Faded Pink Candles
Dear Aunt Daisy, I wonder if you could help me with colouring some*tandles. I have several which © were onginally ~rose-pink in edlour, -but-with * e sunshine or light theyshave faded to an almost off-white. Do ¥ou Know Of aiy method whereby I could, paint them or colour them once again? L°would be very. grateful for any
advice.
Joan
Wellington.
One Link in the Daisy Chain has had great success by using the almost-fin-ished lip-stick ends. She digs these out of their holder, and rubs the faded (or even new) candles with these warmed to softness in her fingers. Often she has blended different shades of lipstick, making fuchsia coloured candles, and others besides. At Christmas time she cuts up candles and colours them thus, for her Christmas tree, sprinkling atterwards with the popular "glitter," with excellent effect... Here..is ‘still. another idea, from Plimmerton. "I heard you speaking about faded candles, and wondering how to restore them to a rose-pink shade. I have done this very successfully by painting the candles with a cheap brand of nail varnish from the chain stores, choosing the shade required | from the nail varnish chart. Paint the | varnish on with the little brush provided in the bottle. One small bottle is suffi- | cient to do two coats on several pairs of candles. I hope this method will be satistactory to your listener."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 813, 25 February 1955, Page 23
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229Faded Pink Candles New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 813, 25 February 1955, Page 23
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