Soap making Taller in Gaia

A day of learning to make soap as part of a team building experience for the Spa Therapist of Hotel Son Brull. 

Romy and Carmen are both massage therapist at Son Brull in Pollenca. They came to spend a day at the Gaia Finca to learn how to process the Aloe Vera plant, make a perfume blend for soap making and to make 144 soaps for their Spa in Hotel Son Brull Pollenca.

 http://www.sonbrull.com/en/spa/ 

Over coffee and tea there was lots to find out about the history of soap, Aloe Vera and its properties and hints and tips on how to make the perfect soap. A soap needs to lather… what is the secret that will turn a soap into a cleansing experience?

Perfumes are created in layers.In the top layer the scent you will first get when you smell your product, to the heart which will make you want to embrace and love your product right through to the last layer, which will linger the longest and stay in your memory. Romy and Carmen created a scent reminiscent of Son Brull. They blended the scents of the citrus in the top layer, a heart of Lavender and finally Rosemary … to remember.
The soaps were enriched with oats to make it extra nourishing, salt to make them extra healing, calendula petals and grated lemon and orange rind to act as gentle exfoliators.
The finished results are beautiful citrus scented marvels, which have a a traditional even old fashioned, almost medicinal heart.

Extracting the Aloe Vera Gel from the plant

Creating the perfume blend

Mandarine, Bergamot, Lavender & Rosemary
a georgeous scent & colour

Adding all the exfoliating ingredients to the soap mix

Pouring to soap into the moods

As a final touch, grated orange peel from unsprayed
picked this morning from Son Brull orchards.

Carmen & Romy working as a team 

Checking the soap stack 

Romy & Carmen outside the Gaia Finca
with resident Saint Bernard Remy

To find out more about Son Brull Therapies visit their website and download the Spa Menu
                                                        http://www.sonbrull.com/en/spa/

For more information on our work shops and team building experiences contact
Trudi on 659 58733