Flaming Idols are altar candles featuring inspiring figures of the LGBTQ community, created and handmade by Philadelphia artist and activist Robin Markle. 
 
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was a young trailblazer in the male-dominated Tejano music industry of the 1990s. Selena knew the trials of Amor Prohibido (“Forbidden Love”, her fifth album) personally – she eloped with her husband after her father forbade them to be together. Her life was cut short too soon over senseless violence, but her music achieved huge popularity, won many awards and broke records. In her native Texas “Selena Day” is celebrated every April 16, her birthday. Celebrate her legacy any time you light this candle!
 
You might light this candle and look to Selena for inspiration and guidance in: crossover career success, dreaming about your love, defying a controlling father figure
 
Candle is hand-poured with soy wax and burns for approximately 10 hrs. Glass votives are 2.5in high and 2in wide at the base.