Artisan Honey Candles – Harmony, Love and Focus

This page holds all our honey candles: the honeycomb ones made of beeswax, and the handmade ones we produce here layer by layer. They are two different products and it helps to know which one you are after.

What exactly is a honey candle?

People use the name honey candle for two different things, and both are on this page. The difference is the wax:

• Honeycomb honey candles. Sheets of beeswax rolled by hand. They keep the hexagonal pattern of the comb and smell of honey naturally, with no added fragrance, because that wax comes straight from the hive.
• Handmade honey candles. We make these in our workshop, layer by layer, with pure honey wax. They are the slim, tall candles of old, the ones used in sweetening work and in petitions.

To be precise: honey does not burn. What burns is the wax that bees build in the comb, and it is that wax which gives off the smell of honey. That is why our product pages say beeswax even when the product is called a honey candle.

Honeycomb honey candles

Natural beeswax, undyed and unscented. Several formats depending on what you need:

• Pack of 10 honeycomb honey candles with two palo santo sticks — the most complete one, ready to start.
• Pack of 12 honeycomb honey candles — if you already have the rest and only want candles.
• Pack of 8 honeycomb honey candles with incense and ritual herbs — for anyone starting from scratch.
• Single honeycomb honey candle — to try before buying a pack.
• Kit of 6 sheets to roll your own — the sheets and the wick; they roll by hand, with no heat and no tools.

Handmade honey candles

Ours from the start, made in the workshop with pure honey wax and a cotton wick:

• Classic honey candle — 2.5 × 23 cm, wide base, stands on its own without a holder. Around 12 hours burning time.
• Handmade honey candle — built up layer by layer.
• Pack of handmade honey candles — 23 × 2.2 cm, available singly, in packs of 3 and in packs of 18.
• Handmade honey pillar candle — if you prefer the thicker format, with a longer burn.
• Prepared honey candle for love — already prepared, ready to light.
• Set of 2 honey hearts — for work on relationships.

What is a honey candle used for?

In folk tradition the honey candle is tied to sweetening: softening a tense situation, bringing positions closer, drawing in affection and good luck. It is used mostly in petitions about love and family harmony, though people also turn to it for prosperity and for matters at work.

Outside ritual use, the smell of beeswax is mild and not at all overpowering, and many people light them simply to study or concentrate, because they do not fill the room the way a scented candle does.

The 11th and the 22nd

There is a widespread habit of lighting honey candles on the 11th and the 22nd of each month for petitions about health, money, family and work. It is a master-number tradition, in no way compulsory, but handy for anyone who likes working to a calendar: mark the dates and prepare the ritual in advance.

How to light your honey candle

There is no single formula. Every tradition has its own and what really matters is your intention. As general guidance:

• Pick a quiet, ventilated spot, away from draughts that would disturb the flame.
• Before lighting it, take a moment to pin down what you are asking for. Write it down if that helps.
• Let it burn for as long as you see fit. Never leave it unattended.
• To put it out, use a snuffer or damp fingers. Blowing is frowned upon in every tradition.
• You can repeat it on several consecutive days if you want to reinforce the petition.

What to pair them with

Honey candles go with almost anything. For love they are usually paired with sandalwood or jasmine incense and with rose quartz or carnelian. For prosperity, with cinnamon sticks or a green candle lit alongside. And for studying or clearing your head, with rosemary and lemon.

How we make them

The handmade honey candles are produced in our workshop using techniques recovered from the eighteenth century: pure waxes, one hundred per cent natural cotton wicks and moulds in special alloys that give each piece its shape. The honeycomb ones are rolled by hand from sheets of beeswax, without melting them, so the hexagonal pattern stays intact.

As these are natural, handmade products, the shade of the wax and the aroma vary slightly from batch to batch. That is not a flaw: it is the sign that the wax carries no dyes and no fragrance.

A product for ritual and symbolic use. The properties described reflect popular beliefs and traditions.