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Pour a bar that is softly yours

A relaxed melt-and-pour soap workshop idea: colour, moulds, petals and good company. Dates are announced to waitlist members first.

  • Dates announced to waitlist members
  • Adults 18+ (planned)
  • No experience assumed
Join the waitlistSee how a session might flow
Illustrative AI image: two friends at a bright table pouring melted soap base and sprinkling dried petals into moulds
Illustrative AI image: overhead view of pastel soap bars, dried petals and small bowls of botanicals on linen
Illustrative AI image: soap bubbles floating above an amber soap bar on a ceramic dish

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Bar ideas

Four moods to pour

These are colour and design ideas to spark yours, not a fixed menu. Pick one, blend two, or invent your own.

  • Illustrative AI image: a woman holding a rose-petal soap bar above a stack of translucent blush bars
    Blush

    Rose-petal bars

    Soft blush soap with dried petals set right into the surface.

  • Illustrative AI image: cream and amber layered soap bars with a honey dipper and a bowl of dried flowers on a wooden tray
    Golden

    Honey and milk

    Creamy and golden layers, poured one on the next.

  • Illustrative AI image: friends admiring a row of five plain soap bars in yellow, green, brown, pink and amber
    Palette

    Colour by colour

    Turmeric-yellow, aloe-green, coffee-brown and rose-pink bars, as colour themes.

  • Illustrative AI image: hands pouring pink and cream soap base into a loaf mould, swirling together
    Swirl

    Swirls and botanicals

    Two colours turned together, topped with a scatter of dried petals.

Ideas only. The designs on offer, and how detailed they are, are confirmed to waitlist members.

How a bar comes together

Pour, set, then scatter petals

Pick a colour theme and watch it pour into the mould, set, and collect its petals. Bubbles optional, but they always turn up.

Pick a botanical colour

A playful illustration of colour themes, not a photo of the workshop bars.

How a session might flow

Five calm steps, your pace

Indicative The format is still being finalised. Think of this as the spirit of the session, not a fixed timetable.

  1. 1Pick a mould and colour
  2. 2Melt and pour
  3. 3Swirl and add botanicals
  4. 4Set and cut
  5. 5Wrap and take home

Pick a mould and a colour

Hearts, flowers or classic bars: choose the shape and the colour theme that makes you happy.

Illustrative AI image: heart, flower and bar-shaped silicone moulds filled with pastel soap and scattered petals

Melt and pour

Warm soap base is poured into your mould. Instructions on handling heat are shared with waitlist members.

Illustrative AI image: hands pouring melted pink soap base from a glass jug into a silicone mould

Swirl and add botanicals

Turn two colours together, then press in dried petals and buds for a finish that is yours.

Illustrative AI image: hands choosing from small bowls of colourful dried petals and buds, seen from above

Let it set, then cut

Once firm, bars are popped out or sliced from a loaf. How long it takes is shared with members.

Illustrative AI image: a woman slicing a pastel swirled soap loaf into bars

Wrap and take them home

Bring your bars home, or wrap a few as gifts. Curing and storage tips are shared with members.

Illustrative AI image: a woman holding a rose-petal soap bar above a stack of translucent blush bars

Times, durations and what is included are shared with waitlist members.

On the table

What we typically have

This is a typical set-up, not a promise. The confirmed materials list is shared with waitlist members once dates are announced. Safety and materials details (fragrance, skin sensitivity) are shared with waitlist members.

  • Melt-and-pour baseType to be confirmed
  • Silicone mouldsShapes to be confirmed
  • Soap colourA range of shades
  • Dried petals and botanicalsSelection to be confirmed
  • Jugs and stirrersFor melting and pouring
  • ApronsTo be confirmed

The feel of it

A slow, soft afternoon

Soap Making is planned as a quiet, hands-on afternoon: warm light, a table of colour and a few friends. Nothing to rush, nothing to get wrong.

Pour a colour, watch it settle, press in a petal. By the end you hold something you made, in colours you picked.

The format is still being shaped. Join the waitlist and you will hear the dates and details before anyone else.

Pour a colour, press in a petal.
Illustrative AI image: four friends laughing around a soap-making table
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Illustrative AI image: a cozy table with tea, a small jug of melted soap and rose petals
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Questions

Good to know

What do we make?

The idea is melt-and-pour soap bars: colour them, pour them into moulds, and add petals or botanicals. The exact designs on offer are confirmed to waitlist members.

What materials are used?

Typically a melt-and-pour soap base, moulds, colour, dried petals and botanicals. The materials list is shared with waitlist members, and nothing here is a promise until it is confirmed.

What do I take home?

The bars you make. How many, and how long they need to set before you take them, is confirmed to waitlist members when the session is announced.

Do I need experience?

No experience is assumed. The format is planned to be friendly to first-timers; we will share how it works when dates are announced.

Can I make a gift?

That is the hope: many people like to make a few bars to give. Gift ideas are shared with waitlist members.

Is it for kids?

The workshop is planned for adults aged 18 and above.

Are the dates set?

Not yet. The waitlist comes first: members are told the dates, venue and price (if any) before anyone else.

Can I book as a group?

Tell us in the form (tick "With a friend") or write to us, and we will share group options if they are offered.

Who do I contact?

Write to welcome@manilaopenhouse.com or text or call 0917 719 0009 (replies in business hours).

What happens to my data?

It is used only for the waitlist and updates about this workshop, in line with the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (RA 10173). It is not sold, and you can ask to see or delete it at any time.

Join the waitlist

Be first to pour

Soap Making is waitlist-only for now. Tell us a little about you and we will write with the dates and next steps. There is nothing to pay to join the waitlist.

  • Dates announced to waitlist members
  • Venue shared with waitlist members
  • Adults 18+ (planned)

Questions? welcome@manilaopenhouse.com or 0917 719 0009 (business hours).

What would you like to make?

Soap Making is a planned Hive Workshops waitlist page. Imagery is AI-generated and illustrative. The outline is indicative: dates, venue, price, materials and facilitators are shared with waitlist members once confirmed.

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