Stallholder Profile for Lee & Lou Collections
Your name: Kasey
Tennant & Amy Lawrence
Your
business name and facebook/website name and link: Lee
& Lou Collections
Website
- www.leeandlou.com.au
Facebook
- https://www.facebook.com/leeandloucollections/
Instagram
– https://www.instagram.com/lee.and.lou.collections/
The
suburb/town you live in now: Mooloolaba
What
is it that you make and what skills do you use?: We are an eco-luxury home
fragrance studio on the Sunshine Coast, we hand pour Soy Wax Wood Wick Candles,
Scented Diffusers & Car Fragrance Diffusers.
Lee
& Lou was Inspired by a love of homewares and
an obsession with all things that smell delightful. “As a sister duo,
we pour our connection into every product. Each day we get to create new
memories whilst doing something we love.”
Car Fragrance Diffusers - These are super popular! They hold a
lasting aroma that will keep your car smelling amazing!!! A sleek & stylish
design, available in a wide range of gorgeous modern colours and filled with delicious
high quality fragrances.
Soy Wax Wood Wick Candles - Bespoke, Luxury, Glamour...
Our stunning Soy Wax Candles are presented in Copper & Clear
Iron Plated Geometric Cut Glass vessels, designed to create an element of
luxury and sophistication in any space. They include wood wicks, which are
reminiscent of the sound of a log fire.
Scented Diffusers - Our premium Luxury Scented Diffusers are
infused with our finest fragrance oils, these fragrances were selected for
their individual characteristics and carefully blended to deliver an unmatched
scent throw.
Our unique scents are absorbed by the Black Diffuser Sticks made
of Dacron for an enhanced scent throw. They fragrance an entire space for
approx. 8 months.
What
inspired you to start your business?: Lee
& Lou started as just a fluke for us 3 years ago when we attempted to make
soy candles for Amy’s wedding favors! They turned out being a success and loved
by all, so we just continued to keep making & coming up with new ideas and
the business has just grown from there!
How
long have you been creating?: Since
2015
Is
it a full time/part time hobby or business?: Lee
and Lou stared as just a hobby, as both of us loved candles, we taught
ourselves how to make the Candles & Diffusers through a lot of trial and
error. Lee & Lou has been growing strong ever since, and we are now at the
stage where the business can be taken to the next level! We have a strong
customer following, a number of stockists and we are regulars at monthly
markets. We both have very busy lives outside of Lee & Lou - Kasey is a
full time mum, and Amy always did and still does work Full time in the
pharmaceutical industry. So hopefully in the near future, we can both give 100%
to the business allowing it to keep growing strongly & to keep aiming high!
Where
do you sell your creations?:
We
sell our products from -
- Our
website – www.leeandlou.com.au
- The
Sunshine Coast Collective Markets at Coolum (4th Sunday of the
month)
- The
Young Designers Market at Southbank Brisbane (1st Sunday of the
month)
- The Handmade Expo
What
makes you so special or different?: As candles now days are a very saturated market, we always
strive to stay ahead of the pack releasing hot new products that our customers
love!! Lee & Lou Collections create luxury high end pieces, we are
different to most of the Sunshine Coasts other candle makers, as we feel you
can never have too many luxury décor pieces in a home.
We believe in making the best there is, and doing it locally.
Each product in our bespoke range is personally hand-made with intention and
love by us.
We firmly believe that beautiful customer service should reflect
a beautiful product.
Passionate about delivering high end, handmade products that are
good for the environment, we source sustainable materials & vessels from
all Australian companies. This is such an important factor for us in supporting
our economy & the fair working conditions.
What
is the most rewarding part of what you do?: Our
customers love the fact that our beautiful products are hand made by us! We are
proud to be selling them such a luxurious high end product, which has also been
hand made, by us! This would be the most rewarding part of the job for us,
hearing all of the beautiful feedback from our valued customers…
What
is your favourite product to make?: All
of our product ranges are all totally different to make – Candles would have to
be the most time consuming, but also the most rewarding when everything goes
right! When the finished product smells delicious, has a seamless creamy top
(in other words the wax looks on point!) and it also burns perfectly… this
makes us pretty happy!
There
are lots of components to candle making & it takes A LOT of trial and error
to get the perfect finished product. We have a love hate relationship with our
candles… its not just a case of melting some wax, pouring it into any old jar,
with any size wick. Its like doing a science experiment to get the exact ratios
right to create the perfect candle that burns exactly how it should. When
everything goes right, and they turn out perfectly, candles would be our
favourite products to make.
Do
you teach classes or workshops?: Not
yet, but would love to in the future.
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