Give it a wick trim. Every time. Sure, maybe it's not life of death, but it does do good things for your candle, like keep the flame reasonable for a slow burn, and if you do your candle wick trimming with candle wick trimmers, you can keep all that nasty ash from falling in (unlike regular scissors 💁🏼‍♀️). A wick that gets too long can become top heavy and then there's a chance of it tipping. It might just get off center, it might fall all the way into the melted wax, or even burn too close to the jar wall making dangerous hot spots.

After the burn, the easiest and safest way to remove the remaining wax, is to put your candle in the freezer overnight, or at least for a few hours. This will cause the wax to shrink up and you should be able to use some type of kitchen utensil to knock it loose. Extremely thin areas might need to be scraped with said kitchen utensil. Rub any kind of cooking oil on the inside of the jar to remove the waxy residue, then just wash with soap and water as usual. Any leftover wax is perfect for wax warmers. Damaged your label? We’ll send you a new one.