Sustainability

Sustainability

I try to be mindful of my impact on the environment in my daily life and my aim is to do the same with this shop. Running an online shop and putting non-essential products in circulation is obviously not sustainable in itself, so I try to do make the best choices, to the best of my ability. 
 

✦ CANDLE MAKING

My candles are made with 100% Ecosoya wax. It is clean burning, fully vegan friendly, made from sustainable resources, does not contain GMO and has not been tested on animals.

The fragrance oils I use are high quality, vegan friendly, cruelty-free fragrance oils, free from phthalate, palm oil and parabens. Most of them are PEG-free and CMR-free but some fragrances are not certified even though they have very low amounts. Please check the description of each product to check.

Fragrances oils contain natural elements (essential oils, extracts, resins, isolates) but are not fully natural. Compounds that aren’t sourced direct from nature are either chemically identical to naturally found compounds, artificially created, or modified slightly.

I used to use essential oils in my candles, but I have switched to fragrance oils created especially for candles for several reasons. Not only do essential oils tend to lose their benefits and become toxic when heated, but you also need a lot of essential oils to get a good scent throw, and a lot of plant material is required to produce small amounts of oil, which can be very unsustainable. Finally, I want my candles to remain as accessible as possible, and fragrance oils are more affordable than essential oils.

I use Eco wicks made from pure cotton and brown paper threads, incorporated into a sustainer (metal tab).

 

✦ SOURCING & SUPPLIERS

I always spend a lot of time looking for the right supplier for every ingredient or supply that I need. From jars to fragrances oils, labels or shipping boxes, I only order from UK/EU based companies who themselves work with as many UK/EU based manufacturers as possible. I always check their environmental and sustainability values, and always choose the ones who ship plastic-free (although there are exceptions that I can’t control sometimes). This is where it all begins, so I am particularly picky.

 

✦ PACKAGING

Your orders are shipped plastic-free or with reused materials. Everything is wrapped, protected and packed in recyclable and compostable materials.

Candles are wrapped in corrugated cardboard.

Tealights and wax melt samples are wrapped in biodegradable glassine bags.

All orders are packed in cardboard boxes.

Packaging filler consists of compostable packing peanuts or reused paper. All parcels are sealed with paper tape.

Even though I purchase all the packing materials I need, I also try to reuse what I already have and get from my own orders from suppliers (from boxes to filler): it will always be more sustainable to reuse old packaging than to buy new one, and I encourage you to reuse it as well if the condition allows it.

For international orders, I am required to attach an invoice to the outside of packages. Unfortunately, this requires a clear plastic bag to be taped to the package.