Our Story

In February 2018 I accepted my redundancy package and left my job as a HR Manager with a major food retailer. We paid off the mortgage with my redundancy payment and went on a two week European cruise with my husband Colum and daughter Molly. 

I was making soy wax candles and bath products for friends and family and have formulated my own skincare since I was a teenager. I had this MAD idea that I could do something I loved full time and so with the love and support of my family I started our family business and called it after my daughter Molly! I registered the business in April 2018 just a few weeks after leaving my job of 20 years. I haven't looked back one day with regret and love every minute working in my business. 

Our Purpose

I am a self-confessed candle lover and I was a VERY regular customer or a certain popular American candle retailer and whilst I had noticed the black soot around the rims of the candle jars I am ashamed to say I hadn't really made the connection that I was polluting our home environment until our home decorator gave me a lecture about them!


Anyone that knows me won't be surprised that I started to look into making my own candles. I was now very conscious of the pollution aspect of burning candles and whilst I wanted to reduce this I still wanted to have my scented candles in my home. So I started searching for fragrance oils with lower toxic properties and found excellent suppliers of paraben and phthalate free oils. The rest is history. I now make candles using only soy wax and my oils are all paraben free and the vast majority are also phthalate free.

Our Sustainable Ethos 

The other interesting part of my candle making journey was the direction my research took me in. I started to become more educated on the environment and the impact of my everyday choices like what I washed dishes, clothes and my body in. I was very shocked by the impact of plastic use in particular. I am continually looking at ways we can reduce the impact we have on the environment both in our home and in our businesses. Our packaging is is carefully sourced so it is recyclable, recycled, compostable and/or biodegradable. We have made conscious choices when building our home Candle Studio to use second hand furniture and materials where possible.  We are consistently trying to cut down on our carbon footprint and this has led me to offer workshops which encourage others to do so too. Our eco commitments are very important to us and we are continuing to educate ourselves and our customers on how we can improve those daily.

Glass Recycling Scheme

Return your Molly & Me glass jar with the label intact and we will give you a free wax melt sample.

Family

I am so proud of everything that we have achieved as a family unit - I guess our business should be called 'Molly, Me & HIm' because I couldn't do it without the love and support of my daughter and husband and the rest of my wonderful family and friends who constantly shout about our products and help shape our product ranges.

"If you want to know who your family is look at the side lines, the audience, the people clapping, and the one's telling you how much faith they have in you, that's what family is all about"