I am a huge fan of scented candles and love to have them burning in my house throughout the evenings, especially during the dark winter months. The scents of home cooking or spicy Christmas aromas fill my house but also bring certain nostalgia with them. However, good quality candles do cost money. If you want to enjoy a candle, it is worth buying a decent candle that clearly states how long it will last and maintains its scent throughout the life of the candle. However, if (like me) you enjoy abundant burning, you may wish to consider an alternative to candles that will give you just the same scent long burning scented candles but at a fraction of the cost of candles. Yes, I'm talking about wax tarts.
A lot of people have asked me what wax tarts are. I even had one of my trusted sales reps tell me that he had a faulty batch of candles when he received wax tarts for the first time. He hadn't read his sales information thoroughly and told me that there were no wicks in any of the candles I had just sent. I laughed but it was good for me to hear, because a lot of people are not too familiar with wax tarts.
They are simply little blocks of wax that are scented, smelling just like scented candles. However, these wax tarts are put on the top of burners (like the fragrance oil burners) with a tea-light underneath. Once the tea light is lit, the tart liquidises and it gives a very pure fragrance that fills the room, probably a little more so than a normal scented candle. They're beautiful and the best part is that they're very reasonably priced. A wax tart always gives an estimated burn time, but you will probably find that it just keeps going and going. When the tea light is extinguished, the wax hardens once again. These are clean and easy to use. If you want to change the wax to a different aroma, you can always do this once the wax has hardened.
To begin burning wax tarts, you'll need a wax tart burner. These can vary in range from about £4 up to about £20 or so (maybe even more), depending on how fancy you want it. I've got a beautiful glass one in my living room that matches my décor, and in my opinion, it is worth getting a nice one as once you start using wax tarts, you'll probably never stop! You'll need to purchase tea-lights and then chose some wax tarts. Some companies do big wax tarts - we sell them in packs of 4 smaller tarts and they also look great in with potpourri and fragrance your room without a candle ever being lit. Whatever range or size you chose to buy, they are certainly a lot cheaper than burning long burning scented candlesand mean that you can try new fragrances that you may not want to buy a candle in until you know that you like the scent. They certainly are a great way to enjoy scented candles at a fraction of the cost.