text: Thank you so much for this Cheryl I always love these kinds of posts to get to know everyone.
  1) Hi I'm Merri I co-own our brand with my best friend we have been established for a year and a half.
  2) We have been an established home fragrance company since Winter 2020, however haven't release our candles as yet.
  3) We are comprised of 2 best friends that met at uni and studied the same course together. We both absolutely love home fragrance. In fact we once bought each other the same Melon & Cucumber candle as a best friend gift and this Candle Shack scent hnow has a special place in our hearts and was the first candle we made together in our workshop. We both decided to get into the home fragrance industry as I was actually assisting some other good friends with their home decor small business and I really had a yearning to get into candles and they had no interest in it at all. Secretly my current business partner was also desperate to do this too but hadn't shared it with me until we were a bottle of wine down on Halloween and we instantly realised it was fate and jumped in head first together. Each step of the way has been a learning curve as 2 novices learning together and it's been an amazing journey.
  4) Our aspirations for our company would be to be able to finance all of the products we mentally have in the works. We certainly are not short of ideas. Drive more traffic and reach more wonderful customers and one day in the future have a beautiful walk-in store.
  5) Alongside our business I am also a foster carer to a little boy that's my whole world.
  6) Have less fear and just get stuck in to experimenting. Have a fool-proof dummies guide to legislation and regulations for the Home fragrance industry.
  7) Don't compare yourself to others and dont let the haters grind you down.
  8) An awesome zesty but warm base orange fragrance that can be used in a diffuser and room spray with PA. Jade Orchid & Lotus Blossom candle recipe. Coconut & Apricot Candle & Melt wax. (that's more than 3 wishes sorry 😂)
  9) My business makes me feel happy, proud & poor. I absolutely love what I do and am so proud of what we have learnt, risen from, improved and achieved. Just need to sell the things so we can invest more heavily.
  10) I do really love Candle Shack community its always been one of our favourite places to retrieve information and learn. Im not sure what I would like to see more of. Maybe less of people telling people to search in the top bar. If a post has been approved then we should be kind and answer it, and maybe people haven't found the answer or understood something and are seeking clarification.