Getting bubbly: Soap making classes in New York City!

I've always had an obsession with perfumes, lotions and soaps. It probably started back when I was six years old and used to steal my mom's purple shampoo for platinum hair (remember that mom? ha!) to make secret potions. Yeah, I was a little weird.....what's your point? I wanted to try my hand at homemade potion making of some sort and signed up for a natural soap making class through the Back Porch Soap Co.

The owner of Back Porch, Marla Bosworth provides classes on everything from Soap Making, to a natural perfume making class that I am absolutely signing up for. It was one of the BEST classes I've taken in a long time. Marla was super knowledgeable, thorough and incredibly nice. She had another very knowledgeable soap maker helping us prep so that no one's questions got unanswered! The class was held at The Little Shop of Crafts on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Because classes on natural soap making and such is hard to find, there were students in class from all over, including Miami, Virginia, Atlanta, etc. Some students wanted further training for their own businesses, while others like myself just wanted to learn how to make natural products at home. Every student went home with 2 gigantic bricks of soap to cut down and enjoy. They smelled awesome too. Will post pics soon!