HERBAL INFUSIONS & SALVES Private Workshop
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.
Locals ~ use code kamaaina for 10% off the group price!
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!