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Hōʻike ka Business of Fashion i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kūʻai ʻana i ke kukui. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka mea kūʻai kūʻai Pelekane ʻo Cult Beauty i kahi piʻi 61% i 12 mau mahina. Ua hoʻonui ʻo Prestige Candles i ʻAmelika i ke kūʻai aku ma kahi hapakolu i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala. Hāʻawi nā mea hoʻonani nani e like me Gucci, Dior a me Louis Vuitton i nā kukui ma ke ʻano he "ʻoi aku ka hiki ke komo" no nā mea kūʻai. Ua lilo koke nā kukui i ʻano o ka hōʻoluʻolu a me ka maluhia. Ua kākau ʻo Cheryl Wischhower no The Business of Fashion: “ʻO ka manawa pinepine, kūʻai nā mea kūʻai aku i nā kukui e hoʻohana ai ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ko lākou hale nani a i ʻole nā hanana olakino. Hōʻike pinepine nā hoʻolaha i nā mea nani e hōʻike ana i nā maka maka me kahi kukui uila e kokoke ana.
Hiki ke nani loa kēia mau kukui a pau, akā he ʻaoʻao ʻeleʻele nō hoʻi. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kukui i hana ʻia mai ka paraffin, ʻo ia ka huahana hope loa i ke kaulahao hoʻomaʻemaʻe aila. Ke puhi ʻia, hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i ka toluene a me benzene, nā carcinogens i ʻike ʻia. ʻO kēia nā kemika like i loaʻa i loko o ka pauku diesel.
Ua hoʻohālikelike ka poʻe noiʻi o ke Kulanui o South Carolina i nā ihoiho ʻala ʻole i hana ʻia mai ka paraffin a me ka wax maoli. Ua hoʻoholo lākou "ʻaʻole i hoʻopuka nā kukui mea kanu i nā mea hoʻohaumia ʻino, ua hoʻokuʻu nā kukui paraffin i nā kemika makemake ʻole i ka lewa." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Polofesa Chemistry ʻo Ruhulla Massoudi: "No ke kanaka e hoʻomālamalama i nā kukui i kēlā me kēia lā no nā makahiki a i ʻole hoʻohana pinepine iā lākou, ʻo ka hoʻohu ʻana i kēia mau mea haumia weliweli i ka lewa hiki ke kōkua i ka ulu ʻana o nā pilikia olakino e like me ka maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻamau a me ka hānō." .
He mea weliweli hoʻi ka ʻala kukui. ʻO 80-90% o nā mea ʻala i "synthesized mai ka ʻaila a me kekahi mai ka acetone, phenol, toluene, benzyl acetate a me limonene," e like me ke aʻo ʻana o ke Kulanui o Maryland.
I ka makahiki 2001, ua paʻi ka Environmental Protection Agency i kahi hōʻike e hōʻike ana he kumu ia o nā kukui ahi a "hiki ke alakaʻi i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o ka ea i loko o nā paepae i ʻōlelo ʻia e EPA." No nā wick core metala ke kēpau, i hoʻohana ʻia e kekahi poʻe hana hana no ka mea e paʻa pono ana ka metala i ka wick.
ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi, inā ʻaʻohe ou kukui i ʻoi aku ma mua o 10 mau makahiki, ʻaʻole paha he wick alakaʻi. Akā inā manaʻo ʻoe e mau ana kēia mau ihoiho, e hoʻāʻo iki i kāu ihoiho. Inā he kukui ʻaʻole ʻoe i hoʻā ʻia, e hamo i ka piko o ka wick ma kahi ʻāpana pepa. Inā waiho ʻia kahi māka penikala hina, aia i loko o ka wick kahi kumu alakaʻi. Inā ua hoʻā ʻia ke kukui, a laila e hoʻokaʻawale i kahi ʻāpana o ka wick i ʻāpana, e ʻike inā aia kahi koʻokoʻo ma laila.
Pehea e koho ai i ke kukui pono
Aia nā kukui palekana i hana ʻia mai nā waxes maoli a me nā aila pono maoli. Eia kahi alakaʻi wikiwiki e wehewehe ana i ke ʻano o ke kukui kūlohelohe 100%.
I ka pōkole, pono e hoʻokomo i kahi kukui kūlohelohe 3 wale nō mea:
wax mea kanu
nui kāhinu,
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ʻO ka wax kūlohelohe o kēia mau ʻano: soy wax, rapeseed wax, coconut wax, beeswax. Nā ʻaila ʻala a i ʻole nā ʻaila nui? Pono! ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā aila ʻala ma mua o nā aila pono maoli, ʻo ia ke kumu i hoʻohana nui ʻia ai i nā kukui. Hāʻawi ka ʻaila ʻala i nā ʻano like ʻole e pili ana i ke ʻala, ʻoiai he palena ka aila pono no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā mea kanu āpau o ka honua e hana i ka aila. Akā e hoʻomanaʻo ʻo nā aila pono wale nō e hana i ke kukui 100% kūlohelohe.
ʻO ka wax kaulana loa no ka hana ʻana i nā ihoiho maoli he soy. He nui na pomaikai. ʻO ke kukui i hana ʻia me ka soy wax e hoʻemi iki i ka pehu ke puhi ʻia. Hiki i nā kukui soy ke hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele, akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā kukui paraffin. Ma muli o ka ʻā ʻana o nā kukui soy, ua hoʻokuʻu mālie ʻia ka ʻala a ʻaʻole e paʻi iā ʻoe me ka nalu o ke ʻala ikaika. ʻAʻohe mea ʻawaʻawa loa nā kukui soy. ʻOi aku ka lōʻihi o ke kukui soy ma mua o ke kukui paraffin. ʻAe, ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi o nā kukui soy, akā lōʻihi ka lōʻihi. Hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ʻo Soy wax, e hoʻopōmaikaʻi i ke kaiapuni.
E like me kāu e ʻike ai, ʻaʻole paʻakikī ke koho ʻana i kahi kukui kūlohelohe. I kēia lā, hāʻawi ka nui o nā hōʻailona i nā kukui kūlohelohe e hāʻawi wale i ka hōʻoluʻolu a me nā manaʻo ʻoluʻolu.