Angelitos de Mexico Virgen de Guadalupe Candle Prayer Our Lady of Guadalupe Guadalupana Cirio Vela Veladora

Fast shipping. Bought this as a gift for someone that adores this religious person. I was worried when I initially received the package as it was in Amazon’s bubble mailer, not in a box as one would imagine BUT, the wrapping of the candle is good. It is in its own little temporary display box covered in plastic seal wrap and over that, they placed sticky bubble wrap and tapped it as well. It was a pain to take off the sticky bubble wrap but it did not damage the temporary display box nor did it damage the plastic wrap on the display box. As this is a gift, I did not take it out of the temp display box but can see the gold toned detail is pretty. I believe it’s possibly a plastic or resin as I don’t believe it to be wax. If I find out it is after the gift is opened, I will update this review. I do believe $20 is a bit pricey for this candle as it’s not that big. I estimate it is the size of the “inside candle” of one of hose tall glass candles you can buy at the dollar store as they are a tiny bit smaller. Also, I’m not sure of the actual burn time or if detailed religious candles like this one are of an equal price point. I was willing to pay the $20 as it looked very pretty online, the candle is purportedly handmade by Religious Mexican Artisans, and I am 99.99% sure the gift recipient will like it. I took off a star as it was smaller than I expected, based on what is visible without opening the display packaging, there is a small chip or indentation on the top of the candle and on the image of the religious person, (it appears to be paper), the color and image is scratched off towards the bottom. It might be a possible print defect, small but I did notice it.