One-on-one Home & Business Consulting
Need help making your own personal-care products at home or for your business?
Want to start a business making personal-care products or want to expand upon your current business?
This is personalized consulting tailored to you. Lindsay will address any questions you have and will research solutions if necessary. She can be as involved in your business as much as you would like her to be. She always says, “I’m a teacher first, soap maker second;” she loves researching & figuring things out and is very thorough & organized.
Lindsay offers one-on-one consulting on bar & liquid soap, lotion, serum, lip balm, face mask, scrub & body butter making. We can work together to accomplish your goals, including but not limited to the following (because as mentioned, we can cover whatever you need!):
Perfect your recipes to create the product consistency, texture & look you want + specifically how to formulate soap recipes using a very detailed soap calculator
Learn the chemistry or science going on to make your products
Do the math: going from small, experimental batches to larger batches; working with percentages & measurements (grams, ounces, etc.) + how to incorporate additives into the equation (extracts, cbd oil, preservatives, etc).
Decide which ingredients (oils, butters, etc.) are best for your skin type or for others’ skin types
Design products for various skin types, benefits & concerns
How to work with additives & how they affect the base recipe (colorants, extracts, herbs, clays, etc.)
How to be efficient with your time while making your products
What equipment is best for your needs (soap loaf cutters, blenders, etc.) + how to store ingredients & your products for sale + online supplier suggestions
Designing labels: what is required by the FDA & what is recommended to include (disclaimers, etc.)
The business side of things: registering your business/paperwork, soap maker’s insurance, where to sell in your area: farmers’ markets, local shops, online, etc.
…& More!
“We opened a soap business a year ago and we were struggling to find the right recipe but we ended up halving more issues and we didn’t know how to solve it until we found Lindsay. My partner and I took a cold process soap class with her, she was so helpful, patient and most importantly very clear with the teaching. And she answered all our questions. She showed us how to use the soap calculator and the Benefit of each ingredients. Her handouts were full of details with all the information that you need from the online supplies, soap recipes and much more. I highly recommend taking classes with her and we decided to take more classes in the near future. Thank you Lindsay for your care and support. ”
“My experience with Lindsay’s soap making class was probably the best thing I could have done for myself this year. It’s beyond informative. My favorite part was not only making products but getting the time to sit down and learn the science behind everything. I received way more information than I could have imagined. Lindsay was extremely patient and wanted to make sure I understood everything and I am so grateful for that. She is one of the nicest, most genuine people I have ever met! Thanks for helping me put my best foot forward toward my journey! ”
“I attended Lindsay’s two day class and my experience was exceptional and had exceeded my expectation. Lindsay was a very good instructor. She has shared so much of her knowledge and the class setting and her attention to detail made the class enjoyable...I definitely recommend Lindsay’s class; it’s worth your time and money.”
Lindsay has worked with over 800 students in the 6.5 years she has been teaching these classes & was even featured on A&E’s Storage Wars + she has all 5-star reviews from former students! Check out Lindsay’s Bio to read more about her education & teaching background and visit her Reviews page to check out what her students have said.
Pay for consulting by the hour or purchase a package of several hours to use at your convenience when needed (there is no expiration date):
1 Hour: $60
5 Hours: $300
10 Hours: $600
20 Hours: $1200
Contact Lindsay if you are interested in more time than 20 hours (discounts available).
Consulting can be done by email, phone or live over Skype or FaceTime, whatever works best for you. If additional research is needed to address your questions or if calculations or recipes need to be made, then the time spent will be calculated as part of the time purchased.