A crafter at heart, Amara Aigbedion began experimenting with candle-making when she was in college. She recruited her sister-in-law, Bukola Aigbedion, and the duo started hosting pop-up shops in 2017.

“I got the idea when I was in business school,” Amara Aigbedion said. “We had a fundraising thing where I donated a candle-making workshop as the gift, and someone bid on it.”

The pop-ups were popular from the start, and the Aigbedion sisters turned Love & Make into the business it is today, which is open seven days a week, even as they both work full-time jobs outside of Love & Make.

How it works

Love & Make hosts do-it-yourself workshops for candle-making, perfumes, colognes, soaps, diffusers and bath bombs.

Workshops are open to the public, but classes can be reserved for private even

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