This is a good trick/routine but not for close up work.....It is a platform or stage trick. Like the appering cane it needs some distance to look real ....also low lighting helps. It can be lit and this is actually two tricks in one....changes color and then vanishes or changes to two 12 inch silks tied. You supply the red and white silks. I had a problem finding a candle holder that it would stay in solidly, also the color change is more effective under a bandana or opaque cloth before the candle is lit. The change to two silks can be done openly and visibly. This must be practiced a lot of times to get the timing and handling right. Not for beginners

You should get another candle trick for the price... But oh well. It's made well... Thats what is important!