Blue Glass Votive Candle Holders (Set of 12)

 (4 customer reviews)

This is a written review(as well as video review with the help of my husband) of a set of 12 Blue Glass Votive Candle Holders that I'd purchased back in June (2011). I'm only now posting a review because the shoddy quality of the votives only just became glaring (I'd had my initial doubts about the votives when I first took them out of the packaging and felt a suspicious coating on the glass).

This product should come with a warning: "DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WASH". In the land of normal people, we can wash glasses and they don't change color. However, wherever these glasses were manufactured, this basic law of physics does not apply. Unfortunately, if you were to wash the votives (as we recently did with lukewarm water + dishwashing liquid) they engage a hitherto unknown law of quantam physics. This law states that if you wash glasses made in countries that have no quality control ... THEY CHANGE COLOR!!! Votives that were once a gorgeous cobalt blue have now faded to a...Read more

I was disappointed to see that the actual color of these votives doesn't match the color shown in the photo - I was hoping for cobalt blue but these are much lighter. I realize there's always the chance that items are "not exactly as they appear", but I purposefully chose these after comparing them to others in the same category.

My daughter was having a beach wedding and her colors were royal blue and silver. We needed votives to accent the silver and blue in the centerpieces to make the color pop. These were just the right color and very good quality. worth the money, fast delivery.