Making Soap Using Traditional Hot & Cold Process Methods

Plush Folly

Course

In Hampton

£ 100 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Workshop

  • Location

    Hampton

  • Class hours

    6h

Our courses are fun and informative and a balance between theory and practical hands-on exercise. Our class sizes are small and typically range from 1 to 8 students. This ensures that you have complete control over the products you make, from weighing and mixing the ingredients, creating blends of essential oils, tweaking the recipes and designing your own special variations. Suitable for: Anyone wishing to learn how to make soap. Discount for both of you if you bring a friend!

Facilities

Location

Start date

Hampton (Middlesex)
4 Station Approach, TW12 2HY

Start date

On request

About this course

By the end of hte course you will know how to make soap from scratch, understand what benefits the different ingredients will bring to the soap, use essential and fragrance oils to perfume your soap, use a range of botanicals to add texture to your soaps and understand different colouring techniques such as layering and marbelling.

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Teachers and trainers (1)

Sally Hornsey

Sally Hornsey

Company Director

Sally has run Plush Folly for just over six years. She has helped write two books, The Real Soapmakers E-book, (Sally wrote the chapter on Product Safety Assessment & Cosmetic Legislation) & a craft book in which she wrote the section on making paper. Sally has consultant for a large company during their filming of crime fiction based around an organic soap & toiletry manufacturer. As well as making natural cosmetics live on BBC Solent radio, Sally worked with Channel 5 television production, advising on a formulation for making soap.

Course programme

Beautiful creamy and luxurious soap with big foamy bubbles made from natural ingredients – you need to try it to appreciate the difference.

The aim of this workshop is to enable you to create this magnificent soap from scratch and to alleviate any fears you may have using the ingredients required. We teach you both the hot and cold process methods and discuss rebatching your soaps.

By the end of hte course you will know how to make soap from scratch, understand what benefits the different ingredients will bring to the soap, use essential and fragrance oils to perfume your soap, use a range of botanicals to add texture to your soaps and understand different colouring techniques such as layering and marbelling.

Content
Introduction and explanation of producta you’ll be making
Creating your lye solution and lye safety
Using different oils, butters and waxes - their properties and benefits
Using colours and creating colouring techniques
Using essential oils and fragrance oils
Adding botanicals and other 'Mother Nature' ingredients to your soap
Using different moulds
Storing and curing soap

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