How To Burn Your Organic Beeswax Candles

When Burning Candles:

  • Never leave a burning candle unattended

  • Never touch or move a candle when the wax is in liquid form

  • Never burn a candle directly on or near anything flammable

  • Keep candles away from children and pets

  • Keep the wax pool free of wick trimmings, matches, and debris at all times

Tips & Tricks For Beeswax Candles

Trim candlewicks to 1/4 inch each time before burning.

To ensure your candle burns cleanly across the top, burn it one hour for each inch in diameter or until the wax pool extends from edge to edge; for example, burn a 2.5” pillared candle at least 2.5 hours, burn a 4” pillared candle at least 4 hours.

The wax is fuel for the wick, and needs to be liquid to be absorbed. Hold the flame of a lighter to the base of the wick long enough for a small pool of wax to form.

If the wick becomes charred and is difficult to re-light, dig a little wax away from the base of the wick to uncover “fresh wick.” You can also melt some wax away from the base of the wick with a lighter and pour it out of the candle to expose more “fresh wick.”

If your candle begins to tunnel, burn it for 1 hour per inch in diameter and fold in the tunneled edges of the candle so it melts into the pool of wax.

High altitude may cause candles to burn dimly.

To extinguish your candle, carefully blow out the flame and dip the wick into the wax pool, this will coat the wick with wax and allow for ease of lighting for the next use.

To burn two or three-wick candles, always burn all wicks at the same time and burn until all beeswax pools join to form one large pool.

Always burn votive candles in the proper heat resistant votive holder that is slightly larger in diameter than the candle itself. For easy cleanup and removal, pour in a few drops of water into the holder to just cover the bottom of the container.

Always burn tea light candles in their aluminum container or in a similar heat resistant container. Tea lights are meant to be burned completely, usually 3-5 hours. To extinguish, push the wick into the wax pool with a metal tool.