**Next-Level Soapmaking**
CP Soap with Alternative Liquids: Beer, Coffee & Juice

Upcoming Classes	Details	Registration Options
Saturday June 29, 2013	2:00 - 5:00 pm (3 hours) $85 (plus $15 materials fee)	Credit Card	Sign-Up Via Mail Check
Saturday September 7, 2013	2:00 - 5:00 pm (3 hours) $85 (plus $15 materials fee)	Credit Card	Sign-Up Via Mail Check
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Getting bored with your cold process soap? Juice it up! Dump the boring distilled water and get turned onto a variety of interesting liquids that can be used to make soap: coffee, tea, juices, beer & wine! Each one can bring something fun and exciting to your handmade soap!

Of course, you always need some kind of liquid to dissolve the sodium hydroxide before making cold process soap, but it doesn’t have to be water. Alternative liquids can bring new (natural) colors, scents and unique qualities to your soap that water just can’t.

In this special "next-level" soapmaking from scratch class, you will:

• explore the wide variety of alternative liquid options available in your soapmaking
• watch as Ruth prepares 3 separate batches of soap, made using beer, coffee & vegetable juice
• see & compare examples of other soaps Ruth has made using various alternative liquids

Each student will take home three full-sized (cured) bars of soap, just like the ones made in class, along with a thorough handout that includes the recipes made in the class and resources for finding ingredients.

Prerequisite Details: This intermediate-level soapmaking class is designed for students who have either taken our Cold Process Soap Making 101 class, the 2-Day Soap Making Boot Camp, or who have experience making soap from scratch on their own. If you have never made soap from scratch before (cold process or hot process), you must first take our Cold Process Soap Making 101 class that demonstrates soapmaking using a 4-pound batch and teaches the basics (including lye safety) needed for all beginning soap makers. This is an age 18+ class since making soap from scratch involves working with lye (aka sodium hydroxide).

GOT MILK?
Have you ever wanted to learn to make Milk Soaps? Check out Ruth's other NEW class called "Milk Soaps: 3 Types" which focuses exclusively on the use of Goats' Milk, Coconut Milk and Soymilk along with other kinds of milks (some are vegan, too!) in soapmaking.

ABOUT THE TEACHER:
Ruth Esteves started making handmade soap in 2006 as another in a long line of hobbies. But since then she has gone from whipping up quick melt-and-pour soap gifts for her friends to designing and selling her own cold process soaps online through her company, Sirona Springs. Trained as a laboratory research scientist, Ruth finds that soapmaking is the perfect blending of chemistry and art. Ruth is also a member of the Handcrafted Soapmaker's Guild. See our teacher page to view Ruth's current classes.