Updated 19 January 2021: We’re suckers for a good life hack here at Stylist.

Whether we’re learning how to chill a bottle of wine in less than three minutes, fix a tunnelled candle with a piece of aluminium foil or save £1500 a year using minimal effort, there’s something so satisfying about finding out about a way to make our lives that little bit easier (even when the subject is as mundane as, say, how to remove tough stains from the fridge).

So, when we saw this brilliant viral hack that took Twitter by storm in 2019, we knew we had to share it with you. Not only is it an easy way to use up that stubborn bit of wax that gets left at the bottom of a candle, but it also means you’ll never throw the jars away again.

How to use up wax that’s stuck at the bottom of a candle