Candle Care

1. Trim the wick. Every. Single. Time.

Prior to burning your candle, trim the wick at least ¼ inch. This prevents uneven burning, dripping, or flaring. Excessively long wicks cause nasty smoky stains that end up on your glass jar candles. You can use scissors, nail clippers. Why every time? Trimmed wicks give you a cleaner, brighter burn. 

2. Let the wax melt all the way across.

Once your candle's lit, DON'T blow it out until the top layer of wax has melted ALL THE WAY ACROSS. Whenever you fail to achieve full melt, you're contributing to a process called tunneling - the wick starts to sink lower and lower like a tunnel is forming right through the center of the candle. Eventually, the tunnel will grow so deep that it'll be tough to light the wick at all. More importantly, all that unmelted wax on the sides represents hours of lovely fragrance and burn time you bought but won't ever get to utilize.

It takes patience, but if you melt the wax all the way across every time you burn, the surface of the candle will stay flat and the sides of the jar will stay clean, all the way down until the candle is spent.

3. Only burn your candle for 2-4 hours at a time.

If you burn your candle for more than 4 hours at a time, carbon will collect on the wick, and your wick will begin to "mushroom." This can cause the wick to become unstable, the flame to get too large, your candle to smoke, and soot to be released into the air and around your candle container.

4. Keep the flame away from moving air.

Do your best to keep your burning candle away from open windows, fans, air conditioners, or heavily trafficked areas where people walk back and forth a lot. Moving air can disturb the flame, which can also stain the jar, and can give you tunneling and other issues.

5. WARNING: Do not burn your candle all the way down.

Discontinue use when 3/4 inches of wax remain in the container. Do not burn candles for more than 2 hours at a time. Place the candle on a stable, heat-resistant surface. This will also help prevent possible heat damage to counters and table surfaces, and prevent glass containers from cracking or breaking.