Arlington Community Education

Soap making is a surprisingly old craft—dating back at least 5,000 years—and it uses only a few simple ingredients. Nowadays, however, many of the products we put on our bodies are hardly simple and many of them are downright harmful. You can step out of the beauty industrial complex by learning how to make your own soaps. Don your safety goggles as we walk through all aspects of making soap. You’ll take home up to 10–15 bars of soap that you made yourself with fully pronounceable ingredients and your choice of essential oils.