Customer Reviews

White Egret Candles, Beeswax, 12 candles

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Those of you saying that ear coning is a "hoax" are completely wrong. I have been using ear cones for years and they indeed do work. Some of you say the wax in the cone after is "the wax from the cone itself". Ridiculous. There is a very simple way to prove my point. First take a q tip or similar and draw some ear wax out of your ear canal. Smell it then smell the ear cone before lighting it. Ear wax smells very different from the bees wax or parafin wax used in ear cones. There is no comparison to the smell. Bees wax or parafin have a relatively clean smell to them. Ear wax has a much more pungent smell due to the impurities in it. Then do an ear cone on yourself. Push the wax out collected at the bottom of the ear cone and squash it with your fingers and smell it. It smells exactly like the pungent smelling ear wax because it is. If ear coning is done properly, you will have a usually large amount of ear wax collected with a white chalky substance covering it. Trust me, this is not melted bees wax or similar. Also after you do several ear conings your ear feels better and less clogged. You can feel the difference and it is not imagined.

The proper way to ear cone is first get the right ear cone design. The only ones that work well are in a true cone shape, small at the bottom tapering to larger hole at the top. I find the ones that are straight up and down from bottom to top don't work well if at all. Also, do not get cones with thick layers of wax on the outside. This makes the cone burn too slow and to get the vacuum action needed to draw the wax, the cone has to burn somewhat fast. Also, get a long narrow stick that will fit in the bottom of the cone to push out the debris. The best thing to do is stop half way through one cone, put it out and push out the debris and re light it and continue. When the debris clogs it up, no more wax will come in. You will also know when it is working by hearing lots of hissing and popping in your ear when the cone is in and lit. This is the vacuum working and drawing out the wax. If you don't hear the hissing, you either need to move it around deeper in your ear until you do, or don't have any wax to draw out. Keep moving around the small end of the cone that is in your ear until you hear that hiss. You will know. You also have to keep a good seal on the cone in your ear to create the vacuum so don't loosely put the cone in your ear. Seal it in there and move the tip around while the top is lit. Trust me, most people will start hearing that hiss. You can also feel the weight of the debris moving out of your ear. It is such a relieving experience and you feel so much better if you had a clogged ear like I get.

One warning though. Always have a spotter and have a paper plate with a hole cut in it for the cone to go through to catch any potential ash or embers from the cone when in use. Also, don't go crazy and overuse cones too many per day like I did. When I saw it working so well and how much wax kept coming out and how much better I felt, I wanted to keep doing it more and more one after the other. Don't do that. I would limit to two cones a day because if you do it too much, the warm smoke can begin to irritate your ear and even cause minor burning. Also, make sure after coning that you use water or hydrogen peroxide with a ear flushing syringe to wash out your ear. Some debris and smoke debris will remain in there and you need to get it out.

Anyway, I can understand some of the skeptics because it does seem unbelievable that warm smoke and a vacuum could draw wax debris from an ear but again, trust me it works and I don't own a coning company. It will get into parts of your ear to clean the wax and impurities that even a doctor and their irrigation tools cannot get to.

I've been using these since I was young, b/c I have issues with ear wax build up to the point where I cannot hear, get dizzy, and migrain like headaches. These always work, although I do have to use more than one usually b/c its so bad.
I am reviewing after reading the previous 1 star review. I can tell the difference between the wax from the candle and the wax fromm my ear after looking inside. Both color,and smell are different. (yuck)
I have tried drops, and all the other dr. recommended ways to get rid of buildup and they have in fact only made it worse for me. The only thing that works better than these is a visit to the ENT who takes it out with a little hook. And b/c I have no insurance, this is our choice.

Anyway, Definetly use with someone helping you, and follow the directions. We lie with my head in my husbands lap, and he holds the candle. It does work,and the proof is in the face that after I canhear again.

Good luck!

These are super.... I know alot of people don't believe they work but they do for daughter & myself. I guess that is all that matters. If your riding the fence about buying them it is worth a shot to see if they help your ears.

This product was fantastic!!!! This was the first time I candled my ears after recommendation from a certified ear candler for my TMJ and years of sinusitis.

Anyone who says ear candling doesn't work is doing it incorrectly. The candle needs to be inserted firmly into the ear by gently turning it until there is a good seal. You should also make sure that smoke is coming out of the bottom of the candle before insertion, that's how you know there is a good chimney effect happening. We used 5 candles in my right ear and 4 in the left-it pulled years of infection from both ears (yellow powdery substance) and some wax. My ears and sinuses feel fantastic now!!!!

When it came in the mail , very well packaged, double boxes and bubble plastic, I thought I've bought the wrong thing...
But then I've read some reviews and noticed it was the right one!
I have cut the little small tip, made a hole in a paper plate, lighted and put in the canal ear making sure it was very tight, turning around a little to "sit" better in my ear...
I've let it burn at least 2/3 of the candle and I could hear the wax moving inside...
When I cut the candle to see the results I was very impressed!!!WOW!!!!
Unbelievable!!!
We repeated the same thing with my husband, and two daughters, 8 and 10 and we loved it!!!
My 8 year old was at the pool that day, and even some drops of water came out, she said she could hear better, after!
Maybe the bad reviews were from people that didn't do it right...
I am going to keep buying those for sure!!!

I just tried these ear candles on my husband. They burned for only for 5 minutes which leads to hardly getting any wax out. The last ones we had were the "Pure and Natural" brand. They burned for 15 to 20 minutes and we got lots of wax out! I will not buy these again. They did not help. I was really bummed. My husband has really waxy ears and was really needing some candling. Now I have to buy some more and wait for them to be delivered.

The candles work well, I would recommend them to anyone with wax buildup issues. But they do not come with instructions as stated in the description, so if you're new to this, be sure to look up instructions before beginning!

Fantastic product! Although I use the candles by Wally's Naturals. I love how the smoke from the candle helps to loosen the wax so that the ear can excrete it naturally during the candling and after. Plus it is very relaxing. The wax at the bottom is only from the paraffin in the candle and the loosened wax will of course help clear your hearing tremendously and help your body to excrete the wax naturally through the ears! No vacuum, just a little steam/heat from the candle smoke. Helped tremendously to loosen my ear wax! For those of you that have only used one and had no success and questioned the wax at the bottom. The wax is from the candle and maybe a little from your ear, but not much right then and there. Also, it can take quite a few candles sometimes before you get the desired affect. [...]

I have been doing ear candling for over 10 years and have tried many different types of ear candles. These are the worst I have ever had. While using these candles I experienced wax dripping into my ears and was only able to let the candles be used 1/2 the normal amount to avoid this. Then upon opening the candle discovered that nothing had been removed from my ear. I am very disappointed and if I could request a refund I would. Ear candling is an extremely useful practice, especially for those of us with sinus and ear problems...but not with these candles.

I have tried to use these candles in the past, and they light, but then immediately go out. Big disappointment.