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All articles from Pink Himalayan Salt Lamp on buying, caring for, and understanding Himalayan salt lamps.
Air purification is the most repeated claim about salt lamps, and also the one with the least solid evidence behind it. Here is what is actually known.
Kate Sorensen · 8 min readBefore choosing one, it helps to know what a salt lamp actually is: a hand-carved chunk of mineral salt with a bulb inside, and little more.
Kate Sorensen · 6 min readSalt lamps are typically sold by weight rather than height, and matching that weight to a room's size makes the biggest difference in how the lamp actually looks and feels.
Kate Sorensen · 6 min readSalt is soft and absorbs moisture, which means care for a salt lamp looks a little different from caring for glass or ceramic decor.
Kate Sorensen · 5 min readThe name suggests the mountains themselves, but most Himalayan salt is mined in one specific place: the Khewra Salt Mine in Pakistan's Punjab province.
Kate Sorensen · 7 min readPlacement affects both how a salt lamp looks and how well it holds up, since light, humidity, and furniture layout all come into play.
Kate Sorensen · 6 min readColor in a Himalayan salt lamp comes down to trace minerals in the crystal, not a grading of quality. Here is what each shade tends to indicate.
Kate Sorensen · 5 min readBetween a raw block of mined salt and a finished lamp sits a fair amount of manual work: cutting, drilling, sanding, and fitting each piece by hand.
Kate Sorensen · 6 min readLamps in the 45 to 140 kilogram range are a different purchase altogether: heavier, harder to source, and worth a few extra questions before buying.
Kate Sorensen · 7 min readA damp or dripping salt lamp is one of the most common questions new owners have, and the cause is almost always straightforward humidity, not a faulty product.
Kate Sorensen · 5 min readSalt lamps read differently depending on the style of a room. A few pairings make the same warm glow feel bohemian, modern, or classic.
Kate Sorensen · 6 min readThe bulb is the only moving part in a salt lamp, and choosing the right one affects both the glow and how well the lamp resists moisture.
Kate Sorensen · 5 min readNegative ions come up constantly in salt lamp marketing. The research on ion generation and mood is real, but it mostly doesn't involve salt lamps at all.
Kate Sorensen · 7 min read