I Want to Make Mini Candles as Wedding Favours — How Do I Choose a Jar and Wick Combination for a Very Small Fill Weight?
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Which wick should a mini favour candle use? Start with Eco C1, the thinnest CSI wick, and test Eco C2 only if C1 cannot melt to the glass. CSI publishes no wick chart, so burn-test in your jar.
What fragrance load for favour candles? A suggested starting point is 7% of total weight. Favours are often smelled unlit, so cold throw and a clean profile matter more than maximum load.
Which fragrances suit wedding favours? Florals such as British Rose and Jasmine, both listing 0% vanillin, so they are unlikely to yellow visible white wax.
Choose the jar first, because it fixes the wick problem
A favour candle is judged twice. On the table, guests judge it by how it looks and how it smells with the lid off. At home, a few of them will light it, and then the wick decides whether your name is remembered kindly. Both judgements start with the vessel, so choose it before you think about wax or scent.
In a very small candle, the jar's diameter matters more than its fill weight. A narrow jar needs only a small wick to melt to the edge, and a small wick in a small glass keeps the flame calm and the glass from overheating. Pick a jar whose look suits the wedding, measure its inside diameter, weigh its fill, and you have defined the whole wick question.
| Vessel | Price per piece | What the listing states | What you must measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mini Glass Jars (Black or Golden) | ₹2,124.00 ÷ 100 = ₹21.24 | Colours and pack sizes only | Fill weight and inner diameter |
| Clear Glass Votive Jar 70 gram | ₹318.60 ÷ 10 = ₹31.86 | Named as 70 gram | Actual fill to your pour line |
| Shiny glass jar with lid, 120 g | ₹47.20 (same as 1 or 5) | 6 cm diameter; amber, black or pink | Fill to your pour line |
| Tin Containers 85 g | ₹849.60 ÷ 12 = ₹70.80 | 85 g size, packs of 12 | Fill and inner diameter |
For a large guest list, the Mini Glass Jars are the obvious starting point on cost. The 120 g shiny jar is the one to consider if the couple wants a lid and a slightly more substantial gift; its listing gives a 6 cm diameter, which is one of the few published dimensions in this size range. Treat every dimension as approximate, because CSI publishes no internal diameter tolerance.
Wax and fragrance for a favour that has to smell good unlit
Most favours are smelled long before they are burned, often in a crowded hall. That shifts the priority towards cold throw and a clean, pleasant profile. A soy container wax such as CSI 464 is a sound base: it is a single-pour container wax with a stated load of up to 10%, and a reviewer described it as easy to work with for beginners.
Florals suit weddings, and two CSI oils make a sensible pair to compare. British Rose lists 0% vanillin and a 192°C flashpoint; Jasmine lists 0% vanillin and a 185°C flashpoint. Neither will yellow white wax through vanillin, which matters if the favours sit in clear or golden jars where the wax is visible. A suggested starting load is 7% of total weight, high enough to be noticed in the jar and modest enough not to overwhelm a tiny wick.
Keep colour out unless the couple insists. Dye adds one more variable to a small wick, and every favour in a row has to match. If you do colour them, use liquid dye or chips, never mica, which is for melts and surfaces and can clog a burning wick.
Testing the wick for a very small fill
CSI publishes no wick sizing chart, so the wick comes from a short test in the jar you have chosen. In a small vessel, start with the thinnest option and move up only if it fails.
Making 150 favours look identical
Uniformity is what makes a table of favours look deliberate. Mark the pour line on a sample jar and fill every jar to it, checking a few on the scale as you go. Pour in one session from one melt where you can, because two melts with slightly different temperatures can set with different surfaces. Centre every wick with a holder, and let the jars set undisturbed on a level surface away from fans.
If the couple wants lids, the 120 g shiny jar is the option with one in its listing. A lid also helps the cold throw build inside the jar between pouring and the wedding, so the first impression when a guest lifts it is stronger.
A costed example for 150 favours
Suppose the wedding needs 150 favours (the couple's figure) in Mini Glass Jars, and your weighed fill averages 40 g (your figure). At 7% British Rose, each favour takes 40 × 0.07 = 2.8 g of oil and 40 − 2.8 = 37.2 g of wax.
Per favour: wax 37.2 g × ₹0.5074 per g (₹5,074.00 ÷ 10,000 g) = ₹18.88; oil 2.8 g × ₹3.068 per g (₹3,068.00 ÷ 1,000 g) = ₹8.59; jar ₹21.24; Eco C1 ₹5.90. Total ₹18.88 + ₹8.59 + ₹21.24 + ₹5.90 = ₹54.61 per favour, excluding the box, ribbon, tag, labour, shipping and GST, all of which are your own figures.
| Material | Need | Pack plan | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSI 464 wax | 150 × 37.2 g = 5.58 kg | 5 kg + 1 kg | ₹2,537.00 + ₹507.40 = ₹3,044.40 |
| British Rose oil | 150 × 2.8 g = 420 g | 500 g | ₹1,593.00 |
| Mini Glass Jars | 150 + spares | 100 + 50 | ₹2,124.00 + ₹1,180.00 = ₹3,304.00 |
| Eco C1 wicks | 150 | 100 + 50 | ₹590.00 + ₹295.00 = ₹885.00 |
The 500 g of oil leaves 80 g after production, enough for a re-pour of roughly 28 favours (80 ÷ 2.8 = 28.6) if some are rejected. The extra kilogram of wax covers losses. If you need spare jars as well, the 25-pack of Black mini jars (₹634.25) is a smaller top-up than another 50.
Buy this to test, then buy this once validated
Test-first: one 5-pack of Mini Glass Jars (₹129.80) plus a 5-pack of the 120 g jar (₹236.00) if you want to compare, 15 g each of British Rose (₹94.40) and Jasmine (₹103.00), 500 g of CSI 464 (₹260.00), and Eco C1 (₹118.00 for 20) and Eco C2 (₹94.40 for 10). That comes to ₹129.80 + ₹236.00 + ₹94.40 + ₹103.00 + ₹260.00 + ₹118.00 + ₹94.40 = ₹1,035.60.
Once one jar, one oil and one wick pass, buy the production order above and nothing more. A wedding is a fixed quantity with a fixed date; leftover favour stock rarely sells afterwards, so resist rounding every pack up to the next tier.
Where this page fits
CSI already has guides that cover parts of this question. This page turns the product above into a raw-material list; these go deeper on the rest:
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| Option | Price | Status on the October 2026 pull |
|---|---|---|
| 5 jars | ₹129.80 | In stock |
| 50 jars | ₹1,180.00 | In stock |
| 100 jars | ₹2,124.00 | In stock |
| Option | Price | Status on the October 2026 pull |
|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹94.40 | In stock |
| 50 g | ₹212.40 | In stock |
| 100 g | ₹342.20 | In stock |
| 500 g | ₹1,593.00 | In stock |
| 1 kg | ₹3,068.00 | In stock |
| Option | Price | Status on the October 2026 pull |
|---|---|---|
| Thin (C1) × 100 | ₹590.00 | In stock |
| Thin (C1) × 1,000 | ₹5,900.00 | In stock |
| Thick (C2) × 100 | ₹944.00 | In stock |
| Thick (C2) × 1,000 | ₹9,440.00 | In stock |
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Product facts (October 2026, CSI live store): Mini Glass Jars: 5 jars ₹129.80, 50 jars ₹1,180.00, 100 jars ₹2,124.00 — black or golden; fill capacity not captured — weigh your own fill. British Rose Fragrance Oil: 15 g ₹94.40, 50 g ₹212.40, 100 g ₹342.20, 500 g ₹1,593.00, 1 kg ₹3,068.00 — flashpoint 192°C · 0% vanillin · up to 10% soy, up to 6% paraffin · cure 48–72 h. Eco Candle Wicks: Thin (C1) × 100 ₹590.00, Thin (C1) × 1,000 ₹5,900.00, Thick (C2) × 100 ₹944.00, Thick (C2) × 1,000 ₹9,440.00 — ₹5.90 (C1) and ₹9.44 (C2) per wick at every pack size.
Assumptions: Fragrance load is a percentage of total candle weight (200 g = 184 g wax + 16 g oil at 8%); CSI wax pages phrase their ceilings as a share of wax weight. Material cost per candle covers wax, oil, vessel, wick and dye only — it excludes packaging, labels, labour, shipping and GST. CSI publishes no wick sizing chart, burn times or wax survival temperatures, so every wick named is a candidate to test. Retail prices, budgets, margins and packaging costs are the reader's own figures. Test counts and loads are suggested starting points. Prices re-checked 1 October 2026; product pages are authoritative.