Take care of your f*cking candles!

I'm ripping off the band-aid on this subject:

Take care of your f*cking candles!

OK, I won't swear again (on this blog), I promise.

But seriously guys, take care of them.  There's a reason those warning stickers are on there.

Not to get all nerdy, but burning candles is actually a process called partial combustion.  So those little wicks we look forward to lighting on fire burns up and turns to carbon after a while.

Let's break it down.....

For those of you (AHEM) who do, I'm pretty sure you notice that the wick billows out and "mushrooms".  This is also because there is wax building up on the wick itself from your candle wax 'wicking' upward.  Then, the wick starts smoking and flickering due to an environment you created more toxic than your last ex since you let this burn on too long (hehehe).  This happens when the carbon particles clog up the wick.

Once this happens, soot starts to build up making your candle look dirtier than a truck stop bathroom in Bristol, TN (not speaking from experience, I swear).  The wick starts smoking up more than Snoop Dogg back in the day, and it's just not that all appealing of an experience.

And burning a candle should be a relaxing experience.

Hitting that four hour mark?  Just blow out the candle.  Let the wax cool off and harden.  Trim your cotton wicks to no less than 1/4 of an inch using scissors (or a wick cutter if you're BOUGIE).  Wooden wicks you can just pick off the burn part with your fingers (and use the soot as war paint on your face).

Since I'm already on the subject, don't burn your damn candle unattended and place it on a heat resistant surface (like the lid).

Got it? K

So moral of the story: Don't burn your candles for more than four hours!