AUGUSTA, Ga. () — She turned a birthday request into a business, and now she’s lighting up Augusta one candle at a time.

It all started with a candle party. “My oldest daughter wanted a candle party,” Sabrina Winfrey said. “At that time, I had a business called Unique Baskets — I made gift baskets for all occasions.”

Winfrey decided to get creative and something clicked. “I said, let me work on it. And we actually had it — a beautiful party. And it just turned into a hobby. I was working, and I would take candles to work and ask people, ‘How do you like this? How do you like that?’ And that’s how I took off.”

That spark turned into Unique Candle Designs. She makes candles, body sprays, soaps, wax melts, and shea butters. All of them are handcrafted. Many inspired by her number one scent. “My Georgia Peach line is my top seller,” she said. “I make Georgia Peach candles, Georgia Peach shea butter, body spray, even hand sanitizer — and it’s a great moisturizer.”

With more than 200 fragrances to choose from, Winfrey also custom blends products to match what her customers like. “I just play with a lot of fragrances,” she said. “A lot of my customers tell me what they like — solemn fragrances, lavender — and I go from there.”

She says she can make about 50 candles in four hours, and teaches classes for birthdays, anniversaries, date nights, and more.

If you’d like to book a candle class, you can give her a call at 706-836-8571. You can also go to her shop at 3084 Deans Bridge Road in Augusta.

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