Soy Wax Candles — Clean, Slow, Honest Burn

Why we pour only soy

Soy wax is a renewable, biodegradable vegetable wax. It holds fragrance oil beautifully, releases scent at room temperature, and washes out of a jar with warm soapy water so the vessel gets a second life. Paraffin, by contrast, is a petroleum by-product that burns hotter and faster and leaves the soot most people associate with cheap candles.

The trade-off is craft. Soy is fussier to pour — it needs the right cooling curve, the right wick size and a proper cure. We rest every batch for a week before it leaves the studio, which is why the first burn behaves as well as the last.

How to get the most from a soy candle

Trim the wick to about 5mm before every light. On the first burn, let the candle run long enough to melt the full surface edge-to-edge — this sets the memory of the jar and prevents tunnelling. After that, keep individual burns under four hours and always replace the lid when the wax has set.