Candles & Diffusers

The Benefits of Pure Natural Candles

Opting for natural candles provides numerous advantages, including being:

• Free from harmful chemicals: Unlike standard petroleum-based paraffin wax candles, which often contain unhealthy, even toxic chemical ingredients such as acetone, naphthalene, acetaldehyde and formaldehyde, candles made from beeswax or soy are free from potentially detrimental contaminants. Natural products also tend to have hemp, cotton or wooden wicks, preferable to metal-cored wicks to avoid lead traces.
• Longer lasting: Beeswax and soy wax have a lower melting point and burn longer, providing greater value for money and prolonged enjoyment.
• Cleaner: Natural candles generate less soot and are biodegradable, so spills and used candle holders are easier to keep clean.
• Australian-made: By choosing locally made products, you are boosting the economy and helping to support smaller, artisanal producers in their trade.
• So much more than a candle: By choosing scented natural candles, you’re also choosing to boost your mood significantly when burning fragrances such as lavender, jasmine, rose or pomegranate. In addition, you’ll be lowering stress levels and improving your sleeping patterns. (I don’t sell Citronella candles)

So, natural wax candles are a healthier choice with several clear benefits for you and your family. However, what are the best natural candles?

What to Consider When Choosing Natural Candles Online or In-store

With such a wide range of candles available, it can be hard to know which to choose. However, it could help to bear in mind the following:

• Beeswax and 100 percent soy wax candles are best: These types of candles are healthier for you and your indoor air quality, they are more cost-effective, and are cleaner burning, with fewer drips. In addition to being biodegradable, they also tend to be sustainable. However, check that your soy candle is entirely or mostly soy and not a paraffin-soy mix.
• Candles scented with natural essential oils are ideal: While standard paraffin wax candles are also available fragranced, the scents included are often synthetic, yielding potentially harmful smoke and fumes. In contrast, essential oils are pure, natural and with therapeutic aromatherapy properties.
• Cotton or paper wicks are preferable: Avoid metal-based wicks as these could contain lead.

Albeit natural waxes burn more slowly, you can make your candle last even longer if you take good care of your product.

How to Make the Most of Your Candles

There’s more to lighting and burning candles than striking a match, flicking a lighter and grabbing a candleholder or saucer. According to Laura Slatkin of Nest Fragrances, you can extend the life of your candle by following a few simple rules:

• Train your candle: When first lighting your candle, let it burn for more than a few minutes. Then, allow the candle to melt into a complete pool of wax across its entire surface. This warmup helps your candle ‘remember’ the rim, making sure the candle burns down evenly and entirely over subsequent lightings and allowing continued easy access to the wick.
• Maintain your candle: By keeping your candle’s wick trimmed, you will ensure a consistently strong, bright flame and limited smoking. We recommend you keep your wick around seven millimetres long. An excellent way to trim is to wait for the candle to cool, and use a wick trimmer to trim the wick to exactly 7mm.
• Protect your candle: Try not to place your candle in the way of breezes, vents or fans, as air currents create an uneven burn and excessive smoke and soot particles, staining your candle’s container.
• Keep your candle clean: Don’t put burnt matches, bits of wick or anything else into the candle pool, as this will interfere with the candle’s chemistry, causing an uneven burn. In addition, debris can cause the wick to clog, preventing it from accessing and diffusing the candle's fragrance.
• Rest your candle: Once you’ve snuffed your candle, allow it to cool for at least two hours before relighting it. This good habit helps retain your candle’s shape and avoids wax leaks.

So, in addition to our Australian-made candles online, please browse our selection of candlewick trimmers from Glasshouse and Circa and Glasshouse’s luxurious Candle care set (including a gold-plated wick trimmer and snuffer) which will ensure your wick is trimmed to the right length every time.

The Benefits of Luxury Home Fragrance Diffusers

Fragrance diffusers in Australia are not only attractive and appealing décor pieces for any room in the home. They may also offer wellbeing benefits, including:

• A safe, continuous fragrance: Luxury fragrance diffusers impart a lasting aroma safely and consistently. The scent itself will yield a sense of calm and serenity, lifting your mood and creating a welcoming and harmonious living or working environment. Diffusers don’t negatively impact air quality and are free of potentially harmful fumes and aerosols like natural candles.
• A good night’s rest: The aromatherapeutic benefits of reed diffusers help relax muscles, calm nerves and reduce inflammation, potentially improving the quality and quantity of sleep. With suitable essential oils, you’ll be in the land of sweet dreams in no time.
• Increased concentration and memory: To improve focus and productivity, choose specific essential oils such as spearmint, lemongrass or rosemary. So, if you’re burning the midnight oil or studying, don’t forget to add a luxury diffuser to your desk or workspace.
• Value for money: Reed diffusers are simple yet effective and can last for six months. They can replace less eco-friendly, unhealthy air fresheners and deodorisers.

So, while candles are for long, hot bubble baths, romantic dinners, outdoor gatherings and a beautiful ambience with soft glowing light and shadow, reed diffusers are practical enough for all-day, everyday use and weeks of enjoyment.

What Sets Us Apart Regarding Fragrance Diffusers and Natural Candles in Australia

Our collection of scented diffusers, candles and large candles from Australia are heady and healthy, offering fragrances both subtle and bold to suit your mood and occasion:

• Reed diffusers: Our selection of diffusers is available in 250g reed and bottle sets. Scent combinations include exquisite Jasmine and Magnolia, Amber and Sandalwood, Blood Orange, delicate Coconut and Watermelon, Fresh Linen, Cottonflower and Freesia, Oceanique, Pear and Lime, Rose and Lychee, Vanilla Bean and All Spice, to name a few.
• Candles and mini candles: Our deliciously fragranced 60 and 350 g mini candle ranges offer a wax version of our diffuser fragrances and more, including Sea Salt and Vanilla and Mango and Papaya.
• Large candles: Our large 380 g pieces are perfect as centrepieces and focal décor items. Glasshouse caters to all preferences, covering six scent families: floral, chypre, fresh, gourmand, amber and woody, using only cruelty and additive-free wax. Our best glasshouse candles offer tantalising and intriguingly named perfumes, such as ‘A Tahaar Affair’, ‘A Tango in Barcelona’, ‘Bora Bora Bungalow’, ‘One Night in Rio’ and ‘Sydney Sundays’. Even the descriptions are mouth-watering, conjuring up feminine florals and exotic blooms, fruits, spices, amber, the ocean, forests, herbs, moss, musk, sugarcane, and even gin. We also stock Royal Essence and Wavertree London.
• Liquidless stem diffusers: In addition to Circa candles, try our Mimosa Mist Circa Liquidless diffuser for a dry yet equally fragrant display. The stem holder is available separately, along with stem replacement sets. Stem scents include Mimosa Mist, Vanilla Bean and Allspice and Jasmine and Magnolia.
• Circa Home Electric Wax Warmer: Plug in this lamp to warm a tray of melts and diffuse a lovely scent throughout your home for up to 96 hours. The warmer is also softy luminous imparting a gentle light.

Mini candles can last up to 20 hours, while the 350 to 380 g large candles in glass jars can burn for up to 60 hours, assuming an even, protected burn. In addition, when you buy glasshouse candles and your candle has burned down, the attractive jars can be reused or repurposed for storage or display.

About Nest Emporium

We have been in operation for almost 20 years, offering a thoughtfully handpicked collection of ‘perfectly imperfect’ hand-crafted pieces. Our range of beautiful and unique homewares are ideal for decorating and enhancing your home and as gifts for friends and loved ones. In addition to candles, diffusers and décor, our impressive selection features furniture, soft furnishing, throws, bath and body products, handbags, toys and games.

For your convenience, we now offer Afterpay, where you can buy now and pay later and for multiple orders, please get in touch with us for a quote for combined shipping. Expect delivery by the following business day via Australia Post.

So, please place your order today for diffusers, candles from Wollongong or extra-large candles made in Australia or contact us for more information. Also, don’t forget to follow our blog for our latest news, trends and style tips.