HERBAL INFUSIONS & SALVES Private Workshop
WE ARE CURRENTLY ONLY AVAILABLE TO ACCOMMODATE BOOKINGS AFTER AUGUST 1, 2025.
Join me in our Mānoa apothecary to learn all about brewing herbal infusions and crafting salves & balms with healing Hawai'i grown ingredients. Watch a demonstration and then customize your own set of versatile healing balms with a variety of essential oils. We'll go over each step of the process so you can take the knowledge home with you.
Workshops take about 2 hours and can be booked for the afternoon or early evening any day of the week. We typically offer 1-3pm or 5-7pm time slots, but can potentially accommodate other times if needed.
Please text Deanna at 808-214-9297 or email team@indigoelixirs.com to inquire about workshop availability. We can confirm your time and date prior to booking.
If you'd like to book for a group larger than 6, reach out to us directly. We can also bring the workshop to you (or your event) ~ see details here.
Infused oils serve as the foundation for herbal salves and can also be used for beauty, food & medicine. During the workshop, I'll cover how to make your own potent herbal infusions at home using fresh and dry herbs.
I will also demonstrate how to transform infusions with local beeswax, Shea & Cacao butters into healing salves & nourishing balms for the skin.
Together we will make a batch of herbal salve using Hawai'i sourced Sunflower & Macadamia oils, plus locally grown botanicals like Turmeric & Comfrey. Each participant will get to choose from a selection of therapeutic essential oils to customize two 1 oz tins of salve.
Private workshops are held at the Indigo Elixirs apothecary in a private residence near Woodlawn Drive, Mānoa, Honolulu. Ample street parking is available and we are just a few minutes walk (up a small hill) from a #6 bus stop. Address & arrival info will be emailed after purchase.
Workshops are led by Deanna Rose Ahigian, L.Ac & Dipl.OM, the founder of Indigo Elixirs and licensed clinical herbalist. Deanna has spent over a decade immersed in botanical formulation & advanced herbal medicine, and is passionate about working with local flora to create formulations imbued with healing & beauty.
I’ve taken three of Deanna’s classes and the incense and body oil one is super fun. You get to learn the technical stuff but also a little about scent building. If you want an in-depth scent building class I highly suggest the perfumery class. If you want to go further into turning oils into salves then I recommend the salves workshop. Any one you choose to enroll in, you’ll have a ton of fun!
This class was exactly what I've been wanting so I can make my own scents. Deanna is super knowledgeable about the subject and made the class fun and interactive. I would definitely take another class from her again!
The private workshop that Deanna ran was so much fun. I knew very little about plant extracts and oils, and Deanna was extremely knowledgeable of each oil, and showing us the process in which they are extracted from the plants. I highly suggest Deannas class if you are on Oahu for a few days and want something unique to do!
This was a fantastic experience! Deanna did a wonderful job educating us and making sure we picked scents that we liked. I would definitely recommend trying it! We loved the scents we got to take home and her product line items were also amazing! All around wonderful experience!