When should I trim my wick?

Keep the wick trimmed to 1/4 inch at all times. It is suggested to trim the wick every 4 hours of burn time. When wick trimming, you should always extinguish the flame, let the candle come to room temperature, and trim the wick before relighting.

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Are Yankee candles toxic?

Sadly, because of the paraffin wax, harmful fragrance ingredients, and lack of transparency, Yankee Candles cannot be considered safe or non-toxic. What is the substance in the smoke from the blown out candle? When you blew out the candle you should have seen white smoke rising up into the air from the wick. This is the wax vapor, which becomes visible as it condenses into small liquid droplets in the cooler air.

Keeping this in consideration, why does my candle smell like smoke?

My candle is smokin. Smoke is created when the flame of the candle is unable to properly burn all the fuel (in the form of vaporized wax) efficiently due to a lack of oxygen. The result of this incomplete combustion is sooty carbon, as opposed to typical water and carbon dioxide. Keeping this in consideration, can you put lemon juice in a candle? Can you use lemon juice to scent candles? Absolutely not! Adding a watery liquid like lemon juice to melted wax will ruin the wax. It's also quite dangerous to pour a cold liquid into hot wax.

Thereof, can you put dried flowers in candles?

Sandwich dried flowers and greenery in between the candle and the glass. 4. Re-melt your wax (if you used soy wax originally, use paraffin for this second pour) and pour it overtop the candle, making sure to thoroughly coat the flowers. Allow it to cool completely before lighting. One may also ask can you burn dried flowers in candles? Rather, the wick will ignite the flower crusted material creating little fires on the surface of the candle. In addition to the potential of unintended fires, organic materials such as dried flowers, create excessive smoke when lit and release carcinogens into the air.