How to Make Melt & Pour Soap - Beginners Step by Step Guide (Udemy.com)

Melt and pour soap making is quick, fun and easy, whether you want a new hobby, or to make gifts for friends & family.

( 228 Reviews )

Created by: Shona O'Connor

Produced in 2021

What you will learn

Make a range of melt and pour soaps , that will be ready in a few hours, using pre-made soap bases, colours and fragrances.
Use a variety of techniques to create stunning visual effects in the soap
Use natural and cosmetic colours to get the look you want, whether you want fun or the natural rustic feel.
Add natural ingredients to achieve an exfoliating effect in your soap
Embed objects and soap shapes in bars or loaves of soap to create fun, fabulous soaps
How to make soap without lye
How to make soap for children to help with

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Overall Score : 92 / 100

Course Description

Takethis course and you will learn how to make fun, visually stunning soaps,using pre-made bases, colours and fragrances

You will be able to create a whole range of fabulous soaps using a range of techniques, from rustic, natural soaps to fun, eye catching soaps that children and adults will love

You will have a new hobby that you can do with older children, safely in your kitchen

The course will give you all the information that you need about oils, butters,fragrances and colours,so that you can you can ingredients to your soaps to add enriching and moisturizing qualities to them. You will also see how to add natural ingredients to your soap to create exfoliating properties.

You will discover the difference between essential and fragrance oils and how and when to use them

Iwill share ideas for saving money on molds and equipment so you can get started cheaper.

You will make products so amazing that your friends and family will be asking you to make some for them.

The packaging ideas will enable you to create fabulous gifts for family and friends.
Who this course is for:
This course is for anyone looking for a fun, creative new hobby that they can do at home, and children can join in, with supervisionThe complete beginner, or someone has got very basic experience with melt and pour soap and wants ideas of ways to create different effects with ingredients, techniques and coloursAnyone who is looking to produce soaps that don't contain skin irritantsAnyone who makes Cold Process Soap and wants a simple, quick way to make embeds to use in, or the decorate their soapAnyone who is looking for a way to make some money with a side business, or just earn some extra money to fund this new hobby.

Time: 2.5h

Instructor Details

Shona O'Connor

4.6 Rating
228 Reviews

I have been making soap, candles and bath productsfor over 20years and over the last 15 years, Ihave taught face to face courses and created a number of online courses.
Istarted with the Melt and Pour soap method and then went on to make soap from scratch using the Cold Process method. I love to share my expertise with others, which led me to start teaching soap making from my home. Now my course is anonline version, whichallows me to share my passion with students from all over the world, who want to learn or master soap making.

I have successfullysold my soaps, bath products and candlesto friends, co-workers, at craft fairs and online.
The best thing about Cold Process soap making and candle makingis that you can make totally natural productsthat donot contain any harmful chemicals. Ican teach you how tomake a simple, plain bar of soap, or how tounleash your creativity using fabulous colouring techniques. Ihave studied aromatherapy, so am the perfect person to guide students in the use of essential oils.
Ihave always loved teaching and love the satisfaction of teaching a complete beginner to make something creative and seeing or hearing about their delight in the fabulous results they have achieved. Udemy's discussion area is perfect for following up with students and sharing in their successes.
Join my courses and let me help you have fun and make amazing soap, bath products and candles.

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By Elizabeth Oppenheim on 11/15/2020

Very basic level, but good explanations if you have no prior knowledge. Unfortunately, the instructor doesn't seem to have the best knowledge base beyond the very basics. Every time I asked a question about why I had a problem with something, she just said "I don't know". I learned how to do the first steps, but when I wanted to create more interesting designs, I had no support. I am very glad I didn't pay full price for this course. I have learned a lot more from free videos online, but I do appreciate having the foundation here.

By Kelly Piper on 11/15/2020

I learned quite a few things and look forward to another course... perhaps the cold press soap. I feel confident with the skills that I have gained and have already made a few of the soaps and sold some as well :)

By Dee Layne on 11/8/2020

Easy to understand

By emily Lewis on 11/8/2020

I felt like this course was a waste of my time. The internet provides much more detailed content for free and i wasted my money on this. Im so happy i didn't pay over $100usd for this as i would have been livid.
The content is very repetitive. Half of the video's contain drawn out content of no relevance, like minutes of cutting a loaf of soap!? Really??
i believe the Teacher need to go on youtude and learn how to create better content and leave out all the unnecessary details that make up time on a video and no relevance.
i read some of the typed our info and much of it was repetitive, e.g adding too much oil will cause the soap to be soft, this was said over and over in a few minutes of reading.
I honestly learnt more by watching videos on Youtube from Brambleberry and Royalty soaps etc FOR FREE

By Bernice Fernandes on 10/23/2020

yes the course has been pretty informative so far.I especially liked the introduction to improve my experience as it helped me understand where to go to find resources and ask questions etc.Also liked that the instructor shows all the equipment.

By Sunita Suchith on 10/18/2020

Yes, I have recently started making soaps and always wanted to do it the right way. A friend taught me but was keen on doing the course to know the quantitles etc.
So happy to be on this course

By Melba Tolentino on 10/17/2020

Easy to follow for a beginner like me who have no idea about anything on mp soaps. Instructor response promptly.

By Dana Kushari on 10/17/2020

It was nice to learn how to create a beautiful soap from melt & pour. how to wrapping up in a beautiful way as a gift as well.

By Dawn Blake on 10/14/2020

the course just started. what was shared is useful but I can't rate from watching 3 episodes of preparation. I'll rate once I get into the course.

By Susanne Nickel HP on 10/12/2020