Kay P

this makes a lot of sense thank you! I've been getting a miss for my last 2 batches and honestly I don't know how people make 100% soy wax melts and get a decent HT. 😢

Hi, thank you for your advice! Yes! I initially used paraffin in my melts, using parasoy blend and the HT was what I got used to then after giving out some testers. Some of my potential customers, had concerns with paraffin so I decided to work with pure soy these last 8 months researching and testing for about 6 months and I am so disappointed in the HT. I honestly love my clients around me but for some as much as I try to explain it to them, they are still against it due to something they read online or they friend said...etc.. 😩 I will try palm oil. Thank you again!

Thank you for all the help I'm currently working on cutting down my costs and getting different people to try them out and researching more into my target market you guys are so awesome thank you for all the advice! 🥰

So I initially was working with GK444 soy wax as I wanted to use them for my candles but frosting was just so hard for me to eliminate and wasn't getting the throw I needed. So I decided to make wax melts with it since it is sturdy enough to hold the molds shape. However after testing : 6% FO, 9% FO, 10 % FO, and 11.5% FO along with the recommended mixing temperature 185F as well as low temperature mixing 140F. I'm just not getting hot throw. I also used different FO from WoodenWick, Candle Cocoon, Aztec, and Flaming Candle. I've been testing for 6 months now and still not getting that hot throw. I'm thinking of adding vybar from what I've heard from others or paraffin but I'm reluctant to adding paraffin since a lot from my target market turns away when I say it's a para-soy blend. 😔

Hi so breakdown without packaging was wrong it takes $9 to make a 7oz candle for me without packaging. I’m going to go for lower cost packaging to make it work thank you for all your help!! ♥︎♡︎

I don’t know if i should just sell my initial vessels and lose some of my initial investment. :’(

Hi thank you for your response. Exactly what I was worried about. I have a following however definitely not enough to establish myself as one although I started out candle making as a hobby, I jumped into it without enough research regarding my vessels and wax and bought from suppliers near me to cut down on shipping costs yet the cost without packaging is $12 and with my vessel would be $18. I’m torn since I do not want to price at $100 with my packaging and I’ve already bought the supplies and I’m trying to cut down on my costs now as much as I can without sacrificing the experience I want my customers to have yet it has been very hard. I’ve been looking into working with different retailers however I need to establish myself enough for them to want to buy wholesale. I’ve bought $1500 worth of vessels I am unable to launch with due to the price being too high. I can no longer return the vessels and my heart was set on it but I’m trying my best to price at what the market sells that is affordable however I’m afraid rebranding my initial idea would even cost me more for now. :’(

Thank you so much you just lifted my spirits after a year and a half of testing and striving to get my formulas right. the four Ps are so helpful. Women are my target market and hopefully sell wholesale to boutiques here in Southern California. For age group I’m looking into appealing to 18-40 since my fragrances are inspired by favourite scents that came out and this age group loved and as do I. I’m going to push through it and i want to give people luxurious minimalistic design and thank you for your advice! | (• ◡•)|

Hi thank you for your response, i highly appreciate it! My ideal customers would be people who love luxury products and candle lovers who wants high quality clean burning candles. My target market would be people who wouldn’t mind splurging on candles like me and i love a good unboxing experience too. I have bought in bulk and currently have 200+ vessels of 2 types luxury concrete that im holding off on since i do not want to launch at $75 for 50% profit and I have bought enough supplies to make 400 candles but im afraid since im starting out as a new brand people would have negative views about my pricing if only they knew how much it costed me and only making 50% profit not the cost x4 calculation since I know that will bring up my price to $100. I want to put my name out there so I am willing to make 50% profit for each but I don’t think it makes up for the time i spend on each with putting mold embellishments on top and dusting them with shine after. I know I shouldn’t feel bad for wanting to make profit but I also don’t want to overwhelm people as I launch. :(

Hi I’m about to launch my luxury candle business and I’m worried I’m above the price range of most 7oz candles on the market, and make so little profit. With packaging I wanted to start out with luxurious packaging but I realized that it will double my costs so I changed my box to a plain box so people are able to reuse it. I am using coconut apricot creme wax and wooden wick while trying to be as eco-friendly as I can. I have not included my thank you card, candle care card, and label costs yet and I’m spending $30 per candle without the luxury packaging that I initially wanted. So I was planning on just launching at $45 and at only 50% profit. :’( Would anyone buy it when you can get candles for a lot cheaper? I also have concrete jars that I will launch in the future since it will cost $70+ for 50% at least. I’m starting to lose hope in this but I’m really passionate and I want people to have a great experience with it. I don’t know how a lot of candle makers are able to deliver at a much lower cost but unfortunately I can’t and I might just lose thousands of dollars if I don’t decide to launch at all. 😩