YES – this was priority #1 in our company’s mission – we are making products for pet lovers so we only use premium, pure, natural non-toxic ingredients. Our own dogs & cats have been around our burning candles with absolutely no negative reactions. We use fragrance and essential oils made CLEANLY, with NO NASTIES! However, while our fragrances are as safe as possible, it can be difficult to tell how an individual pet will react to any specific fragrance or essential oil. There is always a chance that a particular pet has a certain sensitivity to particular ingredients. If you have noticed any pet reactions or allergies, we’d always recommend checking in with a veterinarian just in case. And, as a commonsense rule with everyone’s safety in mind, pets should never be near or have access to burning candles or wax melts.

Our candles and wax melts are all made in the USA. We use 100% all-natural clean-burning coco apricot waxes & soy wax blends, and customized phthalate-free clean scent blends of natural fragrance & essential oils. The wax is 100% vegan (no beeswax) and all ingredients used are cruelty-free with no animal testing ever. The vessels are reusable and recyclable premium glass jars. Our wicks are 100% cotton (no lead – and we are working on introducing both crackling & silent wooden wicks to our line in the upcoming months). Our candle labels are made from eco-friendly paper products. We use organic botanicals and herbs for our adornments, as well as bio-degradable glitters & micas. Our ingredients are safe and sourced sustainably. No carcinogens. No toxins. No mutagens. All packaging materials are recyclable, and while we must ensure that our candles arrive to you intact, we are always striving to find better ways to reduce our carbon footprint with respect to product packaging. We also re-use packaging materials that we get form our suppliers and re-use in our packaging to customers.

Fragrance and scent blends are a big part of our overall process and ultimately, we want to give our customers a scent they will love! Our artistic interpretation process helps us to determine a customized blend of scents that will best complement all the elements and the ‘story’ of your pet’s candle – when you receive your candle, we also provide a more detailed scent description, including head, heart and anchor notes, that are used to create the scent blend of your candle. Our goal is to give customers a visually beautiful & meaningful candle, as well as one that has an intoxicating scent that brings loving memories and experiences to light! Please keep in mind, though, that our scents are not designed to be over-whelming, especially for our pet celebration line, as along with our customers, we know pets are in the households! We also consider any allergies or serious fragrance dislikes our customers may have for our pet collection candles. And for those who would prefer no scent, all of our candles can be made to order ‘un-scented.’

Each candle top of both our “pet celebration” collection and our “flora & fauna” collection is embellished and finished off with a combination of crystals, stones, organic botanicals & herbs, as well as eco-friendly glitter or eco-friendly mica powder. Every pet celebration candle is individually made, so each one will have a different mix of embellishments that best complement your unique pet and the content of the ‘story’ being told on the candle.

Our candles are all hand-poured individually with love and attention to detail in our studio in the NYC metro area, USA

With proper care and attention, each candle will provide a long, beautiful, clean burn. We also provide lids with every candle to keep your candle melt pool clean.

Please refer to each collection for individual candle burn times.

Always remember to trim your wicks before each lighting of your candle.  To keep your wax pool free of debris, keep your candle covered with the lids we provide for you between lightings. 

We highly recommend it! The personalized custom labels are made of eco-friendly matte paper and are not waterproof, so you cannot wash the outside of the glass. Each candle comes with instructions on how to best re-purpose your candle once it has finished its burning life cycle. We would love to see how you are re-using your customized glass jars, so please send us your pics on Facebook or Instagram (@jlcustomcandles) and we will post them and share with others!