Dough Bowl Candle Care + Safety Tips
Every Joy Forever candle is painstakingly hand carved, and crafted to order just for you with the highest quality wax, wicks and a wide selection of clean, Leaping-Bunny certified cruelty-free fragrances. Our candles are sustainably made, and enjoyed in any number of wonderful ways after burning. We put rolled-up fingertip towels in ours and set next to the sink in the powder room - a really pretty décor item! They're perfect filled with your favorite potpourri or a handful of coarse salt infused with a few drops of essential oil. With proper care, bowls can also be refilled as candles. You can purchase our DIY kit here or send back to us and we'll do the work for you.
Here are a few tips to keep your rustic bowls safe, beautiful and long-lasting:
1. When your candle arrives, remove all packing material, wrap, bows, etc. Feel free to burn right away or wait an additional one to two weeks for an even more dramatic scent.
2. Trim wicks to approx. 1/8" and light on a level, heat-safe surfac. Never leave unattended. Keep away from kids and pets (especially from wagging dog tails and curious kitties...).
3. Burn candle for no more than 2 to 3 hours at a time. Simply snuff out wicks, allow wax to cool and harden, then trim wicks and relight again when desired. Never burn (any!) candle with less than 1/4 wax remaining.
4. Unlike jars, rustic candles can naturally burn in irregular patterns, such as small pools or circles around the wick. This is normal, and designed to keep the flame away from the sides of the bowl. You may also notice some slight cracking or pulling away of wax from the edge of the bowl. This is also common, and will disappear as soon as the candle is warmed by lighting. Do not tilt or move wax around the bowl - this will disrupt the surface of the wax and render the candle unusable.
5. Trim wicks to 1/4" or less before EACH USE (including the first time if needed), and if the flame gets too high. If you don't have a wick trimmer handy, a large nail clipper or small scissors work fine. It may take a try or two for the wick to catch. If a wick struggles, simply remove some melted wax around the base with the corner of paper towel to increase flame. Patience yields success :)
6. Reuse! See ideas above, or create a new candle. We offer DIY kits, as well as a refill service where we do the work for you. To clean wooden vessels, carefully spoon out remaining wax and wicks to avoid scratching the wood, then gently warm any residue with a hair dryer or low heat gun (best to do over trash can or paper-covered surface), taking care to avoid touching melting wax as it can get hot. Give bowl a final wipe with rubbing alcohol on a paper towel, and let dry. If there's enough left-over wax, give it second life in a wax melter if you have one. A Joy Forever also has some pretty plug-in models for purchase.
Thank you as always, and we hope you get lasting enjoyment from your A Joy Forever candle.
