OUR MATERIALS

After many months of testing different types of waxes, we landed on the one that worked the best for us: NATURAL, NON-TOXIC, AND SUSTAINABLE, COCONUT-APRICOT WAX!

Made of a luxurious blend of creamy coconut and apricot waxes, with a tiny bit of highly refined food-grade paraffin wax, it is one of the slowest-burning waxes out here, meaning you'll be enjoying your LUHO candle for a long time! It is a clean-burning wax, meaning it produces no harmful chemicals when lit up and ensures an even candle burn with less maintenance. Unlike other natural waxes that often have pitted tops, when coconut-apricot wax solidifies, you get a beautiful smooth top. Additionally, it has an excellent scent throw, doesn't produce a lot of soot like other waxes and performs more consistently with natural wood wicks providing a stronger, more reliable burn/flame than soy wax. 

It was important for us to use eco-friendly materials in our luxury candles to better the planet and as a biodegradable and renewable resource, coconut-apricot wax was the one for us!

We also chose this premium wax because we wanted to stand out from all the 100% soy and coconut-soy wax candles, showing folks a better, luxury alternative!

SOY WAX:

All of the 100% soy waxes we tested with (including coconut-soy wax blends) consistently left us disappointed. They did not hold or throw fragrances well and gave us ugly pitted and/or frosted tops (white crystalline layer on the surface of the wax) when they solidified.

BEESWAX:

When it came to beeswax, we wanted to support bees and beekeepers, but unfortunately using beeswax is not vegan. 

PARAFFIN WAX:

And finally,  we definitely did not want to use the wax that big, commercial companies use which is paraffin wax. It is a cheap mass produced wax that does give THE BEST scent throw of any wax. But, paraffin wax is a by-product of petroleum (a non-renewable resource) from the oil industry, and when burned, it’s been said that this wax can release carcinogenic chemicals into the air that are hazardous to our health. So we’ve chosen not to use it as our wax. 

Of course, we are not experts on everything about the wax industry and encourage you to do your own research! We recognize that every type of wax may have some drawbacks regarding the environment. With that being said, we aim to continue monitoring the extraction process of coconut-apricot wax to ensure ethical standards are met as demand continues to increase. We understand that the road to pure sustainability is beyond our reach, but every step counts!