Beeswax burns differently.
Its golden, warm glow changes the quality of a room.
A clean burn, natural air-purifying qualities, and a subtle scent of honeycomb. Every GLŌAM taper is hand-dipped using 100% pure North American beeswax from responsible US beekeepers, colored with natural plant-based pigments. Each candle is built layer by layer through repeated dipping — then finished with one final hand dip to create a smoother surface and a beautiful finish at the base that machine-dipped candles cannot replicate.
Made in Santa Barbara, California.
About Glōam
GLŌAM GOODS is a women-owned, family studio based in Santa Barbara, California, dedicated to the art of Daily Candle Culture and specializing in hand-dipped beeswax taper candles and sculptural candle holders. Inspired by the surrounding natural beauty and the distinct California spectrum of light that moves from the mountains to the ocean, GLŌAM creates objects that bring warmth, atmosphere, and intentionality into everyday life.
GLŌAM was founded by Sigal, a designer and abstract painter who grew up mixing pigments in her grandfather's workshop and later experimented with natural dyeing in a farmhouse kitchen in Provence. Unabashedly color addicted, she is always experimenting, always mixing, always chasing that shade that doesn't exist yet. That lifelong curiosity about color, natural materials, and the alchemy of making things by hand became the foundation of everything GLŌAM makes.
The studio believes that lighting candles should not be reserved only for special occasions and holidays, but become part of daily living and the emotional atmosphere of the home. The collection includes Classic, Twisted, and Thin taper candles, as well as birthday candles, all handcrafted from 100% North American beeswax and natural plant-based pigments.
Each candle is created using a traditional dipping process in which cotton wicks are repeatedly immersed into molten beeswax sourced from North American bee farms and infused with natural pigments. With each dip, the candles gradually take shape, building smooth surfaces and layered, rich, refined colors unique to the brand.
GLŌAM is known for its distinctive color palettes — mixed by hand in the studio from natural plant-based pigments, released in seasonal collections inspired by fashion, botany, and the natural world.
The studio also designs its own contemporary brass candle holders — Spike, Hex, and Thin, each designed to pair perfectly with GLŌAM's Classic, Twisted, and Thin taper candles. GLŌAM also carries a curated selection of STOFF Nagel holders, the iconic Danish design objects, offering a natural beeswax alternative to their own paraffin candles. Together they bring sculptural form, craftsmanship, and considered design to modern interiors.
Lit, they bring a subtle honey aroma and a warm golden glow. Clean-burning and long-lasting — beautiful objects, made to be lived with daily.
Our Story
While living in a farmhouse in Southern France, Sigal would experiment in the kitchen with color dyes mixing and playing with an assortment of plants, herbs, flowers, and fruit peels — all foraged from the garden and the nearby hills. She would heat them on the stove using different combinations to try to extract distinctive pigments. Toward the evening after a trip to the marché, her family would join together to prep and cook dinner for the night, usually a meal with one too many steps while the smell of burning wood from the fireplace gently wafted through the living areas.
Her family would sit outside under the oak tree into the late hours, usually bundled in a big wool blanket reminiscing and laughing in the flickering shadows of the candles accompanying the evening. Candles were very central to moments spent together in the countryside, since they always elevated even the most unostentatious moments. This was when Sigal started to feel inspired and curious to create candles from scratch, by using the rawest natural materials, inspired by the colors of Southern France discovered on walks, drives, and time spent in nature.
GLŌAM, an old Scottish word for twilight, embodies a life steeped in exploration using raw and natural ingredients - crafting candles that illuminate spaces and tell stories. We hold dear the ritual of lighting GLŌAM beeswax candles and invite you to experience this subtle yet profound practice — one that encourages you to pause, savor the moment, and connect with those around you.
Inspiration
GLŌAM is infused with a life of exploration, curiosity, and the natural world—crafting candles that illuminate stories. Each candle is the culmination of a process inspired by long nights among family and friends: the idea of trying to capture the feeling, the smell, the texture, the color, the warmth, and the glow of that moment.