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Lifestyle Arts & Crafts Soapmaking

Cold Process Beginner Soapmaking

Learn to create soap from scratch with confidence using the cold process method
Rating: 3.9 out of 53.9 (40 ratings)
183 students
Created by Erica D Pence
Last updated 1/2014
English
English [Auto]
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Learn basic cold process soapmaking
  • Learn everything to make your first batch of soap
  • Learn about the saponification process
  • Learn how to work with lye safely
  • Learn to scent and color your soap
  • Learn to line your molds
  • Learn to choose molds
  • Learn about soapmaking ingredients and how to choose oils
  • Learn to create your own soap recipes

Requirements

  • Supplies will be outlined in course
  • Desire to learn
  • Willingness to practice to master skills

Description

Ever wanted to learn how to make soap from scratch but didn't know where to start? Now is your chance. This course will teach you everything a beginner should know including how to create your own recipes.

This is a comprehensive, course consisting of slideshow presentations, videos, downloadable PDFs, and quizzes to highlight important information in a professional format. You'll be able to learn everything you would in a traditional classroom and ask any questions along the way all from the comfort of your home. Over 4 hours of content.

Main topics:

  • Basic chemistry of soapmaking
  • Recipe building
  • Supplies & equipment
  • Safety considerations
  • Step by step demonstrations
  • Colorants, scents, and additives
  • Molds and preparations
  • Fats and lye
  • Cutting, curing and storing
  • Packaging
  • And more

Course includes:

  • 23 lectures and demonstrations
  • 220+ slides
  • 50 page downloadable PDF manual
  • 4 quizzes
  • 4+ hours of content

Our classes are unique in the industry. Each course is designed in logical sequence in a well thought out curriculum. Classes are very comprehensive and cover small details that are often overlooked in other courses and books, but make life easier for soapmakers (things we wished we had learned as a new soapmaker). The class is built on a professional platform, where you can learn at your own pace on your own time, anywhere in the world. You just need internet access and a desire to learn.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who wants to learn how to make cold process soap
  • Beginner soapmakers that want to learn more

Course content

8 sections • 23 lectures • 4h 2m total length

  • Preview04:50
  • Preview01:29
  • Beginning CP Soapmaking Manual
    00:15

  • Preview04:37
  • Saponification
    08:25
  • Soapmaking Methods
    09:01
  • Intro to Soapmaking
    10 questions

  • Tools and Equipment
    02:36
  • All About Molds
    17:49
  • How to Line a Mold
    07:31
  • Tools and Equipment
    5 questions

  • Fats and Oils
    04:42
  • Sodium Hydroxide (Lye)
    06:09
  • Lye Safety and Handling
    12:27
  • Scenting Soap
    07:12
  • Coloring Soap
    09:40
  • Ingredients
    10 questions

  • Basic Soapmaking Instructions
    09:48
  • Recipes and Creating Your Own
    52:23
  • Using a Soap Calculator
    08:44
  • Soapmaking Demonstration
    32:19
  • Unmolding, Cutting, Curing, and Testing Soap
    08:02
  • Soapmaking
    10 questions

  • Packaging Ideas
    07:58
  • Selling Your Soaps
    04:17
  • Packaging & Selling Soap
    5 questions

  • Troubleshooting
    18:31

  • Conclusion
    03:46

Instructor

Erica D Pence
Certified Advanced Soapmaking Teacher
Erica D Pence
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 164 Reviews
  • 413 Students
  • 14 Courses

Erica Pence is a soapmaker, teacher, author, and blogger. She is the founder and CEO of Bath Alchemy Lab providing soap, bath & body, and candle making classes, and Herban Apothecary (formerly The Bonnie Bath Co.), her own line of bath and body products. She is author of the blog, Soap-Blog, where she provides information for those in the bath and body industry. Erica is a long-time columnist for The Saponifier magazine and a speaker for the Handcrafted Soap and Cosmetic Guild 2014 Conference. She holds a BA in Education, and combines her love for teaching and researching with her passion for soapmaking. Erica is a native Floridian, who now resides in North Carolina with her husband, daughter, 2 dogs, and an old cat.

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