Do you love those scented wax squares you melt in your wax warmer? I do. But I don’t always find scents I love as much as the more expensive pillar candles I’ve picked out. But there’s a simple – and frugal – solution to keep your home smelling wonderful.
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I am a girl who LOVES candles! Unfortunately, I’ve got a hubby who is sensitive to lots of scents. For years I just didn’t burn candles at home except very infrequently. But a few years ago we found a scented candle that he likes as much as I do. We found this favorite by Chesapeake Bay Candles at a local department store. Our favorite scent is Hinoki Bonsai and I bought several tall pillar candles.
The frustration, though, was that as the candle would burn down, I’d have all this lovely wax left around the perimeter while the wick burned down through the center.
Don’t throw out great smelling wax!
One day, while plopping one of those cute little wax squares I’d bought a local store into my wax warmer, it dawned on me that I had loads of wax that wasn’t going to be burned sitting right there in that pillar candle. Why was I paying for a scented wax I didn’t like as much when I had a candle that I’d burned down as far as I safely could. I didn’t want to throw the candle out, but the wick had burned down and was finished.
So I decided to take that candle and “chip” it into pieces that I could put into the little warmer bowl. Well, of course it worked like a charm and now I can enjoy the scent that hubby and I both like. I get more mileage out of the more expensive candle, hubby is happy, and I am not buying wax squares I don’t need.
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I go ahead and carve the candle into chunks and store them in either a plastic Ziploc bag or in a glass jar. You’ll be amazed at how long the wax lasts when it’s used this way!
My favorite wax warmer has a removable dish. This allows me to use the warmer with the dish or to remove the dish and put a jar candle on the warmer. I like the flexibility this warmer gives me. And since I already had the candle, it’s a frugal way to keep my home smelling nice.
So what’s your favorite way to keep your home smelling nice?
Ugh…… now why one earth didn’t I think of that Shelley. I’m kicking myself right now, all those wasted scented candles, gone forever. Double UGH!!!
But they’ll never have to go to waste again, right? I kicked myself too when I finally had the “eureka” moment. Funny how we don’t always recognize the uses for something that’s right in front of us.