and they are made of paraffin wax with wicks that have lead in them (that's why they're so cheap!)
This type of wax is made from petroleum as a by-product of making gasoline. The toxins released from paraffin candles, are the same as those found in diesel fuel fumes and can be problematic to health; something which has been well researched and documented.
Paraffin is obtained through the process of catalytic cracking of crude oil - a fossil fuel which is not only rapidly running out but is also causing potentially irreparable damage to the environment. The emissions from paraffin candles can build up on walls, staining the paint in your home.
The cracking process is used to break down crude oil into the different groups, including petrol and diesel as well as tar and paraffin. This process requires heavy metals and, in some cases, toxic catalysts to obtain the different fractions of crude oil required - i.e paraffin for wax.
We will NEVER use crude oil substrates or paraffin in any of our products!