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Setting Up a Handmade Soap Making Business
Launched June 2003
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This bar of soap was recently produced by SS, a
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When launched this was the first distance learning course in soap-making in the UK!
"It has been a really brilliant
course, I can't think of one I have enjoyed more and it's a bargain
considering the amount of supplies you have sent me"
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Set up your own business from home making soap. Sell at craft fairs, Farmers Markets or over the internet. Therapists can make soap to their own recipes to suit their clients and their specialities. Soapmaking is ideal for aromatherapists. This enjoyable business has very low start-up costs.
This course will literally save you hours of laborious personal research. Many new soap makers become confused about the legalities of soap making and indeed many of the queries on soap-related Internet chat rooms revolve around soap making legislation and how to have
soap certified as safe for sale to the public by a cosmetic chemist or
toxicologist. This information, and much more is included in this
course, we also provide you with links to information on the legislation
on Government web sites so that you can keep track of changes and
updates.
The aim of this course is to enable you to learn to make soap using a glycerine base and to be able to sell that soap, fully compliant with the current European Union regulations regarding the sale of toiletries. This course includes detailed explanations of these
 regulations. It is important to be aware of the regulations governing soap making because they set very important safety standards. Many soapmakers are unaware
that this legislation is on place.
This course offers a complete guide to establishing your own soap making business. Whether you are interested in a part time income, a career change or for personal interest, this course will prove invaluable.
The award which you’ll receive from The College of Integrated Therapies upon successful completion of the course is the Certificate of Glycerine Soap Making and Selling.
This can be used to demonstrate that you have completed the training to a
satisfactory standard.
 You will further be entitled to use the letters CGSS after your name and on your promotional material, showing you to have undertaken a course of study and achieved a level of competence in this field.
Once you have had your products certified you also become eligible to join
the Guild of Craft Soap & Toiletry
Makers. The Guild is open to any craft soap maker whose
products are certified, completion of this training course is not a
condition of membership.
What you will learn on the
Soap Making Course
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Table of Contents:
Over £50 worth of materials included FREE in the price!
These include:
- Essential oils
- Fragrance oils
- Soap base
- Moulds
- Colourants
- Botanicals
PLUS
Soapmaking
legislation FAQs
Module 1 – Introduction and the basics
- Setting up a business selling handmade soap
- Making soap
- Legalities
- Knowing your product
- This all sounds daunting – can I succeed?
- How difficult is it going to be?
- Can I make soap in my kitchen at home?
- Am I going to enjoy the Course?
- What’s covered in this course
- Assessing your progress
- Setting up your business
- Your course materials
- Handling fragrances
- The equipment you need to provide
- Supplies
- Soap Base
- What is soap base?
- Is soap base natural?
- Is it organic?
- Is it vegetarian?
- How to work with the soap base using pans
- How to work with the soap base using the microwave
- How to misuse the soap base
- What is the correct temperature for using the soap base?
- Stirring your soap base
- Can I add things to my soap base?
- Can I reuse soap base?
- Can I make soap base at home?
- Different types of base
Module 2 – Your first bar of soap
- Overview
- Preparing to make soap
- Technique
- Unmoulding your soap
- After making your soap
- Washing up
- Can I use soapmaking pans for cooking food?
- Eliminating bubbles
- Preventing bubbles forming
- Removing bubbles
Module 3 – Colouring and layering
- Colour theory
- Colour Wheel
- Relevance to soapmaking
- Use of colours
- Colours and emotions
- Complementary colours
- Contrasting light and dark colours
- Light and dark shades of the same colour
- Contrasting warmth and coolness
- Themes
- Transparency
- Colourants
- Types of colours
- Liquid colourants
- Powdered colours
- Infused herbs
- Spices
- The effect of titanium dioxide
- Keeping records
- CI Numbers
- Use of light
- Layering
- Troubleshooting
- Chunks
- Spaghetti
- Quarters
Module 4 – Fragrancing
- What can be used to fragrance soap
- What are essential oils?
- What are fragrance oils?
- Essential oils versus fragrance oils
- How much of each do you use?
- Other ways of measuring liquids
- The correct way to take a reading
- Blending fragrances
- The concept behind blending
- Top notes, middle notes, base notes
- Ratio of notes for blending
- How to create a blend
- The practicalities of blending
- Blending themes
- Keeping records
- Categorising fragrances by type
- Blending chart
- Lavender essential oil
- Cost
- Properties of oils
- Contraindications
- Safety issues
- Restrictions by Aromatherapists
- Restrictions by industry guidelines
- General information on fragrances and their use
- Herbs and spices
Module 5 – Curls, twirls and embeds
- Moulds
- What moulds can you buy?
- What moulds can you find for free?
- Moulds from other crafts and hobbies
- Designing your own moulds
- Making shapes with soap
- Learning to bend soap
- Basic curl
- Corkscrew curl
- Waves
- Balls
- Embeds
- Embedding toys and decorative items
- Advanced soap shapes
- Soap Scrolls
- Soap Kebabs
- Soap on a rope
Module 6 - Adding Herbs, Oils and Glitter
- Herbs
- Which are safe to use?
- How do you use herbs in soap?
- Which herbs to use
- Do any therapeutic qualities of herbs leach into the soap?
- Can herbs colour the soap?
- Spices
- Seeds
- Buds, Leaves and Flowers
- Vegetable and plant oils
- The nut oils
- Vitamin E oil
- How much fat and oil to use
- Bee products
- Glitter
- How to infuse herbs and spices in oil
- Making an exfoliating bar
- To make a loofah bar
Module 7 – The legalities of selling soap
- The legal requirements for soapmakers
- MSDS sheets
- Chemical analysis sheets
- Gas chromatography sheets
- IFRA certificates
- Cosmetic chemist
- Certification by a cosmetic chemist
- What is certification?
- Why is this necessary?
- Do all soap recipes have to be certified?
- What does certification cover?
- Is it difficult to get a soap recipe certified?
- Who is qualified to certify soap recipes?
- Does every soapmaker have their recipes certified?
- What exactly do you have to do to have a soap certified?
- Are cosmetic chemists prepared to deal with small business?
- How do I contact a cosmetic chemist?
- Writing out the recipes
- Good manufacturing practice document
- Quality control
- Create a tracking system
- Designing a tracking system
- The batch number and labeling
- Create a file
- INCI labeling
- Trading standards officers
- Weights and measures
- Selling soap by the slice
- Labeling
- Stamped scales
- Arranging insurance
- Contacting the Department of Trade and Industry
- Persuading your local shop to provide MSDS Sheets
- Don’t make therapeutic claims
- The latest legislation
Module 8 - Packaging, Marketing and Pricing
- Packaging
- Sealing your soap
- Cling film
- Shrink wrapping
- Sweating soap
- The advantages of sealing soap
- Labeling
- Other packaging
- Marketing your soap
- Image
- Buying into a concept
- The mechanics of selling
- Location
- Your target market
- Market research
- Selling your soap one-to-one
- Produce literature
- Pricing your soap
- Psychology of underpricing
- Breaking into the market
- A formula for pricing
- Regional differences
- Making a success of your business
Soapmaking
legislation FAQs
To enrol
The fee for the Course "Setting up a Soap making Business" is £165 to United Kingdom residents
and £205 to residents of other European Union countries to cover
additional postage costs
Due to an arrangement with an international
shipper we can now send this course worldwide for the existing
price of £205. Shipping times to different countries may
vary
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(Cheques must be in pound Stirling and payable through a UK Bank.)
To enroll on this course simply forward a cheque to us or use the PayPal link below:
The College of Integrated Therapies
285 Hoxton Street
London N1 5JX
United Kingdom
info@health-concern.com
To make payments on-line using PayPal click the
button below
Career Development Loan - Learning
Provider Number: 12299
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Please note that the cost of this course will be
increasing by £20 per option at the end of June 2008.
Orders placed before then will be delivered within 14
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