About us

The Flicker Factory was established in April 2019 following a few months of perfecting my own recipe for success.

I am a proud Mum of three, and my youngest was reaching nursery age. From April, I was going to have an empty nest every morning. 
I wanted to work, but needed to find employment to fit around three children and therefore, three school runs a day.

For a while, I had thought about learning how to make my own wax melts. I’ve always loved the high end scents, but having three little people plus a house & a car to run, I could never justify spending a fortune on perfumes & candles!
Struggling to find employment to fit family life, I decided I was going to start making my own wax melts. I didn’t know where it would take me but I‘d got nothing to lose by trying, and I dreamt of having a business of my own.

In the January of 2019, my parents helped me with a start up loan and I ordered my supplies. I started with a Bain Marie, a thermometer, 5kg of wax, five fragrance oils, some dye and two moulds. Once my children were in bed, I put my countless hours of research into practice. It took lots of experimenting but once I was 100% happy with my product, I started to give samples to family, friends & neighbours. The positive comments came flooding in and I felt so proud. 

Every day I would spend a couple of hours working with different colours & testing various moulds. I was in my happy place and loved it.

I had a mountain of wax melts so there was only one thing to do next! I was that girl who decided to go for it! 
I opened an Etsy store, set up an instagram account and once I’d got everything labelled in accordance with the CLP law, I opened the doors to The Flicker Factory.

Four years on and here I am! My little business is thriving, I have a regular customer base and I couldn’t be more grateful. Please visit my store and become a fan of The Flicker Factory!

Love to you all 

Sarah :)