St Ives Candle

Co-Founders Ian and Liz Wells see their business as an expression of their evolved selves - ‘they realised that they would never be happy leading a conventional life’. In the past they were both driven by the pursuit of success, hoping that one day it would bring happiness.
Working long hours, studying and trying to raise a family resulted in a series of events that would change their lives. One morning whilst driving to work Liz was involved in a serious car accident which made her pause and re-evaluate everything. Then a few months later, Ian too was hospitalised with a suspected heart attack.
These series of events prompted a complete change in their lives, which would see them move their family to Cornwall- they realised that we only have one life, there were no reruns, and that it was time to live it!
After they had relocated to South Cornwall, Ian took up photography. It was a hobby that he had always enjoyed but never had any time before. What he noticed was that the more time he spent outside taking photos and capturing scenes the calmer he felt and his health both physically and mentally began to improve. Liz, seeing the positive impact that the environment was having, decided that she too would capture the inspiration that came from the beauty of the Cornish landscape and developed a range of candles that she felt captured her own positive experiences of her new-found life in Cornwall. There is something very special about watching a flame burn in the evening, it is calming and inspiring at the same time so Beautifully Handcrafted wanted to capture the sense of smell and replicate the same sense of calm and inspiration they have come to enjoy.