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Elegant Light at Smitten of Highlands
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: 2018/04 - April
Gary and Janice Baldwin, founders of The Keswick Candle Company, are Smitten’s Third Thursday featured artists in April. They are eager to light up your life with scores of delicious fragrances infused in soy candles, soaps, tarts, tea lights, reed diffusers, aromatherapy essential oils, and more.
Like many successful enterprises, Keswick Candle grew out of need. Having lost both their fathers to cancer, the Baldwins moved toward a healthier lifestyle and home environment.
Janice loved scented candles but she noticed her favorite one emitted black smoke.
“That can’t be good,” she said, and began researching alternative products. Traditional wax candles were not the solution so she began exploring soy candle possibilities. Soy burns super-clean. No black smoke or harmful chemical residue to breathe. That insight led to experimentation. After months of trial and error, she and Gary came up with their own naturally healthy candle line, each one hand-poured and crafted in Janice’s kitchen at her grandmother’s farm in North Carolina.
The Baldwins test-marketed candles with friends and co-workers, receiving rave reviews.
Voila! A company was born.
Once they launched their candle line, they began adding other pure, fragrant, wholesome products. Creamy goat milk soap, loaded with vitamins A, B6, B12, E and beta-casein was an instant hit. Castile soap, prepared with Grade A kosher virgin olive oil and plant oils is food for the outside of the body.
Imagine luxuriating in a bath worthy of royals, creamy lather nourishing your skin, aromatic fragrances enfolding you. That’s what it’s like using Keswick products. Get ready to feel regal.
Visit keswickcandle.com to view a full product line.
“A limited edition Smitten signature scent as well as an exclusive Highland’s scent will be available,” says Janice. “For those already familiar with our unique fragrances, these are must-haves.”
Meet the designers in person on April 19 from 5:30 P.M. ‘til the cows come home and the fat lady sings. Smitten’s hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. and closed Sunday and Monday. Beginning in May Smitten will be open daily. Visit 468 Main Street in downtown Highlands. Call (828) 342-9920 or email [email protected].
