Does Candle Wax Burn Skin?

Yes. Hot candle wax can burn skin. Soy-coconut melts at a lower temperature than a lot of paraffin, which is why a splash from one of our jars is usually a short, sharp shock rather than a trip to A&E. A deep, over-wicked pool is hotter. A drip on a wrist is not the same as tipping a bowl of wax. Treat it like any other hot liquid.

If it happens

1. Cool under running water for twenty minutes. Not ice. Ice on a burn is a different injury.
2. Do not rip the wax off while you are hopping about. Once it has set, it often peels. If it is stuck to skin that is already damaged, leave it and get advice.
3. Cover loosely. If it blisters, is on a face, or is bigger than your palm, get it looked at.

Do not put butter on it. Do not put more wax on it. Those are folk tales.

How it happens here

Sleeves, pouring at home without a proper jug, moving a candle while the pool is liquid, pets. Stay in the room, let it set before you pick it up, trim so the flame is not a torch. Care.

Making: we pour at a controlled temperature into jars, not onto people. If you are filling your own tins, think of it as cookery with a worse cleanup.