Cold Process Soap Making Class

In this artisan-led workshop, we will guide you through the process of making your own luxurious, skin-loving soap using the traditional cold process method. Whether you’re new to soap making or ready to refine your skills, you’ll create something truly beautiful, with ingredients you can feel good about.What you will learn:

• How to use the cold process soap-making method
• Safely working with lye (caustic soda), essential to soap-making
• Adding essential oils and botanicals to preserve their properties
• The equipment and tools needed to make soap at home
• How to de-mould, cut, store and cure your soap.

A Journey into Soap MakingOur signature Luxury Soap Bar workshop is the ideal place to begin. It introduces the fundamentals of cold process soap making, guiding you through the hows and whys of working with lye, blending oils and butters, and customising your soap with natural clays and essential oils.This foundational class runs monthly, giving you regular opportunities to start your soap-making journey with confidence.Once you’ve experienced the magic of making your own soap, you’re invited to return and deepen your skills through our rotating schedule of specialty soap workshops. These also run monthly and focus on a different recipe each time.We rotate through a collection of five beautiful formulations, so if one catches your eye, we recommend booking early—it may be several months before it returns.Each specialty class builds on the foundational skills you’ve learned, offering new ingredients, techniques, and inspiration to help you grow your confidence and creativity.Our Specialty Soap Workshops:Each of these unique recipes is offered just a few times a year, so you can continue learning and creating with new techniques and beautiful, natural ingredients.Goat’s Milk & Honey SoapRich and gentle, this creamy bar uses goat’s milk and honey for extra nourishment and a velvety lather—ideal for dry or sensitive skin.Salt Spa BarA dense, mineral-rich bar made with fine sea salt, this soap delivers a creamy, lotion-like lather and a satisfying polish, perfect for a spa-at-home experience. Body Scrub BarDesigned to exfoliate and refresh, this bar includes scrubby botanicals like coffee grounds or poppy seeds, blended into a rich base of butters and lather-boosting oils.Botanical Dyed SoapExplore how natural powders and plant infusions like turmeric, annatto, and indigo can colour your soap. This class includes hands-on testing and a discussion of how pH affects natural dyes.Coconut Milk & Aloe Vera SoapThis hydrating bar is gentle yet luxurious, featuring coconut milk and aloe vera for a cool, nourishing cleanse that leaves skin feeling silky smooth.Please bring a towel and a bag* to keep your soap warm on its way home.*The ideal bag is a supermarket-style reusable bag with a rectangular base (not a soft plastic bag).Returning Makers – Bring Back Your MouldAll participants receive a ;reusable silicone mould, which is yours to keep and reuse.If you’re returning for another soap workshop, you’re welcome to bring your mould back and book using our Refill Class option - a discounted ticket available to repeat attendees. It’s a small way to reduce waste and encourage continued making.Why Join Our Soap-Making Workshop?At Made By Me, we believe craft is about calm, creativity and connection. Our soap workshops are warm, hands-on, and carefully designed to support your creative journey. Whether you come on your own, with a partner, or with a support person, you’ll be welcomed into an inclusive, inspiring space—and leave with something you’re proud to have made.Please note: Your soap will need to cure for one to three days in the mould that you will take home with you before cutting it into bars and continue to cure and harden for a further four to six weeks.

• All materials to make a full loaf of luxury soap
• A reusable silicone mould (yours to keep)
• Premium oils, butters, clays, exfoliants and essential oils
• Detailed notes emailed with Rebecca’s go-to recipe and supplier list
• Tea, coffee and light refreshments
• A warm, welcoming space to learn and create

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