Stearic acid in candles answer

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ROFL! No you can't! <just cracking up here> I just figured you were sniffing

too many candles or wax got up your nose. And I know that if I make one little

spelling error or typing error I am in for it!

 

Now, for your question. From " Making Kind Choices " by Ingrid Newkirk, President

and co-founder of PETA. Pages 30-33 and 99. The main things to avoid in candles

would be beeswax, tallow (a slaughter house product) and paraffin wax. There is

a vegetable tallow though. However, stearic acid used in candles is still

obtained from factories that process the carcasses of dogs and cats killed in

animal pounds and shelters. Stearic Acid, Stearates come from cows and sheep as

well as the above mentioned source. Most often refers to a fatty substance taken

from the stomach of pigs. Stearic Acid is also used in cosmetics, soaps,

lubricants, candles, hair spray, conditioners, deodorants, creams, chewing gum,

food flavoring. Derivatives: stearamide, stearamine, stearates, stearic

hydrazide, stearone, stearoxytrimethylsilane, stearoyl lactylic acid, stearyl

betaine, stearyl imidazoline. Alternatives: stearic acid can be found in many

vegetable fats, coconut. (end) Unless the label says that it comes from a plant

source it probably doesn't. You would have to call the company and ask and they

frequently don't have a clue or they don't know because it will depend on what

their suppliers supplied them with that week. Beeswax is used to coat wicks too.

linda

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Robyn

 

for the record, I can spell: the, glass votives & candlemaking.

sorry!

 

Robyn Lydick wrote:

>

> Most of teh soy candles I've seen are in glas. The

> vitives I bought w/o glass were runny. Just a reminder

> to have a candle holder for the liquified wax.

> Now, my Q is do the companies use stearate (? the

> clarifiers) which I seem to recall from my canlemaking

> days was critter-based.