Properly trimming your candle's wick helps to ensure product quality and longevity. These wick trimmers are the perfect companion to any candle collection. Heavy duty yet lightweight, they provide a clean and precise cut, and catch excess trimmings for disposal. Make sure to trim your wick before each lighting or once your candle has cooled to room temperature; never attempt to trim a burning candle. A properly trimmed candle wick will help your candle burn brighter and safer. When a wick gets too long, it can create a higher flame, which can melt your special candle that much faster. Not to mention, a higher flame can create embers and become dangerous. As a safety precaution, never leave wick trimmings in your candle jar! Unlike scissors, a wick trimmer features a plate-like cutter with a raised edge designed to capture the burnt wick you trim away. However, even if you have small enough scissors to reach inside the candle jar, once you trim back the wick, it will shed burnt ashes onto the wax, which can smear and be challenging to remove.

How to use: Reaching inside the candle container with the wick trimmer, make sure the cutter’s blades are aligned and straight to avoid trimming the wick askew or at an angle. Trim back the wick to roughly one-quarter of an inch. This will remove the burnt, mushroom-looking tip to give it a cleaner look and help it burn safer. While the wick trimmer offers a disk-shaped plate to contain the burnt clippings, they can fall over it. Be sure to remove any debris or soot from the wax before igniting the wick.