Soapmaking Studio

Attend online classes or in person classes at the A+ Soapmaking Studio in Lemon Grove, San Diego County, California. Learn how to make soap, sell soap, and how to make cosmetics and sell cosmetics. A private vocational school, crafting and business school, where the public may purchase soapmaking supplies locally or online.

Soapmaking Supply Store is Open and Classes are in Session!

Our physical store location is open and classes are in session. Check the Soapmaking Studio hours. View the schedule of classes.

Closed:
Tuesdays, Thursdays, holidays, and dates below.
Additional Closures:
Wednesday, December 24, 2025—closed (Christmas Eve),
Wednesday, December 24, 2025—closed (New Year's Eve)

2 Classes in 1 Day! Hot Processing & Rebatching!

Sunday, November 16, 2025, at the Soapmaking Studio

Intermediate Hot Process Soapmaking

Create Ready-to-Use Natural Soap in Minutes!

Intermediate Hot Process Soapmaking

Spend the morning getting nice and soapy making hot process soap in Soapmaking 105 Intermediate Hot Process Soapmaking. Not only is hot process soap ready to use as soon as it cools, hot process soapmaking is the basis for many different types of soapmaking techniques. If you plan to make honey soap, sugar scrub soap, transparent soap, melt and pour soap base from scratch, or liquid soap, you will benefit from this hot processing class. Learn how to widen your product base by including hot process soap and learn the specific conditions under which hot process is the preferred method over cold process soapmaking. For example, if a batch of cold process soap seizes, it can easily be recovered by hot processing. Attend in person or online. Register for Soapmaking 105.

Soap Salvage through Rebatching

Save Money and Resources: Rebatch Soap to Creating Beautiful Bars from Failed Batches!

Fresh Soap, Rebatched, Sliced, and Ready for Sale

Stay for the afternoon and in Soapmaking 125 class, learn to create beautiful, new bars of soap by rebatching old scraps and failed batches. Safely learn to neutralize lye-heavy soap or introduce additional lye to oily soap, in order to salvage failed batches and produce gorgeous soap. Many soapmakers don't know how rebatch soap to create fragrant, vibrant, new bars of soap from old, forgotten, faded bars lacking color or scent. View a soap rebatching demonstration and learn to improve soap through rebatching and the addition of fresh organic juices, vitamins, and antioxidants. Each student receives a bar of hot process soap rebatched during the Soapmaking 125 class. Attend in person or online.


Melt and Pour Photo Soap

Sunday, November 30, 2025, at the Soapmaking Studio

This is a New "Melt and Pour" Class with No Prerequisite!

Melt and pour natural soap with special photo paper embed.

Soapmaking 100 is a beginning-level melt and pour soapmaking class to teach students to make bars of soap embellished with personal photos. Detergent free melt and pour soap base allows crafters to make a truly natural soap with endless sales possibilities, when topped with a personal photograph. Learn to create stunning, personalized gift soaps with images of wedding parties, newborn babies, or company logos. Students must email a photograph in JPG or GIF format that is at least 4 inches square or 300 pixels square to info@soapmakingstudio.com no later than 4:00 pm the evening before the class. A student who fails to submit a personal photograph by the deadline may receive a generic printed image to embed in soap during the class. This class also includes how to make single-use soap leaves or shampoo sheets. Each student receives a pack of soap leaves and a bar of soap made during the class with the student's personal, submitted photo. Attend in person or online. Register for Soapmaking 100.


Lip Balm Making Class

Sunday, December 7, 2025, at the Soapmaking Studio

Learn to Make Lip Balms and Intensive Oil Treatments to Protect and Soothe Skin from Winter's Harshness

Handmade Lip Balm and Intensive Oil Treatments

This pre-holiday Lip Balm Making Class focuses on simple lip balm making procedures for consistent and effective lip products, including lip tubes and balms in pot style jars. Techniques include how to create a twist tube of lip balm without problematic "sinkholes." Lecture information includes vegan alternatives to bees wax, natural ingredients to make a shiny lip gloss, and oil phase vitamins and nutrients for lips and skin. Material relates to other tube products, such as solid lotion sticks for softening stretch marks, elbows, and heels and solid menthol rub sticks. Attend in person or online. Register for Lip Balm Making Class.


2 Classes in 1 Day! Soap Labeling & Shrink Wrapping!

Sunday, January 11, 2026, at the Soapmaking Studio

Soap Labeling and Marketing

Avoid Problems and Fines by Complying with Soap Labeling Regulations!

Soap legally labeled and ready for sale.

Two classes in one day! In the morning, learn the grizzly details of the new 2015 soap labeling laws and learn how to label your soaps to meet the labeling requirements of the five government agencies that regulate soap labels. Soap Business 330 is a beginning-to-intermediate business class that covers the federal and local regulations for labeling soap. Students learn to distinguish soap from cosmetics or drugs and their appropriate labeling laws. The class lecture includes the 2018 updates to Proposition 65 and the resulting new soap labeling requirements. This class also presents several inexpensive and effective marketing tips to promote the sale of handmade soap. Students are encouraged to bring a sample soap label for discussion and critique during the class. Attend in person or online. Register for Soap Business 330.

Shrink Wrapping Soap

Shrink Wrap Conveys Legitimate Professionalism!

Shring Wrapping Cold Process Soap

After the lunch break, learn to shrink wrap soap effectively and affordably in Soap Business 335 Shrink Wrapping Soap. There is a specific plastic film for cold process soap, a different film for melt and pour soap, and a different shrink film that is biodegradable. Different film formats are more cost effective than others. Come learn how to use all of them. Students should bring a minimum of 4 bars of soap, products, or items to shrink wrap in class. Attend in person. Register for Soap Business 335.


2 Classes in 1 Day! Legal Soap Labeling & Shrink Wrapping!

Sunday, January 18, 2026, at the Soapmaking Studio

Soap Labeling and Marketing

Avoid Problems and Fines by Complying with Soap Labeling Regulations!

Soap legally labeled and ready for sale.

Two classes in one day! In the morning, learn the grizzly details of the new soap labeling laws and learn how to label your soaps to meet the labeling requirements of the six government agencies that regulate soap labels. Soap Business 330 is an intermediate business class that covers the federal, state, and local regulations for labeling soap. Students learn to distinguish soap from cosmetics or drugs and their appropriate labeling laws. The class lecture includes the 2018 updates to Proposition 65, the new 2022 MoCRA regulations, and the resulting new soap labeling requirements. This class also presents several inexpensive and effective marketing tips to promote the sale of handmade soap. Students are encouraged to bring a sample soap label for discussion and critique during the class. Attend in person or online. Register for Soap Business 330.

Shrink-Wrapping Soap

Shrink-Wrap Conveys Legitimate Professionalism!

Shring-Wrapping Cold Process Soap

After the lunch break, learn to shrink-wrap soap effectively and affordably in Soap Business 335 Shrink-Wrapping Soap. There is a specific plastic film for cold process soap, a different film for melt and pour soap, and a different shrink film that is biodegradable. Different film formats are more cost effective than others. Come learn how to use all of them. Students should bring a minimum of 4 bars of soap, products, or items to shrink wrap in class. Attend in person. Register for Soap Business 335.


Beginning Cold Process Soapmaking

Sunday, January 25, 2026, at the Soapmaking Studio

Learn How to Make Cold Process Soap with No Cure Time!

Cold Process Soap Batter in the Soap Pot Pouring Cold Process Soap into Wooden Molds

Soapmaking 101 is a beginning-level soapmaking class designed to teach students to make soap by hand at home. The main focus of this class is the "cold process" soapmaking method; although the class does briefly describe "melt & pour" soap crafting. After learning soapmaking safety, students learn to formulate soap recipes and calculate lye quantities without using a "lye calculator." The objective of Soapmaking 101 is to have students understand saponification values and be comfortable creating their own soap recipes at home. Students make cold process soap during the class session and take home a bar. Attend in person or online.

This class is also available online: Description of Online Soapmaking 101.


Soapmakers' Luncheon

Sunday, April 12, 2026, at Marie Callender's Restaurant

Donate Soap Before the Soapmakers' Luncheon!

To have your company advertised on Soap Donation Center's prestigious Donated Soap list, bring a tax-deductible donation of homemade soap at 1:30 pm, before the soap meetup luncheon. View details on how to Donate Soap to Soap Donation Center.

Flyer for Soap Makers' Luncheon PDF

Network with Southern California Soap and Cosmetic Crafters!

Soapmakers Luncheon, 2nd Sunday of April and October in San Diego, California

This luncheon is open to all soapmakers and makers of personal care products, whether professional or novice, whether cold/hot process method or "melt and pour." The Soapmakers' Luncheon is open to the public and attendance is free, just pay for anything you order from the menu. Our friendly soap meetup group is casual and provides a means of networking with local soapy artisans. Attend this creative handmade soaps and DIY bodycare meetup group luncheon at any level: Professional soapmaker, hobbyist soaper, or beginning crafter. The soap lunch venue is Marie Callender's restaurant on Alvarado Road in San Diego at 2:00 pm. Map & Directions. View the Soapmakers' Luncheon Agenda.

Marie Callender's Restaurant
6950 Alvarado Rd
San Diego, CA 92120


Soapmaking Classes

Soapmaking Classes are Fun, Understandable, and Affordable!

Learn how to make soap at the Soapmaking Studio in San Diego County, California!

Soapmaking 101 Beginning Cold Process Soapmaking has been a huge success and fills weeks in advance; the next class will be Sunday, January 25, 2026! The next Soapmaking 210 Advanced Cold/Hot Process Soapmaking will be in 2026. Soap Garden 224 Cultivating, Drying, and Adding Herbs to Soap and Soapmaking 220 Coloring and Scenting Soap are both available and open for registration. Our soapmaking classes in San Diego and cosmetic making classes in San Diego are available as online classes. Our popular Soapmaking Supplies are available for Standard Shipping or free Store Pickup.
Please check back because classes are added and website sections are updated on a regular basis. Email info@soapmakingstudio.com with any questions.

Soap Swirling Techniques Soap Bars Drying on the Soap Rack

View soapmaking classes, the schedule, or store hours.

Classes are held at a private home occupied by a pet cat. If you are allergic to cats, please contact info@soapmakingstudio.com prior to enrolling in a class.

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