Date: Saturday 10th of September and Sunday 11th of September
Time: 10:30am – 5:00pm
Fee: $385.00 (Inclusive of all materials, take home your creations)

This is the third of this natural skincare series. It is recommended that you have completed one and two series of workshops, as they are each designed to follow on easily from each other. It is possible to complete these workshops outside of sequence, however the student may find some gaps in their knowledge if choosing to do so out of sequence.

During this fun and fragrant weekend, we will cover more indepth herbal processing, extracting and combining of specific herbs as they relate to natural skincare formulating.

Additional topics included:
• The properties of fats and oils.
• Herbal protein powders.
• Skin Nutrients.
• Thickeners, Stabilisers and Co – Emulsifiers.

You will create and take home full size products of:
• 1 Body bronzer (no chemical content)
• 1 Body mousse
• 1 Bath syrup
• 1 Foaming bath butter
• 1 Whipped cream Shea nut butter
• 1 Skin firming gel
• 1 Oil based cleanser
• 1 Perfumed body spray
• 1 Shaving cream
• 1 Sun block cream
• 1 Effervescent foot soak
• 1 Cooling foot lotion
• 2 Bath meringues

A value of more than $275

One again, during this workshop, more high end creations will be produced, giving you “the edge” for some of the most popular and highly saleable natural products for your range. Many of these creative items make beautiful gifts that will amaze your friends and family and bring you an income increase if you are already marketing products.

Note: Please book early. Class numbers are strictly limited with places usually booked out early. Enrolment form and deposit required to secure your place.

Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details

Date: Saturday 2nd of July and Sunday 3rd of July
Time: 10:30am – 5:00pm
Fee: $395.00 (Inclusive of all materials, take home your creations)

The second workshop in a series, designed for those who have completed the first natural skincare weekend, and who now wish to further their knowledge, create more products and develop a larger range of top end highly saleable skincare, body & bath care, and hair care creations. You will be expanding your existing knowledge with more in depth emulsification techniques, learning to blend many unusual, but natural ingredient forms of herbs, powders etc into creams, lotions, gels, milks and skin & body care products.

You will learn to identify many more herbs used specifically for treating skin conditions as well as the theory and research behind their usage. You will harvest, extract and process these to include in your skincare ranges, helping you not only to identify nature’s gifts more fully, but to experience first hand their impressive regenerating abilities.

These unique natural herbal extracts will give your products not only the edge over other “so called natural products” but will also allow you to produce raw ingredients at minimal cost, whilst providing truly pure extracts for your skincare range.

Subjects also covered during workshop will include:
• Using colour in your creams, lotions, lip balms etc.
• Skin PH, the acid mantle, PH testing for product stability and shelf life.
• Different types of emulsifying waxes and their usage.
• The properties of natural butters.
• Using active ingredients in skin creams.

Make and take home these beautiful full size creations of:
• 1 Firming face and neck cream
• 1 Eye – serum
• 1 Foaming facial scrub
• 1 Eye – makeup remover
• 1 Eye nutrient cream
• 1 Lip serum
• 2 Lip glosses
• 1 Gel based body scrub
• 1 Gel and cream based moisturiser
• 3 Deodorants (1 Spray, 1 Roll-on, 1 Solid stick)
• 1 Silky velvet body butter
• 1 Fresh herb tincture
• 1 Dried herb glycerite
A total value of almost $300

Note: Please book early. Class numbers are strictly limited with places usually booked out early. Enrolment form and deposit required to secure your place.

Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details

Date:Saturday the 7th of May and Sunday 8th of May
Time: 10:30am – 5:00pm
Fee: $340.00 (Inclusive of all materials)

A two day basic intensive workshop designed to show you how simple, easy and cost effective it is to create your own superior, chemical free beautiful skincare products.

Over the course of two days you will learn to make your own base creams, herbal infused oils etc. study which herbs and natural ingredients are the most effective in rejuvenating, healing and improving the look, texture and health of your skin.

You will learn how to make over fifteen unique, specialized natural skin and body care products worth hundreds of dollars and you will take these home with you at the end of each day. No experience is necessary – we set you on a new and exciting path to formulating all of your personal skincare products free of any chemical contamination, and customized to suit your skins unique needs.

During this workshop you will make and take home: -

• Base creams – Two types
• Herbally infused oil
• Healing hand cream
• Skin and body oil
• Moisturiser
• Cleanser
• Body scrub
• Facial masks
• Exfoliater
• Lip Balm
• Body Butter
• Nourishing face cream
• Shampoo
• Conditioner

Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details

February 2011

Wild Weeds As Food & Medicine

Date:Sunday 13th of February
Time: 10:30am – 4:30pm
Fee: $89.00 (Inclusive of all materials)

An informative and money saving look at the amazing culinary and medicinal uses of the common weeds of our gardens and wild walkways. Learn how to use them for their vitamin, mineral and nutrient value – how to prepare them and how to turn them into useful and easily prepared medicinal products. Take home plants and medicinal products.

Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details

Chest Rubs & Oils

Date:Thursday 24th of February
Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Fee: $85.00 (Inclusive of all materials)

Learn how to create your own ointments, salves and chest rubs from common garden weeds and herbs that grow easily around us.

You will make and take home:
• Infused Oils
• Wound Ointment
• Healing Salve for treating eczema, skin problems etc
• Chest Rub for bronchial and respiratory conditions

Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details

March 2011

Creating Natural Skincare Products

(Two Day Intensive Workshop)

Date:Saturday 5th and Sunday the 6th of March
Time: 10:30am – 5:00pm
Fee: $340.00 (Inclusive of all materials)

A two day basic intensive workshop designed to show you how simple, easy and cost effective it is to create your own superior, chemical free beautiful skincare products.

Over the course of two days you will learn to make your own base creams, herbal infused oils etc. study which herbs and natural ingredients are the most effective in rejuvenating, healing and improving the look, texture and health of your skin.

You will learn how to make over fifteen unique, specialized natural skin and body care products worth hundreds of dollars and you will take these home with you at the end of each day. No experience is necessary – we set you on a new and exciting path to formulating all of your personal skincare products free of any chemical contamination, and customized to suit your skins unique needs.

Note: Please book early. Class numbers are strictly limited with places usually booked out early. Enrolment form and deposit required to secure your place.

During the workshop you will make and take home:

• Base cream
• Herbally infused oil
• Healing hand cream
• Skin and body oil
• Moisturiser
• Cleanser
• Body scrub
• Facial masks
• Exfoliater
• Lip Balm
• Shampoo
• Conditioner

Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details

April 2011

Soap Making The Easy Way

(Using Melt & Pour Soap Bases)

Date:Saturday 10th of April
Time: 10:30am – 5:00pm
Fee: $160.00 (Inclusive of all materials, take home your creations)

An informative and money saving look at the amazing culinary and medicinal uses of the common weeds of our gardens and wild walkways. Learn how to use them for their vitamin, mineral and nutrient value – how to prepare them and how to turn them into useful and easily prepared medicinal products. Take home plants and medicinal products.

Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details

May 2011

More Creative Melt & Pour Soap Making

Date:Sunday 1st of May
Time: 10:30am – 5:00pm
Fee: $180.00 (Inclusive of all materials)

This is a follow on from our most popular soap making basic melt & pour course. During this highly fragrant day we will explore soaps for specific skin problems and ages. You will learn fun and easy methods to make a variety of shapes and sizes, embedding techniques, colour combining, using clays, micas and pigments. Hand made melt and pour soaps are safe, easy and very creative to make from pure natural ingro.

During this workshop you will make and take home: -

• Shaving Soap
• Goats Milk Soaps
• Gardeners Soap
• Babies and children’s soaps
• Loaf – style soaps
• Re-milled soaps
• Butter bars
• Layered soaps

Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details

Soap Making The Easy Way (Using Melt & Pour Soap Bases)

Date:Saturday 6th of November
Time: 10:30am – 5:00pm
Fee: $160.00 (Inclusive of all materials, Take home your creations)

Prepare to be inspired with stylish and innovative soap crafting the easy way, utilising Melt & Pour soap bases, natural colours, herbs, oils and fragrances. Ideal for gift giving or to dazzle your bathroom, and to know what is really in your bath soaps.

During this fun workshop you will create gorgeous goat’s milk soaps, clear translucent soaps, natural olive soaps, imbedded soaps and stunningly beautiful felted soaps. All to take home on the day.

Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details