Candles!

[jeshyr]

Some things are weirdly difficult to buy online, it seems.

I want to buy a few pillar candles .... around 2-3 inches diameter and a handspan or so high. Ones with no scent and with a decent quality. Not pure white ... a pale creamy colour is what I most commonly see in these I think, but I'm not too fussy about the colour as long as it's not bleached white.

Why is this hard to find?

Aussies, do you buy candles online? where???


Baffled,
Ricky

Comments

[feyandstrange]

I have serious asthma that hates candles and scent, but pure beeswax with pure cotton wicks are about as pure as it gets and don't bother me. Soy are the next best bet, but I find them still a little hard to breathe when they're burning.

I use http://www.beeswaxcandleco.com/ but one can often find these locally. I'd be leery of shipping beeswax candles internationally as they might melt, but for the Aussies, I'd suggest looking at local honey manufacturers, as many of those folks either also make candles or give their beeswax to someone who does.

But there is a lot to be said for a good LED candle, like not setting anything on fire if you doze off. I'm saving up for a nice rechargeable set, but I just used some cheap battery ones for my wedding and they were great.

[acelightning]

i attend a pagan gathering every October which is held at a site that doesn't permit open flames (or cigarettes or incense) indoors, because the buildings are old and made of wood. until the invention of the LED candles, holding rituals indoors was a problem. (and instead of incense, we use electrically-heated "simmering pots", or even just perfumed hand fans.)

i particularly like the color-changing LED candles, but they're not "realistic" :-)