Natural soaps course

1. Introduction (pdf)

2. Soap history (pdf)

3. Why make your own natural soaps? (pdf)

4. Soap chemistry (pdf)

5. The fundamentals: measuring, temperature, trace, super fatting, setting, cutting, curing etc. (pdf)

6. Introduction and fundamentals (video)

7. Equipment (pdf)

8. Equipment (video)

9. Ingredients (pdf)

10. Ingredients (video)

11. Botanicals for well-being, skin nourishment and dyes (pdf)

12. Aroma crafting: the art of blending oils (pdf)

13. Fragrances and colours (video)

14. Cold process soap-making and recipes (pdf)

15. Cold process soap-making (video)

16. Hot process soap-making and recipes (pdf)

17. Hot process soap-making (video)

18. Rebatching (pdf)

19. Rebatching (video)

20. Liquid soap-making and recipes (pdf)

21. Liquid soap-making (video)

22. Cream soap-making and recipes (pdf)

23. Cream soap-making (video)

24. Finishing, decorating and packaging (pdf)

25. Finishing, decorating and packaging (video)

26. Craft your own soap recipes (pdf)

27. Selling your soap: safety, regulations, labelling, trading standards etc. (pdf)

28. Glossary (pdf)

29. Resources (pdf)

Any questions?

Questions about soap making: you can post queries at the bottom of our natural soaps topic page.

Questions / problems about the course: contact us.