SOY CANDLE OR PARRAFIN CANDLE? WHICH IS BETTER? FIRST, LET'S START THE MYTHS WHICH IS CAUSING MUCH  CONTROVERSY OVER WHICH IS BETTER.  I HAVE BEEN AROUND ALL TYPES OF CANDLES EVERY SINCE I WAS JUST A KID SUCKING ON A LOLLIPOP AND HAVE NO KNOWN HEALTH PROBLEMS FROM BURNING PARAFFIN CANDLES. IT'S BEING SAID THAT "PARAFFIN CANDLES PRODUCE CARCINOGENS"(CANCER CAUSING AGENTS). HATE TO BURST ANYONES BUBBLE BUT LET'S LOOK INTO THIS MORE DEEPLY. FIRST OFF THIS IS A MYTH BASICALLY TO KEEP YOU AWAY FROM PARAFFIN CANDLES AND ALSO TO JUSTIFY "HIGH JACKING" THE PRICE OF SOY CANDLES. THE EMITTING OF CARCINOGENS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PARAFFIN OR WAX BUT EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE WICK.(WHY DO YOU THINK CANDLES SAY "LEAD-FREE WICK"). MOSTLY ALL WICKS USED IN CANDLES TODAY(IN THE U.S)  ARE MADE WITH A ZINC CORE. NOT TO MENTION MOST CANDLE SUPPLIERS STOPPED USING LEAD CORE CANDLE WICKS AFTER THE EPA DID A STUDY SOME YEARS AGO AND FOUND THAT SOME CANDLES MADE WITH LEAD CORE WICKS WERE GIVING OFF LEAD CONCENTRATIONS WHICH EVEN STILL WAS ONLY FOUND IN IMPORTED CANDLES & AT LOW LEVELS.  NEXT, WE HEAR CANDLE DISTRUBUTORS SAY "OUR SOY CANDLES ARE 100% NATURAL". THIS COULD ONLY BE TRUE IF THERE ARE NO MAN-MADE FRAGRANCES OR DYES ADDED TO THE CANDLE. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN MULTI-COLORED OR SCENTED SOY BEING GROWN IN THE WILD? ANOTHER MYTH...." SOY CANDLES DON'T PRODUCE SOOT OR SMOKE" WELL GUYS ANYONE WHO HAS EVER SEEN FIRE BURNING KNOWS THERE'S ALWAYS SMOKE WHERE THERE'S FIRE!(COME ON FOLKS DO THE MATH!)  IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT KIND OF CANDLE YOU USE(SOY OR PARAFFIN BASED) , IF YOU ARE NOT TRIMMING YOUR CANDLE WICK BEFORE EVERY USE OR USING CANDLES WITH TOO MUCH FRANGRANCE OIL YOU WILL SEE SMOKE WHICH LEADS TO SOOT. THE ONY REAL WAY TO HAVE A "SMOKE FREE" CANDLE IS TO USE IT FOR DECORATION AND NEVER LIGHT IT.  SOY CANDLES ARE GOOD TO USE SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF DISPERSING THE FRANGRANCE IN CANDLES, CLEAN UP EASIER THAN PARAFFIN CANDLES DURING SPILLS & BEST OF ALL WHEN  THEY ARE USED IN MAKING WAX TARTS, THEY ARE 100% EASIER TO REMOVE FROM THE TART WARMER/BURNER EVEN AFTER THE MELTED WAX HAS COMPLETELY COOLED BECAUSE THE WAX IS STILL SOMEWHAT SOFT. HAVE YOU EVER PURCHASED SOY WAX TARTS? NOTICE HOW MUCH EASIER THEY ARE TO BECOME MATTED RIGHT IN THE PACK OR EVEN BREAK INTO SMEARED PIECES. THE ONLY THING I HATE ABOUT SOME PARAFFIN CANDLES IS THAT SOME COMPANYS SIMPLY DIP THE CANDLES INTO FRANGRANCE SO WHEN YOU SMELL THE OUTTER LAYER OF THE CANDLE YOU'LL THINK IT SMELLS THE SAME WHEN BURNING ONLY TO GET THE CANDLE HOME, LIGHT IT AND SMELL ABSOLUTELY NOTHING(TEEDS ME OFF).  OVERALL, IF YOU SMELL A CANDLE AND IT SMELLS WEAK WHILE NOT EVEN BEING LIT, CHANCES ARE YOU WON'T SMELL A THING WHILE IT'S BURNING. TO WRAP THIS UP,  WHETHER YOU FAVOR SOY CANDLES OR PARAFFIN WAX CANDLES,  DO YOUR HOMEWORK  AND FIND OUT WHAT CANDLES HAVE A GOOD THROW SCENT BEFORE YOU GO OUT AND OVER SPEND ON THE  CANDLE ON THE TOP SHELF WHEN THE CANDLE ON THE BOTTOM SHELF SMELLS JUST AS GOOD WHEN BURING,  PLUS IS AFFORDABLE! HOPE THIS BROUGHT SOME CLOSER TO THE MYTHS ABOUT PARAFFIN CANDLES.