7 Tips for Burning the Perfect Candle

Written by Chere Deshayes


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4. BURN THEM LONG ENOUGH Have you ever seen a three-wick candle that looked like Mickey Mouse? For pillar candles, make sure you burn them for at least one hour for every inch in diameter. Skip this step and you’ll end up burning a tunnel through your candle.

5. EXTINGUISHING THE FLAME To blow out a candle, a candle snuffer works best. If you don’t have a candle snuffer readily available, you can blow outrepparttar candle by placing an index finger in front ofrepparttar 111052 flame and blowing gently. This causesrepparttar 111053 air to surroundrepparttar 111054 flame and minimizes splattering of hot wax fromrepparttar 111055 wax pool.

6. SAFETY FIRST Keep all lit candles out ofrepparttar 111056 reach of children and pets. Never leave a burning candle unattended. And always burn candles in a well-ventilated room.

7. CLEANUP If wax has spilled onrepparttar 111057 carpetrepparttar 111058 best way to remove it is with paper and an iron. Place a paper towel or brown grocery bag overrepparttar 111059 spill. Place a heated iron overrepparttar 111060 paper towel. The heat fromrepparttar 111061 iron will causerepparttar 111062 wax to melt and be absorbed intorepparttar 111063 paper towel.

Chere Deshayes is the president of Bath Plantation, a company that specializes in fine handcrafted bath and body products. Subscribe to her FREE newsletter at http://www.bathplantation.com/newsletter.html or visit her site at http://www.bathplantation.com.


What Burglars Know that You Should Know

Written by Nigel Smithers


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Another subtle invitation to a burglar is a security sign inrepparttar yard but no related stickers on windows. “Homeowners all too often think thatrepparttar 111051 placement of a security sign inrepparttar 111052 yard will, in and off itself, convince burglars to move on.

This isn’trepparttar 111053 case,” Smithers says. “If a professional sees that there are no window stickers accompanying that sign, he may take a closer look. It’s an easy task to view through open curtains to confirmrepparttar 111054 presence of window sensors and/or motion detectors.”

Apart fromrepparttar 111055 basics, Smithers also recommends homeowners attend torepparttar 111056 foliage adjacent torepparttar 111057 home. “If bushes can be used to concealrepparttar 111058 burglar’s actions, they will be used,” he said. “I don’t recommend cutting them down, but a good trimming once a year will deprive a burglarrepparttar 111059 opportunity to use them to conceal his actions.”

According to Smithers,repparttar 111060 greatest defense lies in getting to know one’s neighbors. “The first step to home security involves neighborhood awareness. If everyone inrepparttar 111061 neighborhood is inrepparttar 111062 habit of attending torepparttar 111063 presence of strangers,repparttar 111064 less likelyrepparttar 111065 burglar will bother to stick around,” he said.

“While I don’t recommend confrontation,” he continued, “every stranger should know when he walks or drives through a neighborhood that he is being watched.”

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Nigel Smithers is a twenty year veteran of law enforcement and is the CEO of Watchdog Security Industries, Inc., a home and business security company serving Southern California. To learn more about crime in your city, visit http://www.watchdog-alarms.com/html/crime_stats.html .


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