ONE / Evie Mine

Hand poured by Evie Mine founder Celeste in her studio in Chicago, these candles are made from an unscented beeswax and soy wax blend. According to Kelly Thompson of Makers’ Mrkt, one of the only stockists of Evie Mine in Australia, these are the ‘OG maker of this trending candle style’. With over 20 years experience in candle making, Evie Mine candles are the original and the best!

Price: $45 – $65. Available from Makers’ Mrkt.

TWO / Maison Balzac

When Maison Balzac released their ‘Une Reve’ collection in October this year, we couldn’t get enough of these bobbly, flared and tapered candles! The matching roly poly stacked candle holders takes these to the next level, and tap into the coloured glass homewares trend we’ve been loving this year.

Price: Candles from $19 – $25. Candle holders from $49. Available from Maison Balzac.

THREE / Pinky’s Store + Studio Arhoj

Sold in handy pairs of bright, complementary colours, these dinner candles from Pinky’s Store are a total no-brainer and look GREAT en masse. Paired with these sturdy candle holders from Studio Arhoj, a Danish interior design and ceramics studio stocked at Pinky’s, and you’ve got yourself a perfect party set up.

They’ve also recently released some fab spherical candles that almost look like Christmas baubles – ’tis the season!

Price: Candles from $12 – $26. Candle holders from $45. Available from Pinky’s Store.

FOUR / Blazed Wax

Created by Melbourne-based housemates and best friends, Blazed Wax is the side hustle of jeweller Ruby Kannava and Sister Studios co-founder Emma Cutri. What started as a fun little 2020 side project has quickly escalated into a fully-fledged candle biz! Hand poured from their Brunswick studio, Ruby and Emma’s candles are made from 100% unscented soy wax in a few unique styles.

These were a big hit with Melburnians over lockdown and brought some much-needed brightness and ambience into our homes! And we love that they’re made right here in Melbourne.

Price: Candles from $24 – 462. Available from Blazed Wax.

FIVE / Hilary Green

Hilary Green is a new Melbourne maker we’ve had our eyes on recently. The artist creates kooky ceramic sculptures that almost look like barnacled treasures, dredged up from the bottom of the ocean! The ultimate compliment to her gnarled candelabras are these witchy candles in a range of pastels and fluros, hand dipped by Hilary and made with a soy/beeswax blend.

Price: Candles from $10 – $25. Candle holders from $150 – $250. Available from Hilary Green.

SIX / Lex Pott

Were these the candles that started the trend in 2020? The double-ended Twist candle by Dutch designer Lex Pott have been a HUGE hit this year, popping up in the homes of design savvy people all over the world. They’re pretty much Instagram famous at this point. Doubling as a design objet, these candles give you real bang for your buck!

Price: Candles $89. Available from Jolie Laide.

SEVEN / Oh It’s perfect

Events and Activation agency Oh It’s Perfect lost all their client projects booked for the year back in March. Founder Sammy Hassan wasted no time in rethinking their offerings, using the time to design a range of fab products, preserved flowers and candles.

Their twist dazzle candles are designed in Melbourne and handmade in Denmark. ‘We spent 7 months trying to find a candle maker who could make the candles, we sampled with 4 candle makers, one local, and four European before we finally found the one’, says Sammy. OH, they’re perfect!

Price: Candles from $40 – $48. Available from Oh It’s Perfect.

EIGHT / Tony Assness

Hand poured in Bondi, these beeswax candles by Tony Assness add a bit of drama and grandeur to any interior. Available in a range of different sizes (the largest coming in at 60cm tall!), a vignette of these would make for its own mini at-home art installation.

Price: Candles from $40 – $130. Available from House of Heras.

NINE / You, Me And Bones

Waan Pivasiri has spent seven years perfecting her hand-poured candles, and we reckon she’s got it just right! We particularly love these squiggly, chubby varieties – a great way to incorporate the curvy interiors trend at home, without splashing major cash on something more permanent.

Price: Candles from $35 – $54. Available from You, Me & Bones.

Ten / Kerryn levy

We’re huge fans of Adelaide-based ceramicist Kerryn Levy, and GASPED when we first saw her spectacular candle holders! Ranging from single stems to a candelabra style that can hold up to 9 at a time, these masterpieces are for the serious candle people out there.

Price: Candle holders from $90 – $790. Available from Kerryn Levy.

ELEVEN / Sarah Nedovic

Ceramicist Sarah Nedovic is best known for her exquisite Lady Lamps, and has recently added a limited edition collection of sculptural candle holders to her portfolio. Drawing from abstract, figurative sculpture, these handmade functional objects are also design pieces – the ultimate luxury.

Price: Candle holders from $750 – $1250. Available by enquiry from Sarah Nedovic.