Natural Body Products Workshop 11 June 2016

The second Workshop was as successful as the first with everyone who attended giving excellent feedback. The workshop commenced with Chris introducing Honorlea and the Community Nursery facilities. Honorlea gave an introduction about working with Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territories in Australia (a fascinating story in itself), then her training as a formulation chemist, and the course outline for the day. Each person then introduced themselves and another network of very interesting people was formed. First to be made were the moisturising bars, which take longest to set, then the lip balm. After morning tea a walk around the garden revealed native and introduced plants of use in body products, but more importantly the need to be able to identify any plant you plan to use – for food, for cosmetics or for medicinal use. The Community Nursery is an ideal place to learn about many plants and Friday morning volunteer sessions are one opportunity to learn as well as other specialist workshops such as foraging and plant identification.

After an amazing shared lunch, the session got more hands-on with everyone making their own products, choosing their own combinations of ingredients and essential oils to create their own salt scrubs and bath salts.

Another workshop is planned for Saturday 18 October 2016 so if you are interested in registering your interest email Chris.

Some comments from this and the May workshop are as follows:

‘very well run and informative, thank you for the day’

’Brilliant! thank you’

’We got more than $60 worth of product, learning, entertainment and lunch!’

’Was really a great workshop, thank you so much for offering your knowledge - was really fun’

’This was an awesome day, thank you so much’