📱 Best Platforms
Zoom with overhead camera for technique close-ups. Eventbrite for class ticketing. Etsy for selling finished products. Instagram and Pinterest for visual marketing. Teachable for recorded courses.
📖 The Hustle
The natural skincare and bath product movement has created strong demand for learning to make soap, bath bombs, lotion bars, lip balms, and candles at home. If you've mastered cold-process or melt-and-pour soap making and other bath and body DIYs, you can teach virtual workshops. Start with accessible projects: 'Make Your Own Natural Soap Bars,' 'Luxury Bath Bombs at Home,' or 'Essential Oil Candle Making.' Charge $30-50 per student for 90-minute workshops. Sell curated supply kits as an add-on — this is especially important for soap making, where specific oils, lye, and safety equipment are needed. Create a signature product line that you sell on Etsy, using your product sales to build credibility for your workshops. Safety instruction is crucial for cold-process soap making (lye handling) — your professionalism and thorough safety protocols build trust that justifies premium pricing. This niche has a devoted, mostly-female audience that enthusiastically refers friends to workshops they've enjoyed.
🚀 First Step
Perfect 2-3 soap or body product recipes, photograph them beautifully for Instagram, source materials in bulk for kits, and list a beginner workshop on Eventbrite.
🔑 Keys to Success
- Sell well-packaged supply kits — soap and body product making requires specific ingredients, and kits remove the research barrier while adding per-student revenue
- Prioritize safety instruction in your teaching — professional lye-handling and safety protocols build trust and justify higher prices compared to casual hobby teachers
- Develop a signature product line on Etsy — your own products serve as both a revenue stream and proof of expertise for your workshops
🛠 Tools & Resources: Zoom, Eventbrite, Etsy, Instagram, Pinterest, Teachable, Canva, ShipStation