{"id":10900,"date":"2022-09-28T15:04:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T14:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog-content.thortful.com\/?p=10900"},"modified":"2022-09-28T15:04:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T14:04:28","slug":"need-to-noa-how-founder-natasha-built-the-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-content.thortful.com\/need-to-noa-how-founder-natasha-built-the-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"Need to NOA: How founder Natasha built the brand"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10900\" class=\"elementor elementor-10900\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ee9d4bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ee9d4bb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cfea368\" data-id=\"cfea368\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c26907 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c26907\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"outline: none;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-ab0602b6-7fff-c4d4-e5b3-722b64a6b146\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: #323232; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; outline: none;\">We spoke with Natasha, founder of the scent-sational, award-winning NOA. Read on to find out how fragrance helped her mental health, and what got her on the journey to becoming one of our gift makers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aadfbd2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aadfbd2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e637ca\" data-id=\"0e637ca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09c26bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"09c26bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-content.thortful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/noa1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b16f66d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b16f66d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-afeea8e\" data-id=\"afeea8e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbebfc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cbebfc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; outline: none;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; outline: none;\">Hi! I\u2019m Natasha, the founder behind NOA. We\u2019re a luxury, vegan friendly, and eco-conscious home fragrance brand based in Manchester. I\u2019ve struggled with my mental health since the age of 15, and at 18 I developed severe anxiety. It was one of the hardest times of my life and I tried everything: read self help books, various medications and therapy, but nothing ever seemed to stick. I discovered the practice of mindfulness and meditation, which completely changed my perspective and calmed those anxious thoughts that were controlling my life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">I became interested in aromatherapy and how essential oils carry the power to alter your mood and mind. I\u2019d make different blends for my aroma diffuser and read into the purpose of different oils. Candles soon followed as I always loved their glow while I was working, especially on those not so great mental health days. I found certain scents would evoke happy memories from the past, like when my mum would pop lavender oil on my pillow to help me sleep.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9aee773 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9aee773\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-534800c\" data-id=\"534800c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b87926c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b87926c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-content.thortful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/noa2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-07e79e0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"07e79e0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48f1878\" data-id=\"48f1878\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac2d3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aac2d3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; outline: none;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; outline: none;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; outline: none;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; outline: none;\">You\u2019ve done an incredible job of turning your hobby into a successful business. Can you tell us more about how you got here?<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">I started NOA in February 2019 during my second year of university, mainly because I was having a particularly difficult time with my mental health; I found myself spending a lot of time on my own and began to feel quite isolated.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; letter-spacing: 0.1px;\">I mentioned that I was thinking of starting my own business and my partner\u2019s mum gave me a small loan of \u00a3200 to kick start things off. With that money I ordered materials to make around twenty candles and began researching. For the first year or so I ran the business from my spare room, and in January 2021 we took on our first ever industrial space (since the boxes had taken over the house!)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1900db9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1900db9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44781b3\" data-id=\"44781b3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c401ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9c401ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-content.thortful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/NOA-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Natasha in her studio, and a close-up of candles being made\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0b04a2d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0b04a2d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8161132\" data-id=\"8161132\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a34e873 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a34e873\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"outline: none;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.1px; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-size: 11pt; color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; outline: none;\"><br \/>NOA has grown to be something I could only dream of. I didn\u2019t start the business to grow it to be like other big candle brands, I started it for my own wellbeing and because making candles brought me so much joy. I still find it hard to believe that all of this started with \u00a3200. We are now a six figure company, stocked all over the UK, and have shipped thousands of orders! Everything continues to be hand poured, labelled and packed by me, and we continue to create our unique blends in-house. <\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.1px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">We plant a tree for every order that comes our way and our mission is to be an entirely carbon neutral business by 2023. We even offset the emissions our website produces!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"outline: none;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0.1px; background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; outline: none;\"><br \/>Partnering with thortful has been one of the most incredible experiences to date and I don\u2019t really know where to begin on how much they have helped my business grow. We\u2019ve come a long way from the spare room at home, and I\u2019m so excited to see what the future holds for us!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-36b947c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36b947c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-583c1ae\" data-id=\"583c1ae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ced2bd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ced2bd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-content.thortful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/NOA.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4df796c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4df796c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fa42fe\" data-id=\"6fa42fe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-208f4d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"208f4d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; outline: none;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; outline: none;\"><b style=\"outline: none;\">&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; outline: none;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; outline: none;\"><b style=\"outline: none;\">What advice would you give to someone thinking about starting their own business? <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; outline: none;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; outline: none;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; outline: none;\">My advice is to do it! I know so many wonderful small business owners who make it work everyday, whether it&#8217;s a side hustle or full-time hustle they all feel the same amount of joy, even on those tough days \u2013 it\u2019s always worth taking a shot at it as you never know where it might lead you.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; outline: none;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; outline: none;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; outline: none; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; outline: none;\">\u2014 \u2014 \u2014 <\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; outline: none;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; outline: none;\">If you know someone who would love a candle to cosy up with on these Autumn nights, then we can\u2019t recommend NOA enough (we may be biased). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thortful.com\/gifts?c=pampering\">Shop Natasha&#8217;s candles on thortful.com<\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thortful.com\/gifts?c=pampering\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 1rem;\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spoke with Natasha, founder of the scent-sational, award-winning NOA. 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