Founder and lead chandler, Waxverse Studio
Maya Holloway
Maya started Waxverse at her kitchen table during the 2020 lockdown after a £45 boutique candle tunnelled on its first burn. The studio is now an 80-litre Bristol test kitchen where every recipe is poured, burned for the full BS EN 15493 protocol, and signed off before it ships. She writes the journal, the wick chart, and most of the symptom tree under /fix.
Credentials
- Pouring container, pillar, and wax-melt batches since 2020
- Runs an 80-litre test kitchen in Bristol with timed burn logs for every recipe shipped
- Reads IFRA 51st Amendment Category 12 against in-house burn-test data
- Maintains the wick chart that anchors the Waxverse Recipe Library
Areas of expertise
- Candle making
- Wick selection
- Fragrance load
- Container and pillar wax
- Burn testing
- Small-batch studio operations
Recent work
Guides written
- Pet-safe candles: a chandler's guide to fragrance toxicity
- CLP labelling for candles: a UK and EU primer
- Candle fire safety: BS EN 15493 and a real burn-test protocol
- Fragrance load and IFRA: why your max load varies
- Wick testing protocol: the 4-burn method
- Selling candles in the UK: CPSR, SDS, and insurance