About Us
Creating luxury products sustainably
At CocoLuxe Ltd, we believe that luxury should not come at the expense of the environment. Our hand-poured candles are made using only the finest plant-based ingredients sourced from sustainable and renewable resources. Our commitment to eco-consciousness extends beyond the products themselves, as we strive to implement sustainable practices in every aspect of the business.
Our Story
CocoLuxe was founded in April 2023 after making a move to turn my passion into a
career.
For as long as I can remember I’ve been obsessed with fragrances and scents, from
the little perfume oil roll-ons I got for Christmas as a child to the countless little
bottles of perfumes I would beg my mum for from the Avon catalogue. I burned
many, many different types of incense and then when I was old enough (and trusted
not to burn my parent's house down) I got my first set of scented tea lights! I fell in
love and my journey from candle lover to chandler began.
Over the years I have tried countless candle brands from budget up to high end and
one of the things that frustrated me the most was the amount of wax left once a
candle had finished burning (if it even got that far without tunneling or drowning).
This left behind loads of excess wax, and being my father's daughter I wasn't going
to let any go to waste so I would spend hours getting wax out of jars and making
melts or tea lights. I enjoyed doing this so much I decided to see if I could make my
own, how hard could it be? Turns out it's not quite as easy as I thought and have
been on quite the journey over the last 20 years with a variety of different waxes and
oils from pillar candles, wax melts, and even floating candles through every container
type possible before settling on glass as my preferred vessel. I made gifts for those I
love for Christmas and birthdays and the more I learned the better the candles
became! Friends and family said I should try selling them so I decided that after a
few years of bad health and some major surgery, I was going to give it a go even if it
was just my mum and best friends who bought them!
I’ve learned a lot over the past
few years and discovered some truly incredible wax and fragrance oils. I planned to
pursue my passion and go part-time at work in 2024 but in January 2023 I was faced
with redundancy. I decided it was now or never and I'm an all-in kind of person, who
didn't want to create another generic candle company. I wanted to create a luxury
brand with sustainability at the forefront without ever compromising on scent or
quality and of course, being fabulous to look at was a given! With the guidance of a
brilliant UI Designer 3 months later CocoLuxe was born, I had already spent months
perfecting my first few candles and was ready to release my signature collection later
that summer, and the rest as they say is history, the future depends on others finding
the beauty, value and quality in the products I personally release.