Safety first: To prevent fire and serious injury, burn your candles within sight. Keep out of reach of children and pets. Never burn a candle on or near anything that catch fire. Never leave a candle burning unattended. Do not burn a candle for more than 4 hours.

Allow the first burn to create a full pool of wax that reaches the edge of the vessel. Candle wax has a memory and if you don't get a full melt pool it will result in tunneling.

Trim your wick, cotton or wooden, to 1/4 inch each time you light your candle.

Don't burn your candle all the way down. When your vessel reaches 1/4 inch of wax, its time to reorder.