Suds & Science: DIY Soap-Making Experience, Sunday, 5/18/25, 2pm

Date: Sunday, May 18th, 2025

Time: 11:00 am

Address: Inside The Neighborhood Hive Store

                2065 E 2100 S, SLC, Utah 84108

Details: This workshop will last approximately 1.5 hours

Safety: Please wear (or bring) long sleeves and closed toe shoes to work in.

           Minimum age requirement is 15 years old.

🧼 Workshop Title:

"Suds & Science: DIY Soap-Making Experience"

📅 Event Overview

• Duration: 1 to 1.5 hours

• Audience: Adults or teens (15+), beginner-friendly

🧪 Goals of the Workshop

• Teach the basics of cold process soap making

• Let attendees customize soap with scents, colors, and botanicals

• Explain saponification and safety protocols

📝 Workshop Agenda

1. Welcome & Safety Briefing (15 mins)

• Hand out gloves, goggles

• Go over lye safety and workspace rules

2. Intro to Soap Making & Saponification (20 mins)

• Brief talk on:

  • What is saponification? (fat + lye → soap + glycerin)

  • Basic chemistry behind it

  • Types of oils and their properties

  • Lye handling and measuring

3. Demonstration (20 mins)

• Facilitator performs the first batch

• Show each step from oil blending to trace and pouring

4. Hands-On Soap Making (40 mins)

Participants:

• Choose a scent (e.g. lavender, peppermint, citrus, cedarwood)

• Pick a color (natural mica powders or clays)

• Mix oils, add lye solution (pre-measured for safety)

• Blend to trace

• Add color/scent

• Pour into molds

5. Labeling & Wrap-Up (15 mins)

• Label their soap molds with names, scent, and color

• Discuss curing time (4–6 weeks)

• Take-home info sheets: curing tips, safety, recipes

This class will include all materials and ingredients to make 1.5lbs of CP soap (4 normal size bars) using Olio's Castille Soap Recipe.  

You will be leaving class with the soap you created to cure for 30 days and then use or share. 

Cancellation policy: Please give 4 days notice for any cancellations. No refunds.