I always believe that no matter what life has in store for us good or bad it will always lead you to exactly where you should be. My story is a story of making lemonade out of lemons.So take a moment to stop and smell the candles while I tell you the story of the girl behind Nevelles Nest.

My name is Tasha Nevelle Holland. I was Born and raised in Northern California. I am honored to be an indigenous woman from the Karuk tribe. Both my parents were artists in their own ways and fortunately I too have the artist gene. But that is not how Nevelles Nest came about…. Had I of known then what I know now I would not have the honor of owning my very own candle business. Growing up in the age of perfection where everywhere we look the pressure to be “PERFECT” is a cancer that doesn’t seem to go away. I fell into the pressures of society saying how I was created was not good enough. So, at the age of 29 I decided to get breast implants…. Yes, that’s right big ole silicone implants…I won’t lie I enjoyed them for a couple of years. By year 3, I became very sick, I began to gain a lot of unexplained weight and couldn’t drop a pound if my life depended on it, my hair started falling out, had autoimmune, gut, and thyroid issues. I could go on and on. To sum it up I became a shell of my former self. Daily I would look in the mirror and not recognize the poor sad girl looking back at me. I reached out to many doctors in search of the issue, praying for answers so I could get back to the light again. Every doctor told me I was fine. That I needed more vitamins or the other option to take happy pills…

I gave up, a couple more years past I continued down this path of self-hate and one day while scrolling through Instagram I came across a woman telling her Mirical story of how she healed herself after she had her Breast implants removed. A light went off in my mind…Could that be my problem? I joined a Facebook group that saved my life “Breast Implant Illness and healing” By Nicole. I read thousands of stories just like mine. I cried as I read the sad stories and cried as I read the results after explant. I then made it my mission to get as much information as possible. 8years after getting them in it was finally my day!! I explanted September 20, 2021 when I tell you I felt immediate relief it felt like I was 10 years younger. All of my symptoms went away. I lost 30 pounds in 8 months my body was thanking me for saving it from those toxic bags.

While healing from my explant surgery I took 6 weeks off from work and had a lot of downtime and did so much research on products we use that are not good for us and can even become toxic to our bodies. Candles was one of them. Most of the large manufacturer’s mass produce cheap and unsafe candles. With my love for candles and art and my mission to make a clean safe and beautiful candle Nevelles Nest was then born. I spent countless hours hand making the vessels you all love and choosing organic wax and clean scents with local dried flowers. These candles are so much more than a candle. They are my peace when I couldn’t find it elsewhere. They are little jars of hope that one day this small-town native girl can live her dreams doing what she loves.

Most of all these candles are my vessel to spread the word of Breast implant Illness and if I can help even one woman gain her life back then it will all be worth it…