DIY Herbal Lotions and Creams
Class Recording Available | $35
The Medicine Makers Series
This 7-Class Series teaches you exactly how to create potent herbal medicine at home. If a medicine cabinet filled with medicinal tinctures, soothing oils, first-aid salves, kid-friendly syrups, and heart opening flower essences sounds like a dream come true…join us! We can’t wait to create with you.
With each class purchase you’ll receive detailed handouts and class recordings. You can also add on class materials to your purchase if you need to stock up bottles, jars, beeswax, etc.
Lotions and Creams
Making lotions and creams is easier than you think! You can create dupes of your favorite anti-aging, soothing, or emollient topicals for dry, sun-damaged, or mature skin. We’ll get started with the basics of cream and lotion making and then discuss various base oils to use and herbs that have a long history of supporting and soothing the skin. If your oil from the previous class is ready, you can use that to make your cream. You’ll learn:
How to create smooth emulsions for cream and lotions making
Which ingredients work better for different skin conditions
Recipe ideas and inspiration
2024 Class Schedule (Wednesdays from 6pm - 7:30pm EST):
March 13: Fresh Plant Oils + Dried Plant Oils + Salves
March 20: Lotions and Creams
March 27: Dried Plant Tinctures
April 3: Fresh Plant Tinctures
April 10: Mushroom Tinctures (Double Extraction Method)
April 17: Non-Alcoholic Extracts: Glycerites, Vinegars, and Oxymels
April 24: Flower Essences (live class is in-person only, all registrants will receive the replay)
You can join us in-person, tune in live, and catch the replay on your own time.
$35 for a single class
$210 for the entire Medicine Makers Series
You also have the option to add your class materials to your purchase.
Class supplies can either be picked up at The Elderberry or mailed for an additional $10.60.
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Purchase Class Supplies:
This is the companion kit to our Medicine Makers Series class on Lotions are Creams. Kit includes:
45 mL organic vegetable glycerine
4 fl. oz organic jojoba oil
15ml arborcide (the natural preservative we use)
.5 oz emulsifying wax
.12 oz citric acid
.6 oz shea butter
2 g organic beeswax
4 oz jar with plastic lid for storing lotion/cream
You can pick up your materials in-store* at The Elderberry or have them shipped.
*Note that we are CLOSED Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. We do have a pick-up box outside the store for those who would like to pick up their items after store hours.