Coachella Fields Candle

You could say that I'm a little bit of a candle connoisseur. I've always been obsessed with scent and use fragrance in my home and businesses. When you've been manufacturing selling candles for almost a decade, you learn a few tricks. These 5 candle burning tips will extend the life of your Thomas Blonde candles, prevent unsightly soot, and tunneling. 

Tip #1: The First Burn

Always allow at least 45 mins- one hour to let the candle fully melt across the top. This is the most important process and determines the quality and life of the candle and eliminates tunneling of the candle.

Tip #2: Preventing Tunneling

Tunneling is when the wick burns straight down the center of a candle without creating a full melt pool. This typically happens when you don't allow the candle to properly burn the first burning session. We recommend always allowing the candle to fully melt across the top each burn session.

Tip #3: Trim Your Wick

Each time you want to burn your candle, start by trimming the wick to between 1/8 and 1/4 inches long. You can use scissors, nail clipper or a Candle Wick Trimmer, but no matter what you do, always trim your wicks. Why? First, trimmed wicks will give you a cleaner, brighter burn. Untrimmed wicks are a lot more likely to take on a weird mushroom type shape, which dulls and obscures the flame. 

Tip #4: Keep The Flame Away From Moving Air

Do your best to keep your burning candle away from fans, air conditioners, open windows, or heavily trafficked areas where people walk back and forth a lot. Moving air can disturb the flame, leading to even more unsightly black marks on the glass.

Tip #5: Distinguishing The Candle: 

Never Blow out the candle, always dip the wick in the melted wax to burn out. This will seal the wick for the next burning session.

Each new order at Thomas Blonde will be shipped in the most timely manner possible. Below, you will find our shipping policies for wholesale and retail customers.

Shipping and Handling Charges for Wholesale:

Costs are based on weight of the shipment and determined at the time of shipping.

Retail Shipping Information:
Please allow 2-5 business days of processing time before leaving our shipping facilities.

Ground Shipping:

• A physical street address is required for delivery.

Please note that orders shipping UPS Ground may take 3-5 business days to process before shipping from our facility.

Holiday closures:
• New Year’s Day
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• The day after Thanksgiving
• Christmas Eve Day
• Christmas Day
• New Year’s Eve Day
• New Year’s Day

What if I place my order on a holiday or weekend?
All orders placed over the weekend are received the following Monday. Please allow 2-3 additional days for order confirmation.
Thomas Blonde offices and shipping department will be closed on certain holidays. Orders submitted on these days will not be processed until the next open business day.

Wholesale Shipping Information:

• All orders ship from our facility in Oklahoma City Orders will be shipped via UPS Monday - Friday.
• Shipping times vary depending on product availability.
• Due to the nature of our products, we try to limit the time spent in warmer climates, particularly in summer months. Candles simply do not survive shipping over a weekend during the height of summer. Thomas Blonde reserves the right to delay shipping without notice.
• Thomas Blonde will ship only to residential or business addresses, no P.O. Boxes.