Wine by Candlelight: 5 Reasons to Make it Beeswax

With the fall wine festival season upon us, it seems very natural to acknowledge fine wines and pair them with fine candles. We suggest lighting our 100% natural beeswax Natural Tapers, (burn time: 12 – 13 hours,) when cracking open your favorite bottle of Gewurztraminer, Merlot or whatever your pleasure may be.
In order to get the most out of the wine varietals, Honey Candles® presents five reasons why Honey Candles® 100% Pure Beeswax is best.
1.    Air Purifying- To get the full-intended taste of the wine it is best to have a clear palate that is un obstructed. When beeswax burns it acts as a natural air purifier, improving indoor air quality.
2.    Clean Burning- Beeswax candles are non-allergenic and are best recommended for those with allergies or sensitivities to scents. Since Honey Candles® are smokeless, the smell or taste of smoke will not hinder the wine.
3.    Quality- If you are going to be tasting fine wine, increase the experience by pairing it with quality. Beeswax candles are considered the “Cadillac of Candles” after all.
4.    Long Burning- Beeswax naturally burns up to three times longer then paraffin. Honey Candles® will set the tone with their warm amber glow for numerous wine nights.
5.    Mead- Mead is a wine that is made from honey and has been around for centuries all across the globe. Every country has it’s own take on how it’s made but it always comes out with a delightful honey taste. Mead goes hand in hand with pure beeswax candles!

This autumn, whether you’re attending local wine festivals or just picking up a few bottles of your favorite wine, indulge and pair perfect wine with pure beeswax.

Have an idea for up coming blogs? Do you have burning, (no pun intended,) unanswered questions about the wonderful world of beeswax? General comments? Let us know! Email us at info@purebeeswaxcandles.com today and give us your input!

The Future is Consumable

Think about it for a moment: baby boomers are in an era of empty nests and downsizing. The baby boomers baby’s are moving out on their own and into small homes and apartments- neither boomers or their babies have space for clutter.  So the question looms: where do they put everything they buy?

They don’t put it anywhere. They consume it.

Instead of buying candles to look at, people are buying candles to use. When our loyal Honey Candles® customers have burned their 100% pure beeswax candles, they can look forward to purchasing a new one. By being a consumable product, it encourages us to replenish our candle supply on a regular basis.

When it comes to giving gifts, (poke, poke, nudge, nudge: Christmas is just over two months away,) everyone wants to get a present they will actually enjoy and use- not just pull out when you come over. Candles are the gifts that keep on giving. So when you give your friends and family our 100% pure beeswax Honey Candles® they will enjoy them time and time again until there is nothing to burn. Odds are at that point they will go out and replenish what they just consumed!

As candle burners, we can see the truth in this. We have partaken in the candle cycle: buy, burn, buy burn, etc. Every time we go out to purchase one, we are always excited to shop around for one that really catches our attention. (See the ongoing trend?)

The next time you are out and have the urge to splurge- think beeswax. Buy Honey Candles® 100% beeswax candles.

Weekend in the Big City: Vancouver Gift Expo

I can now officially say that I have done my first, (of many) tradeshows for Honey Candles®- and it was an amazing learning experience. In order to do the show I convinced my fiancé Steve to drive the truck and join me for a few days in Vancouver, which was not a tough sell! After a full day of driving to Vancouver from Kaslo, (approximately 8.5 hours,) we had the evening to take in the big city. Saturday morning bright and early we went to the Expo grounds to set up our booth. 7 hours later we created a masterpiece! Now for any one who has never done a trade show before let me fill you in on all the intricate details:

1. Booth backdrop. This is a 2-man job that is not user friendly.
2. Flooring. It took me back to my childhood days of large foam puzzles.
3. Shelves, tables and signage. It doesn’t matter how many times you measure the shelves are never straight.
4. Product. As you all know, beeswax blooms, an indicator of the wax’s purity and is cherished by many candle connoisseurs. Many people prefer the polished look so to meet that expectation we rubbed a soft nylon with some olive oil on the candles to diminish the bloom.
5. Display. Candles are small and fragile- it takes a lot of candles to fill a 10 by 10 booth. This took quite a bit of time to be an eye catcher.

Sunday was the first day of the Gift Expo and it went very well! I met some of our current retailers, made many new contacts across British Columbia and we came back with a handful of new retailers! I was very impressed to see how many retailers were educated on the benefits of beeswax and how they were excited to bring in a natural and locally made product. The best seller by far was the natural pillars.

The second day of the show was much slower, but that was to be expected since it was a Monday. After 8 hours of the show we powered through a 3-hour take down.

I want to thank all of our retailers who made it out to the show, and I want to welcome all our new retailers into the Honey Candles® family.