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