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Emily Baker
Planting Your Chamomile Covers

Planting Your Chamomile Covers

How to Plant Your Chamomile Seed Paper Inside1. Tear up your seed paper into 6 smaller pieces2. Fill your pot with rich, well draining soil about ⅔ full3. Place your seed paper pieces on top of the soil. Try to spread them out. This will help prevent the Chamomile from crowding each other during growth.4. Sprinkle a thin layer of soil on top. A thick layer of soil will hinder the seeds from sprouting!5. Using a mister or spray bottle, keep your seed paper covers moist (not soaking) for a week and watch them grow. Continue to keep an eye on our...

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A lit Cloud Nine candle on a beige material against a marble background.

Candle Burning 101

Trim Your Wick Regardless of whether it’s a cotton wick or a wood wick, all wicks need to be trimmed to ¼ before each burn. This is for the safety and for the longevity of your candle. Having an untrimmed wick can lead to a higher and unstable flame, by trimming it before you light, you are giving your candle the best possibility of a slower and safer burn for you to enjoy.  BPE (Big Pool Energy)You may have experienced a candle or two in your life where it seems that the wax is burning through the centre and not...

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Emily Baker
How To Reuse Your Jar

How To Reuse Your Jar

After your candle is finished, you have the choice of:1. Recycling your jar 2. Repurposing your jar 3. Taking part in The Burn and Return Program Here are some practical and unique ways to repurpose your jar at home:Sugar/steviaQ-tips/cotton ballsEpsom bath saltsPropagationLoose changeJewelry Have another way to repurpose our jars? Let us know, we would love to hear!

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Madi MacNeil
The EASIEST Way to Remove Leftover Wax!

The EASIEST Way to Remove Leftover Wax!

So, you’ve reached the end of your candle and you’re wondering what to do now. Before you toss away your jar, we wanted to offer you another option - REMOVING THE WAX AND REUSING YOUR JAR!There are 2 ways to remove wax from a jar, the heating method or the frozen method. We have tried both so you don’t have to. The Frozen Method is the one we prefer because it is faster, cleaner, and you can repurpose the leftover wax. Let’s get started. For this you will need: a frozen candle jar, 1 butter knife, and 1 cleaning cloth ...

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