Detailed course itinerary
An hour’s drive from Montpellier and Beziers in the Languedoc region, set in a valley surrounded by trees, wild flowers and herbs is a lovingly restored French house built in the 1700's where your personalised make your own beauty products and organic, all natural perfume course takes place.
Spend 5 nights / 6 days over a long weekend in an elegantly restored house with weathered stone floors, beautiful rooms, restaurant, massage room, perfume and cosmetic creation lab.
Using only the highest quality natural organically grown ingredients, you’ll learn to create a wide array of personalised beauty products including a facial scrub, lip balm, balms or creams, massage oil or toner tailored to suit your own skin type.
You’ll also spend 2 days gaining an insight into creating your own organic perfume using only the highest quality organic essential oils taking home with you your own signature scent.
Go learn to make your own organic beauty products and natural organic perfume on this unique course and take home the skills and recipes needed to recreate your products and perfume back home that will change the way you think about skin care long after the holiday is over.
Suitability
- Suitable for all
- Please note that this course will only run with a minimum of 6 persons
- If you are travelling solo, you may be able to join another group, please email or call us on 08445 020445 with your ideal dates and we’ll do our best to accommodate you
- Your hosts are English and French speakers
Cosmetic Creation And Perfume Course Start Days
- This course runs on selected dates in May and August
- Arrivals are on Thursday afternoon and departures on Tuesday morning
- You will stay for 5 nights / 6 days
Perfume Course And Beauty Product Itinerary
Day 1 – Thursday – Arrival Day
- Arrive on Thursday afternoon
- You are welcome to check in to your room anytime after 2pm, earlier arrivals are welcome although rooms will not be available until after 2pm
- Spend your first afternoon relaxing, enjoying the surroundings and exploring the area
- Dinner can be taken at the retreat (for an additional supplement payable at time of booking) or is at your own expense and we recommend you visit one of the restaurants or cafes in the nearby pretty village of Lunas (45 minutes walk or 15 minutes drive)
Day 2 & 3 – Friday – Perfume Course
- Following breakfast, you’ll head to the perfume creation lab for your theory lesson where you'll start to smell the essential oils and learn about their properties and notes
- You’ll have a full day perfumery lesson running between 9.30am and 5pm with a break for a light lunch
- Dinner can be taken at the retreat (for an additional supplement payable at time of booking) or is at your own elsewhere
Day 3 & 4 – Saturday & Sunday – Beauty Products Course
- Following breakfast, you’ll head to the conference room for your make your own beauty products theory lesson or if the sun is not too hot, you may sit outside
- You’ll have a full day cosmetics and beauty product creation lesson each day running between 9.30am and 5pm each day with a break for a light lunch
- The days will be spent learning how to create your own personalised products including things like a facial scrub, lip balm, hand or foot balm, massage oil or toner using natural, organically produced ingredients
- As you have two full days, you’ll have plenty of time to refine and balance your products to create something that will benefit your skin and body and give you the skills to recreate your products once back at home
- Please note that all essential oils and carrier oils are of the highest quality and are all organically produced
- Dinner can be taken each evening at the retreat (for an additional supplement payable at time of booking) or is at your own elsewhere
Day 5 – Monday – Perfume Course
- Following breakfast, you’ll head to the lab to continue to work on your perfume
- Your final perfume lesson will run between 9.30am and 5pm and will again break for a light lunch
- During the day you’ll have plenty of time to refine and balance your scents to create something to be proud of
- Your last evening is free to visit the village for dinner smelling fabulous or dinner can be taken at the retreat (for an additional supplement payable at time of booking)
Day 6 – Tuesday – Departure Day
- After breakfast guests are asked to check-out of their rooms by 11am ready for departure taking home with them new Cosmetic creation and perfume making skills and an insight into the benefits of all natural, organic products that will stay with them long after the holiday is over
What Will I Learn?
- This course will bring you to a better understanding of the chemicals you may be applying, daily, to your skin and how you can replace them with natural products
- These courses are ideal for those with an interest in organic products as well as those who are considering starting a business making perfume or beauty products
Organic, Natural Perfume Making Course
- The theory of perfume (or aftershave) making
- You'll learn about the effects of essential oils on the left, right or limbic brain and which oils create top, heart or base notes of a perfume
- You’ll explore the different ingredients used and how their scents affect your mood and wellbeing
- How to mix and balance your scent
- With 2 full days in the perfume making workshop, you'll gain a deeper insight into perfumery, understand how to select ingredients, balance the notes and how to create your own scents once back home
Make Your Own Beauty Products Course
- You will receive an introduction in to the production of cosmetic beauty products and how to create all natural ‘recipes’ suited to your skin type
- Learn about the ingredients used in natural cosmetics and their effect on your body including vegetable oils, floral waters, essential oils, butters and waxes
- You will receive a personal skin analysis that will enable you to choose ingredients with properties suited to your individual needs
- You’ll learn how to make a scrub, lip balm, balms or creams, massage oil or toner
- As all the beauty products are tailored to suit you, you'll learn techniques to create your next batch of personalised cosmetics when you return home so you can create new creams, toners and balms in the future for you and your friends
Accommodation
- This elegantly restored house is perched at the top of a winding road surrounded by gardens
- There is a swimming pool with views over the valley
- The hotel is split into two buildings, the main hotel and a more rustic old stone gite, there are 11 rooms in total which are decorated in a fresh and simple style with wooden shutters, some with exposed stonework and all with well equipped bathrooms
- All prices are per person in a twin or double standard rooms
Optional Airport / Train Station Transfer
- Please note that there is no public transport to the hotel and car hire or a pre-booked transfer is strongly recommended
- Transfers from Montpellier or Beziers airport or train station can be added for £50 per person return
- We do recommend car hire if possible to take advantage of visiting the pretty villages and other attractions in the area
Go learn to create your own personalised cosmetics and all natural organic perfume on this unique beauty products and perfume course where you’ll gain an insight into the benefits of all natural ingredients and take home a host of products tailored to suit your skin as well as new skills that will allow you to recreate the products and perfume over and over long after the holiday is over.