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A beautiful candle is a ritual of comfort. To ensure your Mallow & Moo favourites fill your sanctuary with the perfect throw and a safe, steady flame, we've crafted this guide to ensure you enjoy your candle until the last burn.
Building a Morning Ritual: Scent, Light and Slowness
Most of us treat mornings as something to survive. A short piece on using fragrance to mark the start of the day, and why it works better than another alarm.
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What to Do With Empty Candle Jars
A good candle jar is worth keeping. How to remove the last of the wax cleanly, get the label off, and put the glass to use rather than the recycling.
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The Best Candles for Autumn and Winter Evenings
As the evenings draw in, fragrance changes character. A guide to the notes that suit the colder months, and which of our candles belong to which part of the season.
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Reed Diffusers vs Candles: Which Is Right for Which Room?
Candles and reed diffusers do different jobs. One gives you an occasion, the other gives you a constant. Here is how to decide which belongs where, and why most homes want both.
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How to Layer Home Fragrance Like a Professional
Layering fragrance is not about burning more candles. It is about building one coherent scent across a home using formats and intensities that work together rather than against each other.
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How Long Should a 200g Candle Last?
Burn time depends far more on how you use a candle than on what it is made of. Here is how to work out what you should expect, and how to get considerably more from every jar.
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How to Choose a Candle Scent for Every Room in the House
The right fragrance for a kitchen is rarely the right fragrance for a bedroom. A room-by-room guide to choosing scent by size, function and time of day.
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The Best Housewarming Gifts Under £30
A housewarming gift needs to feel considered without being presumptuous about someone else's taste. Here is what works, what to avoid, and how to choose a candle for a home you have not seen yet.
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Candle Safety: The Rules That Actually Matter
Most candle safety advice is a long list nobody reads. These are the rules that genuinely prevent accidents, and the reasoning behind each one.
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What Is a Gourmand Candle? A Guide to Dessert-Inspired Fragrance
Gourmand fragrances are built around edible notes — vanilla, caramel, biscuit, cocoa, cream. Here is where the category came from, what separates a good gourmand from a sickly one, and how to choose the right one for your home.
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Coconut Soy vs Paraffin Wax: What Actually Makes a Difference
Wax type affects burn time, scent throw and how evenly a candle burns. Here is a straightforward comparison of paraffin, soy and coconut wax, and what genuinely matters when you are choosing a candle.
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Why Is My Candle Tunnelling? How to Fix It and How to Prevent It
Tunnelling happens when a candle burns down the middle and leaves a rim of unused wax around the sides. Here is what causes it, how to rescue a candle that has already tunnelled, and how to stop it happening again.
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