The Best Candle Making Kit 2022

This is a simple guide to the best candle-making kit. It’s super fun and much easier than you’d think to make your own handmade scented candles when you use a kit. And the best thing about them is that they are all made from soy (or beeswax) – so not only will they give you a much cleaner, healthier burn than paraffin but you’ll also get a cleaner, purer scent throw.

To help you choose which kit is right for you, we’ve put together comprehensive reviews for the best candle-making kits on the market today. Our research showed that there were four clear winners.

Reviews for the Candle Making Kits We Picked

Editor’s Award	Brand
Our Top Pick/ Best Over All Candle Making Kit	Soy Candle Making Kit for Adults by DIY Gift Kits
Alternative Top pick	Luxury Candle Making Kit by Scandinavian Candle Co.
Best Beeswax Candle Making Kit	Scented Candle Making Kit DIY Gift Set by YINUO LIGHT
Best for Colored Candles	Candle Making Kit by StorageMaid

Our Top Pick for the Best Candle Making Kit: Soy Candle Making Kit for Adults by DIY Gift Kits

This kit comes with three 100% therapeutic grade luxury oils: lavender, lemongrass, and cedarwood essential oil, which you can either use to make single-note scented candles or combine to make your own scent blends. And there are helpful recipes in the instruction booklet to get you started.

The kit is nicely packaged, having been designed to give to someone as a DIY gift. If you go for this kit for yourself, you can also bear it in mind as a future gift for someone else.

You get all the essentials to make your candles, including an 8-oz pack of soy wax, a melting pot, braided paper wicks, mounting stickers (to stick the wicks in place), clothespin wick holders, and well-designed labels for your tins.

You also get 2 color blocks in orange and burgundy so you can add color to your candles.

What We Like:

• Three Therapeutic Grade Oils | Lavender, lemongrass, and cedarwood essential oil. The kit includes a recipe booklet so you can try different blends.
• Includes Tea Light Tins | The kit comes with two 8-oz tins, two 4-oz tins a well as 10 tea light tins.

Buying Factors to Consider:

Unlike our alternative pick coming up next, this kit doesn’t come with a thermometer. But they’re very cheap to buy and aren’t strictly necessary.

Alternative Top pick: Luxury Candle Making Kit by Scandinavian Candle Co.

The kit contains a generous three, 8 oz bags of natural soy wax, (our first choice only has one). However, you only get two fragrance oils. But they are the ever-popular basil & mandarin, and wood sage & sea salt – reminiscent of the gorgeous Jo Malone scent range.

This kit also comes with a thermometer, so you can check your wax is heated to 180 to 185 degrees recommended before adding your fragrance. You can, as you become more familiar with the process, also use your thermometer to experiment, for example, with the low temp method.

Also included are a 2 lb wax melting pitcher, 6 gold candle tins, cotton candle wicks, centering devices, glue dots, stirring sticks, and an instruction booklet.

Additionally, you get 2 high-end-looking fabric gift bags, and 12 designer labels. The kit also includes 6 warning labels, handy if you are selling or giving away your candles as gifts.

What We Like:

• Kit Includes 24 oz of Soy Wax | In comparison, the DIY Gift Kits one only comes with one, 8 oz bag.
• Two Blended Fragrances | Basil & mandarin, and wood sage & sea salt.
• Two Fabric Gift Bags | And 12 high-end-looking labels.
• Includes a Thermometer | A thermometer takes the guesswork out of the melting and cooling process.

Best Beeswax Candle Making Kit: Scented Candle Making Kit DIY Gift Set by YINUO LIGHT

You also get four 7 oz packs of pure organic beeswax, six fragrances, and six candle dye colors to complement each scent.

If you are wondering how beeswax candles compare to soy. They do have some advantages.

While both soy and beeswax are healthier, more clean-burning, and naturally last much longer than regular candles, beeswax candles last even longer than soy and are the least likely of any candle to cause allergies.

They also have a very faint (almost undetectable) honey scent of their own, making them the best choice if you don’t want to burn a scented candle.

As far as this kit goes, cotton wicks, glue dots, centering device droppers, a melting pitcher, as well as a thermometer, are all included in the kit so you have everything you need.

What We Like:

• Four 7 oz Packs of Pure Organic Beeswax | Beeswax candles last even longer than soy and are the least likely of any candle to cause allergies.
• Six Candle Dye Colors | The colors compliment the scents that come with the kit.
• Six Pure Fragrances | The kit comes with rose, lemon, lavender, eucalyptus spearmint, and ocean.

Buying Factors to Consider:

Beeswax candles are very easy to make. They require a lower temperature (just above the melting point (66ºC – 70ºC) and you should let the candle cool slowly.

Best for Colored Candles: Candle Making Kit by StorageMaid

The four fragrances that come with the kit are clean cotton, coconut lime, cinnamon, and lavender.

You also get a melting pitcher, a thermometer, 2 round, and 2 square 8 oz candle tins, cotton candle wicks, centering devices, glue dots, stirring sticks, and an instruction booklet.

The kit comes complete with warning labels and even includes silicone finger protectors.

What We Like:

• The Kit Includes 16 Color Blocks | So you can experiment to get the perfect color blend.
• Includes Four fragrances | Clean cotton, coconut lime, cinnamon, and lavender.
• Comes with a Thermometer | Not all kits include one.

Buying Factors to Consider:

It’s a good starter kit and a great option if you are making candles with children, they will love the strong colors you can get.

Unlike the other kits, this one doesn’t come with labels. But it’s a starter kit, as are all the kits we have featured here. Once you get into candle making you’ll want to design or make your own brand labels.

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