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Lifestyle Arts & Crafts Soapmaking

How To Make Soap - Homemade Soap Making for Beginners

How to make your own soap at home using the cold process soapmaking method. A step by step guide for beginners
Bestseller
Rating: 4.5 out of 54.5 (3,456 ratings)
16,097 students
Created by Shona O'Connor
Last updated 3/2021
English
English [Auto]
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Create home made natural soap from scratch, using natural ingredients, which you probably have in your pantry
  • Make pure and natural soap, free from harmful ingredients, avoiding known irritants
  • Easily calculate how much soap you need to make to fill your mold, and create your own recipes
  • Use colours and fragrances to create fabulous looking, amazing smelling soap, that is good enough to give as gifts, or sell
  • Use inexpensive items to create amazing packaging for your soap.
  • Build and develop a new creative hobby.

Requirements

  • You must be able to complete basic maths i.e addition, multiplication and percentages
  • You will need basic kitchen equipment (that you probably already have).
  • Lye/Sodium hydroxide which is generally available in hardware stores as a drain cleaner.
  • Basic safety equipment (which you probably already own), or can get from the hardware or dollar store
  • Simple ingredients, such as cooking oils and fragrances that are readily available in your grocery and health food stores.

Description

Take this course and you will learn how to make beautiful, natural handmade soap from scratch, at home, using the ingredients of your choice.

The course will give you all the information that you need about oils, butters and fragrances, so that you can easily create your own recipes. I share my own recipes for the soaps demonstrated to give you a start. You can use animal fats or make vegan soap.

With the knowledge you get from this course, you won't have to be limited to following other people's recipes - you will be able to create your own unique handcrafted soaps.

Soapmaking is like any hobby - you can spend a fortune on it. However, in this course I will show you how to get started by using regular kitchen equipment and inexpensive ingredients that you can get in your local supermarket and health food store.

You will discover how to use household or dollar store items as molds, so that you can get started straight away at little or no cost. I will even show you how to make a wooden mold at a fraction of the cost of buying one.

You will see how to colour your soap with natural and cosmetic colours. The course will also show you a colour swirling technique, as well as how to make shampoo, shaving and an exfoliating soap.

FAQs

Q) What method of soap making is used in this course?
A) This course covers Cold Process soap making.

Q) Does this course cover Melt and Pour Soap making?
A) No. This course shows you how to make soap from scratch using the Cold Process Method.

Q) Does this course cover Hot Process Soap making?
A) No the method taught in this course is Cold Process, although the basic method for Hot Process soap is discussed.

Q) Is this method of soap making suitable for children to do?
A) Some people allow their children to do soap making, however that is usually using the Melt and Pour method. The lye in Cold Process soap making is caustic and will burn the skin, so I would not recommend children or animals to be around while soap making.

Q) What if I run into problems while making my soap?
A) I have highlighted all the important things that you need to know. However, if you do have any problems I'll be there in the discussion area, ready to help you

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who wants to learn how to make soap from scratch using the cold process method.
  • Anyone who wants to make natural soap for health reasons.
  • If you are looking for a new hobby for your own enjoyment.
  • To make a selection of soaps which you could use to give as gifts to friends and family.
  • If you would like to earn some extra money to fund your new hobby, or if you want to start a new fun business

Featured review

Tonya Brooks
Tonya Brooks
10 courses
2 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 511 months ago
I am so new this that I haven't even made my first batch yet. Just ordered supplies over the weekend and will be getting them in a few days. So glad I purchased this course! It is very detailed and I feel I will be ready to start when my supplies arrive!

Course content

14 sections • 65 lectures • 3h 50m total length

  • Preview04:26
  • How To Improve Your Course Experience
    05:36

  • Introduction To Making a Basic Soap
    00:17
  • Important Safety Information
    03:23
  • Let's see what you remember about safety precautions
    2 questions
  • Mixing Your Lye and Water
    02:51
  • Using a Natural Colorant
    01:18
  • Melting the Oils and Butters
    01:34
  • Combining Your Ingredients and Achieving Trace
    04:46
  • Unmolding and Cutting Your Soap
    02:41
  • Clearing up
    01:04
  • A Closer Look at Trace
    04:49
  • Soap Making Challenge
    00:51
  • Make a Basic Soap
    1 question

  • Preview03:51
  • Equipment You Will Need
    08:41
  • Molds
    07:00
  • Finding Soap Molds
    1 question
  • Preview04:57
  • How to Work Out What SIze Wooden Mold To Make
    01:26
  • Lining a Loaf Mold
    01:22
  • Molds
    2 questions
  • Ingredients
    07:56
  • Adding Colours to Your Soap
    12:41
  • Using Natural Colourants in Your Soap
    01:22
  • Using Lab Colours
    04:07
  • Adding Fragrances
    12:40
  • Using Colours
    1 question
  • Creating Fragrance Blends
    05:55
  • Finding Suppliers
    00:24

  • Introduction to The Soap Making Process
    00:21
  • How Soap Making Works
    06:20
  • Alternative Methods of Soap Making
    02:25

  • Introduction To Creating Your Own Formulas
    00:39
  • The Process For Creating Your Soap Formula
    01:07
  • Demonstration of How To Calculate the Volume of Your Mold
    05:05
  • Calculation Details For Calculating The Volume of Your Mold
    03:27
  • Calculating the volume of a mold
    1 question
  • Deciding Which Oils To Use In Your Soap
    07:42
  • Properties Of Base Oils In Soap Making
    00:40
  • Other Additives For CP Soap
    02:38
  • Creating Your Soap Recipe Using a Lye Calculator
    01:27
  • Creating Your Own Recipes
    9 questions
  • Creating your own recipe to suit your mold
    1 question
  • Water Discounting
    02:43

  • Introduction to Making Loaf Of Soap
    00:17
  • Mixing the Water and Lye
    01:45
  • Let's see what you remember about mixing lye and water and adding to the oils
    3 questions
  • Melting the OIls
    02:14
  • Measuring Fragrances
    03:16
  • Mixing The Colours
    02:32
  • Achieving Trace, Adding Fragrance and Colours
    05:55
  • Preview04:42
  • Cutting The Soap
    05:18

  • Why And When to Cover Your Soap
    01:03
  • Understanding Gel Phase
    04:01
  • How To Prevent and Get Rid of Soda Ash
    02:48
  • How to Prevent Fragrances From Accelerating Trace
    04:02

  • Making Batter, Adding Fragrances and Colour
    03:15
  • Adding Pumice and Pouring Soap Into The Mold
    04:18
  • Preview01:18

  • Making Shampoo Soap
    03:01
  • Cutting Shampoo Soap
    01:34

  • Making Shaving Soap
    04:31

Instructor

Shona O'Connor
Crafter, Maker of Soap, Hair, Bath and Body, Trainer
Shona O'Connor
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 6,672 Reviews
  • 26,535 Students
  • 7 Courses

I have been making soap, candles and bath products for over 20 years and over the last 15 years, I have taught face to face courses and created a number of online courses.

I started with the Melt and Pour soap method and then went on to make soap from scratch using the Cold Process method. I love to share my expertise with others, which led me to start teaching soap making from my home. Now my course is an online version, which allows me to share my passion with students from all over the world, who want to learn or master soap making.

I have successfully sold my soaps, bath products and candles to friends, co-workers, at craft fairs and online.

The best thing about Cold Process soap making and candle making is that you can make totally natural products that do not contain any harmful chemicals. I can teach you how to make  a simple, plain bar of soap, or how to unleash your creativity using fabulous colouring techniques. I have studied aromatherapy, so am the perfect person to guide students in the use of essential oils.

I have always loved teaching and love the satisfaction of teaching a complete beginner to make something creative and seeing or hearing about their delight in the fabulous results they have achieved. Udemy's discussion area is perfect for following up with students and sharing in their successes.

Join my courses and let me help you have fun and make amazing soap, bath products and candles.


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