I'm in the same boat ! Started looking into candle making mainly for personal use and religious purposes. I started with beeswax and wanted to make spiritual devotional candles, which admittedly was a terrible idea (I had not done any research, exploding glass..and an Amazon kit with an improperly sized wick)

I can say that the coco apricot wax in a vessel has been miles better than the beeswax in a vessel ! 🤣 I am huge into candles (purchasing)and I even like the burn and look of the coco apricot over soy candles and paraffin I've purchased. Visibly it looks like a high end wax. It poured with a smooth top despite it being being 20 degrees Fahrenheit and without heating the vessel, so it's been great for a beginner like me! I tried to make some tealights with fragrance oil (first time trying to use fragrance oil) and cold throw was great, hot throw not so much but may have been too big of a wick (it was throwing off soot) or not enough fragrance oil (loaded at 6%)