Lighters are convenient, but stick matches will do in a pinch. Hold the matchstick about halfway along the stick between your thumb and forefinger. Place the match head at one end of the striker. Keep ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images When it comes to the holidays, lighting is an essential part of setting the ...

I love discovering fun new ways to perfume my home. And the latest format to take up brain space is candle sand. Pearled beads of wax that allow you to fashion fragrance in any way you want? Sounds ...

This super simple DIY turns thrift-store hurricane vases into elegant candle holders — with just a few supplies you probably ...

While on a trip to the pet store to buy dog food and bird seed, we spied some lovely colored sand in the fish and aquarium department. We remembered the layered-sand candle holders we had seen in ...

There’s something deeply calming about lighting a candle on a quiet winter evening. This year, I poured a simple candle into a snowflake-shaped mold and filled it with one of my favorite seasonal ...

Candles made entirely of soy wax "generally burn more slowly than paraffin," says Barbara Miller, a spokeswoman for the NCA. (Soy candles range widely in price but are often cheaper than beeswax ...

The Rekindle Candle reuses the dripping wax, so you can now get up to five romantic dinners out of one quick purchase. There are few times you can actually watch recycling happen in real time at home.

There's a storm a-brewin', and it's called Mercury retrograde November 2019. Mercury began its dreaded backspin on, of all days, Halloween Day, Oct. 31 — and unfortunately, it will continue its spooky ...