Soap Making Series ~6 Soap Classes offered May/June Saturdays 11 am- 1 Pm

Students will leave this soap series with enough comprehensive skills and knowledge to start a soap making business, or become a proficient soap making hobbyist. You will receive a certificate of completion for 12.5 hours of soap instruction. You will learn from a master soap maker with 24 years of soap making and business experience.

We will start off Saturday, May 4th with Soap Making Made Simple where you will learn everything you need to know to safely create a beautiful variety of vegan handmade soaps with food grade organic oils & lye plus your choice of herbs, essential oils (or phthalate free fragrances), colorants, clay, butters, exfoliating nutrients, oats, honey...so many choices. You will leave with 2 POUNDS of soap (this class and every class) which is approximately 7-12 bars of soap.

Saturday, May 11th, we will be building on your knowledge and skills making Salt Soaps! You will make spa quality, long lasting, mineral rich, detoxifying, exfoliating, & balancing salt soaps. These soaps last four times longer than regular soaps. They require a lot of soap making knowledge to make successfully. Discover what to do and NOT to do to create the perfect salt soap. You will leave with approximately 3 pounds of salt soap. If you have single cavity soap molds please bring them to this class.

Saturday, May 18th, we will be making soap with uncommon and challenging ingredients. You will be be ready to step it up and learn the art of luxurious moisture-rich Milk Soaps & More! Learn how to avoid the common pitfalls of milk soaps/unusual ingredients and master this art with confidence. We will learn how to use yogurt, milk alternatives, beer, fruits/veggies, honey, aloe, herbal teas, and SO much more. Change the soap making game with a new time saving and safer soap making method! Master tips and tricks will offer an entirely new and amazingly efficient method that will blow your mind! 

Saturday, May 25th, we will be applying your soap making skills towards a natural clean home! We will be creating laundry soap, stain sticks, all purpose cleaners, toilet bowl cleaner, wood cleaner, dish soap, and more in our Suds & Sustainability: Homestead Essentials. Learn how to replace dozens of subpar commercial household essentials naturally while saving some serious money. Learn everything needed to protect your family from nasty chemical toxins. 

Saturday, June 1st, we will continue the fun creating gorgeous soap swirls! We will also learns all the ways to fix mistakes and salvage failed batches in Soap Salvage and Beautify! Learn what to do when you realize you forgot a soap ingredient, how to correct color and scent issues, prevent and correct holes, crumbles, soda ash and more. Learn the guidelines and art of soap stamping, wrapping, packaging, and labeling.

June 8th we will continue our soap making series with our most advanced class and informative class, Secrets to Soap Formulation. You will learn the secrets to formulating your own recipe for all the benefits you desire in your unique custom soap recipe. Learn the properties of oils and how they contribute to lather, hardness, trace, & more. You will learn how to calculate your very own soap recipes, based on sap values, temperatures, and desired soap qualities- from poison ivy soap to facial bar with and without a lye calculator. Tap into how small details can make a big difference. 

You will be making 2 to 3 pounds of soap in every class, leaving this series with approximately 12-14 pounds of soap (392.00 approximate value), enough comprehensive soap making skills to launch a business like a boss, a personalized ready to frame certificate of completion, informative handouts with top notch recipes, Q&A with a master soap maker, trusted supplier resources, discounted rates on future soap making classes offered on Thursdays, work study options, and a whole lot of fun. This series has been known to sell out quickly! If you did not make it in time, please email me to be on the wait-list in case of a cancellation or to pre-register for the next soap series before it is posted.