My Strange Addiction - Page 3

infinite monkey · 08-19-2011, 01:39 PM

I can't justify the price for expensive candles. I can get very smelly cheap candles that serve my purpose just fine. I burn a ton of tealights (in stained glass and clear swirly glass containers) and smaller ones in glass jars. I don't want to spend a fortune on them if I'm burning them almost every night. (I don't like a lot of light...at night the light from the candles and the TV or computer is more than enough.)

Lola Bunny · 08-19-2011, 03:59 PM

I haven't had any good experience with inexpensive candles. They don't smell good. Actually, they don't really give out any scent at all. Just a candle burning away uselessly.

infinite monkey · 08-19-2011, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Lola Bunny

I haven't had any good experience with inexpensive candles. They don't smell good. Actually, they don't really give out any scent at all. Just a candle burning away uselessly.

Certainly one pays for quality, like in everything else. I've bought good candles and I know there's a difference. I like the light and the bit of odor; it's just me and a cat. Plus, I'm hard of smelling.

Pico and ME · 08-19-2011, 04:16 PM

I'm the same way about not liking a lot of light. Especially overhead lights. I'm constantly turning them off after someone leaves them on.

Clodfobble · 08-19-2011, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

My soot-covered ceiling asks Yankee Candle lovers to switch to soy.

Lord knows that crap is only good for burning up anyway. Blech.

monster · 08-19-2011, 07:41 PM

I buy cheap ones. the expensive ones are overpowering and generally just too sweet and icky. You just gotta be careful -some cheap ones smell like toilet cleaner

Aliantha · 08-23-2011, 09:43 PM

We have a shop here called Dusk which sells all that candle type stuff. Some is ok, some I don't like.

My favourite candles to burn are some small ones which were limited edition of my favourite fragrance by narcisso rodriguez. I'm nearly out of them now, and I stocked up.

monster · 08-23-2011, 09:48 PM

I make my own candles from old hockey tape (microwave it to melt it), bacon fat and a little salt. I uses twisted tape for the wick. I have used (jockstrap) cups as a mold, but only as a joke. I usually use disposable drinking cups.

monster · 08-23-2011, 09:49 PM

(It's a fantastic fundraiser, makes people laugh, but they can't help but buy.....)

08-19-2011, 04:16 PM	#4
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	I'm the same way about not liking a lot of light. Especially overhead lights. I'm constantly turning them off after someone leaves them on. __________________ Jesse LaGreca in 2012 “Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi

08-19-2011, 07:41 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I buy cheap ones. the expensive ones are overpowering and generally just too sweet and icky. You just gotta be careful -some cheap ones smell like toilet cleaner __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-23-2011, 09:43 PM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	We have a shop here called Dusk which sells all that candle type stuff. Some is ok, some I don't like. My favourite candles to burn are some small ones which were limited edition of my favourite fragrance by narcisso rodriguez. I'm nearly out of them now, and I stocked up. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-23-2011, 09:48 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I make my own candles from old hockey tape (microwave it to melt it), bacon fat and a little salt. I uses twisted tape for the wick. I have used (jockstrap) cups as a mold, but only as a joke. I usually use disposable drinking cups. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-23-2011, 09:49 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	(It's a fantastic fundraiser, makes people laugh, but they can't help but buy.....) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-19-2011, 01:39 PM	#1
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I can't justify the price for expensive candles. I can get very smelly cheap candles that serve my purpose just fine. I burn a ton of tealights (in stained glass and clear swirly glass containers) and smaller ones in glass jars. I don't want to spend a fortune on them if I'm burning them almost every night. (I don't like a lot of light...at night the light from the candles and the TV or computer is more than enough.)

08-19-2011, 03:59 PM	#2
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	I haven't had any good experience with inexpensive candles. They don't smell good. Actually, they don't really give out any scent at all. Just a candle burning away uselessly.

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