Our Story
Made slowly, by hand.
Éluvane is a small studio in South Africa making sculptural candles by hand. We were founded by Livhuwani Mbulungeni in 2026 - a single-person practice built around the belief that the small comforts of an evening deserve objects shaped with care.
What guides the work
What we make from.
The wax
A natural blend of soy wax, beeswax, and coconut wax, clean burning, never paraffin.
The fragrance
Phthalate-free, restrained not overpowering - designed to settle into a room.
The making
Small batches, hand-poured in our Midrand, Johannesburg studio. Never rushed.
The process
From mould to finish.
- 01
The mould
Each form is cast from an original sculpture - hand-shaped before it ever sees wax.
- 02
The pour
Wax is heated slowly. Fragrance is added at 65 °C and stirred until folded in.
- 03
The set
A minimum of 24 hours before unmoulding. Rushing this step shows in the finish.
- 04
The finish
Wick trimmed, base inspected, wrapped by hand in recycled paper and linen.
From the founder
A note from Livhuwani.
Every candle is poured in small batches, one mould at a time. The forms come first; the scent is restrained, intended to live with you rather than announce itself. We work in a natural blend of soy wax, beeswax, and coconut wax with clean fragrance, free of phthalates and parabens, in a palette of ivory, mocha, and warm neutral tones drawn from the Highveld light.
What we make is meant to slow you down. A candle to mark the beginning of a meal, the closing of the workday, a long bath. Quiet ceremony.
The studio is in Midrand, Johannesburg. Each piece carries the trace of being made by hand - small variations in form, faint marks where the wax met the mould - and we list those traces as part of the object, not a defect.
- Livhuwani Mbulungeni, founder