Iv been wondering about the toxic nature of my incense lately & I am extremely Glad to have come upon Your channel. I have been burning the nagchampba for a couple of years now. But I want to go completely natural when it comes to what I burn. I had a quick look at your page for your store and will be giving them a go soon. Thank you very much for this information.💪😎🤘
Traditional Japanese incense sticks don't have a wooden core. They tend to be more expensive and are small sticks but good quality products. Check out 'Morning Star' (Nippon Kodo) and Shoyeido.
This is a great video. :) I have the same pack of Natural Masala, even down the price sticker! :P I guess a good rule of thumb is that cheap incense is a bit dodgy. Even stuff like Wild Berry which is well known has a really "chemically" smell to it.
Glad you liked it :-) Yes absolutely, anything with berry or fruits etc would be chemical as there are no berry essential oils and the only essential oils of fruit are the citrus. If its £1 or £2 then its likely a dipped incense stick.
Thanks for the reply. I'm learning :) I'm beinging to smell the same scents in some of the cheaper incense brands - like, the same sort of nice but not quite "real" smell, similar to that used in eg cleaning products!
it's also an issue here in the states , alot of places sell cheap incense that uses sawdust/glue/chemical scents, one goodish brand is Gonesh, while they use dipped charcoal sticks, they are of higher quality
Some of the better charcoal dipped sticks are made by Gonesh/Flute brands, they use a good charcoal that doesn't cause allergy issues and burns hotter with less smoke than the "punk sticks" kind
Thank you so much for a fabulous, informative video! I had NO idea how bad it really is! I will definitely be putting all of your suggestions to heart & practice! I do have one question though. I've read that aluminum foil is quite toxic when heated. I love the way it would keep the surface 'new' but... am worried. You mention paper instead... i wonder if that's a less toxic way to do it? I'm looking forward to trying. I'll have to replay your video to see what paper exactly you were talking about... I saw a video recently (but not tried yet) that uses a bit of vegetable oil in an essential oil burner, and that it works quite well for resins. I'm wondering if YOU have tried the vegetable oil version... and if so, what your thoughts are. I'm SO glad i came across this video... i can't thank you enough! :-)
Amber June Hope The paper I suggested was baking parchment, that won't give off anything toxic. In honesty I rarely cover my grate lol I've tried the oil buy I did not find it worked for me and I love my chimney. My dream is to get one of those electric one's ;-) I'm so glad you found the video helpful :-) x
@@GoddessEnchantments Oo i should try next time finishing foil first forgot alot thing exist parchment paper and butcher paper. Parchment paper is eco-friendly and unbleach treated safe too as well.
Hi there - thanks for this video, just got my Goloka Patchouli and I love it!! I was wondering if you've found any additional brands that are a healthier option since this video?
I stopped on this vid because I saw the Goloka GoodEarth (which I love) and found this to be very informative. I learned about the dipped incense toxicity about 20 years ago from a New Age magazine. After that I only buy marsala incense that 'claims' it is handrolled and just resins, flowers and herbs and tibetan incense. If it looks black and greasy it is probably dipped. And the cheap stuff is almost always dipped. But this is really cool to learn about the stove for resins! I am definitely going to look into one of those. I don't use aluminum but I wonder if a stainless steel covering could work as well? Also would an electric candle burner work so it is flameless? Must look into that... Thank you for that tip!
KuroiHato69 so glad you enjoyed the video. You don't actually need to pop anything on the little rack that comes on the chimney to cover it. I just clean mine really well with a wire comb :-) An electric oil burner should work just as well but as many are ceramic you would definately need to cover it with something on the inside :-) It's amazing how many people don't know how bad the cheap incense sticks are. As I make grain incenses for the shop I mostly sticks with those but I do like to keep some all natural sticks around.
Thank you for this video, I recently bought an incense burner but realized my throat was sore the next day. Are there any incense cones you'd recommend?
I make my own incense cones so I have never looked into natural cones to buy. My fave stick brand is maroma and inside the pack you get a leaflet telling you which of their sticks are all natural.
Hey i know this is an older video but I recently began using incense and thought about this too.. I can’t get myself to throw out my cheap stash however.. Do you think it’s safe of me to just light them occasionally (about a couple times a month) instead? Or would you advise I just not use it at all???
Its completely up to you lovely, if you feel okay using them of course go ahead. I did not throw mine, I used them in the garden when sitting outside every so often. I now only use our own incense cones and loose we make, burn resins on a resin burner or use the couple of natural sticks we supply like palo and copal :-)
@@toblessfume5789 what about Satya brand? I am burning them right now with the window wide open. In my bedroom. It’s stinky as fuuuuu haha I might place it in my walk in robe shelf which is a bit further away from me. Dno if it’ll smell… I’ll have to try :)
I'm allergic to formaldehyde, this is a big shock I have many essential oils that I use in body care & solid perfume and a few fragrance oils that I only use for shower bombs so it has very little skin contact This is one video I absolutely needed to find, so so glad that I did... Is there any safe insense sticks? I want to make my own now (got interested in insense last Christmas for anxiety attacks and sleep aid and for chakra uses) So far all of the ones I've perchased say Hand Rolled on the packaging and one is Vampires Blood that has Cruelty Free as well I have 4 large bundles and five tiny tiny bundles this is terrifying
Fun Ghoul you want to be looking for all natural hand rolled masala incense sticks. If they are natural and made with herbs, resins, essential oils and hand rolled the company will advertise it as it's a selling point. The incense will also be more expensive and not something you can get cheap. Price is a good indicator. Another option is to swap to grain incense or resin and use a chimney like in the video or electric resin burner so you don't have to use charcoal :-)
GoddessEnchantments is it possible for me to hand roll my own instead of buying pre-made ones that only need to be soaked in oil? I'm vaugly familiar with essential oils and pretty much avoid fragrance oils because they are synthetically made. Purchasing a chiming for loose insense/herbs seem like the best option for the moment now ^^
Fun Ghoul yes you can absolutely buy the blank bamboo sticks then make your own blend. You would use resins, gums, herbs and essential oils but it need to be ground very fine and wet to the right consistency. It can be done and is gun but it's also hard work lol. You can make your own incense cones which is easier. I make and sell the grain and do the cones at specific times of years. My absolute fave type is grain and green frankincense resin by itself. The more you experiment you will find what you love :-)
No sadly not all of them, they have a few ranges that are natural and a few not. If you go on their website and the about section it gives some info there and some on actual products.
@@GoddessEnchantments And so is ThePlantGuru incense. Free of toxic ingredients. And the only incense I use. They track their source material. And the process from start to finish.
I make and sell natural and organic incense cones and grain incense. I also carry completely natural palo santo and copal incense stick too www.goddess-enchantments.co.uk I can only speak to my own as I'm the one making them so know every ingredient :-)
I want to make homemade incense cones using pure makko powder and peppermint, but upon researching the how to's I found that some of the safety issues come from the branded products. I'm still worried though, even with natural materials, I'm using real Peppermint I grew in my garden, that is dried and ground and makko powder.... That's it. Is that safe?
Yes that is safe, makko is natural. You might find though it does not smell very good as the herb will burn fast and hot and likely have little peppermint scent. You need to use resins and woods ideally as it slows the burn and rounds the scent. We have been making and selling incense loose grain and cones for years now and while fun it can be challenging 🤣 Make sure your cones are fully dried as well.
Sadly its all about their overheads at the end of the day and also what people want to pay for incense as many just want to pay a couple pounds a box so the ingredients need to be cheap to make profit. Its why we make and sell our own loose incense and incense cones so we know all the ingredients.
I have a question A year ago me and my boyfriend perchased insense from Earthbound Trading Co. that's in the mall His cats eyes got dilated and acted "high". Over the weekend I perchased three large bundles of insense for $10 at a flea market by vendors that have been there for quite a long time so I trusted them for not having any negative say around them. He didn't act like his usual self but he didn't get "high" just very out of it. I know absolutely nothing about cats not adopting any for family reasons, I want the absolute best for his cat. Please, please, please, any advice or suggestions or anything about this topic in general would help out a million!
Fun Ghoul Cats are very sensitive to incense and essential oils. They don't have the correct liver enzymes to break down essential oils when breathed in or in contact with skin which can be in some incenses and it can be fatal. Depending on the exposure it can make them act strange, become very sick and accumulate over time to cause kidney failure/disease. They are also very sensitive to the chemicals in fragrance oils and smoke. It's best not to use essential oils around them at all and to keep burning incense away from your kitty in a well ventilated room.
GoddessEnchantments thank you so much for replying back!! I haven't burned any insense around my boyfriends cat, he's only smelled them within the packets and got those reactions. If either of us lit up an insense stick around him it's pretty scary to imagine what could have happened.. I'm going to swap to loose insense and herbs as soon as I can and probably give away or use up what current insense I have in some way. Insense is very new to me and I'm so glad that you made this video. I have completely avoided buying them from drug stores, grocery stores, and dollar shops, but at one gift shop they had a pick-your-own station where 1 stick costed 20 cents which is the only exemption. I'm going back to the gift shop to see if they are safe or not. Thank you so much again ❤❤
Fun Ghoul another thing that can kill a cat is the scented powder for carpets. Even after being swept up the scent stays and cats can be highly sensitive to it and can cause an asthma attack that can be lethal.
I work at earthbound haha omg...I’ve tried our incense and almost always burn my eyes or gives me a headache. I love the smell of the Satya brand sooooo much but have to keep my window open when I burn them. They are definitely not good for animals bc of their sensitive nose. Incense boxes smell strong enough so burning them is so harsh. We sell so many incense at Earthbound I wonder how my guests are able to burn an entire stick without dying lol.
What are your favourite scents? I bought sweet vanilla, sandalwood and good vibes I’m burning sweet vanilla atm with my window open as it gets too stinky in my small bedroom…. I think I might burn it in my walk in robe which is a bit further away lol shall see
You would need to contact the company and ask, usually if an incense is natural a company will make a big deal about it and say on their website and packaging.
I recommend grain incenses or resins the most as they are all natural. You can make your own or buy them (you can find mine on the website). If you want stick maroma is my fave brand, they give you a leaflet in the pack with a full list of their incenses and which are completely natural :-)
Its very unlikely any sticks berry scented are natural as there are no such thing as berry essential oils such as raspberry, strawberry, blueberry etc. They are fragrance oils.
TTBOn00bKiLleR i just heard that it might not be good to burn. That it might have glues or toxic additives to help it burn faster. So, i just wanted to know if anyone knew if the brand HEM was safe. Cause it is currently what i use.
The last time I burned incense my cat puked for 3 days. I haven’t burned it since. I now use an electronic diffuser and put the purest essential oils (from Young Living) in it with distilled water. My cat doesn’t get sick from them and the house smells nice and a few drops of oil last all day.
Hi! I know I'm a little late but I just wanted to say that many popular essential oils that people diffuse are also toxic to cats. A few of them are Peppermint, Wintergreen, Citrus, Tea tree, Pine, Eucalyptus, Clove, Ylang Ylang, Cinnamon, Lavender, Pennyroyal, and others. I also wanted to point out that Young Living oils are very low quality oils and if you want to use essential oils for yourself I would recommend Aura Cacia. :)
All essential oils are toxic to cats as they do not have the liver enzyme to break them down. Diffusers etc are not recommended around them as while the effects don't always show immediately ot can lead to live spontaneous liver failure at a young age.
I recommend that you make your own natural incense, and stop making a big deal about other companies who make them. It takes effort and money to create incense, and you have to make that effort to create your own.
Saul Zamora I do make my own thank you and have done for over 20 years. Ive also been selling it for 11! Education is very important and this was a highly requested video on my other social media as you can see from the response it has gotton. I hope you enjoy the benefits of making your own natural incense too :-)
