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The first day of autumn--September 22, 2009.
Isle of Candles has announced five new soy lotion candle scents for the autumn season, which began today, September 22, 2009. This year’s fall fragrances are: Apple Orchard, Pear, Rosemary, Sweet Spice and Oatmeal Cookie.
“When the weather turns a little cooler, we like to hand pour candles with fragrances that make you think of autumn,” says Kathy Miller, Isle of Candles owner. “We think of warm cookies straight from the oven, fresh apples and pears, and the sweet spice of Grandma’s baking. We added the Rosemary fragrance because we received so many requests for this fragrant herbal scent.”
These five scents will be available through the fall season, in addition to the 40 fragrances of soy lotion candles Isle of Candles offers year-round. Isle of Candles is a full-service candle store and factory in the Pawleys Island Hammock Shops.
To use the soy candles as a luxurious lotion, simply burn the candle until the pool of soy reaches the container’s edge. Then extinguish the flame and safely dip a finger into the melted soy oil. The soy lotion leaves skin feeling silky smooth. Naturally rich in vitamin E, Isle of Candles’ soy lotion candles are natural skin moisturizers and have been known to relieve eczema, psoriasis, sunburn and insect bites and diminish the appearance of scars.
Soy candles burn longer, cleaner and cooler than regular paraffin wax candles. They are good for the environment and Isle of Candles’ soy lotion candles are good for use on your skin.
Sounds contradictory doesn’t it? Intuitively, it seems that burning a candle for a longer period of time would make the candle burn away faster. However, allowing a candle to burn all the way across its surface before extinguishing the flame prolongs the candle’s life. This applies to candles in jars and other containers (not pillars–they are designed to burn differently).
This simple act of letting your jar candle burn longer helps to prevent tunneling. Tunneling occurs when the candle melts down the middle leaving a “wall” of unmelted soy all the way around the candle container. The next time you light the candle, that initial “wall” of solid soy will act as a barrier; your candle won’t be able to melt all the way across the container and much of your candle will be wasted.
If your candle begins to tunnel, use a hairdryer to melt the soy until the soy oil is melted all the way across the container. Then trim your wick to 1/4-inch. Your candle will be renewed and ready for lighting once again.
Let your candle burn all the way across the container to avoid tunneling.
Spoil your grandma this weekend with a soy lotion candle to celebrate National Grandparents Day. Grandmas everywhere work their fingers to the bone and deserve some pampering that soy candles can provide.
National Grandparents Day is Sunday, September 13, 2009.
This is my beautiful grandma, Evelyn.
“The impetus for a National Grandparents Day originated with Marian McQuade, a housewife in Fayette County, West Virginia. Her primary motivation was to champion the cause of lonely elderly in nursing homes. She also hoped to persuade grandchildren to tap the wisdom and heritage their grandparents could provide. President Jimmy Carter, in 1978, proclaimed that National Grandparents Day would be celebrated every year on the first Sunday after Labor Day.”
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