Make Fall Soap - Soapmaking Workshop

Name: Make Fall Soap - Soapmaking Workshop
Start: 2025-09-07T15:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-07T17:00:00-04:00
Location: 110 Athens St, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689-3304, United States

Schedule

Sun Sep 07 2025 at 03:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

110 Athens St, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689-3304, United States | Tarpon Springs, FL

How long: ~2hours
Price: $135
Min age: 21 years
Max participants: 5 (first come, first serve)
You get to take home the loaf of soap that you just made! That’s about 8 bars, about 2.5 pounds of soap! This much soap should last you about half a year. Soap also makes wonderful utilitarian gifts (no waste gifts).
SAVE YOUR SKIN –SAVE YOUR HEALTH
If something touches your skin several times per day, it OUGHT to be safe – why we cannot ignore soap and skin care quality
What’s included:
o Instructions how to make natural soap (including lye safety)
o Safety gear (eyeglasses, gloves, apron)
o Ingredients (fats, oils, essential oils, lye)
o Tools and equipment
o History of soap and how to recognize a good soap
o Three easy natural soap recipes to try at home (with detailed instructions)
o Helpful soapmaking resources
o You get to take home the loaf of soap that you just made! That’s about 8 bars, about 2.5 pounds of soap! This much soap should last you about half a year. Soap also makes wonderful utilitarian gifts (no waste gifts).
Why learn to make natural soap?
• Skin is a semi- permeable membrane-what you put on it will eventually end up in your blood
• What is in your blood will end up in your kidneys and liver
Safety precaution
We will work with lye, so please be on your highest mental alertness
What to wear
Closed toe shoes
Long sleeve shirt
Long pants
Learning about forgotten soap facts
As the soap is cooking, I will be talking about soap history, including the oldest soap known to humanity, a soap that Nefretiti used – I will bring a bar of it to show you! I will be talking about various techniques of soap making, what true soap is (in layman’s terms), how to recognize a good soap (good meaning quality, non-harmful ingredients), etc.
But most of all, we will have fun with the process, because soap making is fun and therapeutic!
About me:
My name is Ginger. I have been making soap for the last 10 years. The journey had taken me to open a store front called SoapBox. SoapBox has originated in Philadelphia in 2013, where we won the prestigious Best of Philly award TWICE. Now, we call Tarpon Springs, FL our home and this is where the products are created by hand for you. I make soaps, skin care products, and cleaning supplies. 100% ingredients come from nature: oils, fats, butters, flowers, herbs, spices, salts, clays, seeds & essential oils. I am self-taught, I do not have any background in chemistry.
I am a firm believer in using less: less is more, especially if it comes to skin. Most importantly, I am a mom, an older mom – my daughter is the main reason I try to live healthily, so I can be here for her for years to come.