How our story began…..

I started this small business when I was laid off during covid. Unfortunately my grandad passed away in April 2020 due to covid and we were all locked up like animals which meant I couldn’t escape my grief. I was sitting at home, crying and mourning and it wasn’t a good head space. I run from my feelings and the 5km perimeter at the time just wasn’t far enough so I made myself busy. He hated candles. Everything gave him a migraine, every scent (definitely the cheap mass produced ones because nobody knew better). So why candles?

Because I loved them. Grandad had done every job you could think of, Israeli army, chef, stand up comedian (his jokes were pure rubbish and oh so very crude), coach driver, black taxi driver, but he was a bus driver for over 20 years and he loved it. He’d be the first person to have told me to go after what I loved even if it would have made him miserable. He’d have been my biggest supporter and suffered every migraine and told me he hated them all 😂

I’ve always burnt candles, I’ve always loved the glow and the atmosphere and the memories they evoke. A lot of candles I used to burn gave me a headache so I researched why, it was petroleum and synthetic chemicals. So I changed to ‘eco candles’ made with soy wax until I researched the soy industry, so I decided to make my own.

My first ones were rubbish 😂 the first batch tunnelled like they housed little moles, not wicks, the second nearly set the house on fire, the third didn’t smell of anything because I assumed 20 drops of essential oils was enough, spoiler, it’s not! So the long long process of testing began.

I started in the April and my first candles were sold in the August. Some of you were here then, some of you joined us along the way but I have every single one of you to thank because without your purchase I wouldn’t be a full time mama to my beautiful but loud little boys doing a job I absolutely love, making products that you all love.