How To Make Soap – Cold Process 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

About the Course

In this course, you'll learn how to create your own unique, beautiful, and natural handmade soaps at home. Using the ingredients of your choice, you will gain all the necessary knowledge about oils, butter and fragrances to easily customise your recipes.

I will share my own soap recipes to give you a head start, whether you prefer animal fats or vegan alternatives. 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, like any hobby, can be costly, but fear not! I will guide you in getting started with regular kitchen equipment and inexpensive ingredients found at your local supermarket and health food store. Discover how you can use household items or dollar store finds as moulds, eliminating the need for costly alternatives. I'll even show you how to make a wooden mould for a fraction of the price.

Additionally, you'll learn techniques to colour your soap naturally or with cosmetic colours. The course will also show you a colour swirling technique, as well as how to make a shaving soap and an exfoliating soap.

Here's What You'll Learn on This Course

How to make natural soap, from scratch, using ingredients you probably already have in your pantry
Using colours and fragrances to create fabulous looking, amazingly scented soaps that are good enough to gift or sell
How to colour your soaps naturally, or with cosmetic colours
A colour swirling technique to create visually stunning soaps
The secrets to using inexpensive items to create eye-catching packaging
Design and develop your own soap recipes, free from irritants, to help with skin conditions
In addition, you'll learn how to make a shaving soap, as well as an exfoliating soap

No previous soap making experience necessary.

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Learn to Make Cold Process Soap Today!

Here are just SOME of the many benefits you'll gain from making your own soap...

Learn to Make Cold Process Soap Today!

Here are just SOME of the many benefits you'll gain from making your own soap......

Eco Friendly

Eliminate packaging, for a sustainable and eco-friendly choice

Perfect for You

Develop a new hobby or a money-making sideline

Skin Friendly

Tailor your soaps to be perfect for your skin

Gentle Cleansing

Natural ingredients. No harsh chemicals or harmful preservatives

Customisable

Learn how to customise your recipes to make them perfect for YOU

Ideal Gifts

Create unique and personal gifts

Check Out the Course Curriculum...

This comprehensive course will take you step-by-step through exactly what you need to know to become a competent and confident soap maker. The course assumes no prior knowledge or experience and is packed with online videos and downloadable resources to help you become an expert in no time at all.

To ensure your success I have structured the course so that each section builds on the skills learned in the previous sections.

Check out the curriculum below to discover the details of what the course covers, and make sure to take a look at the free previews to see some of the lectures before you buy!

Module 1	All About The Course
Unit 1	What You Need to Know About This Course - Preview
Unit 2	The Cold Process Soap Making Method - Preview
Unit 3	Soap Making Terms
Module 2	What You Will Need to Get Started
Unit 1	Section Introduction - Preview
Unit 2	All About Lye Safety and How to Create a Safe Workspace
Unit 3	Quiz - Lye Safety & Creating a Safe Workspace
Unit 4	Safe Workspace Checklist
Unit 5	Equipment You Will Need to Make Your Soap
Unit 6	Equipment List
Unit 7	Quiz - Soap Making Equipment
Unit 8	Where to Source Molds For Making Your Soap
Unit 9	Quiz - Soap Making Molds
Unit 10	Overview of Ingredients You Need To Make Your Soap
Unit 11	Finding Suppliers For Your Soap Making Ingredients
Unit 12	Section Summary
Module 3	What You Need to Know Before Making Your Soap
Unit 1	Section Intro
Unit 2	Course Recipes
Unit 3	Find Out The Most Accurate Methods for Measuring Your Ingredients - Preview
Unit 4	All About the Lye You Will be Using to Make Your Soap
Unit 5	Quiz - Using Lye
Unit 6	Which Type of Water is Best For Using in Your Soap
Unit 7	Shopping List
Unit 8	Ingredients You Will Need to Make Your Soap
Unit 9	Colours That Are Best to Use in Your Soap
Unit 10	Using Lab Colours in Your Soap
Unit 11	The Best Way to Mix Your Colours Before Adding Them to Your Soap
Unit 12	Colour Resources
Unit 13	Which Fragrances Are Best to Use and How to Add Them to Your Soap
Unit 14	Quiz - Fragrancing Your Soap
Unit 15	Details of Ingredients Used in This Course
Module 4	Making a Plain Bar Of Soap
Unit 1	Section Introduction
Unit 2	How to Safely Mix The Lye Water
Unit 3	Quiz - Let's see what you remember about making the Lye water
Unit 4	The Best Method For Melting The Oils and Creating Soap Batter
Unit 5	Putting The Plain Soap Into The Mold
Unit 6	Clearing up After Your Soap Making
Unit 7	Turning Out and Cutting The Plain Soap - Preview
Unit 8	Curing And Storing Your Soap
Unit 9	Quiz - Curing and Storing Your Soap
Unit 10	How Temperatures Affect Your Soap Making
Unit 11	How to Make Your Soap Last Longer
Module 5	How to Create Your Own Recipes So That You Can Use Ingredients of Your Choice and Any Sized Molds
Unit 1	Section Introduction
Unit 2	Calculating Your Base Oils
Unit 3	How to Calculate The Volume of a Rectangular Mold
Unit 4	How to Calculate the Volume of a Cylindrical Mold
Unit 5	How to Choose Your Base Oils To Get The Qualities You Want in Your Soap
Unit 6	Other Ingredients You Can Add To Your Soap To Give Additional Qualities to Your Soap
Unit 7	How to Use a Lye Calculator - Preview
Unit 8	Creating Your Own Recipes Resources
Module 6	Making Soap Using a Natural Colourant
Unit 1	Section Introduction
Unit 2	Making The Coloured Soap
Unit 3	Cutting The Coloured Soap - Preview
Unit 4	Section Summary
Module 7	Making The Drop Swirl Loaf Soap
Unit 1	Section introduction
Unit 2	Making Drop Swirled Loaf Soap
Unit 3	Cutting Drop Swirled Loaf Soap - Preview
Module 8	Soap Making Tips
Unit 1	Section Introduction
Unit 2	Why And When to Cover Your Soap
Unit 3	Understanding What The Gel Phase is And How it Affects Your Soap
Unit 4	How To Prevent and Get Rid of Soda Ash in Your Soap to Improve The Appearance of Your Soap
Unit 5	How to Prevent Fragrances From Accelerating Trace And Ruining Your Soap
Module 9	Making Olive Oil Castile Soap
Unit 1	Introduction to Making Castile Soap
Unit 2	Making Castile Soap
Unit 3	Turning Out And Cutting Castile Soap - Preview
Module 10	Making Honey and Oatmeal Soap
Unit 1	Introduction to Making Honey and Oatmeal Soap
Unit 2	Lining mold for Honey and Oatmeal Soap
Unit 3	Making Honey and Oatmeal Soap
Unit 4	Turning Out Honey and Oatmeal Soap - Preview
Module 11	Making Exfoliating Soap With Pumice
Unit 1	Section Introduction
Unit 2	Making Exfoliating Soap
Unit 3	Turning Out and Cutting Exfoliating Soap - Preview
Module 12	Making Confetti Soap - A Great Way to Use up Leftover Soap
Unit 1	Section Introduction
Unit 2	Making Confetti Soap - Preview
Unit 3	Tuning Out and Cutting Confetti Soap - Preview
Module 13	Making Shaving Soap
Unit 1	Making Shaving Soap
Module 14	Rebatching Your Soap
Unit 1	Section Introduction
Unit 2	Making Rebatched Soap
Unit 3	Cutting Rebatched Soap - Preview
Module 15	Labeling and Packaging Your Soaps
Unit 1	Labeling Your Soaps
Unit 2	Packaging Your Soaps
Module 16	Troubleshooting Tips to Avoid and Deal With Problems in Your Soap
Unit 1	Introduction to Troubleshooting
Unit 2	Troubleshooting
Module 17	Bonus Section - Making Your Own Wooden Mold
Unit 1	Making a Wooden Loaf Mold
Unit 2	Lining a Wooden Loaf Mold
Unit 3	How To Decide What Size Mold To Make
Module 18	Course Summary
Unit 1	Course Summary

About Your Instructor

SHONA O'CONNOR

Shona has been making soap, candles and bath products for over 25 years and over the last 20 years, has taught face to face courses and created a number of online courses with over 34,000 students.

She has always loved teaching and the satisfaction of taking students to the next level and seeing them succeed in making stunning creations and hearing about their delight in the fabulous results they have achieved.

Here Is Just Some of the Feedback We’ve Received About Your Instructor…

Annie Kim

The instructor is through and makes the soap making doable and interesting.

Camille

Very detailed. I enrolled in other courses and I see the big difference in content. Thank you so much Shona for putting so much emphasis on safety protocols and explaining why a particular equipment must be used instead of another. I already knew this is the best course for soap making and I was right!

Fabrice MOUVEAU

The course was amazing. I learned so much about it, and I’ll keep going with Shona’s courses because she was clear, detailed and concise.

Zoe Reeves

Shona is a very good instructor. She goes through each step thoroughly and if you still have any questions, answers you pretty quickly. All her soap making courses has helped with clarified a lot of things that books where confusing.

Ashley and Gwendolyn Rocks

I love all of these classes every product we have made has come out very professional and top quality! Thank you for all your hard work on these classes!

Shanitra Harris

Shona is a very great instructor and informative in each class she teach. I enjoy her classes very much and I learn a lot from her as she explains everything and also provide resources to refer to for your understanding.

Frequently Asked Questions About the Course

Q. What soap making method is used in this course?

A. This course covers the cold process soap making method.

Q. In the course do you show how to make soap using the hot process method or melt and pour soap making?

A. No. This course is focused on teaching you how to make soap using the cold process soap making method. If you are interested in learning how to make soap using either the hot process, or melt and pour soap making methods then please check my other courses where I cover these methods in detail.

Q. Can I add milk to my soap?

A. You can add milk to your soap, but that subject is not covered in this course, as I want you to master the basics first.

Q. Is this method of soap making suitable for children?

A. Some people allow their children to do soap making, however, that is usually using the Melt and Pour method. The lye used 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. Does this course teach how to make soap without lye?

A. No, you cannot make soap from scratch without using lye. All soap-making methods use lye, even melt and pour soap, where the soap base has been made using lye. If you didn't have lye involved in the process then you would be left with just oils and water, and NO soap.

Q. Can I download the videos?

A. No, but you can stream them whenever you want.

Want To Prove You Are Skilled in Making Cold Process Soap?

Once you've successfully completed all the components of the course you will receive a personalised certificate of completion.

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