From her fashion-design background and love of the Catskill Mountains, Nicole Andrick creates hand-poured soy candles in Tannersville that bring the region’s earthy scents into contemporary homes. Catskills Candle Studio is a women-owned business using American-grown soy wax and fragrance oils infused with essential oils, with its signature Kaaterskill Falls candle offering a particularly direct link to the surrounding landscape. Nicole also opens the studio to the community through candle-pouring workshops.
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Three Chicks Candle CoThree Chicks Candle Co. hand-crafts and hand-pours scented candles, a small business born when its founder decided to make the peach-and-vanilla candle she could never find. The company works primarily with U.S.-sourced soy wax, recyclable tin and glass containers, and cotton-and-paper ECO wicks, while also creating custom fragrances and event candles. Its collections draw on the founder’s inspirations, from farmers’ markets to flower markets.
CandlestockSince opening as a one-room shop in 1970, Woodstock’s Candlestock has handcrafted distinctive candles, including its signature drip candles, in keeping with the town’s artistic spirit. The store has grown into one of Woodstock’s oldest businesses and ships its handmade candles worldwide, while its continuously burning drip candle has become an eight-foot-tall wax mountain at the heart of the shop. Candlestock also invites visitors to make their own candles at its Wax Imagination Studio in nearby Saugerties.WOODSTOCK, NY
CANDLE.NYCBorn in SoHo in 2017, CANDLE.NYC is a family-run New York candle company that hand-pours candles in the city. Its candles use American soy wax, essential oils and cotton wicks, following a century-old family formula passed down through generations. The line is vegan, paraffin-free and phthalate-free, with custom-label candles available for businesses.NEW YORK, NY
Brooklyn Candle StudioFounded by Tamara Mayne in 2013 after candle-making began as a hobby, Brooklyn Candle Studio has grown into a Brooklyn-based maker shaped by its founder’s design background and love of nature. Its in-house artisans hand-pour and label home fragrance in a 20,000-square-foot Industry City workshop, creating minimalist candles with botanical scents for people seeking a calmer atmosphere at home.BROOKLYN, NY