I Want My First Candle Collection to Look Large but Only Have ₹20,000 for Raw Materials — How Can I Create Variety Without Buying Too Many Different Materials?
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Golden tin 85 g · ₹30.00 each Chunks ₹599.00 / kg Oils from ₹68.44 / 15 g
CSI candle shopping lists · ₹10K / ₹20K / ₹50K / ₹1L budgets
Eight scents, two sizes, 16 products — from one wax and two containers.
★★★★☆
"Quality of the wick is good for jar candles, team can work on the pricing and delivery timelines."
Monika DeepVerified buyer · Oct 2025
Eco Candle Wicks
★★★★★
"Quality wick, works very well"
AshwiniSep 2025
Eco Candle Wicks
★★★★☆
"Good quality .... if possible delivery date would be try little bit quick please"
Subhankar RoyVerified buyer · Sep 2024
Eco Candle Wicks
★★★★★
"This needle is very helpful as it doesn't damage the mould and there is no leakage of wax while pouring.. I would definitely recommend this .."
LJAug 2024
Premium Candle Wicking Needle
★★★★★
"Good one"
Sneha TamangVerified buyer · Apr 2025
Premium Candle Wicking Needle
★★★★★
"This bamboo wick holder doesn't exert any pressure on the wicks… and it is a very useful product 👌🏻👌🏻.."
Lalitha JaganAug 2024
Bamboo Wick Holder
★★★★☆
"Quality of the wick is good for jar candles, team can work on the pricing and delivery timelines."
Monika DeepVerified buyer · Oct 2025
Eco Candle Wicks
★★★★★
"Quality wick, works very well"
AshwiniSep 2025
Eco Candle Wicks
★★★★☆
"Good quality .... if possible delivery date would be try little bit quick please"
Subhankar RoyVerified buyer · Sep 2024
Eco Candle Wicks
★★★★★
"This needle is very helpful as it doesn't damage the mould and there is no leakage of wax while pouring.. I would definitely recommend this .."
LJAug 2024
Premium Candle Wicking Needle
★★★★★
"Good one"
Sneha TamangVerified buyer · Apr 2025
Premium Candle Wicking Needle
★★★★★
"This bamboo wick holder doesn't exert any pressure on the wicks… and it is a very useful product 👌🏻👌🏻.."
Lalitha JaganAug 2024
Bamboo Wick Holder
Reviews collected and published through Judge.me on candlemakingsuppliesindia.store. They are general reviews of the wicks and wick tools named on each card, not assessments of the collection plan set out below. Wording is unedited.
✓ Golden tin with a published 85 g fill ✓ Prices re-checked October 2026 ✓ GST invoicing · MSDS & IFRA documentation on request
Budget Shopping Lists · ₹20,000 Collection
Customers count scents, sizes and colours. They never count waxes. Spend the budget on the variety they can see and smell, and hold everything else to one choice.
16 products
from one wax, two containers, two wick types and two dyes · 56 candles · ₹17,822.50 at CSI · CSI live pricing, October 2026
Quick answers — read this first
How can ₹20,000 look like a big collection? Eight scents in two sizes = 16 products, from one wax and two containers. Colour by family adds visual range without adding SKUs.What does it cost? ₹17,822.50 in CSI materials for 56 saleable candles and 24 test candles, leaving ₹2,177.50 in reserve.
Why the 85 g tin? It is CSI's one container with a published fill (85 g) at ₹30.00 a tin — the cheapest way to double the product count with a lower price point.
What should I avoid? A third jar style or a second wax. Neither adds a choice the customer sees; both add a full wick ladder and part-used packs.
The short answer
Answer: Create variety through scent, size and colour, not through materials. Eight scents in a 200 g jar and an 85 g tin give 16 products from one wax.
Numbers: 24 jars + 32 tins, 24 test candles, CSI spend ₹17,822.50, reserve ₹2,177.50 — total ₹20,000.00.
Method: Price each variety lever → keep scent, size and colour → weigh the jar fill → two wick ladders → colour by family → buy production wicks after the ladders.
In this guide
The shelf wall a ₹20,000 budget can build: eight scents in two sizes, tinted by family. The tin's 85 g fill is published by CSI; the jar's 200 g is an illustrative planning fill to replace with a weighed test pour. Shades depend on your own dye trial.
The second size
Golden Aluminium Tin · 85 g published fill
Why one wax, one jar
Standardise and vary through fragrance
Ask before you order
Price the collection on WhatsApp
Straight answer
I want my first candle collection to look large but only have ₹20,000 for raw materials — how can I create variety without buying too many different materials?
Put the variety into scent, size and colour — the three things a customer counts — and hold everything else to one choice. On ₹20,000.00, eight fragrance oils in two formats, a 200 g White Matte Glass Jar and the 85 g Golden Aluminium Tin (CSI's one container with a published fill), give 16 products from a single wax, Luxury Soy Wax Chunks, one Eco wick range and two 15 g dyes used by scent family. That is 56 saleable candles plus 24 test candles for ₹17,822.50 at CSI, with ₹2,177.50 kept for wick fixes and the first reorders — exactly ₹20,000.00. A third jar style or a second wax would add a full wick ladder and part-used packs but not a single choice the customer can see.
One line: the shelf is wide because the store room is narrow.
The ₹20,000.00 collection on this page puts 16 products on the shelf — eight scents, each in a 200 g White Matte jar and an 85 g Golden Aluminium Tin — from one wax, two containers, two wick types and two dyes. 56 saleable candles for ₹17,822.50 at CSI, with ₹2,177.50 kept in reserve. The shared wax: Luxury Soy Wax Chunks at ₹2,995.00 for 5 kg.
Buy Luxury Soy Wax Chunks
Five ways to add variety, priced
A collection looks large because of what the customer can choose between — not because of how many materials you bought.
A customer standing in front of a stall or scrolling a product grid counts choices: scents, sizes, colours. They never count waxes, and they rarely notice a second jar style unless it changes the price. So the cheapest way to look large on ₹20,000.00 is to add the kinds of variety the customer counts and avoid the kinds they do not. The table prices each lever using the figures from this page's own plan (Chunks at ₹599.00 a kilo, jars at ₹70.80, tins at ₹30.00, the plan's average oil line).
Marginal cost of each lever · computed from this page's plan · wax at ₹599.00 / kg · oils at their 100 g rate · tests and fills as labelled
What each kind of variety costs to add
| Lever | What the customer sees | What you have to buy and test | Approx. CSI cost to add | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Another scent | +1 scent, +2 products (jar and tin) | One oil line, wax, 3 jars, 4 tins, 1 confirmation candle | ₹1,558.29 | Best value |
| A second size (85 g tin) | +8 products at a lower price point | Tins, wax and oil for them, one tin wick ladder | ₹4,610.47 | Worth it — published 85 g fill |
| A family colour | Groups scents visually; shelf looks curated | One 15 g liquid dye + colour-trial tins | ₹389.68 per colour | Cheap, but a burn check is needed |
| A third container style | Another shape, usually the same price point | A jar pack, a weighed fill, a full wick ladder, new lids/labels | ₹2,098.44 (e.g. 50 Salsa jars + ladder) | Avoid at launch |
| A second wax | Nothing visible | A wax bag, pour notes, a ladder in every container | a new bag + 12 ladder candles | Avoid |
Two levers stand out. Scent is the cheapest per product added: one oil line and one confirmation candle, because the jar, tin, wax and wick are already approved. A second size is the best way to double the product count, and the Golden Aluminium Tin is the natural choice because it is the one CSI container with a published fill (85 g) — no guesswork on the BOM — at ₹30.00 a tin. Colour is the third lever: two 15 g liquid dyes give the shelf a family logic without adding a single SKU.
The CSI principle
Spend on the variety a customer can count. Standardise everything they cannot.
Scents, sizes and colours are visible choices. Waxes, wick types and a third jar shape are not — they only add tests, packs and part-used stock.
The 16-product plan in numbers
The plan: eight scents, each made as 3 × 200 g jars and 4 × 85 g tins. That is 24 jars and 32 tins to sell — 56 candles across 16 products. More tins than jars is deliberate: the tin is the low-price entry point and the one most people buy to try a scent, so it carries the breadth while the jar carries the margin per sale. The split is a labelled planning choice, not demand data — CSI publishes none.
Per candle · CSI convention: oil = W × L, wax = W × (1 − L) · 8% working load (Chunks' page states up to 13%)
Two BOMs, one wax
| Format | Fill | Wax | Oil | Wick | Container |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 g jar | 200 g — illustrative, not published, weigh a test pour | 184.0 g | 16.0 g | Thin C1 or Thick C2 (ladder) | White Matte Glass Jar · ₹70.80 |
| 85 g tin | 85 g — CSI's published fill | 78.2 g | 6.8 g | Thin C1 or Thick C2 (own ladder) | Golden Aluminium Tin · ₹30.00 |
Allowance stack · applied in order · rates are labelled working assumptions
From 56 saleable candles to quantities
| Step | Jars | Tins | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saleable | 24 | 32 | 8 scents × (3 + 4) |
| 1 · Tests (whole candles) | +6 ladder + 8 confirmation = 38 | +6 ladder + 4 colour trials = 42 | 24 test candles in all |
| 2 · Rejects ÷ (1 − 5%) | wax, oil, wicks | wax, oil, wicks | 85 wicks |
| 3 · Pour loss × 1.04 | wax and oil | wax and oil | wax 11,250 g · oil 978.3 g |
| 4 · Breakage × 1.02 | 39 jars | none (aluminium) | glass only |
| 5 · Round to packs | see the list | cheapest in-stock combinations |
Treating the tin like a small jar on the same wick. An 85 g tin is shallower and narrower than a 200 g jar, so the jar's winning wick is not automatically right for it. Fix: give the tin its own six-candle ladder from the same Thin C1 / Thick C2 range. It costs 6 tins of material, and it is the only extra testing the second size needs. The 50 g / 200 g / 500 g plan shows the same idea across three sizes.
The priced list — exactly ₹20,000.00
Sixteen products, one order, and every rupee accounted for.
Every line is rounded to CSI's in-stock packs. One wax note: Luxury Soy Wax Chunks are ₹598.00 a kilo in 500 g bags and ₹599.00 in 1 kg and 5 kg bags, so the strictly cheapest cover would be 23 × 500 g at ₹6,877.00. The list uses 2 × 5 kg + 1 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g at ₹6,888.00 — ₹11.00 more for far fewer bags to open. Either is fine; there is no bulk discount on this wax.
Budget ₹20,000.00 · wax CSI live pricing, re-checked 1 October 2026 · oils CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 4 October 2026 · wicks, jars, tins & dyes CSI listing re-checked 4 October 2026 · tools Blog 760 figures, verified 10 September 2026
Eight scents, two sizes, 56 candles
| Item | Need | Buy | Price | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luxury Soy Wax Chunks | 11,250 g | 2 × 5 kg + 1 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g | ₹6,888.00 | 34.4% |
| Peach Melon Berry | 279.4 g | 2 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g + 2 × 15 g | ₹1,221.30 | 6.1% |
| Fallen Leaves | 99.8 g | 1 × 100 g | ₹472.00 | 2.4% |
| Honeydew Melon | 99.8 g | 2 × 50 g | ₹434.24 | 2.2% |
| Apple Cinnamon | 99.8 g | 1 × 100 g | ₹474.36 | 2.4% |
| Blue Ocean | 99.8 g | 2 × 50 g | ₹494.00 | 2.5% |
| Eucalyptus Spearmint | 99.8 g | 1 × 100 g | ₹354.00 | 1.8% |
| Royal Apricot | 99.8 g | 2 × 50 g | ₹366.00 | 1.8% |
| Pomegranate Splash | 99.8 g | 1 × 100 g | ₹399.00 | 2.0% |
| White Matte Glass Jar | 39 jars | 4 × 10 | ₹2,832.00 | 14.2% |
| Golden Aluminium Tin, 85 g | 42 tins | 4 × 12 | ₹1,440.00 | 7.2% |
| Eco wicks — ladder | 3 Thin C1 + 3 Thick C2 per container | Thin C1 × 20 + Thick C2 × 10 | ₹212.40 | 1.1% |
| Eco wicks — production (after ladder) | 85 wicks less spares | budgeted at the dearer outcome | ₹755.20 | 3.8% |
| Wick stickers | 85 | 3 × 40 | ₹300.00 | 1.5% |
| Candle Dye Liquid Red + Blue | two family colours | 15 g + 15 g | ₹472.00 | 2.4% |
| Scale + thermometer | skip if owned | 1 + 1 | ₹708.00 | 3.5% |
| CSI subtotal | ₹17,822.50 | 89.1% | ||
| Reserve — kept as cash for testing fixes and the first reorder | labelled working reserve | not spent yet | ₹2,177.50 | 10.9% |
| Budget | ₹20,000.00 | 100.0% |
Fragrance takes 21% of the budget and containers 21%; wax is 34%. The reserve of ₹2,177.50 (11%) is labelled working cash for a third wick option if the ladder needs one, a second colour trial, and the first reorder of the scents that sell. The production-wick line is budgeted at the dearer outcome; if Thin C1 wins, ₹342.20 returns to the reserve.
Eight oils · 3 jars + 4 tins + 1 confirmation each; oil 1 also carries the ladders and colour trials · CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 4 October 2026
Each oil rounded to its own packs
| Oil | Family (descriptive) | Need | Packs | Left over | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peach Melon Berry | Fruity | 279.4 g | 2 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g + 2 × 15 g | 0.6 g | ₹1,221.30 |
| Fallen Leaves | Autumn / spice | 99.8 g | 1 × 100 g | 0.2 g | ₹472.00 |
| Honeydew Melon | Fruity | 99.8 g | 2 × 50 g | 0.2 g | ₹434.24 |
| Apple Cinnamon | Autumn / spice | 99.8 g | 1 × 100 g | 0.2 g | ₹474.36 |
| Blue Ocean | Fresh | 99.8 g | 2 × 50 g | 0.2 g | ₹494.00 |
| Eucalyptus Spearmint | Fresh | 99.8 g | 1 × 100 g | 0.2 g | ₹354.00 |
| Royal Apricot | Fruity | 99.8 g | 2 × 50 g | 0.2 g | ₹366.00 |
| Pomegranate Splash | Fruity | 99.8 g | 1 × 100 g | 0.2 g | ₹399.00 |
The eight oils were chosen for spread across three families and for modest per-gram prices, so that breadth does not eat the budget. None is chosen for throw — CSI publishes no throw data — and none because it is claimed to sell. Seven of the eight need just under 99.8 g each, so a 100 g bottle (or two 50 g where that is cheaper) covers them almost exactly — the reject and pour-loss allowances are already inside that figure, so a near-zero leftover is not a shortfall. The family grouping is a merchandising choice you can change. Eucalyptus Spearmint has the cheapest 15 g in the whole collection (₹68.44), and Honeydew Melon is one of the oils with a real bulk step at 500 g — a reorder note, not a launch buy.
Not CSI products · EXAMPLE figures only · outside the CSI subtotal and outside the raw-material budget
Presentation lines that make sixteen products look like a brand
| Line | Example cost | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Label template, 8 scent names × 2 sizes | example ₹8.00 per label | One design, family colour on the label — replace with your printer's quote |
| Lid for the White Matte jar | example ₹15.00 each | CSI does not list a lid for this jar; the tin is a lidded container format |
| Discovery box holding four tins | example ₹45.00 each | A set looks like a new product but uses no new raw material |
Argued against our own interest, plainly. We could sell you a third and fourth jar style and a second wax for this budget, and the order would be bigger. It would not make the collection look larger — it would make it smaller, because the money would come out of scents and tins. Keep the wax and the two containers; spend the difference on scents.
Using colour without adding materials
Two liquid dyes, red and blue, are enough to give three families three looks: undyed (or the lightest tint) for fresh scents, a red-based tint for fruity scents, and a deeper red or a red-and-blue mix for the autumn and spice scents. Dye doses are not published for CSI's dyes, so the four colour-trial tins on the list exist to find yours: weigh the dye into a weighed amount of wax, note the shade, and keep the recipe. Dyes can affect the burn, so each colour also gets a burn check with the approved wick.
Colour plan · shades depend on your own trial doses · CSI publishes no dye coverage per kg
Three families, two dyes
| Family | Scents | Colour approach | Dye |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh | Blue Ocean, Eucalyptus Spearmint | Undyed or a faint blue tint | Blue liquid, 15 g |
| Fruity | Peach Melon Berry, Honeydew Melon, Royal Apricot, Pomegranate Splash | Light red tint | Red liquid, 15 g |
| Autumn / spice | Fallen Leaves, Apple Cinnamon | Deeper red, or red with a touch of blue — trial it | Red + blue |
Colour by family, not by product
Eight colours for eight scents means eight dye recipes and eight colour checks. Three family colours means three recipes and a shelf that reads as organised. Yellow and green liquid dyes are out of stock on CSI's pull; yellow dye chips are in stock at ₹250.00 if you want a warm family colour — trial it the same way.Buy now, buy after the ladders
Order split
Three steps, not one big order
| When | Lines | CSI cost | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Chunks, eight oils, jars, tins, wick ladder packs, stickers, two dyes, tools | ₹17,067.30 | Shared by every product whichever wick wins |
| After both ladders | Production wicks of the winning type(s) | up to ₹755.20 | The jar and the tin may end up on different wicks |
| After first sales | Reorders of the scents that sold | from the reserve | Sales-triggered gates |
1
Weigh the jar fillThe tin's 85 g is published; the White Matte jar's fill is not. Weigh one jar filled to your line and rerun the wax and oil if it is not 200 g.
2
Run two ladders in one oilSix jars and six tins in Peach Melon Berry: three Thin C1 and three Thick C2 in each format. Same pour day, same cure checkpoint (for example 7 days).
3
Run the colour trial alongsideFour tins: two tint strengths of red, one of blue, one mix. Weigh dye and wax; write the recipe on the base.
4
Burn and decide3–4 hour cycles with full cool-down (commonly used working practice). Keep the wick that gives a full, safe pool in each format; the jar and the tin may differ.
5
Confirm every oil onceOne jar per oil with the winning wick and its family colour. That one candle checks oil and dye together.
6
Pour the 56, then photograph the wallOne background, one light, jars behind tins, grouped by family. The collection looks large because it is organised.
Diwali falls on Sunday 8 November 2026, and four-tin discovery sets are an easy festive gift built from stock you already have. Send us your eight scents and sizes on WhatsApp and we will price the full collection and a reorder list — wax bags to 10 kg, oils to 1 kg per listing, larger quantities by quote, and no volume discount figure is published.
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How few materials sit behind sixteen products
Count what you actually stock: one wax, two containers, two wick types (one or two kept after the ladders), eight oils, two dyes and a sheet of wick stickers — 16 materials, of which eight are the scents the customer chose. Everything a customer does not choose has been held to the minimum. The complexity post counts how much testing this saves against a launch built from a wishlist, and the standardise-or-diversify post runs the same logic on a smaller budget.
Sixteen products, one wax. The shelf is wide because the store room is narrow.
— CandleMakingSuppliesIndia
When the reserve is spent on reorders rather than new materials, the collection grows the right way: deeper in the scents that sold. Larger packs or cash for reorders and how many fragrances ₹30,000 can support pick up the story at the next budget step.
1
The one wax · up to 13% fragrance (page)
Luxury Soy Wax Chunks
CSI's page states a 13% maximum fragrance load and a cure of at least 48 hours, ideally one to two weeks. Priced flat: ₹598.00 a kilo in 500 g bags, ₹599.00 at 1 and 5 kg, ₹599.90 at 10 kg — so the 10 kg bag is not a discount.
| Pack | Price | Per kg | 200 g jars per pack |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 g | ₹299.00 | ₹598.00 | 2.7 |
| 1 kg | ₹599.00 | ₹599.00 | 5.4 |
| 5 kg | ₹2,995.00 | ₹599.00 | 27.2 |
| 10 kg | ₹5,999.00 | ₹599.90 | 54.3 |
₹6,888.00 as 2 × 5 kg + 1 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g Buy Chunks
2
The second size · published 85 g fill
Golden Aluminium Tin, 85 g fill
The only CSI container besides the 50 g velvet jar with a published fill, which makes it the easiest second size to plan. ₹30.00 a tin in packs of 12. Aluminium, so no breakage allowance is needed.
| Pack | Price | Per tin | This plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pack of 12 | ₹360.00 | ₹30.00 | 4 packs (48 tins) |
₹1,440.00 for 48 tins Buy Golden tins
3
The main size · fill not published
White Matte Glass Jar
CSI does not publish fill weights for its glass jars (only the 85 g Golden Aluminium Tin and the 50 g Heart Cutout Velvet Jar have published fills). Weigh one test pour; this page plans at an illustrative 200 g. Packs of 5 and 10 at the same ₹70.80 a jar.
| Pack | Price | Per jar | This plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pack of 5 | ₹354.00 | ₹70.80 | 0 |
| Pack of 10 | ₹708.00 | ₹70.80 | 4 |
₹2,832.00 for 40 jars Buy White Matte jars
4
Oil 1 · carries the ladders and colour trials
Peach Melon Berry Fragrance Oil
A fruity scent with a modest 100 g price (₹4.18 a gram). It is poured in both ladders and the colour trials as well as its own candles, so it is the largest oil line.
| Pack | Price | Per gram | Candles at 16.0 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹81.42 | ₹5.43 | 0.9 |
| 50 g | ₹223.02 | ₹4.46 | 3.1 |
| 100 g | ₹417.72 | ₹4.18 | 6.2 |
| 500 g | ₹2,088.60 | ₹4.18 | 31.2 |
| 1 kg | ₹4,177.20 | ₹4.18 | 62.5 |
₹1,221.30 for 2 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g + 2 × 15 g Buy Peach Melon Berry
5
Fresh family · cheapest 15 g in the collection
Eucalyptus Spearmint Fragrance Oil
At ₹68.44 the 15 g is the lowest-priced sample size CSI lists, useful when you want to trial a ninth scent before committing. For the plan it is bought as 1 × 100 g.
| Pack | Price | Per gram | Candles at 16.0 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹68.44 | ₹4.56 | 0.9 |
| 50 g | ₹212.40 | ₹4.25 | 3.1 |
| 100 g | ₹354.00 | ₹3.54 | 6.2 |
| 500 g | ₹1,652.00 | ₹3.30 | 31.2 |
| 1 kg | ₹3,068.00 | ₹3.07 | 62.5 |
₹354.00 for 1 × 100 g Buy Eucalyptus Spearmint
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Why trust this guide
CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA supplies raw materials, not finished candles. A bigger materials list would be a bigger order for us. This page recommends the smallest set of materials that can put sixteen products on a shelf.
Wax prices are CSI live pricing, re-checked 1 October 2026; oil prices are CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 4 October 2026; wick, sticker, jar, tin and dye packs are from the CSI listing re-checked 4 October 2026; the scale and thermometer are Blog 760 figures, verified 10 September 2026. Every allowance, rounding and the budget total are computed to two decimals.
The 200 g jar fill, the 3-jar / 4-tin split per scent, the 8% load, the 5% reject, 4% pour-loss and 2% breakage rates, the ladder and colour-trial sizes, the lever costs and the packaging figures are labelled examples and working assumptions. CSI publishes no glass-jar fills (except the 85 g tin and 50 g velvet jar), dye doses, wick charts, throw or demand data. For help planning, GST invoicing, MSDS or IFRA documentation, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.
Frequently asked questions
How many candle scents should I launch with on a small budget?
Enough to look like a range and still sell through. This plan uses eight at 3 jars and 4 tins each; fewer, deeper scents suit a market stall with repeat buyers.
What is the cheapest way to offer two candle sizes?
Use the same wax and wick range in a second container with a known fill. CSI's Golden Aluminium Tin has a published 85 g fill at ₹30.00 a tin.
How much candle dye do I need?
CSI publishes no dose per kilo of wax for its dyes. Buy 15 g, run a small weighed colour trial, write the recipe down and burn-check it.
Do coloured candles need different wicks?
Dyes can affect the burn, so confirm each colour with one candle on the approved wick. It rarely changes the wick, but the check is cheap.
Can I make a candle gift set without buying new materials?
Yes — a box of four 85 g tins in different scents is a new product built entirely from stock. The box itself is a non-CSI packaging cost.
Is it worth buying a 10 kg bag of soy wax for a first collection?
Only for storage convenience. Luxury Soy Wax Chunks cost ₹599.90 a kilo in the 10 kg bag against ₹599.00 in 5 kg bags. When to move to bulk covers every material.
One wax, sixteen products
Make the shelf wide and the store room narrow.
Luxury Soy Wax Chunks from ₹299.00, Golden tins at ₹360.00 for 12, White Matte jars at ₹70.80, liquid dyes from ₹236.00 and more than eighty oils. Send us your scents and sizes and we will price the collection.
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Continue the read — budget shopping lists
- I Have a Limited Budget — Should I Standardise on One Jar and One Wax While Creating Variety Through Fragrance Instead of Buying Many Container Styles?
- If I Standardise One Wax, One Jar and a Small Wick Range, How Much Inventory Complexity Can I Eliminate from My First Candle Launch?
- I Have ₹10,000 for Fragrance, Wax and Wicks but Already Own Jars — How Should I Allocate the Budget Differently?
- I Already Have Fragrance Oils but Need Wax, Jars and Wicks — How Do I Choose Quantities Based on the Fragrance Inventory I Already Own?
- How Do I Build a Candle Startup Purchase Plan That Moves from ₹10,000 Testing Inventory to ₹25,000, ₹50,000 and ₹1 Lakh Commercial Inventory as Sales Grow?
- I Have ₹20,000 and Want to Launch Vanilla, Coffee and Lavender Candles — How Should I Divide the Budget Between Wax, Fragrance Oils, Jars, Wicks and Testing Materials?
- I Have ₹30,000 to Start Selling Candles Online — How Many Fragrances and Jar Sizes Can I Realistically Support Without Spreading Inventory Too Thin?
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About this guide: Written by the CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA team. Product examples reflect the CSI range; the variety-lever method applies to any supplier.Customer reviews: The six reviews at the top of this page are genuine, published Judge.me reviews left by CSI customers on the product pages named on each card — Eco Candle Wicks, Premium Candle Wicking Needle and Bamboo Wick Holder. They are general product reviews, not assessments of the guidance set out here. Names, star ratings, dates and products are as recorded by Judge.me and wording is unedited. "Verified buyer" appears only on the three reviews Judge.me recorded as verified — Monika Deep, Subhankar Roy and Sneha Tamang; the reviews from Ashwini, LJ and Lalitha Jagan are published but not recorded as verified, and carry no badge.
Figures: Luxury Soy Wax Chunks ₹299.00 / 500 g, ₹599.00 / 1 kg, ₹2,995.00 / 5 kg, ₹5,999.00 / 10 kg (CSI live pricing, re-checked 1 October 2026). Peach Melon Berry Fragrance Oil ₹81.42 / 15 g, ₹223.02 / 50 g, ₹417.72 / 100 g, ₹2,088.60 / 500 g, ₹4,177.20 / 1 kg; Fallen Leaves Fragrance Oil ₹94.40 / 15 g, ₹236.00 / 50 g, ₹472.00 / 100 g, ₹2,124.00 / 500 g, ₹4,248.00 / 1 kg; Honeydew Melon Fragrance Oil ₹105.02 / 15 g, ₹217.12 / 50 g, ₹435.42 / 100 g, ₹1,699.20 / 500 g, ₹3,398.40 / 1 kg; Apple Cinnamon Fragrance Oil ₹93.22 / 15 g, ₹237.18 / 50 g, ₹474.36 / 100 g, ₹2,371.80 / 500 g, ₹4,743.60 / 1 kg; Blue Ocean Fragrance Oil ₹93.22 / 15 g, ₹247.00 / 50 g, ₹495.00 / 100 g, ₹2,478.00 / 500 g, ₹4,956.00 / 1 kg; Eucalyptus Spearmint Fragrance Oil ₹68.44 / 15 g, ₹212.40 / 50 g, ₹354.00 / 100 g, ₹1,652.00 / 500 g, ₹3,068.00 / 1 kg; Royal Apricot Fragrance Oil ₹183.00 / 50 g, ₹367.00 / 100 g, ₹3,667.00 / 1 kg; Pomegranate Splash Fragrance Oil ₹249.00 / 50 g, ₹399.00 / 100 g, ₹1,999.00 / 500 g, ₹3,999.00 / 1 kg (CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 4 October 2026). Eco Candle Wicks Thin C1 ₹118.00 / 20, ₹295.00 / 50, ₹590.00 / 100, ₹2,950.00 / 500, ₹5,900.00 / 1,000 (₹5.90 each; the 10-pack is out of stock on the 4 October 2026 re-check); Thick C2 ₹94.40 / 10, ₹188.80 / 20, ₹472.00 / 50, ₹944.00 / 100, ₹4,720.00 / 500, ₹9,440.00 / 1,000 (₹9.44 each); Cotton Braided Wicks Ready Made ₹12.00 each at every pack (₹120.00 / 10 to ₹12,000.00 / 1,000); wick stickers ₹100.00 / 40; White Matte Glass Jar ₹354.00 / 5, ₹708.00 / 10 (₹70.80 each); Golden Aluminium Tin (85 g published fill) ₹360.00 / 12 (₹30.00 each); 200 ml Salsa Glass Jar with golden lug cap ₹200.60 / 5, ₹1,475.00 / 50, ₹2,950.00 / 100; Candle Dye Liquid Red and Blue ₹236.00 / 15 g, ₹472.00 / 50 g, ₹900.00 / 100 g; yellow dye chips ₹250.00; yellow and green liquid dyes out of stock (CSI listing re-checked 4 October 2026). Candle Making Weighing Scale ₹354.00; Pen Thermometer ₹354.00; Wick Centering Device ₹118.00 / 5 (Blog 760 figures, verified 10 September 2026).
Non-price figures and assumptions: Load is a share of finished weight (oil = W × L; 200 g at 8% = 16 g oil + 184 g wax; 85 g at 8% = 6.8 g oil + 78.2 g wax). CSI does not publish fill weights for its glass jars (only the 85 g Golden Aluminium Tin and the 50 g Heart Cutout Velvet Jar have published fills); the 200 g jar fill is illustrative. What CSI's product pages state (quoted, not CSI test results): Luxury Soy Wax Chunks — maximum fragrance load 13%, cure minimum 48 hours, ideally 1–2 weeks; Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 — fragrance load up to 10%, shelf life 60 months cool and dry; Premium Coconut Soy Wax CSI 468 — melting point 50–53°C, pour 58–60°C, fragrance load up to 13%, shelf life 60 months cool and dry; Natural Soy Pearl — no melt point, pour temperature, fragrance ceiling or shelf life published. Reject 5%, pour loss 4%, breakage 2% (glass only), ladder and colour-trial sizes, the jar/tin split and packaging figures are labelled examples. CSI publishes no dye doses, throw, demand or wick-sizing data. Material costs exclude labour, packaging, freight and GST. Diwali 2026 falls on 8 November.