Wicks & Woodbine
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Wax Melts (6 Pieces)
Bee-hemoth Pillar Candle
Pillar Candle Best Practices
Keep your wicks trimmed to 1/4 inch
Before every use, for any candle, trim your wick. This keeps your candle from burning too hot and tunneling and will extend its life about 25% in general. If the wick is too long the candle will burn too hot which has several possible issues that could pop up from that, each of which would negatively affect your burn time. If the wick is too short the flame will suffocate.
Uneven Melting
If you are burning your pillar candle and there is excess wax, leaving behind “walls” of wax that the heat isn’t reaching, try gently massaging the top of the “walls” towards the center of the candle while it’s still warm. This should allow the heat to better reach the upper parts of the candle as it burns down.
Size and Time Matter
The first burn for a candle is important. The melt pool creates a sort of boundary when it cools the first time and if it’s too small of a diameter then it could adversely effect the burn time and quality of your candle for your subsequent uses afterwards. For our candles you should burn the beehive for about an hour, the Honeycomb Pillar should be burned for about and hour to 1.5 hours, and the Bee-hemoth should be burned for about 2.5-3 hours for their first time.
Don’t let your candles burn too long though. It is not recommended to let any candle burn longer than 4 hours. That is around the time when carbon mushrooms will form and this will make your flame too hot and it will tunnel. Tunneling is a problem that is hard to come back from. Usually a pillar candle that has tunneled will be nearly unusable, Better to put the leftovers in a wax-melter if that occurs.
Safety First
Be thoughtful about where you burn your candle. Make sure it’s level, make sure nothing will be set aflame by it nearby, and don’t put it near any circulating air, i.e. open windows, fans, high traffic areas. All of these thing will adversely affect the burn time and burn quality of your candle.
Be Thoughtful of the Differences
Pillar candles are essentially different from their foil, the container candle. A container candle is exactly what it sounds like, any candle that is inside of a vessel like a glass, mug, tin, etc. When you burn a pillar candle there is a chance for wax to drip down the side. For the most part, this shouldn’t happen if the candle is burning well, but when there is no container to hold the wax there is a chance for spills or dribbles. Be sure to keep your candle level, away from drafts, and on a plate or candelabra to avoid this.
Made with this planet & its people in mind
Ingredients that burn as clean as possible because we want our products to give people a peace of mind. Not only is it good for emotional healing or the simple joy of your favorite scent, it is also important to know that it won’t be releasing harmful elements into the air or your home.