Why use safer natural home fragrance products - both candles and room sprays?

Because your health is important!
Regular commercial home fragrance products contain industrial chemicals that have serious known health consequences.

For example, the pesticide methoxychlor is used in air freshners to interfere with your ability to smell by coating nasal passages with an oil film. This pesticide is known to accumulate in fat cells. Another chemical found in a typical home fragrance air freshener is formaldehyde (yes - the embalming agent), which is a highly toxic, known carcinogen.

And a third toxic chemical normally found in a home fragrance spray is phenol. When this chemical touches your skin, it can cause swelling, burning, peeling, and breaking out in hives. Breathing in phenol is certainly NOT healthy for our delicate lung cells.

What to do? Educate yourself and look for safer natural fragrance products for the home.

Chemicals called solvents are very often found in glues, nail polish, cleaning products, finishes, carpet and even some mattresses. Solvents enter the body very easily through the skin and they tend to accumulate in lipid-rich tissues like the brain, the myelin and fat (adipose).

When doing laundry or using other home products like air fresheners, household sprays, detergents and soaps - try not to use products produced from petrochemicals.

According to Dr. John R. Lee, long term exposure to solvents can cause mood disturbances such as depression, irritability, fatigue, anxiety, inability to focus and short-term memory loss.

If you are pregnant, be very careful with solvents - they can cause damage to the fetus (avoid nail polish and polish remover). When you are pregnant or have an infant, it is not such a good idea to move into a newly built home, to remodel or paint the house or the baby room. Do this later when you can take your baby away for a few weeks.

Most household cleaners and chemicals are petrochemically-based. The majority of these substances have an estrogen-like effect in the body. When estrogen levels rise in the body, you experience weight gain, water retention, brain cell excitability and sometimes even panic reactions. Read more about estrogen dominance symptoms here.

Enjoy these safe natural home fragrance candles and room sprays..

Caldrea 60 Hour Candle, Lavender Pine 9 oz (255 g)

Formula: Aromatherapeutic Candle Home Fragrance
Home Fragrance: Lavender Pine
Burn Time is 60 Hours

Caldrea Lavender Pine 4 fl oz (117 ml)

Enliven your home with Caldrea's aromatic blend of essential oils of lavender and pine. Simply spray in any room for a fresh and clean home fragrance.

• Non-aerosol
• Not tested on earthly creatures
• Contains plant-derived biodegradable ingredients

Citrus Air Freshener, Tropical Citrus Blend 7 fl oz (207 ml)

Citrus Magic lasts at least four times longer than ordinary air fresheners because it is 100% pure, active citrus. Ordinary home fragrance air freshener cover-ups contain mostly water and a lot of gas.

Citrus Magic is different. It is 100% active so it works harder and lasts longer, working in seconds to dissolve airborne odor on contact, leaving the air smelling fresh and clean...naturally! Enjoy the magic of citrus by spraying Citrus Magic in your home, office or car.

Bamboo Candle Centerpiece

Add a natural glow to your dining room with this elegant bamboo candle centerpiece. Made of wrought iron, this candle holder will hold seven candles in beautiful glass jars, each suspended off a branch of this beautiful candle centerpiece for home fragrance.

Archipelago Botanicals Soy Wax Candle, Pomegranate Citrus 1 ea

• Safe, lead-free wicks
• Essential oils and natural home fragrances
• Premium Wax Blend (contains more than 50% natural soy wax)

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