#candle trick

[wordsofahoneybee]

[hood32]

My roommate and Dave took this pretty cool video of re-lighting a candle through its own smoke. 

A (simplified and not 100% using correct terms) answer to how this works from /r/askscience/:

“In order for something to burn, you need to vaporize the fuel. So when you light a candle, it takes a second or two to melt and vaporize the wax before it can ignite and become self-sustaining.

When you blow out the candle, the residue heat from the wick keeps vaporizing wax. The "smoke trail" you see isn't smoke - rather it is vaporized wax. So by bringing another flame close to the fuel trail, you can reignite the candle.”

[heyitzcapone]

I'm so beautiful lol ... js