Kristen Bowen Studio
DVD Workshops

Shipping per DVD workshop is $10.00.

Soap Making Secrets DVD & Starter Kit

Come and make soap with me. This workshop is geared for the novice but experienced soap makers will benefit also. In this course you will learn the history and science of soap making and then be led through a step-by-step, hands on workshop that will end with you taking home your own handmade soap. This class lasts about 4 hours with plenty of time for your questions. If you have ever wanted to make your own soap as a hobby, for health reasons, for your family, or for a business: THIS CLASS IS FOR YOU.

During the Soap Making Workshop let me show you how to:

  • make natural handmade soap
  • produce one pound of soap to take home
  • gain essential soap making safety skills
  • learn the techniques to calculate and resize soap recipes to fit your needs
  • get the process right the first time
  • color your soap naturally with clays and herbs
  • produce a handmade soap for under $1.00 a bar
  • pick a stick blender that lasts the longest and works the best (I have owned over 20 emlusion blenders)
  • cut the cure time from weeks to just a few days
  • find the best supplies through my list of "favorite suppliers"
  • wrap and store soap
  • Course materials included with the DVD workshop include:

  • Kristen Bowen's Soap Making Secrets DVD Workshop
  • Soap Making Secrets Workbook
  • Soap Making Kit to produce your first batch of soap including:
    Small Soap Mold, Soap Liner, Lye, Coconut oil, Palm oil, Olive oil
  • 1 Month free membership in Kristen Bowen Studio email group.
  • Workbook will provide list of equipment and materials need to produce soap in your own home. Some of these materials and equipment are not included in the starter kit.

    Price:$125.00

    Lotion Making Secrets DVD & Starter Kit

    If you want to learn how to make the most fabulous hand and body lotions on the planet this is the class for you. My lotion formulations are healing and fragrant. I have a following of clients who love my lotions including a crew of cement workers who find relief for their cracked hands in my exclusive formulations. This workshop will give you all of the skills necessary to produce you own handmade lotions at home for your family, friends, and as a business.

    During the Lotion Making Workshop I will show you how to:

  • make natural hand and body lotion in your own home
  • find the most natural and chemical free ingredient for your lotions
  • produce four 6 ounce bottles to take home
  • use essential oils in lotion making
  • blend essential oils for custom scents
  • avoid common mistakes in preserving lotion
  • gain essential lotion making skills and knowledge on how to preserve your lotion
  • take months and even years off the lotion making learning curve
  • Course materials included with the workshop fee include:

  • Kristen Bowen's Lotion Making Secrets DVD
  • Lotion Making Secrets Workbook
  • Starter Kit including:
    6 lotion bottles, Essential oil, E wax, Stearic acid, Germall plus, Pippettes, Shea butter, Jojoba oil *
  • 1 month free membership in Kristen Bowen Studio email group.
  • Workbook will provide a list of all equipment and materials needed to produce your first batch of hand made lotion.
  • The kit is intended to help you get started. You will need to gather some of your own equipment and materials to complete the course.

    * I reserve the right to substitute oils as availability dictates

    Price:$125.00