Try Aromatherapy Incense Candles

Next time you buy an aromatherapy candle, try the soy type. I love soy because it's so natural, and I love to rub the melted candle onto my skin.

Most soy candles are very pure, because people who look for soy are more likely to be conscientious about the environment.

• If you buy a 100% pure soy candle, it will contain no additives and no paraffin.
• When it burns, it won't throw off soot or carbon into the air.

Many people are also getting into other aromatherapy products.

• For example people everywhere are looking for discount herbal incense and its making the United States a lot of money right now.
  

I first learned this from a clerk in a holistic products store. Soy burns at a very low temperature, somewhere around 105 degrees, which is the temperature of a very warm bath.

• So if you have little kids or pets, you don't have to worry about burns in the (unlikely) event that they knock over a candle.
• If you find a good sale, then buy them then and in bulk, because it can be hard to find sometimes.
  

If you put your fingertips in the pool of melted soy, it not only doesn't burn, but it feels strangely good when you rub it onto your hands. And you'll smell like your candle!

Cinnamon: Use this to make a room cheery and warm.

• If you want to keep people cozy on a cold night, or just keep everyone kvetching, burn cinnamon.

Patchouli: Many people equate the scent of patchouli with old-fashioned hippy stuff.

• It is really a light, beautiful scent that brings out the sensuous woman (or man) in each of us.

Clove: This is spicy and sweet, and it's good for those times when you feel too wired up to go to sleep.

• Somehow it just relaxes you. It can make your headache melt away.

Sage: If you want a candle that will clear the air, but you don't necessarily want the camphor-like scent of eucalyptus, try sage.

• It's clean and strong and it'll focus you.

Lavender: Lavender scents have been used since the beginning of time for it's superior therapeutic properties.

• Use this pleasant, light floral scent on days when you feel tense and depressed.

Cedarwood: I really call this my "wellness" candle. The scent of cedarwood is associated with meditation, and it's true that I burn it when I want to sit down, clear my mind, and remember who I am.

• I believe that achieving that kind of calm on a daily basis enables the body to stay healthy.