Meltdown Candles actually began 18 years ago, when I started making custom candles in my spare room. I was fortunate enough to be a part of large shopping events in Boston, Raleigh, and a Central Park event for Allure magazine. So, I was just starting out with the business and then life, as it often does, threw me a giant curve ball. I went through a divorce, got engaged and married again, AND got pregnant all in a very short amount of time! No judgement unless you want a deep dive into your backstory!!

Anyway, I had a hard pregnancy and couldn't work as much as I wanted to. So, I pushed pause on it and raised my daughter. And it was the best decision I have ever made! Being with her every day of the past 17 years has been the greatest gift I could have ever been given. Now she's old enough to not only see what I do; she is pretty much an equal partner with me. She's the ingredient I was missing before to make this business the best it can be.

We hand make each and every candle using the cleanest ingredients possible. I have allergy issues and in the past certain candles have given me headaches or even sneezes when I burned them. Then I switched to our custom soy and palm wax blend and began using safe phthalate-free fragrances. Voila! No more allergy issues.

The names of our candles are expressive of our sense of humor. We do argue over which one of us is funnier, so the names represent us both, either in name or description. 

So, enjoy and please know that if any of the names offend you.... we don't need to hear about it!

Otherwise feel free to contact us! 

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Katy Spence (owner)

Belle Spence (unpaid co-owner or intern depending on her attitude that day)