our story
A loved one’s death signified the birth of LO. Between the copious cups of tea and the numbness death brings, candle making was the happy place.
Mixing potions, creating scents and doing something positive.
It was also an avenue for nostalgia.
Scents evoke memory in a way the other senses can’t. Our sense of smell starts to develop in the womb. As we grow up those associations continue to form and develop a scrapbook of fragrance memories. A LO candle is based on that scrapbook. A feeling, a time, the sense of a scent that paints a picture to occupy the corner of one’s mind.
Each of our candles tell a story based on these memories, unique stories you can read in its case, but only know in their burning.
Little legacies to occupy those corners of your mind. All natural, all recyclable, each with a soul and a quirk, that is the integrity of the LO story.
The story beyond the scent.
About our products
We do not use products that have been tested on animals.
Our products are vegan (no animal fats or beeswax used)
We have no herbicides or pesticides.
We use fragrance oils that are non- distilled.
We are non GMO.
Within our products there are:
No parabens
No bleaches or dyes
No palm oil
No fragrance enhancing chemicals
No glues or binders
No lead or tin
No single use plastic
Our oils are distilled to a greater concentration than standard forming a liquid resin.
This is then mixed with our candle wax producing a highly fragrant candle.
Our Handwash contains natural pumice stone, not plastic exfoliating granules.
There are no surfactants or colouring.
Our Handcream is made with aloe Vera and sea buckthorn. Unlike other brands, no palm oil is used.
Our Room Sprays contain no artificial colouring, and no fragrance boosting chemicals.
Our candles use 100% natural non GM vegetable wax which is fully sustainable, fully traceable and replenishable.
We use essential oils, absolutes and resinoids and balsams.
All of our candles are hand poured in UK by chandlers, not machines.
We produce small batches for freshness.
Our wicks are cotton and paper (no tin or lead used)
The candle glass includes 20% of recycled glass.
Our lids are 80% recycled steel.
Our boxes use 80% recycled paper.
But we will strive to do better.
palais
Born in Austria in 1755, Marie Antoinette married the future French King Louis XVI when she was just 15 years old…
Around the time she had caught that first hint of the velvety pink Persian damask rose that became her one true love at Versailles.
“Let them smell Damask”,
she might have said.
“Not at all an English Rose.”
Rose, Agarwood, Santal, Praline & Oud
Scented Candle
Up to 60 Hours Burn Time
Natural Wax Blend
220g
£49.00
390 in stock
unkempt geisha
The notion of the Geisha will feel lighter in the future.
She will not bow so low, and aim much higher.
She will create a secret world.
One of strength, not just beauty, and wear her hair as she wishes.
She will not just be an artist, but a moving work of art…
And this scent will be hers.
Orchid, Pink Pepper, Vetiver & Geranium
Scented Candle
Up to 60 Hours Burn Time
Natural Wax Blend
220g
£49.00
378 in stock
being little
The child smells everything in a state of newness. The innocence of the nose then makes for stronger memories now.
It takes a little while to get the knack –
To separate the scent of lawns from herbs – of winter from Christmas.
This is the smell of being little, the importance of the difference between 6 and 7.
It’s the aroma of being 6 3⁄4.
Tuberose, Mallow & Neroli
Scented Candle
Up to 60 Hours Burn Time
Natural Wax Blend
220g
£49.00
373 in stock
open windows
Spring is the taste of winky sun that greets you in the garden.
The giggle of a warm kiss and the tickle of new sheets.
The flavour’s out of the box… It’s sprung… We caught it.
They say ‘spring is the music of open windows’, and it won’t let you stay in the house.
Lime, Bay, Bergamot
Scented Candle
Up to 60 Hours Burn Time
Natural Wax Blend
220g
£49.00
491 in stock
bergamot clouds
I laid on my side on a bergamot cloud
Yawned then sipped from a cup brushed by Dali
It shifted and melted and I smile and still want it
With an eiderdown duvet hovering above me
The scene was a candle that I then could not handle. But now if I burn anything – That’s it
Bergamot, Sandalwood, Violet, Patchouli & Incense
Scented Candle
Up to 60 Hours Burn Time
Natural Wax Blend
220g
£49.00
412 in stock
gertrude
Gertrude Jekyll
(and her roses)
‘She changed the face of England,
more than any save the Creator himself.’
Through not just her spade, but her pen; The Queen of colour made four hundred gardens, Describing them as beautifully as they grew.
Insisting like no other that gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
Rose Pink Pepper, Blackcurrant, Spearmint
Scented Candle
Up to 60 Hours Burn Time
Natural Wax Blend
220g
£49.00
392 in stock
to the sea
The ocean is a mystery that sometimes makes scents.
Its bluey breeze bends and morphs and gently rocks, A coastal groove that won’t sit still.
That dream of the cove in colours borrowed from the sea.
You can hear it if you listen carefully –
A message in a bottle that’s hit the coast, The unmistakable splash…
The unmistakable splash.
Rock Salt, Bergamot, Musk Mallow & Samphire
Scented Candle
Up to 60 Hours Burn Time
Natural Wax Blend
220g
£49.00
257 in stock
pathless wood
Natural beauty’s key is its simpleness.
The senses in the woods get electric
because there’s nothing else there.
There’s room to clock twigs snapping underfoot… for shards of light to stretch out like fine canvas, for birdsong to bound and climb.
And for uncarved wood to creak,
then whisper:
“Breathe in deep.”
Bergamot, Cedarwood, Oak Moss, Amber, Leather & Tobacco Leaf
Scented Candle
Up to 60 Hours Burn Time
Natural Wax Blend
220g
£49.00
362 in stock
ember remember
On bonfire night, the dark itself has an aroma –
It illuminates the scene as much as any Catherine wheel bang.
I watch logs sizzle and smoke dance.
Then as I write my superhero name in fleeting sparkler scrawl, I think how light this dark side of winter feels.
And while we are all looking at the stars, only some of us are in our Father’s arms.
Cedar Fir, Oud, Amber, Incense & Birch Tar
Scented Candle
Up to 60 Hours Burn Time
Natural Wax Blend
220g
£49.00
396 in stock
Set of 9 Candles
A presentation box of all 9 of our scented candles, 9 memories packaged together.
Our set consists of nine Individually boxed, full size candles. Competitively priced at £390 per set, giving a discount of £51.00 when bought together.
Varied scents
Scented Candle
Up to 60 Hours Burn Time
Natural Wax Blend
220g
£390.00
97 in stock
Candle Care
The first time you light your candle let it burn for 2-3 hours until there is a molten wax layer across the whole surface. This will prevent tunnelling and create an even top surface.
Do not burn for more than 4 hours.
Allow your candle to solidify before relighting.
Always keep wicks trimmed to 4-5 mm.
Keep the candle free from debris.
Keep the lid on when not in use to prevent dust settling on the wax.
Don’t burn your candle in a draught as this will cause smoking and can cause an uneven wax pool.
Don’t burn the candle to the very bottom of the glass. Leave at least 10 mm of wax in the bottom. Burning to the very bottom can cause the base to overheat and can crack the glass.
Don’t blow a candle out, either use a snuffer or the lid.
Hand Wash
Our hand wash is made up with our much loved moisturising hand soap with added Scottish sea buckthorn, known for its vitamin and antioxidant qualities and exfoliating ground pumice stone. Our pumice is made from volcanic rock and doesn’t pollute our oceans. It is packaged in a deep grey bottle made from sugar cane waste not plastic. Sugar cane is renewable, does not cause deforestation and has no atmospheric CO2 impact.
Varied scents
500ml
£29.00
Hand Cream
Our plant based hand cream uses aloe vera and Scottish sea buckthorn, known for it’s vitamin and antioxidant qualities.
It will nourish and soothe the skin while leaving it hydrated. No palm oil is used in the making of our creams.
As with our hand wash, it is packaged in a deep grey bottle made from sugar cane waste not plastic. Sugar cane is renewable, does not cause deforestation and has no atmospheric CO2 impact.
Varied scents
500ml
£29.00
Hand Sanitiser
2020 has ushered in new normals, especially the need to use alcohol added hand sanitiser as an additional safety measure.
Made with over 70% alcohol content our sanitiser has aloe and glycerin to prevent drying, and they are available in two scent options.
Varied scents
50ml
£12.00
Room Spray
As a compliment to our candles, we have created four airborne versions of our best-selling candle scents.
Our room sprays are perfect for scenting both large and small spaces. Spray in to the air or soft furnishings from a distance of 40cm for a longer lasting fragrance. The colour of our sprays vary depending on the natural ingredient for each scent.
They have been tested on white linen, and no staining occurs.
Varied scents
100ml
£35.00
Travel candles
For those who want to have a candle that goes everywhere with them.
Our travel candles are poured by hand into small tins with resealable lids.
Ideal also for those wishing to try a smaller candle before committing to buy the larger size.
Larger than votives, our tins are 125ml and burn for approximately 30 hours.
Varied scents
Scented Candle
Up to 30 Hours Burn Time
Natural Wax Blend
125g
£20.00
Amber Murano Cloche
A bell cloche is used to protect and display candles.
Our LO candle cloche is hand blown on the Venetian island of Murano, each piece is unique.
Murano is one of the smaller islands in the lagoon of Venice, where the artisan glassmakers have been perfecting their skills for over 1000 years.
Murano Glass
Hand Blown
632g
£480.00
100 in stock
Candle Wick Trimmers
Packaged in a rigid presentation box, this is the perfect accompaniment to our candles.To maximize the candle performance trim the wick before use.
This encourages a clean and even burn and helps eliminate soot and smoking.
Recycled Steel
Machine Engineered
77g
£25.00
92 in stock
E-Gift Card
Perfect for last-minute gifting or when you simply can’t decide what to buy.
Send someone a special a unique LO.STUDIO digital gift card.
This virtual gift card will be emailed directly to the recipient’s inbox or to yourself, to print or forward later and can be used for online purchases at www.lo.studio.
£25.00 – £500.00