- 4 - 5 hour
- Aussie Gum
- Bee Goodies
- Bee Goodness
- Beeswax Pillars
- Beeswax Tealight Candles
- Beeswax Wraps
- Black Label
- Blend
- Candle Holder
- Candleholders
- Candles
- Casablanca
- Chocolate
- Classics
- Clear Cups
- Colours
- Dinner Taper Candles
- Dinosaur Design
- DIY Kits
- Dreamtime
- Essential Oils
- Everyday Range
- Festive
- Gifts & Hampers
- Glass
- Glass Jars
- Greek Orthodox Candles
- Hamper
- Handrolled
- In Glass
- Jam Jar Tealights
- Kids
- Kosher Candles
- Large
- Liberty Fabric
- Marrakech
- Medium
- Metal
- Metal Cups
- Neutrals
- Occasion Candles
- Organic
- Palm Beach
- Pure
- Refill
- Refills
- Refresher Block
- Roll On
- Seraphina
- Skinny Tapers
- Soap
- Solid
- Standard Tapers
- Taper
- Tapers
- Tealight
- Uber
- Votive Candles
- Voucher
- 4 - 5 hour
- Aussie Gum
- Bee Goodies
- Bee Goodness
- Beeswax Pillars
- Beeswax Tealight Candles
- Beeswax Wraps
- Black Label
- Blend
- Candle Holder
- Candleholders
- Candles
- Casablanca
- Chocolate
- Classics
- Clear Cups
- Colours
- Dinner Taper Candles
- Dinosaur Design
- DIY Kits
- Dreamtime
- Essential Oils
- Everyday Range
- Festive
- Gifts & Hampers
- Glass
- Glass Jars
- Greek Orthodox Candles
- Hamper
- Handrolled
- In Glass
- Jam Jar Tealights
- Kids
- Kosher Candles
- Large
- Liberty Fabric
- Marrakech
- Medium
- Metal
- Metal Cups
- Neutrals
- Occasion Candles
- Organic
- Palm Beach
- Pure
- Refill
- Refills
- Refresher Block
- Roll On
- Seraphina
- Skinny Tapers
- Soap
- Solid
- Standard Tapers
- Taper
- Tapers
- Tealight
- Uber
- Votive Candles
- Voucher
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Essential Oil Blend - Tranquility (10ml)
Regular price $14.95 Save $-14.95 Description:
Orange, Lavender, Patchouli, Lime, Geranium, Aniseed Essential Oil
Tranquility blend may soothe tension, ease emotional stress and encourage a sense of wellbeing and tranquility.
Product Features
- Made in Australia
- 100% pure & natural
- True to botanical
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Can also be used in soap making
Buckley & Phillips are one of Australia's most reputable suppliers of essential oils with our Gumleaf Essentials range having been in production since the 1970's.
These essential oils are the finest quality available and have been stringently tested and certified as 100% pure, natural & true to botanical.
Product Features:
- Blended & bottled in Australia
- 100% pure, natural & true to botanical
- No fillers or additives
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Cruelty free & vegan
Organic Essential Oil Orange (10ml)
Regular price $13.95 Save $-13.95 Description:
(Citrus sinensis)
Note: top
Source: peel
Extraction method: cold pressed
Country of origin: Mexico
Blends well with: clove, jasmine, cinnamon
Product Features
- Made in Australia
- ACO Certified organic
- 100% pure & natural
- True to botanical
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Can also be used in soap making
Buckley & Phillips are one of Australia's most reputable suppliers of essential oils with our Gumleaf Essentials range having been in production since the 1970's.
These essential oils are the finest quality available and have been stringently tested and certified as 100% pure, natural & true to botanical.
Product Features:
- Blended & bottled in Australia
- 100% pure, natural & true to botanical
- No fillers or additives
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Cruelty free & vegan
Organic Essential Oil Lavender (10ml)
Regular price $27.95 Save $-27.95Description:
(Lavandula angustifolia)
Note: middle
Source: flower tops
Extraction method: steam distillation
Country of origin: Bulgaria
Blends well with: lemon, rose geranium, rosemary
Product Features
- Made in Australia
- ACO Certified organic
- 100% pure & natural
- True to botanical
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Can also be used in soap making
Buckley & Phillips are one of Australia's most reputable suppliers of essential oils with our Gumleaf Essentials range having been in production since the 1970's.
These essential oils are the finest quality available and have been stringently tested and certified as 100% pure, natural & true to botanical.
Product Features:
- Blended & bottled in Australia
- 100% pure, natural & true to botanical
- No fillers or additives
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Cruelty free & vegan
Black Label - Two Ample Pears | 40hr Burn Time
Regular price $79.95 Save $-79.95Our Black Label pure beeswax delicious pear candles are hand crafted and hand finished at Queen B for the ultimate luxury, designer candle experience.
Burn time: 40 hours
H: 9cm x W (at the widest part): 6.5cm
Note: due to the width, these candle need to be burned for a minimum of 3 hours or so at a time (burn it until it reaches the outside edge of the candle)
Due to the width of this candle, it needs to be burned for a minimum of 2 hours each time it’s lit.
All candles, pure beeswax or toxic, need to be burned until the pool of wax reaches the outside edge! It’s an immutable law of physics. This is a requirement every(ish) time you light your candle.
As beeswax is extremely forgiving, if you blow them out sooner on occasion the candle should be able to play catch up.
There is no need with a beeswax candle to put it out once it reaches the outside edge, it should just continue to burn beautifully, without dripping, emitting a light honey aroma and a gorgeous warm ambience.
- Putting a candle into a glass vessel multiplies the light emitted by the candle many times over.
Curved glass (like a fishbowl) will achieve a better result than straight sided glass because the flame is reflected from many angles. Any glass is better than no glass! - Always allow your candle to burn to the outside edge. As some sage physicist said at some stage in the past “if you don’t allow your candle to burn out to the edge, it won’t burn out to the edge.”
- When putting out a pillar candle, use the end of any poker type object (we use the bottom of a pen) to dunk the wick into the molten wax pool and then ensure you lift it out again and re-centre the wick. This stops the wick from smoking (and keeps the wick strong).
Before you relight a pillar candle, always trim the wick to 7mm or so (a little shorter than a centimeter)… if you dipped your wick to put the candle out, it will be coated with wax that has now gone cold so you should be able to trim the wick with your fingertips without getting soot on them!
- We recommend always burning a candle on a fire safe and heat proof surface. Ceramic, tile, mirror plate, glass, marble… should all be heat proof (unless they have a special finish on them in which case check first). Never burn a candle directly on to a timber surface.
- Think about where your candle flame is going to be when you light the candle and ensure there is nothing that can come into contact with the flame (loose paper, curtains or anything else flammable).
- Think about candle safety when you’re setting a dinner table… leave enough room between the candles to allow your guests to pass dishes and drinks without burning themselves or knocking the candles over.
- Every child is different, so it is up to you whether it is appropriate to teach your child about fire or not and at what age. If you’re worried about fire safety around kids, think about putting the candles in a holder with a wide flat base (like a vase or fishbowl) and either keeping them out of reach, or, better still, educating the kids not to touch them while they’re burning.
We have had hundreds of customers over the years who have told us that they have taught their kids that when the candles are lit in the evening it is ‘quiet time’… dinner, bath & bed.
Every Queen B candle is made with 100% pure Australian beeswax plus a pure cotton wick. Nothing else. No fillers. No fragrances. No soy, palm or paraffin wax… just the purest beeswax in the world. There are many benefits of this approach:
- our candles all burn with an golden aura-ed flame that is larger than their toxic cousins (because of the high melting point of the wax we can use a larger wick) throwing more light;
- they burn significantly longer than any non-beeswax candles of a similar size;
- they purify the air via ionisation and have significant health benefits especially for those of us suffering from respiratory problems like asthma;
- using them is good for your health, good for Australian beekeepers, good for the regional communities they live in, good for farmers who rely on bees for pollination, good for national parks and state forests, good for the environment, good for artisan skills, good for Australian jobs and because of all of that, good for you!!
Beeswax Wrap - Medium x 3 | Dreamtime
Regular price $39.95 Save $-39.953 x Medium Wraps (27cm x 27cm)
Our Dreamtime range of Beeswax Wraps use a selection of Jijaka fabric. Jijaka is an Aboriginal word meaning 'kangaroo'. Jijaka authentic designs tell the stories of Aboriginal people who have lived on the Australian continent for more than 40,000 years. Their corroborree ceremonies trace the ancient Dreamtime journeys of spirit ancestors, as they traveled the vast Australian landscape.
Sales of Jijaka designs directly support Aboriginal artistic, social and cultural programs.
Made with pure cotton fabric, pure Australian beeswax, organic coconut oil and tree resin.
Queen B beeswax wraps are a natural, biodegradable alternative to plastic wrap.
Uses: These wraps will stick to themselves using the warmth of your hands. Simply wrap around the food item (cheese, fruit, veggies), bowl or plate of food to create a seal.
Cleaning: Rinse between uses in lukewarm water with a mild dish soap (like sunlight soap).
Refreshing your wraps: Depending on your usage, your wraps should last between 6-12 months. If they start looking a bit haggard, lay between sheets of baking paper and iron (or pop on baking paper in a 110 degree celcius oven for a few minutes).
* Please note that the fabric pattern may vary
Expertise | Usability | Made by Hand | Fabrics | Proprietary Methods of Working with Beeswax
Expertise - we've got 20 years of skin in the game. That's tens of thousands of hours of expertise working with beeswax. Owner, Cate Burton, is the beeswax judge for the National Honey Show and is an acknowledged global expert in beeswax.
Made by Us and Made by Hand - we're control freaks at Queen B. We hand make every single candle and wrap we sell in our purpose fitout hive here on Sydney's Northern Beaches.
The next 2 largest brands in Australia outsource everything - their fabric is imported and sent directly to another company who wax it and sent to another for cutting and packing. How on earth can you guarantee the quality of your product if you don't even make it?
And then there are literally hundreds (if not thousands) of wraps made in a home garage or kitchen. Are you really going to risk wrapping your food in that?
Fabrics - From our beautiful ranges Made with Liberty Fabrics to our collaboration with Jocelyn Proust, we promise to bring you an ever fashionable range of wraps with which to adorn your fridge and lunch box! We're bringing the stylish to sustainable.
Usability - before we launch any product at Queen B we ask ourselves whether the world needs our version of that product?
In the case of beeswax candles it was a resounding yes as beeswax candles had stopped being made professionally many decades prior due to the price of beeswax. All the beeswax candles we came across looked dirty, didn't burn properly and were inconsistent.
In the case of beeswax lip balm, the answer was no... there are already great products on the market that we use ourselves.
In the case of beeswax wraps the answer was again a resounding YES! All of the wraps on the market that we tested were either too brittle (so you couldn't get a seal with the warmth of your hands); had too much beeswax in the mix (causing them to crack when unwrapping things straight out of the fridge) and/or were just downright ugly. The world most definitely needed wraps that were fit for purpose... malleable, easy to seal, not too tacky, not too dry, not too stiff and most definitely not ugly!
Proprietary Methods - Our methods of cleaning beeswax (using only water, filtration and time) are proprietary and carefully guarded. Our decades of working with beeswax have also taught us exactly how to respect and work with this extraordinary material and our hive dedicates almost 500 square metres to this pursuit.
Queen B is no backyard or kitchen table business... we take our commitment to your health and wellbeing seriously and hand make products with that in mind!
Should you ever be anything other than completely delighted with anything that you purchase from Queen B, please contact us pronto... we are not a nameless, faceless business with a call centre overseas - we're a passionate bunch of humans trying our darndest to make a difference.
So many things!
- Asparagus
- Small Broccoli
- Left over Capsicum
- Mushrooms
- Zucchini
- Wraps your berries
- Banana
- Cut up Apple
- Grapes
- Cherries
- Your daily Sandwich
- Small wedge of cheese
Spoonfuls of Honey - Hattie Ellis
Regular price $25.00 Sale price $12.50 Save $12.50Read more on Book Depository here.
Made from nectar concentrated down to a sweet stickiness by tens of thousands of bees working together in the hive, honey can be found all over the world.
Caribbean jerk, Spanish tapas, French sauces, British biscuits and Turkish cakes all gleam with the sweet stuff. It can take no more than a spoonful of honey to bring its deep flavour to a dish. As a marinade it enhances meat and poultry, and works particularly well with nuts and fruits, cream and cheese, and herbs and spices.
Join award-winning author Hattie Ellis in the kitchen as she shares over 80 recipes covering meals throughout the day, snacks, sweets, puddings, sauces and drinks. From Honeyed Chicken and Aubergine Biryani and Honey Sauce Vierge to Honey, Apple and Rosemary Jelly and Sicilian Honey Balls (Sfingi), Hattie explores different flavours and varieties of honey from around the world.
Spoonfuls of Honey also explains what to consider when buying and storing honey, gives tips on its use in your cooking, examines the benefits to your health and includes the role bees and honey play in nature.
Chapters include: What is Honey?; A-Z of honey; A-Z of honeybees; Honey in the kitchen; How to buy and store honey; How to taste honey; Honey and health; Honey and the natural world; Around the world in 90 pots.
Recipe chapters include: Breakfast and brunch; lunch and supper; Snacks, sides and sauces; Teatime baking; Puddings; Preserves, Sweets and drinks
Crown of Stars Taper Adornment
Regular price $24.95 Save $-24.95Coming in two different designs, these beautiful star halos will transform your beeswax taper into a work of art!
Adorn your home with rings of golden star light, throwing shadows of the halo all around.
The smaller one is 9cm in height, with a beautiful golden finish.
The larger one is 15cm in height, with an antique gold finish.
Simply push the prongs into the back of the candle, and the halo will frame the light of the candle.
*Taper Candle Not Included*
3 x Large Beeswax Wraps | Made with Liberty Fabric
Regular price $59.95 Save $-59.95Dimensions: 37cm x 37cm
Available until sold out in 3 x Limited Edition, iconic Liberty fabric's:
- 2 x Betsy Ann, 1 x Linen Plain
- 2 x Clementina, 1 x Linen Plain
- 2 x Floral Earth, 1 x Linen Plain
Or get 1 of each of the Liberty fabrics all in a mixed pack.
Expertise | Usability | Made by Hand | Fabrics | Proprietary Methods of Working with Beeswax
Expertise - we've got 20 years of skin in the game. That's tens of thousands of hours of expertise working with beeswax. Owner, Cate Burton, is the beeswax judge for the National Honey Show and is an acknowledged global expert in beeswax.
Made by Us and Made by Hand - we're control freaks at Queen B. We hand make every single candle and wrap we sell in our purpose fitout hive here on Sydney's Northern Beaches.
The next 2 largest brands in Australia outsource everything - their fabric is imported and sent directly to another company who wax it and sent to another for cutting and packing. How on earth can you guarantee the quality of your product if you don't even make it?
And then there are literally hundreds (if not thousands) of wraps made in a home garage or kitchen. Are you really going to risk wrapping your food in that?
Fabrics - From our beautiful ranges Made with Liberty Fabrics to our collaboration with Jocelyn Proust, we promise to bring you an ever fashionable range of wraps with which to adorn your fridge and lunch box! We're bringing the stylish to sustainable.
Usability - before we launch any product at Queen B we ask ourselves whether the world needs our version of that product?
In the case of beeswax candles it was a resounding yes as beeswax candles had stopped being made professionally many decades prior due to the price of beeswax. All the beeswax candles we came across looked dirty, didn't burn properly and were inconsistent.
In the case of beeswax lip balm, the answer was no... there are already great products on the market that we use ourselves.
In the case of beeswax wraps the answer was again a resounding YES! All of the wraps on the market that we tested were either too brittle (so you couldn't get a seal with the warmth of your hands); had too much beeswax in the mix (causing them to crack when unwrapping things straight out of the fridge) and/or were just downright ugly. The world most definitely needed wraps that were fit for purpose... malleable, easy to seal, not too tacky, not too dry, not too stiff and most definitely not ugly!
Proprietary Methods - Our methods of cleaning beeswax (using only water, filtration and time) are proprietary and carefully guarded. Our decades of working with beeswax have also taught us exactly how to respect and work with this extraordinary material and our hive dedicates almost 500 square metres to this pursuit.
Queen B is no backyard or kitchen table business... we take our commitment to your health and wellbeing seriously and hand make products with that in mind!
Should you ever be anything other than completely delighted with anything that you purchase from Queen B, please contact us pronto... we are not a nameless, faceless business with a call centre overseas - we're a passionate bunch of humans trying our darndest to make a difference.
Liberty Fabrics - original British design since 1875. Liberty fabrics are designed via bespoke production process: hand drawn or painted by the in-house design team in Soho, London. Transformed onto fabric at Liberty’s own Italian printing mill near Lake Como and shipped to Queen B in Sydney, Australia.
Betsy Ann - BETSY was designed for Liberty in 1933 by the designer DS who designed many of Liberty's popular 1930s prints. A small scale version of Betsy, this lovely floral Liberty Fabrics Betsy Ann print was taken from the Autumn Winter Collection 2013.
Clementina - Liberty’s name is so synonymous with the Art Nouveau style that the Italian translation is ‘Stile Liberty’. This particular design from the early 1900s is often used to describe the style itself. It became popular again in the 1960s.
Floral Earth - A medley of strange fruits and abstract vegetables are scattered across a blanket of fabric as bees buzz and beetles crawl. Each element was individually painted in oils and amalgamated into a rich tapestry of warm autumnal harvest fruits and vegetables.
A large beeswax wrap (37cm x 27cm) is suitable for many uses including wrapping:
- cauliflower
- broccoli
- many lettuce varieties
- covering larger bowls
- sourdough sandwich for work/school
- 1/2 cabbage
- smallish 1/2 watermelon (you don't need to cover the hard skin)
- or cut it into quarters for 4 x small wraps
Essential Oil Ylang Ylang (10ml)
Regular price $19.95 Save $-19.95 Description:
(Cananga odorata)
Note: base
Source: flowers
Origin: Madagascar
Extraction Method: steam distillation
Blends Well With: rose, lavender, rosewood
Scent: Intensely sweet, exotic, floral and slightly fruity.
Properties: Calming and uplifting. Improves intimacy, inner peace, joy and confidence. May help with sleeplessness.
Use: 2-3 drops in a vaporiser or oil burner. 2 drops with 10mL of carrier oil for massage.
Product Features:
- Bottled in Australia
- 100% pure, natural & true to botanical
- No fillers or additives
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Cruelty free & vegan
- Can also be used in candle making and soap making
Safety: Possible irritant to sensitive skin.
Buckley & Phillips are one of Australia's most reputable suppliers of essential oils with our Gumleaf Essentials range having been in production since the 1970's.
These essential oils are the finest quality available and have been stringently tested and certified as 100% pure, natural & true to botanical.
Product Features:
- Blended & bottled in Australia
- 100% pure, natural & true to botanical
- No fillers or additives
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Cruelty free & vegan
Essential Oil Mandarin (10ml)
Regular price $10.95 Save $-10.95Description:
(Citrus reticulata)
Note: top
Source: peel
Extraction method: cold pressed
Country of origin: Australia
Blends well with: tangerine, grapefruit, chamomile
Product Features
- Made in Australia
- 100% pure & natural
- True to botanical
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Can also be used in soap making
Buckley & Phillips are one of Australia's most reputable suppliers of essential oils with our Gumleaf Essentials range having been in production since the 1970's.
These essential oils are the finest quality available and have been stringently tested and certified as 100% pure, natural & true to botanical.
Product Features:
- Blended & bottled in Australia
- 100% pure, natural & true to botanical
- No fillers or additives
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Cruelty free & vegan
2 x Medium Beeswax Wraps | Classic Collection
Regular price $29.95 Save $-29.95Queen B's Classic Collection of beeswax food wraps come in a variety of fabrics that fall into two ranges:
- Classic Colours (fresh colours - yellows, oranges, greens & reds)
- Classic Neutrals (black, white & a hint of gold)
The set comprises 2 x medium wraps measuring 27cm x 27cm each. Prints will vary. All will be stunning. If you have a preference for colour ways please advise in the comments field:
Colours - yellows/oranges; greens; pinks/reds
Neutrals - darker patterned fabrics; lighter patterned fabrics
Expertise | Usability | Made by Hand | Fabrics | Proprietary Methods of Working with Beeswax
Expertise - we've got 20 years of skin in the game. That's tens of thousands of hours of expertise working with beeswax. Owner, Cate Burton, is the beeswax judge for the National Honey Show and is an acknowledged global expert in beeswax.
Made by Us and Made by Hand - we're control freaks at Queen B. We hand make every single candle and wrap we sell in our purpose fitout hive here on Sydney's Northern Beaches.
The next 2 largest brands in Australia outsource everything - their fabric is imported and sent directly to another company who wax it and sent to another for cutting and packing. How on earth can you guarantee the quality of your product if you don't even make it?
And then there are literally hundreds (if not thousands) of wraps made in a home garage or kitchen. Are you really going to risk wrapping your food in that?
Fabrics - From our beautiful ranges Made with Liberty Fabrics to our collaboration with Jocelyn Proust, we promise to bring you an ever fashionable range of wraps with which to adorn your fridge and lunch box! We're bringing the stylish to sustainable.
Usability - before we launch any product at Queen B we ask ourselves whether the world needs our version of that product?
In the case of beeswax candles it was a resounding yes as beeswax candles had stopped being made professionally many decades prior due to the price of beeswax. All the beeswax candles we came across looked dirty, didn't burn properly and were inconsistent.
In the case of beeswax lip balm, the answer was no... there are already great products on the market that we use ourselves.
In the case of beeswax wraps the answer was again a resounding YES! All of the wraps on the market that we tested were either too brittle (so you couldn't get a seal with the warmth of your hands); had too much beeswax in the mix (causing them to crack when unwrapping things straight out of the fridge) and/or were just downright ugly. The world most definitely needed wraps that were fit for purpose... malleable, easy to seal, not too tacky, not too dry, not too stiff and most definitely not ugly!
Proprietary Methods - Our methods of cleaning beeswax (using only water, filtration and time) are proprietary and carefully guarded. Our decades of working with beeswax have also taught us exactly how to respect and work with this extraordinary material and our hive dedicates almost 500 square metres to this pursuit.
Queen B is no backyard or kitchen table business... we take our commitment to your health and wellbeing seriously and hand make products with that in mind!
Should you ever be anything other than completely delighted with anything that you purchase from Queen B, please contact us pronto... we are not a nameless, faceless business with a call centre overseas - we're a passionate bunch of humans trying our darndest to make a difference.
So many things!
- Asparagus
- Small Broccoli
- Left over Capsicum
- Mushrooms
- Zucchini
- Wraps your berries
- Banana
- Cut up Apple
- Grapes
- Cherries
- Your daily Sandwich
- Small wedge of cheese
Essential Oil Blend - Harmonise (10ml)
Regular price $13.95 Save $-13.95 Description:
Harmonise blend combines soothing citrus and woody spice that can help to settle and stabilise moods.
Product Features:
- Blended in Australia
- 100% pure, natural & true to botanical
- No fillers or additives
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Can also be used in candle making and soap making
Safety: Avoid use during pregnancy. Possible irritant to sensitive skin.
Buckley & Phillips are one of Australia's most reputable suppliers of essential oils with our Gumleaf Essentials range having been in production since the 1970's.
These essential oils are the finest quality available and have been stringently tested and certified as 100% pure, natural & true to botanical.
Product Features:
- Blended & bottled in Australia
- 100% pure, natural & true to botanical
- No fillers or additives
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Cruelty free & vegan
Queen Bee Porcelain Tea Collection
Regular price $19.95 Save $-19.95Queen B is delighted to bring you the 'Queen Bee' Tea Collection! This gorgeous, whimsical collection includes:
- Tall Mug (350ml)
H: 11.5cm x W: 7.5cm
- Flared Mug (340ml)
H: 8cm x W: 8.5cm
- Tea Cup and Saucer (350ml)
Cup H: 7.5cm x W: 8.5cm
Saucer W: 15cm
- Tea Mug and Plate Set (500ml)
Mug H: 8cm x W: 10cm
Plate L: 25cm x W: 15cm
- Platter
L: 36cm x W: 16cm
- Coasters (Pack of 6)
L: 11cm x W: 9.5cm
$50 Gift Voucher
Regular price $50.00 Save $-50.00The perfect gift for when you're not quite sure what someone would choose from our extensive range of Australian made goodness... this $50 Gift Voucher allows them to choose a memorable gift from you.
We will email you the voucher for you to send on to your friend.
If you'd like it made out to someone in particular (ie to have their name on it) please pop their name in the "Notes" field on checkout.
Beeswax Wrap - Large x 3 (Neutral patterns)
Regular price $49.95 Save $-49.953 x Large Wraps (37cm x 37cm)
Made with pure cotton fabric, pure Australian beeswax, organic coconut oil and tree resin.
Queen B beeswax wraps are a natural, biodegradable alternative to plastic wrap.
Uses: These wraps will stick to themselves using the warmth of your hands. Simply wrap around the food item (cheese, fruit, veggies), bowl or plate of food to create a seal.
Cleaning: Rinse between uses in lukewarm water with a mild dish soap (like sunlight soap).
Refreshing your wraps: Depending on your usage, your wraps should last between 6-12 months. If they start looking a bit haggard, lay between sheets of baking paper and iron (or pop on baking paper in a 110 degree celcius oven for a few minutes).
* Please note that the fabric pattern may vary
* As our Beeswax Wraps are a handmade product we decided to hand tear the fabric... we were 50/50 on whether you would prefer straight scissor cut edges or organic torn edges... we love feedback as we want to offer you a product that you love, so please let us know your thoughts!
Expertise | Usability | Made by Hand | Fabrics | Proprietary Methods of Working with Beeswax
Expertise - we've got 20 years of skin in the game. That's tens of thousands of hours of expertise working with beeswax. Owner, Cate Burton, is the beeswax judge for the National Honey Show and is an acknowledged global expert in beeswax.
Made by Us and Made by Hand - we're control freaks at Queen B. We hand make every single candle and wrap we sell in our purpose fitout hive here on Sydney's Northern Beaches.
The next 2 largest brands in Australia outsource everything - their fabric is imported and sent directly to another company who wax it and sent to another for cutting and packing. How on earth can you guarantee the quality of your product if you don't even make it?
And then there are literally hundreds (if not thousands) of wraps made in a home garage or kitchen. Are you really going to risk wrapping your food in that?
Fabrics - From our beautiful ranges Made with Liberty Fabrics to our collaboration with Jocelyn Proust, we promise to bring you an ever fashionable range of wraps with which to adorn your fridge and lunch box! We're bringing the stylish to sustainable.
Usability - before we launch any product at Queen B we ask ourselves whether the world needs our version of that product?
In the case of beeswax candles it was a resounding yes as beeswax candles had stopped being made professionally many decades prior due to the price of beeswax. All the beeswax candles we came across looked dirty, didn't burn properly and were inconsistent.
In the case of beeswax lip balm, the answer was no... there are already great products on the market that we use ourselves.
In the case of beeswax wraps the answer was again a resounding YES! All of the wraps on the market that we tested were either too brittle (so you couldn't get a seal with the warmth of your hands); had too much beeswax in the mix (causing them to crack when unwrapping things straight out of the fridge) and/or were just downright ugly. The world most definitely needed wraps that were fit for purpose... malleable, easy to seal, not too tacky, not too dry, not too stiff and most definitely not ugly!
Proprietary Methods - Our methods of cleaning beeswax (using only water, filtration and time) are proprietary and carefully guarded. Our decades of working with beeswax have also taught us exactly how to respect and work with this extraordinary material and our hive dedicates almost 500 square metres to this pursuit.
Queen B is no backyard or kitchen table business... we take our commitment to your health and wellbeing seriously and hand make products with that in mind!
Should you ever be anything other than completely delighted with anything that you purchase from Queen B, please contact us pronto... we are not a nameless, faceless business with a call centre overseas - we're a passionate bunch of humans trying our darndest to make a difference.
A large beeswax wrap (37cm x 27cm) is suitable for many uses including wrapping:
- cauliflower
- broccoli
- many lettuce varieties
- covering larger bowls
- sourdough sandwich for work/school
- 1/2 cabbage
- smallish 1/2 watermelon (you don't need to cover the hard skin)
- or cut it into quarters for 4 x small wraps
Essential Oil Blend - Romance (10ml)
Regular price $18.95 Save $-18.95Description:
Geranium, Lavender, Ylang Ylang, Sandalwood Essential Oil
Romance blend may calm and balance the mood, relieve inhibiting tensions and harmonise the senses.
Product Features
- Made in Australia
- 100% pure & natural
- True to botanical
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Can also be used in soap making
Buckley & Phillips are one of Australia's most reputable suppliers of essential oils with our Gumleaf Essentials range having been in production since the 1970's.
These essential oils are the finest quality available and have been stringently tested and certified as 100% pure, natural & true to botanical.
Product Features:
- Blended & bottled in Australia
- 100% pure, natural & true to botanical
- No fillers or additives
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Cruelty free & vegan
Essential Oil Blend - Baby Calm (10ml)
Regular price $16.95 Save $-16.95Description:
Chamomile, Lavender, Rose Essential Oil
Baby Calm blend may have a gentle soothing and calming influence on the mind and body of a baby.
Product Features
- Made in Australia
- 100% pure & natural
- True to botanical
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Can also be used in soap making
Buckley & Phillips are one of Australia's most reputable suppliers of essential oils with our Gumleaf Essentials range having been in production since the 1970's.
These essential oils are the finest quality available and have been stringently tested and certified as 100% pure, natural & true to botanical.
Product Features:
- Blended & bottled in Australia
- 100% pure, natural & true to botanical
- No fillers or additives
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Cruelty free & vegan
Essential Oil Lavender - French (10ml)
Regular price $16.00 Save $-16.00 Description:
(Lavandula angustifolia)
Note: middle
Source: flower tops
Extraction method: steam distillation
Country of origin: France/Bulgaria
Blends well with: lemon, rose geranium, rosemary
Product Features
- Made in Australia
- 100% pure & natural
- True to botanical
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Can also be used in soap making
Buckley & Phillips are one of Australia's most reputable suppliers of essential oils with our Gumleaf Essentials range having been in production since the 1970's.
These essential oils are the finest quality available and have been stringently tested and certified as 100% pure, natural & true to botanical.
Product Features:
- Blended & bottled in Australia
- 100% pure, natural & true to botanical
- No fillers or additives
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Cruelty free & vegan
Organic Essential Oil Tea Tree (10ml)
Regular price $16.95 Save $-16.95 Description:
(Melaleuca alternifolia)
Note: top
Source: leaves, twigs
Extraction method: steam distillation
Country of origin: Australia
Blends well with: pine, eucalyptus, mandarin
Product Features
- Made in Australia
- ACO Certified organic
- 100% pure & natural
- True to botanical
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Can also be used in soap making
Buckley & Phillips are one of Australia's most reputable suppliers of essential oils with our Gumleaf Essentials range having been in production since the 1970's.
These essential oils are the finest quality available and have been stringently tested and certified as 100% pure, natural & true to botanical.
Product Features:
- Blended & bottled in Australia
- 100% pure, natural & true to botanical
- No fillers or additives
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Cruelty free & vegan
Organic Essential Oil Lemongrass (10ml)
Regular price $13.95 Save $-13.95 Description:
(Cymbopogon flexuosus)
Note: top
Source: leaves
Extraction method: steam distillation
Country of origin: Nepal
Blends well with: basil, rosemary, cedarwood
Product Features
- Made in Australia
- ACO Certified organic
- 100% pure & natural
- True to botanical
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Can also be used in soap making
Buckley & Phillips are one of Australia's most reputable suppliers of essential oils with our Gumleaf Essentials range having been in production since the 1970's.
These essential oils are the finest quality available and have been stringently tested and certified as 100% pure, natural & true to botanical.
Product Features:
- Blended & bottled in Australia
- 100% pure, natural & true to botanical
- No fillers or additives
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Cruelty free & vegan
Essential Oil Bergamot Calabrian (10ml)
Regular price $17.95 Save $-17.95(Citrus aurantium var. bergamia)
Note: top
Source: peel
Extraction method: cold pressed
Country of origin: Italy
Blends well with: jasmine, may chang, juniper berry
Product Features
- Made in Australia
- 100% pure & natural
- True to botanical
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Can also be used in soap making
Buckley & Phillips are one of Australia's most reputable suppliers of essential oils with our Gumleaf Essentials range having been in production since the 1970's.
These essential oils are the finest quality available and have been stringently tested and certified as 100% pure, natural & true to botanical.
Product Features:
- Blended & bottled in Australia
- 100% pure, natural & true to botanical
- No fillers or additives
- Stringently tested via gas chromatography, optical rotation, refractive index, specific gravity, colour & odour profile
- Ideal for use in aromatherapy, oil burners or blended for massage
- Cruelty free & vegan
Black Label - 3-in-1 Colonnade Candle Holder (Brass)
Regular price $59.95 Save $-59.95The versatile Brass Colonnade candleholder is a minimalist & stylish take on the honeycomb cell. It is designed to hold Bee Light candles, Dinner candles and can also be used to hold a stick of incense.
Dimensions:
H: ~5cm
W: ~3.4cm
Presented in our stunning Black Label packaging, the box contains 1 x Brass 3-in-1 Colonnade candleholder and 1 x 12cm Dinner candle so that you can fire it up immediately and enjoy the luxury of bee created light. Made in Sydney, Australia.
This candle holder is for use with our Black Label Bee Lights, Black Label Dinner Candles and Incense Sticks.
Due to the narrow width of these candles they have no minimum burn time. You can burn them for as long or as short a period as you would like.
All candles, pure beeswax or toxic, need to be burned until the pool of wax reaches the outside edge! It’s an immutable law of physics. This is a requirement every (ish) time you light your candle.
There is no need with a beeswax candle to put it out once it reaches the outside edge, it should just continue to burn beautifully, without dripping, emitting a light honey aroma and a gorgeous warm ambience.
If you’re looking for candles for yoga, meditation, a relaxing bath, kids dinner, bedtime story or any activity that goes for less than a couple of hours, these are the candles for you.
- Putting a candle into a glass vessel multiplies the light emitted by the candle many times over.
Curved glass (like a fishbowl) will achieve a better result than straight sided glass because the flame is reflected from many angles. Any glass is better than no glass! - Always allow your candle to burn to the outside edge. As some sage physicist said at some stage in the past “if you don’t allow your candle to burn out to the edge, it won’t burn out to the edge.”
- When putting out a pillar candle, use the end of any poker type object (we use the bottom of a pen) to dunk the wick into the molten wax pool and then ensure you lift it out again and re-centre the wick. This stops the wick from smoking (and keeps the wick strong).
Before you relight a pillar candle, always trim the wick to 7mm or so (a little shorter than a centimeter)… if you dipped your wick to put the candle out, it will be coated with wax that has now gone cold so you should be able to trim the wick with your fingertips without getting soot on them!
ANY taper will drip in a breeze – be it beeswax, paraffin or even the chemically hardened petrochemical ‘non-drip’ taper candles. Having said that a beeswax candle is the least likely to drip due to its high melting point.
If you want to make sure your Dinner Taper or Bee Light candles don’t drip, keep them out of any breeze or air movement. If the flame is dancing, then the air around the wick is moving and the candles will drip. Sometimes all you may need to do is move your candle 10cm to the left or right and that will fix the problem
If your table is in the centre of a breezy room, you may just need to think of candles like plants… some plants like full sun and some like shade. If you don’t want to waste your money, then observe this! Likewise, some candles cope with a breeze (Tealights, Round Votives, Solid Pillars) and others don’t (Yapers & Bee Lights), so choose the right candle/s for the right location.
- We recommend always burning a candle on a fire safe and heat proof surface. Ceramic, tile, mirror plate, glass, marble… should all be heat proof (unless they have a special finish on them in which case check first). Never burn a candle directly on to a timber surface.
- Think about where your candle flame is going to be when you light the candle and ensure there is nothing that can come into contact with the flame (loose paper, curtains or anything else flammable).
- Think about candle safety when you’re setting a dinner table… leave enough room between the candles to allow your guests to pass dishes and drinks without burning themselves or knocking the candles over.
- Every child is different, so it is up to you whether it is appropriate to teach your child about fire or not and at what age. If you’re worried about fire safety around kids, think about putting the candles in a holder with a wide flat base (like a vase or fishbowl) and either keeping them out of reach, or, better still, educating the kids not to touch them while they’re burning.
We have had hundreds of customers over the years who have told us that they have taught their kids that when the candles are lit in the evening it is ‘quiet time’… dinner, bath & bed.
You would be hard pressed to find any metal candleholders made commercially in Australia these days…. Let alone candleholders of our quality made from solid brass or copper.
We are focused at Queen B of making a difference in everything we do and supporting other Australian crafts people practice their ancient skills of metal bending and mental turning is something that we are incredibly proud to do. We celebrate their skills.
Beeswax Wrap - Mega | Dreamtime
Regular price $30.00 Save $-30.00Mega (54cm x 54cm) - Guaranteed to extend the life of your loaf of sourdough!!
This is the best value beeswax wrap on the market. It can be cut down into 4 x medium (27cm x 27cm) wraps and if you look at the pricing of every other Australian medium beeswax wrap product on the market this is the cheapest price for 4 of them. And you get the Queen B quality too... from the experts in pure Australian beeswax products.
Our Dreamtime range of Beeswax Wraps use a selection of Jijaka fabric. Jijaka is an Aboriginal word meaning 'kangaroo'. Jijaka authentic designs tell the stories of Aboriginal people who have lived on the Australian continent for more than 40,000 years. Their corroborree ceremonies trace the ancient Dreamtime journeys of spirit ancestors, as they traveled the vast Australian landscape.
Sales of Jijaka designs directly support Aboriginal artistic, social and cultural programs.
Made with pure cotton fabric, pure Australian beeswax, organic coconut oil and tree resin.
Queen B beeswax wraps are a natural, biodegradable alternative to plastic wrap.
Uses: These wraps will stick to themselves using the warmth of your hands. Simply wrap around the food item (cheese, fruit, veggies), bowl or plate of food to create a seal.
Cleaning: Rinse between uses in lukewarm water with a mild dish soap (like sunlight soap).
Refreshing your wraps: Depending on your usage, your wraps should last between 6-12 months. If they start looking a bit haggard, lay between sheets of baking paper and iron (or pop on baking paper in a 110 degree celcius oven for a few minutes).
* Please note that the fabric pattern may vary
Expertise | Usability | Made by Hand | Fabrics | Proprietary Methods of Working with Beeswax
Expertise - we've got 20 years of skin in the game. That's tens of thousands of hours of expertise working with beeswax. Owner, Cate Burton, is the beeswax judge for the National Honey Show and is an acknowledged global expert in beeswax.
Made by Us and Made by Hand - we're control freaks at Queen B. We hand make every single candle and wrap we sell in our purpose fitout hive here on Sydney's Northern Beaches.
The next 2 largest brands in Australia outsource everything - their fabric is imported and sent directly to another company who wax it and sent to another for cutting and packing. How on earth can you guarantee the quality of your product if you don't even make it?
And then there are literally hundreds (if not thousands) of wraps made in a home garage or kitchen. Are you really going to risk wrapping your food in that?
Fabrics - From our beautiful ranges Made with Liberty Fabrics to our collaboration with Jocelyn Proust, we promise to bring you an ever fashionable range of wraps with which to adorn your fridge and lunch box! We're bringing the stylish to sustainable.
Usability - before we launch any product at Queen B we ask ourselves whether the world needs our version of that product?
In the case of beeswax candles it was a resounding yes as beeswax candles had stopped being made professionally many decades prior due to the price of beeswax. All the beeswax candles we came across looked dirty, didn't burn properly and were inconsistent.
In the case of beeswax lip balm, the answer was no... there are already great products on the market that we use ourselves.
In the case of beeswax wraps the answer was again a resounding YES! All of the wraps on the market that we tested were either too brittle (so you couldn't get a seal with the warmth of your hands); had too much beeswax in the mix (causing them to crack when unwrapping things straight out of the fridge) and/or were just downright ugly. The world most definitely needed wraps that were fit for purpose... malleable, easy to seal, not too tacky, not too dry, not too stiff and most definitely not ugly!
Proprietary Methods - Our methods of cleaning beeswax (using only water, filtration and time) are proprietary and carefully guarded. Our decades of working with beeswax have also taught us exactly how to respect and work with this extraordinary material and our hive dedicates almost 500 square metres to this pursuit.
Queen B is no backyard or kitchen table business... we take our commitment to your health and wellbeing seriously and hand make products with that in mind!
Should you ever be anything other than completely delighted with anything that you purchase from Queen B, please contact us pronto... we are not a nameless, faceless business with a call centre overseas - we're a passionate bunch of humans trying our darndest to make a difference.
Scandi Village Tealight Holders - Chandlers House
Regular price $24.95 Save $-24.95As part our Scandi Village Tealight Holders range, we introduce the Chandlers House!
Made of Ceramic, this 'Chandlers' House is a cosy cottage fit for a cosy candle maker. The warm hue of a Queen B Tealight will be sure to bring an element of comfort to your home.
*Tealight Not Included*
Dimensions:
L: 8cm x W: 7cm x H: 12cm
Colours:
Navy Blue with Cream Roof
Votive Gift Box
Regular price $1.00 Save $-1.00A recycled white cardboard window box that is the perfect fit for Queen B votive candles in glass.
Perfect for: lovers of beautiful things, wedding decorations, bonbonniere, corporate gifts, corporate events.
Due to the width of this candle, it needs to be burned for a minimum of 2 hours each time it’s lit.
All candles, pure beeswax or toxic, need to be burned until the pool of wax reaches the outside edge! It’s an immutable law of physics. This is a requirement every(ish) time you light your candle.
As beeswax is extremely forgiving, if you blow them out sooner on occasion the candle should be able to play catch up.
There is no need with a beeswax candle to put it out once it reaches the outside edge, it should just continue to burn beautifully, without dripping, emitting a light honey aroma and a gorgeous warm ambience.
- Putting a candle into a glass vessel multiplies the light emitted by the candle many times over.
Curved glass (like a fishbowl) will achieve a better result than straight sided glass because the flame is reflected from many angles. Any glass is better than no glass! - Always allow your candle to burn to the outside edge. As some sage physicist said at some stage in the past “if you don’t allow your candle to burn out to the edge, it won’t burn out to the edge.”
- When putting out a pillar candle, use the end of any poker type object (we use the bottom of a pen) to dunk the wick into the molten wax pool and then ensure you lift it out again and re-centre the wick. This stops the wick from smoking (and keeps the wick strong).
Before you relight a pillar candle, always trim the wick to 7mm or so (a little shorter than a centimeter)… if you dipped your wick to put the candle out, it will be coated with wax that has now gone cold so you should be able to trim the wick with your fingertips without getting soot on them!
- We recommend always burning a candle on a fire safe and heat proof surface. Ceramic, tile, mirror plate, glass, marble… should all be heat proof (unless they have a special finish on them in which case check first). Never burn a candle directly on to a timber surface.
- Think about where your candle flame is going to be when you light the candle and ensure there is nothing that can come into contact with the flame (loose paper, curtains or anything else flammable).
- Think about candle safety when you’re setting a dinner table… leave enough room between the candles to allow your guests to pass dishes and drinks without burning themselves or knocking the candles over.
- Every child is different, so it is up to you whether it is appropriate to teach your child about fire or not and at what age. If you’re worried about fire safety around kids, think about putting the candles in a holder with a wide flat base (like a vase or fishbowl) and either keeping them out of reach, or, better still, educating the kids not to touch them while they’re burning.
We have had hundreds of customers over the years who have told us that they have taught their kids that when the candles are lit in the evening it is ‘quiet time’… dinner, bath & bed.
Every Queen B candle is made with 100% pure Australian beeswax plus a pure cotton wick. Nothing else. No fillers. No fragrances. No soy, palm or paraffin wax… just the purest beeswax in the world. There are many benefits of this approach:
- our candles all burn with an golden aura-ed flame that is larger than their toxic cousins (because of the high melting point of the wax we can use a larger wick) throwing more light;
- they burn significantly longer than any non-beeswax candles of a similar size;
- they purify the air via ionisation and have significant health benefits especially for those of us suffering from respiratory problems like asthma;
- using them is good for your health, good for Australian beekeepers, good for the regional communities they live in, good for farmers who rely on bees for pollination, good for national parks and state forests, good for the environment, good for artisan skills, good for Australian jobs and because of all of that, good for you!!