One-day basic course on cold-process handmade soap/natural essential oil soap/near Taichung Science Museum/Zhuoma Love Elephant

12 months? 18 months? You may be curious about the shelf life of handmade soap. Each bar of soap has its own life span, which is closely related to the oil formula, essential oils, additives used when it was originally designed, the maturity of the soap, and the environment in which it is stored during maturity. Some soaps become rancid soon after being aired after being made, but some soaps can be stored for five or six years and remain intact. Only the smell of the essential oil will dissipate slightly with the passage of time, but with the passage of time, a piece of mild and easy-to-wash old soap is created... The process of making handmade soap is not difficult. What is difficult is how to make a soap that is easy to use, gentle and stable. Many people are faced with the problem of white powder, excessive alkali and incomplete saponification after demolding the soap, making the soap unusable. This basic course will guide you into the world of basic handmade soap and help you make a stable and durable soap. You can take back two kilograms of facial and bath soap (can be cut into about 100g/20 pieces) and 100ml of extra virgin sweet almond soaked oil. It is a very solid basic course. In the course, you will learn about the characteristics of various oils and basic formula design concepts, essential oil perfumery techniques and basic aromatherapy concepts, and use various flowers and plants to make soaked oils for facial and body care. After the class, you can make soap at home by yourself. If you have any questions during the soap making process after class, you can ask me! Course Outline . Introduction to the theory and terminology of cold-process handmade soap . Understand the characteristics of cold-process soap base oils and their application in handmade soap . An overview of oils suitable for different skin types (oil fatty acids) . Introduction to cold-process handmade soap formula design (bath and face soap) . Perfume concept (types of natural essential oils and their use before, during and after perfume making) . Explanation of the use of hydrosol in handmade soap . Different skin types are suitable for the use of plant powder additives . Basic layering techniques, essential oils, and oil product application explanations . Basic rendering techniques, essential oils, and oil product application explanations . FAQ for handmade soap (white powder, rancidity... Solve all the problems you may encounter in making handmade soap) . Explanation and application of the efficacy of plant-infused oils . Drying and storage of handmade soap . Actual production of handmade soap (bath and face soap) . Material purchasing channel provided ✔️Full course of manual typing + electric typing (course duration 5-6 hours/lunch provided) 🚩Please make an appointment two weeks in advance, thank you😊 . Thank you teacher, you’ve worked hard today! Help us with a day's lesson. The teacher teaches very carefully! Thank you for bringing me to you😊—Hui You are a great teacher & friend - Yuci | Zhuoma's after-class sharing|#01 A new student who came to the handmade soap class this afternoon sent me a message last night saying, "I want to order a candle from the teacher. Do you have a candle for the throat chakra? My throat chakra is locked!" Before going to bed, the gentle blue of the throat chakra suddenly flashed through her mind. In the morning, when making her cup Wax, she mixed the soybean Wax with a gentle blue color and blended it with a compound of essential oils such as bergamot, petitgrain, tea tree, melaleuca, Moroccan chamomile, rosemary, cypress, and clove. The throat chakra represents our inner self-expression and interpersonal communication. If the throat is not uncomfortable due to pathogenic factors such as colds, many times it is because of obstacles or imbalances in our inner or external communication. The student was a yoga teacher. She came to the hands-on class not long after finishing her yoga class in the afternoon. When she arrived, I found out that she hadn't eaten yet. I simply gave her a biscuit and made some roselle floral tea. She must be very hungry after teaching, so I asked her if she wanted an apple and peeled an apple for her. There was a kind of innocent beauty about this girl in her twenties. When the student saw the throat chakra soy candle I made for her, she said, "Teacher, this blue is my favorite color. Look at my bag and clothes..." I turned around and saw the personal belongings on the sofa and smiled. I like this kind of beautiful telepathic connection. During the meditation, I took some vegetable oil and mixed it with throat chakra essential oil, and asked her to massage the throat chakra area first, then I started to lead her in meditation and started our class this afternoon. Today, students brought a lot of small models to hold the prepared soap liquid. We used tung oil powder to make the small pineapple mold, pink mineral clay to make the cat's paw and small bone molds, chamomile powder to make the kitten's paw, and indigo powder to make the long mold. We used the leftover soap liquid on the small soap mold to make simple latte art. It was a very healing afternoon of handicraft class. I hope that she will take these small shaped soaps home and dry them so that she can clean her hands and protect her when she teaches yoga class, and also keep them with her. | Zhuoma's after-class sharing|#02 Before students go to class, I always ask them to do the essential oil grabbing ceremony, and then let them inhale the essential oil to guide them in a simple meditation. Only after settling their body and mind will we start our handcrafting course. The student taking the advanced course grabbed the "Hundred Times of Courage" when she did the grabbing ceremony. When I helped her finish the meditation, she said to me, "Teacher, I have always had heart problems and my breathing has not been smooth. No matter how I practiced, I felt that I could not breathe down. But when I was meditating just now, I breathed very smoothly!" The "Hundred Times of Courage" that the student grabbed when she did the grabbing ceremony contained Himalayan cedar, which showed that the student had been searching for and exploring the value of herself during this period. When she mentioned the problem of breathing, I found it very interesting. Perhaps the harder we try and the more we care about something, the more difficult it is to achieve it smoothly. But when our consciousness is not obsessed and is empty, we find that what we originally wanted to achieve can be accomplished so easily. | Zhuoma's after-class sharing|#03 In the handmade soap basic course, teaching students how to make soaked oil was added later in the course. After teaching a few classes, I had the idea of bringing plants into the course. Regardless of whether it is used to make handmade soap or care for the skin after soaking, the soaked oil has a healing plant scent. I hope that students will have a deeper emotional connection with plants through the process of making soaked oil. The number of plants for soaking has increased from one, two, etc. Apart from teaching, most of my time is spent studying these plants that are good for the skin. Today, students in class made soaked oils. Those with mild acne scars chose Centella asiatica and passionflower, which promotes blood circulation. Add a little chamomile and lavender to create an soak that smells great! The student who needed inner comfort made a full bottle of chamomile infused oil, hoping that the scent of Mother Earth Chamomile would soothe her soul! Lecturer: Zhuoma Experience: 10 years Zhuoma's relevant certificates and training: Scottish Aromatherapy Art Soap Certification/British Baha Flower Essence Certificate/American NAHA National Holistic Aromatherapy Association Advanced Aromatherapy Certification/American INHA International Naturopath Aromatherapy Certification/American INHA International Naturopath NLP Certification/IFPA International Certification Qi Gua Chakra, Usui Reiki Beginner/Ten Days of Vipassana/Children's Art Trauma Therapy Course time: Weekdays Location: Near Taichung National Museum of Natural Science We adopt one-on-one or small class teaching, understand the students' level before class, refill for the students' deficiencies in a timely manner, and explain the teaching content in simple terms, so that students can benefit a lot from learning, and provide lifelong service after class. ———————————————————— For each class, each student can take home: . Full Handouts . All hand-made works in the course ——————————————————— Ingredients used in this course: . The handmade soap course uses ND and ABP essential oils imported from Australia, and does not add artificial fragrances. . Selected plant oils, natural flowers and medicinal herbs from all over the world are used in soap #Essential oil perfumery teaching#Aromatherapy teaching#Soy candle teaching#Aromatherapy mindfulness teaching#Ayurvedic seven chakra teaching#Gift soap customization#Cold process soap#Amino acid soap#Handmade soap teaching#Breast milk soap#Diffuser Stone