How to fix a tunneled candle using foil - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Beauty This genius hack shows you how to fix tunnelled candles with kitchen foil By You Magazine - May 4, 2020 If you’re a fan of scented candles, you’ll most likely have noticed over the years that some have a habit of burning in the middle and leaving a huge amount of wax on the outsides. This is called a ‘tunnelled’ candle, and not only can it be unsightly to look at, it’s also a big, expensive waste of wax – particularly if you’ve opted for a pricier brand. Getty Images You may have heard that the best way to prevent this from happening is to make sure you’re burning the candle correctly (ie. for long enough) from the get go. In other words, when you first light your new candle, make sure you burn it long enough that the full diameter of the wax begins to melt and lower, rather than just the middle bits. Depending on how big your candle is, a couple of hours usually suffices (larger, three wick styles will take longer). Getty Images However, nobody’s perfect and chances are, you’ve dropped the ball with a few of the candles in your stash, leading to a dreaded tunnel here and there. The good news is hope is not lost; a newly-resurfaced hack, shared by beauty journalist Lucy Partington on Instagram, has proven you can restore your candle to its former glory with just a little tin foil. All you have to do is fold a piece of aluminium foil into half, and wrap it around the candle, with the tops folding over the edges, but away from the centre where it will be burning. You then need to let the candle burn for around 30 minutes, before blowing it out and removing the foil. You should be left with an even candle, which looks as good as new. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lucy P (@lucyparts) The best part of this process is that it’s faff-free; you can wrap the foil over your container, so glass jars are no issue. Just be careful when removing the foil as it’ll be hot, as will the container. And for candles that have no container, it’s even easier; rather than putting foil all around the candle, you simply push in the top bits of wax around the edges once you’ve had the candle burning for a while and the wax has warmed up. This will ensure the flame burns through the edges and not just the middle. The second part of this video shows how easy this method is. But remember to be super careful and wait a sufficient amount of time so you don’t burn yourself! RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR You could get paid to test Liberty’ s Beauty Advent Calendar People are obsessed with this Revlon hair drying tool A new drop of Boots Star Gifts has landed for Christmas 2022 Popular in Beauty People are seriously impressed with Primark’ s £8 skinny curling tongs December 16, 2019 Boots is giving away free lipsticks to celebrate the launch of January 23, 2020 This long-lasting eyebrow product is getting rave reviews and is just June 21, 2021 These Liz Earle gift sets are on sale just in time March 5, 2020 WIN A Kiehl’ s skincare heroes bundle worth £104 July 24, 2020 Cult skincare brand Sunday Riley is branching out into hair products April 24, 2020 Superdrug is holding a huge BOGOF sale on all cosmetics for May 28, 2020 Your salon could charge you extra for overgrown roots and bad June 25, 2020 Facial steamers Why searches for this beauty gadget were up 400 July 10, 2020 Lush subscription boxes have arrived and they contain exclusive new products August 3, 2020 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved