Healthy Candle Tips You Need to Know - Minisode

Many of you in our Hunker audience are candle lovers, so we're sharing tips and tricks on how to keep your candle burning for as long as possible. You’ll also hear from Kristen Pumphrey and Tom Neuberger from P.F. Candle Co. since they are experts in this field.

With the price of candles these days, you don’t want any of it to go to waste, right? If you follow these steps, your candle with burn clean and bright, just like was born to do.

In this minisode, we cover these tips (listen to the full episode to hear more):

#1. Before you light a candle, trim the wick to a ¼ inch long.

#2. When you light a candle for the very first time, let it burn at least two hours or until the entire top layer of wax is melted all the way to the edge.

#3. Speaking of tunneling, there’s a fix for that.

#4. Don’t put debris in your candle.

#5. When you want to put out the flame, don’t actually blow it out. Use a metal dipper to dip the lit wick back into the wax.

#6. If you haven’t taken care of your candle, don’t worry – there are ways to rescue it.

#7. Some final tips for your candle care.

SEE: Healthy Candle Care Tips Everyone Should Know

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