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Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing through our workshops and experiences. We curate our teachers and hosts carefully to ensure that they are of high quality.
That's why we provide a money-back guarantee*: If you're unsatisfied with this experience, just leave it at least 20 minutes before it ends, and tell us (the ClassBento team) the reason for your dissatisfaction within 4 hours of that time, and we'll provide you with a refund.
* We may choose to limit our refund per customer at £500. In some rare cases, we may also require you to show us your photo ID before we process the refund.
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Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing through our workshops and experiences. We curate our teachers and hosts carefully to ensure that they are of high quality.
That's why we provide a money-back guarantee*: If you're unsatisfied with this experience, just leave it at least 20 minutes before it ends, and tell us (the ClassBento team) the reason for your dissatisfaction within 4 hours of that time, and we'll provide you with a refund.
* We may choose to limit our refund per customer at £500. In some rare cases, we may also require you to show us your photo ID before we process the refund.
A: Free to cancel or reschedule up until 5 days before the class
Q: How long does the class run for, and what's the price?
A: 2 hours, £50 - £65 per guest
(£65 per guest when you book for 1+ guests, £59/guest for 3+ guests, £50/guest for 5+ guests. £50 per class surcharge applies for private classes)
The Alchemist's Satchel usually responds
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£50 - £65
(£65 per guest when you book for 1+ guests, £59/guest for 3+ guests, £50/guest for 5+ guests. £50 per class surcharge applies for private classes)
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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 four bars of soap in 100ml moulds. 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!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 they're unmoulded and stamped, then stored for 4 weeks to cure fully. They'll then be labelled with your blend name or the name of your recipients for custom birthday and Christmas presents.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.Note: Our classes are intended to prepare you for your new hobby. If you wish to start a business or pursue commercial interests, please note that our recipes are for personal use only. We do offer business courses which cover compliance, cosmetics testing, and CLPs, if you'd like to know about them, contact us.
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
Follow the road round towards the new vet practice, take the first right before it, you'll see signs for parking
Your teacher can
also
travel within 15 miles of Carleton,
to a venue of your
choice for a private class.
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Recent reviews of Aromatherapy and Artisan Soap Workshop
5/5 from Michelle Poulter, attended Feb 2026: Lovely setting, informative and fun activity. Teacher was very knowledgeable.
5/5 from Andrea Haskova, attended May 2025: I bought this as a birthday present for my friend and we've had such a great time, it was fun and informative. Our teacher was amazing! I would definitely recommend and we'll be going back for more classes /workshops
4/5 from Andrea McKenzie, attended Jan 2025: My friend and I overall liked the workshop. The class was Chilled, Practical & Informative. Please don't take this the wrong way. At times the host was friendly & open to 1 person and abit off (abrupt/sharp) to another person. It can make some people feel uncomfortable considering it is normally a intimate group/ workshop. Thankyou Kind regards.
5/5 from Noreen Sequeira, attended May 2024: The soap making class was very informative. Our teacher was very patient, and gave us lot on information regarding the problems that we might encounter and how to resolve them.
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 sustainable candles, mix bath products, forage and infuse skin care or make natural perfumes and artisan soaps.
Local support from our UK-based team, rated 5 stars by customers
Public liability insurance included for your protection
ClassBento donates 50p to Mental Health UK with every paid booking
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