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Coffee lovers, we’ve got the collab of your dreams!

We’ve teamed up with our friends (& top coffee & doughnut extraordinaires!) at Deep North to bring you the most delicious mochachino candle. With notes of fresh ground coffee, cocoa & just a hint of vanilla. 

Deep North is a coffee shop in Tynemouth which is a small town 9 miles East of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is a surfer’s paradise with it’s beautiful long sandy beach and a vibrant high street on weekends filled with dog walkers, joggers and day trippers.

We’ve been asked many times to do a coffee-scented candle, so teaming up with Deep North seemed like the perfect match. Deep North provide the coffee grounds which helps create a unique scent and you know how much we love reusing to reduce our impact on the environment.

We’re using their leftover Allpress coffee grounds, alongside our vegan soy wax & recycled glass jars to give you the most sustainable candle yet!

The Michaccinno is available exclusively from Deep North’s shop own Front Street Tynemouth, as well as any markets they feature at.

Shopping for someone else but not sure what to get them? Give them the gift of choice with a Hot Wax  gift card.

Gift cards are delivered by email and contain instructions to redeem them at checkout. Launched today our gift cards are available in a range of amounts from just £10.00.

I’m so excited for you to join me for my first Hot Wax Festive Social here at our studio in Newcastle.

It’s only 2 weeks until my first ever Hot Wax Social and I’m so excited for you to join me in the Common Room at my studio in Newcastle.

 Come along on Saturday 12 November from 12-4pm for an afternoon of festivities including fizz, mulled wine, mince pies & hot drinks, not to mention all the candles you could possibly dream of!

 There will also be exclusive discounts which won’t be offered anywhere else. This is the perfect chance to sample our Christmas scents in a chilled environment, away from the hustle & bustle of the markets.

In addition to this, we’ve teamed up with the brilliant Rebecca Writes who will have her amazing baubles on sale too – just in time for popping the tree up!

You will also get the chance to visit our working studio & see where the magic happens!

There will be a FREE GOODIE BAG if you RSVP here – limited to the first 50 attendants so be quick (and they’re going fast!). 

I can’t wait to see you!

Love, Ash xoxo

Ps – I’ll be the one in sequins!

We’ve had a little mention in the Evening Chronicle – I spoke to them at Newcastle Vegan Market at the weekend…

It was great chatting about our Vegan ethics and showcasing our scented candles to the vegans of Newcastle and beyond.

Ash Tate runs Hot Wax, a company which sells vegan candles. The 35-year-old, from Whickham, Gateshead, was selling her products at the market. She said: “Everything is completely vegan, we use soy wax. 

“I think people are trying to be more cautious of what’s going on around them. We get a good number of non-vegans buying products as well.”

Read the full article here.

Did you know we can put a personalised message in your order for free, making our candles the perfect gift solution!

Simply choose any candle then add your gift card and type up a nice message for your friend or family member. Then you can send it direct to them – easy peasy!

We have 4 options to choose from, but watch this space for more. Also if you require a different sort of category just drop me an email at ash@hotwax.shop and I’ll get straight on it. Thanks

If you follow us on socials you’ll definitely have seen me having the best time in Spain recently. It’s been 3 years since we’ve been back to our favourite place on Earth, Javea (it’s so special to us, I even got married there 5 years ago!). It was being back that absolutely inspired my new scent – more on that in a sec

It was the ultimate switch off and recharge I didn’t know I needed. I practiced Yoga, hiked, ran a couple of times at sunrise, read books and swam in the med every day. Not to mention the tapas and vino – It was bliss!

Everywhere I went there was the most gorgeous smelling orange groves (even in the garden – which I used to pick fresh for my morning juice!) I just knew that I HAD to try capture this time in a candle scent and share it with you lot.

As soon as I got back (fully charged and raring to go) the hunt for the perfect scent began and I’m absolutely THRILLED to share my newscast – Valencia Orange and Chilli. It’s heavenly and every time I smell it, I’m whisked back to my little place of paradise. I jus know you’ll love it as much as I do.

These Are A Few Of My Favourite (Geordie!) Things…

Hiya! We all know how important it is to support local businesses and this was never better than when then pandemic hit, but over the past few months I’m starting to feel like it’s falling by the wayside a little, what with the world opening back up & the ease & convenience of a certain Prime membership & ASOS next day delivery (yup, I’m guilty of it too sometime) but I’ve recently tried to refocus on shopping small & supporting local.

I thought I’d share a few of my favourite things… go give them a follow & thank me later 

First up on my North East adventure is Ernie Deli. Facebook Instagram

Bottled Aperol  

The BEST sandwiches 

Refillable station 

Geordie Gifts – my go to for all things Geordie – especially the cards. If you can’t get to them at the Quayside Market on a Sunday or their shop in the Grainger, then delivery is mega fast too!

The Barre – The MOST gorgeous studio situated in Ouseburn which I’ve recently started going to and it’s just dreamy. Sarah and her team are fantastic and I’ve never felt more welcomed. The studio is stunning, the environment is friendly & relaxed and my god do you feel like you’ve had a work out by the end of the session! Check out their website & claim your free session in June! Bonus!

Diya Wellness After attending one of these classes, you need to run home and jump straight onto a hot bath using the BEST Diya Wellness bath salts! They smell DIVINE and I’ve never been as relaxed  

Oh and Vino is just the nicest person who is SO passionate & knowledgeable about her gorgeous brand & products.

I’ve been busy in the studio this week adding a new scent to my wax melt collection. This one is going to be really good for indulging yourself in some relaxation and self-care. Bliss.

Did you know – “Amethyst Crystals are said to relieve an individual from stress and strain and help balance your mood along with many other properties & aids with activating spiritual awareness.”

Well, now you do you may want to give my Amethyst & Lily wax melt a go.

The wax melts come in packs of 4 bars, and you can now choose each scent yourself. They are all vegan-friendly so go have a look and find your favs!

If you follow us on social media, you might have seen that I’ve recently been to Dubai (yep, still talking about it – it had been rescheduled 4 times, so let me off!) and it was everything we had imagined and more. Visited the top of the world’s tallest building? Done! Cocktails at the Armani Hotel? Yep that too. Sipping champers at the swim up bar? Couldn’t say no! Expo2020? We just had to. 

Anyway, I sidetrack, one of my most favorite fragrances in the whole world is Oud and it’s been used for centuries in the Middle East, India and South-East Asia. So while on holiday I visited the Perfume Souk and it was everything I wanted it to be, needless to say, I came home with enough Oud perfume to last me (and probably most of the North East!) a lifetime.  My most favourite was Rose and Oud, as I found it to be strong and musky but with floral top notes, keeping it light.  

As soon as I got home, the search was on to find the perfect oil and I managed to get my mitts on some.  I’m certain you’re going to love it just as much as I do. 

Aside from it’s gorgeous scent, the benefits of Oud in your home are just amazing. It is often associated with harmony, serenity of spirit and when used regularly, the removal of destructive and negative energies in the home.  It’s a highly effective aid for meditation, as it’s also known to enhance mental clarity.