What’s the best candles to use when you have allergies?

January 27th, 2009 by admin

Jessi asked:


I love burning candles but, they aggravate my allergies. I’ve heard some natural wax ones are good, but not sure which ones. Anybody have experience with this or know what I’m talking about?

4 Responses to “What’s the best candles to use when you have allergies?”

  1. sld6273 Says:
    January 29th, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    soy candles

  2. bitter_angel Says:
    February 1st, 2009 at 12:50 am

    uncented ones,

  3. Denise R Says:
    February 3rd, 2009 at 5:38 pm

    Pure soy wax candles will not irritate your allergies.
    They can even be burned by people with asthma because
    they don’t contain chemicals. I have bad allergies too and my sister actually just gave me a candle basket from for Christmas and they smell great and are pure soy. The past couple days I’ve been burning them like crazy and haven’t had a problem with my allergies acting up even once!

  4. docerman Says:
    February 6th, 2009 at 1:42 am

    Just wanted to add something to the great answers you’ve gotten already. Any natural wax would probably be okay but, be sure it’s not a blended wax. A lot of candles are going “natural” but still using chemicals either in the wax or the fragrance they put into them. My wife lost her beautiful parrot last year and we found out it was due to the fact she’d been burning candles that were suppose to be safe and non toxic and okay to burn with birds in the house. It turned out that the “natural” candle was actually a soy/paraffin blend and wasn’t 100% natural like the maker claimed. Do your research and ask questions.
    I looked up that website quoted above, the waxywabbit (lol) one and that site mentions being safe for asthma and allergy sufferers. But, if I were you I’d still ask lots of questions.