made with aloha
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Artful Scents is an artisan candle and luxury home fragrance brand which highlights original works by artist and candle maker Jennifer J. Stephens in the packaging. The product line includes handmade soy candles, room sprays, reed diffusers and wax sachets, all utilizing the safest, clean-burning fragrances available, with the mission statement of “Gifting a little bit of ALOHA while incorporating a beautiful piece of art.”
Raised on the island of Maui, Jennifer has been working out of her studio in Kihei creating mixed media collage and assemblage art where she resides with her husband and assorted critters. The inspiration for candle-making came after 2007, when she opened her graphic design studio, Unique Art Hawaii and founded a publication, CRE8 Magazine devoted to art & creativity. In 2017, she started blending all of these creative endeavors to establish Artful Scents. Beginning with a small-scale holiday gift idea, she experimented and found a passion for creating candles and other home fragrance products. Each candle is hand-poured in small batches using 100% soy wax for an eco-friendly, clean burn. Every tin is labeled with a different piece of Jennifer's artwork, designed in-house for a truly unique look. We use only premium, non-toxic, phthalate-free, skin-safe fragrance oils which are infused with essential oils. No additives, dyes, preservatives, or petroleum and 100% pure cotton wicks. Our tins are reusable making us eco-friendly, biodegradable and sustainable. All of our products are handmade with Aloha in Kihei, Maui, Hawaii. We hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoy making them! |
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WHAT WE'RE UP TO
meet the team
JENNIFER Owner/Creative Director Candle Maker |
RUSSELL Back of House Manual Labor |
RAISIN Shop Assistant Happiness Facilitator |
RUFUS Shop Assistant Comic Relief |
Candle Care
Soy candle wax has what’s called a memory. That means that when you burn a soy candle and then extinguish it, the next time you burn it, the soy candle wax will melt across as far as it did the first time.
This is why it is so important to allow soy candles to burn all the way across to the edge of the container the first time you burn it before putting it out. This ensures that your soy candle does not “tunnel” as it burns, leaving wax along the sides of the container. A good rule of thumb is to burn your candle 1hr for every inch wide that the candle is.
We recommend burning for approximately 3 hours at a time, though no longer than 4 hours.
A good pool of wax will give off the best scent throw.
Cotton wicks will mushroom, this is a natural characteristic of the wick. Snip the mushroom before each burn.
Trim wick to 1/4 inch before lighting. Keep candle free of any foreign materials including matches and wick trimmings. Only burn the candle on a level, fire resistant surface. Do not burn the candle for more than 4 hours at a time. Always burn candle within sight and always keep out of the reach of children and pets.
This is why it is so important to allow soy candles to burn all the way across to the edge of the container the first time you burn it before putting it out. This ensures that your soy candle does not “tunnel” as it burns, leaving wax along the sides of the container. A good rule of thumb is to burn your candle 1hr for every inch wide that the candle is.
We recommend burning for approximately 3 hours at a time, though no longer than 4 hours.
A good pool of wax will give off the best scent throw.
Cotton wicks will mushroom, this is a natural characteristic of the wick. Snip the mushroom before each burn.
Trim wick to 1/4 inch before lighting. Keep candle free of any foreign materials including matches and wick trimmings. Only burn the candle on a level, fire resistant surface. Do not burn the candle for more than 4 hours at a time. Always burn candle within sight and always keep out of the reach of children and pets.
Shipping
USPS Shipping - $5, $10, $15
FREE Shipping on Purchases of $75 or more
FREE Kihei Studio Pickup
FREE Shipping on Purchases of $75 or more
FREE Kihei Studio Pickup
Label Art
Island collection
classic collection
nature collection
ELEMENTS collection
LUX NOIRE collection
Clean Scents™
Our candles are clean-burning and non-toxic. We use a combination of essential oils and skin-safe fragrance oils. All of our fragrances are naturally paraben and phthalate-free, and free of California's Prop 65 ingredients. Our scents follow strict international safety standards and rigorous testing set by IFRA and RIFM and go ABOVE and BEYOND even those standards. We are proud to be partnered with one of the cleanest fragrance houses who have been committed to having the safest, highest quality, most thoroughly tested fragrance lines in our industry, holding up standards that we align with. We are Cruelty-free and formulated without: Sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens , formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates and animal fats. Candle Science Clean Scents™ are free from carcinogens, reproductive toxins, and other potentially hazardous chemicals often found in fragrance.
There are five main “hazard groups” that we simply don't allow.
✖ Carcinogens: These are materials known or thought to cause cancer.
✖ Mutagens: Materials that change the DNA of a cell, harming the cell and causing diseases like cancer.
✖ Reproductive toxins: Toxins that adversely affect reproductive organs and increase the risk of birth defects.
✖ Organ toxins: These are toxins that can cause adverse effects or disease within specific bodily organs.
✖ Acute toxins: Toxins that can cause adverse effects from a single exposure. Generally, this would be accidental exposure like spillage or ingestion.
There are five main “hazard groups” that we simply don't allow.
✖ Carcinogens: These are materials known or thought to cause cancer.
✖ Mutagens: Materials that change the DNA of a cell, harming the cell and causing diseases like cancer.
✖ Reproductive toxins: Toxins that adversely affect reproductive organs and increase the risk of birth defects.
✖ Organ toxins: These are toxins that can cause adverse effects or disease within specific bodily organs.
✖ Acute toxins: Toxins that can cause adverse effects from a single exposure. Generally, this would be accidental exposure like spillage or ingestion.