Candle Care

Candle Care

To keep your candle clean and ensure it lasts longer and smells fresh every time- here are our top tips for the best candle care.

YOUR WICK

Trimming your wick is of paramount value in candle care. You should trim your wick to around 3mm before you burn your candle or for every 4 hours of burn time.

Trimming ensures that the candle will burn evenly.

You can use a wick trimmer or scissors to trim your wick. Pinching the wick with your fingers would also do!

THE FIRST BURN 

On your first burn, it is important that you make sure that the first layer has completely liquefied. Otherwise, wax will stay up the edges of the candles for every burn afterwards. It is best to burn your candle for 3 hours initially to ensure that you don’t get tunnelling.

FOUR HOURS BURN TIME

To minimise any damage or issues, we recommend only burning your candle for 4 hours at a time. 

KEEP IT CLEAN

This is one step of candle care that most people ignore- Keep your candle clean to ensure it lasts longer and smells fresh every time. Do not leave any half burnt matches, wicks or debris in your molten wax pool otherwise the candle will start to smoke, and instead of a lovely fragrance, you will get black charring.

If you don’t trim your wick, the burnt wick will fall into the molten wax and be a potential fire hazard and often creates an unpleasant smell.

BE SAFE

It’s critical to keep candles away from children and pets. To avoid burning yourself don’t touch the candle until it has fully cooled.

Make sure you’re putting them somewhere safe, away from draughts and things that are flammable.

DON’T BURN BELOW 5MM

Once your candle has got to 5mm, it is time to light a new one!

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