Artisan Soap Workshop: Full Loaf

Create your very own blend of essential oils and learn how to create cold-process artisan soap bars.



2 hours

Class size 1 to 6 (public classes), 3 to 8

  £68 - £85 (£85 per guest when you book for 1+ guests, £76/guest for 3+ guests, £68/guest for 5+ guests. £50 per class surcharge applies for private classes) (PayPal Pay in 3 available)
Introducing our Artisan Soap Making workshops!
In a small group of up to 6, you'll learn about essential oils and scent building. You'll be introduced to an all-vegan, sustainable, and cosmetics-tested recipe you can use and reuse at home. You'll make a full 1kg loaf which will be cut into 15-16 bars of soap. These will be taken away to cure and label with your custom scent name or the name of the people you'll be gifting them to! Our labels are plantable seeded paper, so they'll even sow wildflowers in the spring to help support the bees!
Perfect as gifts, stocking fillers, and suitable for everyone, these soap bars are a delight to give over the festive season.
The cold-process method is often considered the most difficult to master but yields the most benefits for the skin and remains the best option for an environmentally friendly soap bar. And fear not, our beginner-friendly recipe will make your first attempt at cold process a success!
The workshops start with a tour of our essential oils, their benefits, and the key knowledge to aromatherapy blends as well as scent building. You'll then get to blend your own scent, based on the smells you like or the aromatherapy benefits you're after.
We'll then move on to the exciting part - the soap making!
Combining our sustainable oils with our pure essential oils for scent and botanical-derived colorants, you'll make your base. You'll then learn how to combine this with lye, how to reach and identify 'trace', and when to pour your batch into your moulds.
These will cure for 24 hours before we'll unmould, cut and stamp them. We'll then store them for 4 weeks to cure fully. They'll be labelled with your blend name or the name of your recipients for custom birthday and Christmas presents. You can collect them when they're ready or have them posted to you.
Workshops include free refreshments!
We'll provide all the ingredients, you'll also get a chance to buy hugely discounted products, and we'll gift you a code for future workshops and online purchases.
What you'll get
  • 15x 70g bars of soap
  • Plantable custom seeded paper labels
  • And your very own plantable wildflower certificate & guide to make the recipes at home
  • A graduate discount to our products and future workshops.
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Knowledge required
Beginner friendly level
What to bring
You don't need to bring anything, but we do recommend choosing contact lenses over glasses if you can as protection glasses will be used (briefly!)
Add-on available for this class
  • postage add-on (£5)
You can add this when you book (optional).
Location

L'atelier, Carleton Hill Farm, Carleton Hill Road, Penrith, CA11 8WS

Head towards the new veterinary practice, when you see it coming on your left, take the first right

Your teacher can also travel within 15 miles of Carleton, to a venue of your choice for a private class.

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The Alchemist's Satchel
The Alchemist's Satchel

4.9 (197)
female Women-owned

From family recipes to a family business, The Alchemist's Satchel brings old traditions anew. With a huge focus on sustainability, we provide natural, holistic & vegan workshops that empower you to create the self-care you want. With aromatherapy in every workshop, you'll learn to blend essential oils and either pour natural candles, mix bath products, forage and infuse skin care or make artisan soaps.
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