Looking for a gift making course that could translate into business idea?

Or simply to pamper yourself?

Most beginner level melt and pour soap workshops merely cover colouring and scenting of soap bases. Here at Go Create we’ve created an extreme version: to push melt and pour to its limits. We’ll cover melt and pour from all angles to ensure you have a good understanding of how to exploit melt and pour to its potential whilst creating some truely impressive samples. Be warned, some may look and smell too good to use.

This intensive, fun workshop is suitable for absolute beginners who wish to be impressed. In the morning we’ll cover the basics as well as layering and embedding techniques to create a range of creative soaps using and exploiting melt and pour soap bases.

We’ll also cover how to sent, colour, garnish your soap base  including essential oils, minerals, botanicals and oils to create specialist soaps such as a gardeners scrub. There will be plenty of time to explore ingredients and to create sample soaps

In the afternoon we’ll then inspire with  boutique style cakes and gateaux with plenty of sweet looking soaps to take home. Students will be encouraged to create their own personalised variation on a theme with our support whilst putting new found skills into practice. This is a hands-on and fragrant experience.

Simply book for the experience or to learn a craft making skill that will change appreciation of soap and the simple daily experience of mindful hand washing with your very own hand made soap! if you make to much this also makes the perfect, thoughtful gift which passes on the love!

What we’ll cover:

• Soap base types and labelling
• Materials and equipment needed
• Health and Safety
• An overview of traditional soap making processes and how this relates to melt and pour bases.
• Basics of melt and pour including melting, scenting, colouring and layering
• Bonding techniques
• Embedding objects or soap pieces and layering
• Working with essential oils, micas and botanicals to create natural bars
• How to suspend botanicals in your soap base
• Melt and pour swirling techniques and advanced layering
• Designing and formulating your own soap loaf
• How to de-mould
• Cutting and wrapping soap pieces
• E.U. food imitation regulations
• Packaging ideas
• Trouble shooting
• Q&A Session and design critiqu

Take home:
The soap making method being used does not involve the use of harsh chemicals and doesn’t require curing and therefore any soaps that you make on the day can be used immediately. Expect to take home at least a half dozen soaps.

What’s included

Materials plus light refreshments.

What to wear
Please dress for mess and wear comfortable clothes and flat shoes.

Please bring a container to take home your soap samples.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

Includes materials.

All our courses include light refreshments (i.e teas and coffees) will be offered at the start of the course.

WHAT TO BRING

Please dress for mess and bring a container to take home your soap samples.