Compared to IKEA furniture and other purchases, candles come ready-to-use. But before you grab your lighter, you should grab your scissors. Trimming the wick of a candle before lighting—even for the ...

Aside from ensuring you don’t light them near curtains or any other potential fire hazard, there are proper ways to light candles. For example, you should trim your wick before each burn. Here’s why.

A good candle is not cheap anymore, so watching one tunnel down the middle and waste half the wax is painful. The good news ...

Lighting a candle is one of the most relaxing things, especially when you know how to make candles last forever. The right scents can help you feel calm, focused and relaxed, or make you feel more ...

If you find yourself lighting candles to make your home feel cozy in the winter, you’ll want to hear this: apparently, most of us have been doing it wrong this whole time. While the process of ...

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So, despite the fact that I am a manly man, destroyer of villages, wooer of women, and cutthroat on the financial markets, I like to burn the occassional scented candle to cover up the disgusting ...