There's me (Jade) on the left, Luke at the back and from the left to right starts with our amazing babies Tomi and Cali, along with their amazing big brother and sister Lilly and Lucas, my beautiful stepchildren. 

We live in Llysfaen, North Wales which is where we hand craft all of our wonderful candles. 

First and foremost, they’re made in Wales. We’re proud to be Welsh, as all in Wales are. That’s why we put our Welsh dragon on all of our products. We always look at buying local where possible, for example our candle jars are purchased from a local company down the road. So when you buy from us, you’re not just supporting one local business but potentially a few. 

We are focused on doing all we can for the environment and with that in mind we decided to use eco friendly packaging. We find this important & hopefully our customers will too. 

Our products are made from soy wax. As you may know soy wax does not release toxins and produces very little (if any) soot. We chose to go with soy wax after a thorough research into the cleanest and safest wax available. I think you’d be surprised with the difference between traditional paraffin wax and soy wax! I’m in the process of writing a blog about soy wax. If you’d like to read it then please follow us on social media or sign up to our newsletter to hear when it’s published - it’ll be an interesting topic!

Finally, we take health and safety serious at Candlish candles. We completed in depth research and training to ensure our products are completely safe for everyone to use. We give safety cards with every order, as well as being fully insured and CLP certified.

Where it all started

Candle making started off as a hobby to try and better myself as I was struggling with what the world was throwing at me. I feel I spent years disconnected from myself, suppressing my emotions, constant worrying and feeling a failure. It was at this point we started making candles and wax melts. Instead of worrying about the future and dwelling on the past I was living in the moment and creating something I love!

The love for candles has always been there for both Luke and I, but after discovering how beneficial and fun it was for the both of us we decided to take things further.

We spent many months testing and finding the best ingredients. We attended online courses in the U.K. and USA. We also spoke to chandlers for their advice and opinions. We wanted to ensure we got our products the way we wanted them. We then started making candles and wax melts for family and friends first before eventually broadening to the wider public. 

I knew Luke would be amazing at making candles, not just because he’s my partner and I have to say nice comments 😊 but because he has always been the type of person to learn new skills quickly and become slightly obsessed (in a good way) with getting a good job done. 

We have so much planned for the future at Candlish Candles. When we created our business plan we already had great ideas we wanted to start, but during the months and months of training, research and learning this list rapidly grew. We are excited to show you all what we have planned so please keep on this journey with us. 

We’re currently working on our latest candle collection which aims to support and guide people throughout their life journeys using alternative tools and practises that have been around for centuries but with a modern day, contemporary approach - sounds exciting right? 

We hope you love them as much as we do!

Lots of love,