Black-owned business in the Sandhills featured on GMA's Deals & Steals

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Thursday, February 4, 2021
Local black-owned business featured on GMA's Deals & Steals
A local candle business was featured on Good Morning America on Thursday morning.

RAEFORD, N.C. (WTVD) -- A local candle business was featured on Good Morning America on Thursday morning.

Durham native and military spouse D'Shawn Russell quit her job as an educator after 22 years and started Southern Elegance Candle Company. Now, business is booming.

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The facility located off a dirt road in rural Hoke County creates and ships hundreds of candles every day.

Now, you can snag some of those candles for an extremely discounted price.

Southern Elegance Candle Company was featured on GMA's Deals and Steals segment Thursday. With this deal, you can get candles for 50% off.

Orders over $40 will also get free shipping. The deal is good while supplies last through midnight Feb. 4.

Click here to shop the deal.