Since I’m new to making candles with soy wax, I decided I would buy a starter kit. One that gives me all the supplies that I will need to make a few different types of soy container candles. The first decision to make was what type of soy wax would work the best? A few minutes research on the internet showed many different blends and manufacturers. Looking for such things as natural additives and ease of use, I finally settled on Ecosoya™ soy candle wax. It is made from 100% soy beans and carefully selected botanical oils. This satisfied my desire to use a soy wax that’s as natural as possible. Another benefit is that it exhibits excellent adhesion to glass containers, alleviating the need to preheat glassware before pouring in the wax.

Next, where on the internet can I purchase a complete soy candle making kit with all the supplies a beginner needs? There are a number of suppliers of these as well, but I decided to select one with a shipping location near my home in Arizona. That led me to Peak Candle Supplies out of Denver, CO. I ordered their Soy Container Candle Starter Kit for $69.95 plus shipping. It shipped out later that day, and I received it in only 2 days. It was very well packed and contains the following, as well as their full catalog of candle making supplies.

Soy Container Kit Contents

• 10 Lb bag of Ecosoya Contaner Blend 135 Soy Wax
• 1 Seamless Melting Pot (capacity: 2 Lbs)
• 8 seamless 8 oz Tins with Lids
• 1 Glass Thermometer
• 2 oz Cranberry Citrus Fragrance Oil
• 2 oz lilac Fragrance Oil
• 2 oz Fruit Slices Fragrance Oil
• 2 oz French Vanilla Fragrance Oil
• 2 oz Clean Cotton Fragrance Oil
• 25 Pre-tabbed Cotton Core Wicks (C-60)
• 1 oz Blue/Sky Liguid Dye
• 1 oz Red/Pink Liguid Dye
• 1 oz Yellow Liquid Dye
• 3 Eyedroppers
• 16 pg Instruction Booklet

One thing that I want to caution those of you who buy this kit; DO NOT try to store the eyedropper in the bottle of liguid dye until you have used some first. I erroneously thought that I could remove the lid from the bottle of dye and use the eydropper as the new lid. To my shock as I inserted the eyedropper into the red dye bottle, red concentrated dye oozed all over the outside of the bottle and dripped onto the sink’s granite countertop! What a mess! It took a while to clean up, but I managed to get all the red coloring off the countertop and my hands. You can see the results on the bottle in the picture.

Armed with all the candle making supplies that I need to may soy aromatherapy candles, it’s time to make candles. The little instruction booklet covers candle making in general in the first 11 pages, then dedicates 2 pages each to paraffin and soy wax container candles. A couple of items you will need that aren’t in the kit are a pan to put the pouring pitcher in for use as a double boiler set up and a small wooden skewer to tie the end of the wick to. Also handy is a hot glue gun to glue the base of the wick to the bottom of the container. My next installment will share my experiences as a novice soy aromatherapy container candle maker.

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