Hi Latasha,
That is a good question. When you are first starting out, using a kit is a good idea so you can try it out first before really jumping in to candle making. It’s also good for trying out a different company for buying your supplies. Once you get the hang of soy candle making and you want to get more serious about it and start selling them, you are going to need to buy in bulk in order to get your cost of supplies down enough to make money. Using the kits is not going to be cost effective for selling your candles. Generally candle makers buy the wax by the case, normally 50lbs at a time. Fragrance oil is another big cost of candle making and so you will want to buy those by the pound once you get going and know which oils you’ll be able to sell fairly well. They do have smaller sizes of oils you can buy as well if you aren’t quite sure if you’ll go through a whole pound yet or if you are trying out a new fragrance. Same goes for containers,wicks and dye, you’ll want to buy those in bulk as well.

I would keep your prices consistent. You can always do some sort of special at the bazaars and shows. Typically something like buy 1 get 1 half off, or buy 2 get one half off, buy 3 get 1 free….. etc…. I think it’s best to be consistent with the regular prices though.