Place a small piece of wax from a clamshell wax melt on top, turn on a tea light and place it in the warmer and let the wax burn for 2-4 hours at a time. You can add a wax melt liner, which helps with wax clean up and allows you to switch out different wax scents. Tea light candle, wax melts and wax melt liner NOT INCLUDED! Those items are sold separately.