Tuesday Tips!

These tips I share are more about being frugal or scaling back if need be.  I've found it seems you either have time or money and few of us have both.  I grew up with the dictum "Use it up, make it do, throw it out or buy it new" and in that order.
Here are some tips I hope you can use.

Tip #1 - I've read many places that recommend putting your candles in the freezer to get out the last bits of wax when your candle is used up.  I find that putting mine in hot soapy dish water makes the left over wax much more pliable to remove safely and easily.

Tip #2 - I've found the most reasonable and nicely scented candles to be the ones at Wal-Mart here in the U.S.  They're about $5.00 for a big one, a nice variety of scents, burn clean and scent the room.  The bonus is they have lids and I can use the containers for other things after the candle is finished.

Tip #3 -  I bought this wick trimmer years ago and I don't know what I ever did without it.  One of the secrets of keeping your candles from  "smoking" is to always trim your wick before you light it.  Before I had my "wick trimmer" I used to grab a kleenix and grab the wick and turn  and the burnt part would come off leaving about 1/4 inch of wick remaining. 

I hope these tips are helpful to you in some way and I hope your Tuesday was a good one!