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Greenwashing: Why we're Angry!
It’s mainstream for people to want to be “green” and “sustainable” these days- people are acutely aware of the risks affecting our planet and the need to protect it We get that some people aren’t that bothered- people look for home fragrance based on scent, price and what it comes in. Supermarkets and home stores sell millions of candles a year made from mainly synthetic ingredients and most don’t really make any claims otherwise. What makes me angry is companies that are mak
Ben
Oct 224 min read


Introducing our new Signature Wax
Raw Candle Wax At Kyrra, everything we do is a search for constant improvement- to make our products even more sustainable, even more...
Ben
Sep 213 min read


Luxury Candle Ethical Scorecards
Our Scorecards Below in Full So here we are, in no particular order- our top ten chosen luxury candle brands and how they score on ethics...
Ben
Sep 154 min read


Luxury Candle Ethical Ratings- Our System
What makes a candle good? I've written previously about my motivations for starting Kyrra- a major part of that was the frustration with...
Ben
Sep 125 min read


Why there's nothing natural about soy candles
Soy fields You may have noticed that the vast majority of "natural" candles out there use soy wax. They are usually touted as "100%...
Ben
Aug 292 min read


Candle Fragrances- What makes us Different?
Chances are, you've seen thousands of fragranced candles for sale. Lots from big brands, lots from small independent producers They all...
Ben
Aug 123 min read


Essential Oil Spotlight: Eucalyptus
Kyrra's eucalyptus oil is really special, and we're so excited to use it in our new Freyr organic candle. Because we source our oils...
Ben
Aug 122 min read


Say Hello to Freyr- Our New Organic Candle!
The most sustainable luxury candle on the planet We've been working super-hard on our new organic candles. Every single aspect has been...
Ben
May 152 min read


Provenance
Why what's in your candle is important- and what makes us different Connecting Home Fragrance with People and Planet Provenance is...
Ben
Apr 272 min read


Exciting Updates
Things may have seemed a bit quiet at fýri over the last month, but we've been working incredibly hard behind the scenes on some new...
Ben
Mar 301 min read


Essential Oil Spotlight: Hyssop
Our Hyssop essential oil is sustainably harvested in Bulgaria. Hyssop is a mint-like shrub, which has been used for thousands of years as...
Ben
Feb 181 min read


Essential Oil Spotlight: Opoponax
Somali Landscape where Opoponax is Harvested Opoponax is an especially precious essential oil, and is used in our premium Eventyr candle....
Ben
Feb 71 min read


Essential Oil Spotlight: Birch Tar
Silver Birches - and Their Precious Bark! This is the first in a series of posts highlighting some of our essential oils and how they're...
Ben
Feb 31 min read


Essential Oils- The Lowdown
What's really in them? We think essential oils are great- we insist in using 100% essential oils in our candles (sure, they're expensive-...
Ben
Feb 13 min read


A Bit of Candle History
Candles- Not much has changed! Candles have been around for over 5000 years. Independently developed by many great civilisations- the...
Ben
Jan 262 min read


Prototyping our Samples
Sample Card We're testing out our new sample cards now. If you order a sample set (coming soon), we'll send you six lovely little...
Ben
Jan 241 min read


Sample Service
But what does it reaally smell like? One of the problems with having an online candle store is that, well, the internet hasn't developed...
Ben
Jan 211 min read
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