This is a fun activity in Shenley Wood, Milton Keynes
Learn the craft of handmade soap from scratch in this cold process soap making workshop with Dilek, the maker behind The Soap Academy – taught properly, the way she wishes someone had taught her when she started out.
Forget melt-and-pour kits – here you'll get hands-on with the full cold process method, learning safe lye handling, how to pair oils that work well together, and how to spot trace, so you know exactly when your soap is ready to mould. Groups are kept small, so you'll get proper attention and never feel lost in the chemistry.
Dilek works with pure essential oils rather than synthetic fragrance, so you'll discover why geranium rose actually smells like geranium and not like a candle aisle. Some of the botanicals, including lavender and rosemary, are hand-picked from her own allotment, so you can trace the whole process from soil to soap.
This is a slow craft, and it's taught slowly. There's no rushing a cold process bar, and no rushing the learning either – by the end of the afternoon, you won't just have made soap, you'll understand it.
