VEGAN POETRY

After ten years of struggle, I FINALLY ate my last piece of meat. My next struggle: Becoming Vegan. This blog will feature the ups and down on the long and booby-trapped road to a more compassionate way of eating. Fuck ups WILL be included.

Saturday, March 17, 2007

FLAMING TIPS: Vegan Candles?!?!?!?!


When I first started looking into veganism - I was shocked at all the surprising places animal by-product showed up.
For example: Candles.
And it's more than just the beeswax (stolen from industrious bees' hives) that make most candles a vegan no-no.


Many candles are also made with tallow (a slaughterhouse product derived from beef or sheep fat), and cetyl palmitate, a waxy oil taken from sperm whales' heads or from dolphins.
How insane is that!?!
Seriously - WHY? Why must there be animal product in something as simple as a candle?
I don't get it.
So - below is a list of companies that sell "Vegan" candles - usually made with soy wax. Just check them out - and think about it the next time you light your favourite candle - what (or WHO) it is you are REALLY burning....

Artistic Candle Company
1-877-557-4940 (fax)
customerservice@artisticcandleco.com
www.artisticcandleco.com

Barn Loft Soy Candles 574-643-2500






Hanna’s Candles 1-888-242-6627




Kiss My Face 1-800-262-KISS



Lamplight Farms 1-800-328-7717




NaturaLights Candle Boutiques 1-800-774-0104



Natural Soy Scented Candles 830-896-3221830-792-3221




Nature’s Gifts, Inc. 1-877-464-4929





Pangea Vegan Products 1-800-340-1200



Pier 1 Imports 1-800-245-4595



Rudgewick Candles (UK) +44 01543 428 882


Sensia 1-800-777-8027




Soy Candle Works1-800-470-4061




Soy Scentsations440-260-9708







Vegan Essentials 414-607-19531-866-88-VEGAN



The Vegan Store (UK)+44 1273 302 979


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