Craft & Maker

Soap Making

Make Soap You Can Be Proud Of, Safely and From Scratch

12 lessons4 modules9h 30m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

Learn to make handmade soap from your first melt-and-pour bar to a fully formulated cold-process recipe you design yourself. You will master lye safety, run accurate saponification math with a calculator like SoapCalc, and blend fragrance and color at safe usage rates. The course finishes with cure science, troubleshooting, and the labeling rules that apply if you decide to sell.

Curriculum

Module 1: Foundations: Soap Chemistry and Your First Bar3 lessons

What Soap Really Is: Saponification ExplainedPreview45m
Safety First: Lye, PPE, and Your Workspace🔒45m
Melt-and-Pour: Your First Finished Bar Today🔒45m

Module 2: Ingredients and Recipe Formulation3 lessons

The Oil Palette: Hard, Soft, and Specialty Oils🔒45m
Reading and Designing a Soap Recipe🔒50m
Additives: Exfoliants, Clays, Milks, and Actives🔒45m

Module 3: Cold-Process Soapmaking Step by Step3 lessons

The Cold-Process Workflow: Measure to Trace🔒55m
Molding, Gel Phase, and Color Techniques🔒50m
Unmolding, Cutting, and Troubleshooting🔒45m

Module 4: Curing, Finishing, and Selling Your Soap3 lessons

The Cure: Why Time Makes a Better Bar🔒45m
Fragrance and Color Formulation at Safe Rates🔒50m
Labeling, Compliance, and Selling Basics🔒50m