Handmade Lotions & Creams
A class for the hobbyist who wants to make handcrafted lotions and creams for family & friends.
CURRENTLY CLOSED TO NEW STUDENTS
while undergoing a major update and fresh new look.
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Learn to make safe effective lotions & creams using natural ingredients!
This course will teach you how to create your own lotions and creams from scratch.
You'll learn about:
- 40 oils and butters; their properties & benefits.
- 4 emulsifying options to suit your needs: extra easy, organic approved, or unprocessed.
- 24 herbs to infuse into oils, aloe, glycerin, or witch hazel.
- 34 essential oils & the benefits they bring to your lotions & creams.
- 17 preservative options {most are natural + a few traditional ones}.
- 9 basic formulas to use to create your own recipes.
I've also created a downloadable recipe booklet with 15 extra recipes created exclusively for this course.
Recipes include:
- Raspberry Seed Every Day Lotion
- MSM & Milk Thistle Lotion for Rosacea
- Zinc Oxide Cream (Vegan & Beeswax Versions)
- Cocoa Butter Stretch Mark Cream
- ACV & Pine Tar Lotion
- Dandelion & Honey Cream
- and more!
Want a sneak peek at what's inside?
Scroll down to the curriculum list below and look for the Simple Herbal Lotion video and Juniper Yarrow Aftershave Balm recipe pdf; both are available to preview for free!
Your Instructor
Jan Berry is the soapmaker and herbalist behind The Nerdy Farm Wife. She’s also the best selling author of 101 Easy Homemade Products for Your Skin, Health & Home and Simple & Natural Soapmaking. Jan lives on a hobby farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia with her husband and two teenagers, where she enjoys gardening, crafting pretty herbal concoctions, caring for a menagerie of farm animals and, of course, soapmaking.