What are Tealight Candles?

If you have allergies I would completely avoid the scented tealight candles. The aromas they give off can be quite strong and because most tealights are produced quite cheaply they can smell a bit off as well.

I have found that unless you pay more for tealight candles that have been made with genuine aromatherapy oils that the scents they give off tend to be a bit to perfumed and harsh for my liking. If you have time you can easily make your own tealight candles with kids you can pick up at craft shows. Using your own essential oils can make for some lovely scented tealight candles.

Tealight candles are a great thing to add to your household emergency kit. Often when the power goes out you'll need a way of lighting your home and flashlights and lanterns can be hard on batteries.

For myself I always keep a package of 100 tea lights around so that I have an ample light source if I need it. Besides the tealights I also keep a selection of simple candleholders that really glow when a tealight is placed within. My favorite candleholders are frosted glass bowls because they are bright and create a warm atmosphere.

If you are out of candleholders just tossing your tea lights on a dinner plate also works well.

Another great use for tealights is as mentioned in these posts; they make for romantic and floating decorations.

Therefore, they make great wedding table centerpieces! Put them in a large vase filled with water and other decorative items such as flowers or decorative pebbles, light during the reception, and viola! instant romantic setting.

I have found that many people are opting do-it-yourself options for their wedding decor as the price of weddings has simply skyrocketed or because like me their parents were unable to help them with their wedding.

When doing a project such as making table centerpieces with tealights you can either buy plain white or find tealights that match the colors you chose for your wedding.

Most importantly, you can buy tealight candles in bulk! You can find bags of 100 tealights, plenty for a big task such as decorating for a wedding.

One thing I have noticed with tealight candles are that scented tealight candles do not seem to give off too much of a scent.

This is great for people who have sensitive noses that would like a mild scent but nothing too overwhelming.

However for me, I have non-sensitive nose, I go ahead and opt for the unscented tealight candles, since I can't really smell the scented ones!

Because many time tealight candles can be a fire hazard, I bought some battery operated tea light candles to place inside some decorative churches I have sitting on my fireplace mantel.

I would never feelsafe using a real tealight candle in a situation like this, and this way I can still have a similar look without worrying about them being safe. They have an on and off switch, and when the battery runs out I can just replace them.

I also have some unscented tealight candles that I like to use in the bathroom. I am allergic to many candle scents and this way I can enjoy them without getting watery eyes and a runny nose.

Since learning about the many benefits of soy candles, I purchased some tealight soy candles. What I like best about these, is they are a slower burning wax, so they will burn longer than a traditional tealight candle.

They also have a cleaner burn to them and don't leave the black soot marks that you often get with other kinds of wax. The ones I bought don't have any scent, but they still do a good job of creating a warm look.

I have a lot of tealight candles and use them every so often in my home, but I am always very careful when using them. Since they are so small, it doesn't take long for them to burn through all the wax, so they need to be watched closely.

A large number of burning tea lights can add a very romantic atmosphere to the room, especially if you buy the scented tealight candles. There are many wonderful scents and colors to choose from to create the atmosphere you want.

I have tons of wall sconces and other various, small candleholders which can use votive candles. However, I often use the tealight kind because that keeps me from having to deal with all of the wax build up in the bottom of the small jars.

I also like the fact that they go out on their own in a fairly short amount of time because they are so small. To me, it’s just a tiny bit safer because it allows for the human error of forgetting to blow one out.

I always keep an assortment of tealight candles around the house for a variety of different purposes, but particularly to help with family get togethers.

I use them to keep small trays of food warm. I live near my three sisters, mother and father. We get together often, and keeping the candles around the house makes it easier on my shopping list and my mind when it comes time for a dinner.

I like to use the scented varieties in my bathrooms. They are the perfect size to fit into a small space and they really help freshen that sometimes stale air that often comes with a closed in room without windows. I don't want my family to smell stinky bathroom aromas!

One way or the other, they help tremendously with my family gatherings.

The week before I got married, my husband’s family came to our house from out of state. His sisters created a romantic setting using an array of decorative tealight candles. They got our house ready while we were getting ready for the wedding. Of course, they planned to leave and go back home as soon as the reception ended.

They got these beautiful pink scalloped tealights that reminded me of the shape of a bundt cake. They were rose-scented with the perfect degree of aroma, neither too powerful nor too unnoticeable. His sisters had placed them on various dark brown metal candle stands to complement the rose color and the romantic ambiance.

When we played that game people play at Christmas parties where they open gifts and then steal them from each other, I ended up with a diffuser that came with scented oils and tealights. At first, I was disappointed, because I rarely burn candles anymore, but once I used it, I saw I had ended up with a good gift after all.

The diffuser is simply a tiny glass bowl that rests on top of a tall, black metal stand with a tray for a tealight candle underneath the bowl. You place a couple of drops of scented oil in the bowl and light the tealight on the tray below. My gift came with vanilla oil, kitchen spice oil, and apple cinnamon oil. One of my favorite alternatives is to place a few drops of orange extract in the bowl for a lively citrus scent.

@OeKc05 - They float wonderfully! I love to place them in decorative bowls of water and watch the flames glide slowly across the surface. It’s very romantic.

I, too, like a little light in the room while falling asleep. I have used tealights while my power was out, and I can’t say for sure how long they burn because I probably go to sleep within an hour, but unless you are having trouble sleeping, they should last long enough to where you won’t know it when they go out.

I feel secure with the low light of tealights radiating from their safety bowl of liquid. It’s a much better alternative to something like a smelly kerosene lamp.

Does anyone know if tealight candles will float? I hate it when the electricity goes out at my house. I usually keep a stash of decorative or scented floating candles on hand just in case, and I place them in a metal bowl of water to light my room safely until I fall asleep.

Those floating candles can get expensive, especially because the power goes out where I live every time we have a small thunderstorm. It would be great if I could start using something as cheap as tealight candles.

A friend of mine did a kind of art project/experiment where he filled a room in someone basement with nothing but tealight candles. It was a big room, probably 15 x 15, and he placed the candles in perfect rows so that all of their edges were touching. I don't know how many candles he used, hundreds if not thousands.

After he got them all lit which took a long time even with assistants, he set up a camera on a tripod and filmed the room as the candles flickered and eventually burned out. I have seen the video and it really is beautiful. For a long time the light is bright and flickering everywhere. After a while it begins to fade and you can see individual candles snuff out until there is nothing but black. It is an incredible video

It was probably a huge fire hazard and I would not recommend trying this at home. Still, I'm glad that somebody tried it in somebodies home. The video record is a true piece of art.

I like tea lights too because they focus on all the important parts of the candle while ignoring all the silly things that come with a candle.

A tealight candle is just wax, a wick and a metal holder to keep all the melted wax in one place. It is not colored or scented or shaped in some weird way. It does not need its own holder or something to collect the melting wax. It is just a simple and practical way to make a little bit of light. Who would want anything more from a candle?

@Azuza - A friend of mine had tealights all over her house also. I was over there once during a power outage and they really came in handy!

I prefer to use tealights when I take a nice, relaxing bath. I put one under an oil diffuser and a few around the sink. Definitely a nice atmosphere to relax in.

I was not aware that tealights were originally used to keep tea warm! It makes so much sense now why they are called tealights.

I use tealight candles all the time, but not to keep my tea warm. Instead, I mainly use them for decoration. I have a bunch of nice looking tealight candle holders all over my house and I color coordinated the tealights to go with the color scheme of each room.