Candle Fact

Keeping your candle wick properly trimmed increases the burn time of a candle. Beeswax is one of the longest burning waxes. Soy is a close second.

Candle History

Candles were extremely important before other sources of light became popular. Candles have a natural light that still appeals to people. Candles were made by the Egyptians out of Beeswax dating as far back as 3000 B.C. The invention of parafin wax in 1830's was the begining of the end of the mass produced Beeswax candles. The parafin wax candle was not better, but a lot cheaper to produce.

Beeswax facts

Did you know that it takes up to 10 pounds of honey to create 1 pound of beeswax! It also takes special cleaning process remove contaminants left over after scraping honeycomb. This is why it is so expensive. Beeswax has a melt point of 144 to 147 degrees. Beeswax is used in candles, and cosmetics. Most of the Church candles are made of Beeswax because they burn so slow.

About Us

How Silver Harvest Got Started

Silver Harvest candles began under the local Trade Name Sweet Scents in 2000. We opened a store at North Towne Mall in Toledo, Ohio. We had a great time selling the best candles money could buy! Our customers told us that our candles had excellent scent throw!! Our customers were also were impressed with the look of our votives and would comment" Looks so pretty I don't want to burn it, but I can't resist"!

Back in 2000, most of my candles were paraffin based. We have since went to a Soy blends wax. We now use the best waxes money can buy! Our wax is a unique blend of Soy, Beeswax, and other fine waxes to create a superior blend. These waxes burn cleaner and have slower burn properties.

We use the best fragrances money can buy! In the past, we tried the cheap fragrance oils, with mixed results. Sometimes a batch of candles did not turn out so good. We have found out you get what you pay for. Now we only use expensive high end fragrance oils. This ensures that are candles smell great!

Silver Harvest Candles has worked hard to refine our candle making process and our hard work has paid off. In the candle making process we use precise temperatures combined with controlled room environment. Silver Harvest candles controls every aspect of candle making! This control does produce a better candle. The candle making process was important and the hard work was worth the effort. The secret to an excellent candle is use only the finest waxes, fragrance oil, and a carefully controlled candle making process produces the very best candles!

All About Fragrance Oils.

I am amazed at how many other candle makers miss the boat when it comes to fragrance oils. They only talk about we only use uncut fragrance oils. They make it sound like that means quality. It does not! The oil in fragrance oil is a carrier of the fragrance. Uncut does not mean better! Uncut means they did not add more plain oil or solvent to the fragrance oil. Again, this does not mean quality! For example, plain oil without fragrance is uncut. Does this mean it is going to smell great! Of course not! Quality comes from amount of ingredient added to the oil. For instant, if one oil adds 1 teaspoon of fragrance extract and another oil only uses 1/4 teaspoon of fragrance extract which do you thing will smell better? Both are uncut! See my point!! That being said all my fragrances are uncut but those words do not mean quality. Quality comes from excellent fragrance manufactures! Silver Harvest uses only the highest quality oils with high levels of pure fragrance!!!

We added our fragrance in a two stage process to give you the best scent throw possible.