Please follow these simple, yet extremely important candle burning rules to ensure a pleasant and safe burn:

* Burn the candle continuously until the entire surface melts. This ensures even burning of the candle.

ALWAYS trim the wick to 0.5 cm before lighting the candle. This ensures that the candle burns cleanly and does not smoke. A wick that is too long or has burning residue (known as mushrooms) causes a large flame that becomes unstable and may produce smoke and soot. Burning a candle with a wick that is too long or a large flame is dangerous. If the flame becomes too large, extinguish the candle, trim the wick shorter, and then relight the candle if desired.

Blowing out the candle causes smoke. Instead, push the wick into the melted wax with, for example, the tip of a knife, and then lift it back upright. Make sure the wick stays in the center of the candle and that no burnt wick pieces remain in the wax.

Do not burn the candle continuously for more than 3 hours.

Always burn the candle on a heat-resistant base, away from flammable objects. Stop burning the candle when there is less than 1 cm of wax left in the glass.

Be careful when moving a burning candle – the glass may be hot.

Keep burning candles away from children and animals.

Avoid drafts near the candle.

Never leave a burning candle unattended!

If the candle glass becomes sooty (because you haven’t trimmed the wick enough…), you can easily clean the glass with a paper tissue.