AS A CANDLE LOVER, I DECIDED TO MAKE AND SELL MY OWN CANDLES. ALTHOUGH I BOUGHT A BOOK, I FOUND THAT SMALL KITS FROM EBAY HELP MUCH MORE. MY BOOK I PURCHASED HELPED ME WITH THE GENERAL SUPPLIES I NEEDED, BUT THE KIT GAVE ME GREAT PRACTICE AND A CHEAP WAY TO FIND OUT IF IT WAS FOR ME. I RAN A BUSINESS FOR A SHORT TIME UNTIL OVERHEAD BECAME TOO MUCH. PEOPLE WERE ORDERING LIKE CRAZY AND I COULDN'T KEEP UP. THE BOOKS WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF CANDLES. I JUST MADE JARS AND FOUND THAT THE DIRECTIONS IN THE SMALL KITS WERE SUFFICIENT. HERE IS A LIST OF SUPPLIES YOU WILL NEED TO GET STARTED. I SUGGEST YOU BUY THE CHEAPEST AVAILABLE UNTIL YOU KNOW IF CANDLE MAKING IS FOR YOU:

• POURING POT: YOU CAN BUY STANDARD CHEAP POURING POTS AND STAY AWAY FROM THE DOUBLE BROILERS FOR NOW
• SPOON TO STIR YOUR WAX: I JUST USED A WOODEN SPOON FROM MY KITCHEN
• CANDLE THERMOMETER: YOU CAN FIND CHEAP ONES ON EBAY.
• OLD NEWSPAPER: TO PLACE UNDER YOUR WORK AREA
• MAKE SURE YOU CLEAN EVERYTHING VERY WELL AFTER USE WITH WARM SOAPY WATER

I FOUND JARS TO BE THE EASIEST TO MAKE, AND THAT MAY BE A GREAT WAY TO GET STARTED FOR YOU. SEARCH FOR SMALL CANDLE KITS AND TRY ONE OF THOSE. THEY USUALLY CONTAIN EVERYTHING YOU NEED PLUS INSTRUCTIONS. MOST OF THE TIME I FOUND THAT THE KITS USUALLY CONTAIN SOY WAX, WHICH IS NOT MY WAX OF CHOICE, BUT YOU CAN GET INTO THAT AS YOU GET FURTHER ALONG. LATER ON, YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR WAX OF CHOICE WHEN YOU AREN'T USING KITS. I ALWAYS FOUND THAT PARRIFIN WORKS THE BEST AND THE SCENTS HOLD MUCH BETTER.

AS FAR AS RUNNING THIS AS A BUSINESS, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY TO START OUT. YOU WILL BE SURPRISED HOW QUICKLY YOU CAN RUN OUT OF SUPPLIES AND YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE STOCKED UP FOR YOUR ORDERS. THE BEST LISTINGS ARE THE ONES WHERE YOU LIST EVERY SCENT AVAILABLE, AND MAKE SURE YOU DELETE THE SCENTS WHEN YOU RUN OUT! IT'S ALSO A GOOD IDEA TO SEE IF YOU CAN FIND ENOUGH CANDLE LOVERS TO BE WILLING TO TRY YOUR CANDLES OUT. START OUT WITH LOWER PRICES AND OFFER FREE GIFTS AT FIRST. ONCE THEY LIKE YOUR CANDLES, YOU ARE SET! SELLING ONLINE CAN BE A BIT TOUGH, BUT WITH A LITTLE RESEARCH AND HARD WORK YOU CAN BE SUCCESFUL! GOOD LUCK, I WISH YOU THE BEST. IF YOU FOUND THIS HELPFUL, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW!!!