Make soap, extract essential oil, & local soap making history
Learn a rare trade: how to make soap & botanical distillations & soap making history
A brief introduction into soap-making history and then I’ll explain:
- Lye and why lye is a key soap-making ingredient.
- Online soap-making calculators to create your own recipes
- Superfatting, liquid and soap bars
- How to use and create moulds
- Cold vs hot process soap-making
- Why Melt & Pour is not a soap-making process
- How to use natural pigments such as cacao, turmeric and clays.
- How to use essential oils
You will make & take home a beautiful gift pack with two soap bars made from a previous class and a gorgeous bottle of hydrosol.
This class will equip you with the knowledge to create soap from oils and fats of your choice. Soap can be made from over 100 oils and fats, combined in different percentages to create a soap with the qualities you desire. It also allows you to make soap using ingredients readily available to you, locally made and with the greatest accountability.