NATURAL & NON-TOXIC
BLACK HILLS CANDLE & TALLOW
AND WILD IDEA BUFFALO COMPANY
Two local businesses have teamed up in a collaboration that has resulted in a line of bath and beauty products made with locally raised buffalo tallow.
Black Hills Candle & Tallow , located in Custer, sources their buffalo tallow exclusively from Wild Idea Buffalo Company .
It started when Pamela and Patrick Boff founded Black Hills Candle in 2023.
An entrepreneur at heart, Pamela was excited to build their next business after having recently sold the wedding venue she and Patrick had built and managed for the last several years.
She drew inspiration from her childhood, where she grew up down the road from Yankee Candle headquarters in Deerfield, MA.
WRITTEN BY GRETA SMITH + PHOTOS BY ALANA AND JOHN SNYDER
While conducting research for their candle line, Pamela and Patrick quickly decided to look for an alternative to the toxic products commonly used in candle making. “We came upon coconut apricot wax—a nontoxic candle wax— which doesn’t have any soot when you’re burning or extinguishing the candles, and it’s very clean,” said Pamela.
Taking it a step further, the couple made sure the fragrance oils they were using were nontoxic and phthalate-free.
THE HOME + DESIGN ISSUE september 2024
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