Description: Come learn how to make a variety of balms and salves that you can use for lip protection, deodorant, dry skin, skin healing, skin protection, and sore muscles (among other things!). The Falaha Center will host a hands-on workshop where we will learn to make both basic balms (harder) and basic salves (softer) from a few simple, natural ingredients. We will learn how to modify the basic recipes to support a wide variety of personal needs and preferences.  These modifications include different herbs (infused into oil), butters, and essential oils. To take home, we will make one type of lip balm as a class, and you will customize a jar of salve with aromatherapy, learning about and choosing from among 6 essential oils. You will also take home recipes/detailed instruction, as well as information about herbal infusion of oils and aromatherapy.

Cost: $40 per person (includes $30 instruction fee + $10 materials fee)

Instructor: Elise Ferencevych

Group size: 10

Description: Learn the traditional cold process method of soap making: the most ancient, simple, and commonplace method of making professional quality bars of soap. We will be soaping with pure olive oil, and there will be a selection of herbs, spices, goat's milk, and essential oils for you to customize your own batch of soap. You will receive detailed professional instruction, take-home soap making handbooks, recipes, tips and tricks, and you will go home with bars of soap that you have made yourself, during the workshop.

Cost: $40 per person (includes $30 instruction fee + $10 materials fee)

Instructor: Ben Tyler

Group size: 10