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Eco Sol The History Of Melting Wax Candles Melting Wax Candles A common question that people ask is, "Where does candle wax come from?". Well there are many different kinds of wax, but the most comm...
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The History Of Melting Wax Candles
Melting Wax Candles
A common question that people ask is, "Where does candle wax come from?". Well there are many different kinds of wax, but the most common is bees wax. References to bees wax can be found in many historical text, and in ancient times it was used as a cure to dysentery, put in cosmetics, and being used in melting wax candles. Bees wax was also used by the Romans to make death mask and was also used by people looking to honor themselves by making statues out of the wax. Bees wax was so popular that when Rome conquered the city of Trebizond in the first century AD, they demanded wax.
Melting wax candles has made many strides over the centuries and is now becoming immensely popular. The wax used for candles is now becoming the main subject for wax candle makers. There are many choices to choose from. Paraffin, a petroleum based wax, and other natural waxes that are made from plants such as soy, palm, and bayberry. Soy based wax is becoming more and more popular and is a favorite among wax candle makers. Soy wax is Eco-friendly, and the best thing about it is that most of the soybeans are grown in the United States. The most pricey of waxes is bees wax. Makers pursue it because of its pleasant aroma, burning quality, and the texture of the wax.
When it comes to melting wax candles the sky is the limit. There are endless amounts of colors, shapes, and scents to choose from. With the technology and innovations of today's world, you aren't bound to making your wax candles out of plain bees wax as the ancient Romans and early Europeans were. Melting wax candles is a science and art form now. Wax candle makers can choose from petroleum based candle waxes such as paraffin, to natural candle waxes made soy, palm and bayberry plants. Years ago people couldn't have imagined that they would be making melting wax candles from plants.
Melting wax candles has made great strides through the innovations of history. From using wax candles as death mask, being thought of as the latest technology of the day, and to currency, now wax candles are ready for you to enjoy melting in your home. The benefits are ready for you to reap. So get your molds and double pots ready and begin melting your wax candles.
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Jason Sol is a college student majoring in journalism at the University of Miami. All written articles submitted by Jason Sol is original and copy written by him.
Guayaki Yerba Mate Energy Drinks
Today for you I shall review the energy supplement lineup from Guayaki, and if I weren’t a web writer I’d be looking for 100% recycled paper to print it on. Guayaki has an almost frightening commitment to an eco-friendly save the rainforest philosophy, so much that I would only be half surprised to travel to a rainforest and see a Lemur suckling on one of these products. Matching this commitment is the impressive level of effort put into the dynamic product line. So go ahead, read on!
Taste
I can proudly say I’ve worked my way through 11 different Guayaki products (1 canned yerba mate, 3 shots, and 7 bottled yerba mates). The word proudly, however, only finds itself in that sentence because consuming these products instills a feeling of being Mother Nature’s favorite child, not because of superior flavor. This lineup can be loosely summed up as 20% flavorful, 50% palatable, and 30% disgusting with a universally strong tea/herb influence. That 20% is made up of Lemon Elation (the closest assemblance of a traditional energy drink in their line) and a couple other fruity flavors, while the 30% is almost exclusively made up of the shots, to which I would prefer a shot of pine-sol. With every drink you’ll have to arm your taste-buds with a machete to get to a conclusion, just like a real rainforest expedition!
Ingredients
Now, I’m just thinking freely here: if Guayaki’s biggest goal in life is to save the rainforests, aren’t they kind of working backwards by exclusively using organic ingredients? Maybe the ingredients they used were harvested from other, less deserving forests. ANYwho, it’d be crazy for me individually sound off the ingredients for each drink, since every drink has its own custom list. The buzz words on most of these drink’s labels, however, are yerba mate and green tea. If there’s any one take home message from this company, it’s that yerba mate is their homeboy. That was lame of me, my apologies. As for caffeine, everything clocks in at 140mg, except for Lemon Elation which tops out at 150mg.
Effect
As my grandfather would so eloquently put it: “Well I’ll be horse-kicked by a mule,” these energy drinks deliver. Every single Guayaki product gave me a wholesome, fulfilling, and if you’ll bear with my apparent lack of creativity, organic (read: natural feeling) energy boost. The drinks never compromised my nervous system, never left me hung over, and were pleasantly consistent.
Verdict
Guayaki has managed to birth a giant happy family of energy drinks while taking admirable strides to slow our destruction of the planet. Flavors seem well developed (despite end results), ingredient choices look be the result of much thought, energy boosts are better than the average beverage cooler resident, and the work put into the Guayaki image is second-to-none. In my book, Guayaki has set a new standard for the rising organic energy drink market
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About the Author
Central Michigan University
Experimental Psychology Graduate Student
Researcher, Engineering Psychophysiology Laboratory
Founder, Michigan Intercollegiate Racquetball Association