About Better Than X Candles

Our story started in 2019 when my girlfriend (at the time) said, for a date idea, that making candles sounded like fun. I thought, sure. Why not? I went online and ordered a candle making kit and anxiously waited for the package to arrive. A few days later, as I was bringing the box from my doorstep in, my phone rang. It was my girlfriend. I could not wait to tell her the candle making kit arrived and we could now celebrate an epic date night straight out of a Lifetime Movie. What would happen next, was a direct hit to my heart….. Todd, the founder Left To My Own Devices I only remember excerpts of that call, which included:“ex-boyfriend called’, “see where things could go with him”, “going to give him another chance” – then before she hung up; “let me know how the candles turnout”. CLICK. Yep, dumped with a candle making kit in my hands. At that point, I was instinctively drawn to do what I thought every guy should do; call a friend, go drink a few rounds of Scotch and create a list of 100 reasons why I was better off without her. It’s easy to reflect and develop reasons why that relationship was not right from the start, but I decided to reflect in a way more literal way. That night, I took that candle kit, and spent hours making and creating. Tinkering with the right amounts of scents, oils, wax. Choosing the perfect vessel to create the candles. When life gives you lemons be sure to make lemonade.Read their story