News That Will Blow Your Mind: You're Definitely Burning Your Candles All Wrong

Article Date: 03/21/2022

Whether you're a fan of delicate scents or that flickering, romantic glow, chances are you have a candle or two—or two dozen—scattered around your home. And chances are you're burning your candles all wrong. Yes, there's a right and wrong way to burn a candle. Here's the wrong way: You buy a new candle and you're so excited for the scent that you light it as soon as you get home. Deep inhale. Ahhhhh. Since you want your new candle to last, you blow out the flame after 30 minutes, when there's just an inch or two of melted wax surrounding the wick. You've now ruined your new candle. Say what?! Candlefish Library: No. 3 Jar, $22. The next time you light that candle, the wax that was melted last time—the inch or two that surrounded the wick—will melt again. But the hard wax surrounding it won't melt. Instead the wax will burn down in that inch-or-two-wide shape, leaving a burned-out core surrounded by hard wax that won't ever melt. We can't explain why this happens, but after an awesome candle-making workshop at Candlefish in Charleston, South Carolina, we can tell you how to prevent it.

Whether you're a fan of delicate scents or that flickering, romantic glow, chances are you have a candle or two—or two dozen—scattered around your home. And chances are you're burning your candles all wrong. Yes, there's a right and wrong way to burn a candle.

Here's the wrong way: You buy a new candle and you're so excited for the scent that you light it as soon as you get home. Deep inhale. Ahhhhh. Since you want your new candle to last, you blow out the flame after 30 minutes, when there's just an inch or two of melted wax surrounding the wick.

You've now ruined your new candle.

Say what?!

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