Homestead Soapmaking Workshop • Isle of Man

Description

Learn to Make Cold Process Soap

In this Homestead Soapmaking Workshop, you’ll make two batches (10-12 bars) of handmade soap using pure oils, natural fragrances, natural colours, and dried flowers and botanicals. The ingredients we’ll focus on are those you can harvest from your homestead, including herbs, honey, beeswax, goat’s milk, and tallow. Though you will use a modern cold process soapmaking method, you will also learn about how soap used to be made in the past.

Each workshop can accommodate up to nine people, making for a small, fun, and creative group. After the class, you’ll take your soap home, cure it, and be on your way to being self-sufficient in cold-process soapmaking.

Make Two Batches of Homestead Soap

The workshop begins with an introduction to cold-process soapmaking and a tour of the different stations in the room. You will then make a batch of homemade tallow and goat’s milk soap, scenting and decorating it with your choice of essential oils, colourants, and botanicals. Afterward, there’s a short 10-minute break before you make your second batch, a gorgeous, caramel-scented soap made with Manx honey and beeswax.

This workshop is brand new and will follow a similar format to the established Lovely Greens Soapmaking Workshop, which focuses on vegan ingredients. You can read its reviews to get a feeling for what the Homestead Soapmaking Workshop will be like.

Online Natural Soapmaking Course

If you are unable to visit the Isle of Man for this workshop, you can enroll in the online soapmaking course. In it, I take you through the basics of making handmade cold-process soap from scratch, including step-by-step recipes such as a simple goat’s milk soap recipe. It includes It’s a great way to learn to make homemade soap, and it includes far more detail than I can cover in the in-person workshop. No matter where you are in the world, I’ll guide you through the process from the comfort of your kitchen.

What to Bring On The Day

Soapmaking workshops are held at the Laxey Working Men’s Institute on the Isle of Man. They begin at 2 p.m. and last about 2.5 hours. Hot beverages and nibbles are served during the lesson, and most equipment and materials are provided.

When you come to the workshop, please bring an apron, a cardboard box/shoebox, and an old towel. Soap molds are provided, but you may also bring your own if you wish. Here’s where you can find an excellent assortment of silicone molds*. After your soap is made, you’ll take it home and cure it for a month before using it.

Workshop Terms and Conditions

This is an adults-only workshop, and you may also purchase places in soapmaking workshops to give as gifts. Please indicate whether you would like a free gift voucher to be sent to you at checkout. If you’d like to purchase a general voucher for any soapmaking workshop in the next 12 months, you can do so here. The recipient would get in touch to book the date they wish to attend.

Places in Lovely Greens workshops may be canceled for a full refund up to seven days before the workshop. After this date, refunds are not available. Further information.

Further Information

• Lovely Greens is currently not taking private bookings.
• Scheduled workshops are for adults only — no children under 18.

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