I recently decorated my living room and as you do you want it to look and smell nice so I ventured out to buy some candles. However, when I went to blow my candle out one evening I noticed the black smoke coming off of the wick and was a little choked up by the fumes. I researched the candle I had bought and found that it was made from parrafin wax, which emits harmful subtances when burnt. From that moment I decided to make my own!

Intially I wanted them just for my own benefit but then I thought why not try to sell them too. I am mum to a wonderful little four year old and we have a another baby on the way! While I did not worry about money I began to consider the implications of what a second child would mean, more food, more clothes and potentially a less flexibly for a little while (if baby no.2 breastfeeds the way my first born did!). I decided that in the run up to maternity leave I would take the leap and launch a small business that could top up our family finances while creating beautiful smelling and most importantly safer candles for our homes!