We make soap and handcrafted bath and body products. Come out and share recipes, resources, learn new techniques or get and give some soapy inspiration. Whether you're a cold process; hot process or liquid soaper or want to learn the art and science of handcrafting all natural bath & body products, or just love buying the real thing then join us!

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Recent Meetups

  • February 5, 2011 at 8:00 AM, 3 Soapy artisans attended

    Introduction to Cold Process Soap

    They rated it 5.00 5.001 (1 ratings)

    Hello Soapy Artisans- In this meet up we will start with the original Cold Process soap making. The Cold process method of making is good for making natural soaps... Learn more

  • January 22, 2011 at 9:00 AM, 3 Soapy artisans attended

    Introduction to Melt & Pour - Natural Additives

    They rated it 5.00 5.001 (1 ratings)

    Melt and Pour soap making is an economical and fun hobby that is great for entertaining all ages. It’s a wonderful hobby that allows one to make hand crafted items for... Learn more

  • September 4, 2010 at 10:00 AM, 4 Soapy artisans attended

    Soap Making 101

    They rated it 5.00 5.003 (3 ratings)

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    Excellent background information. filled in the why's of doing certain steps.

    —Kathryn Johnson

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    Tracey gave us the step by step process and lots of helpful hints. ...

    —Kathy

  • August 21, 2010 at 9:00 AM, 4 Soapy artisans attended

    M&P Soap Process

    They rated it 4.50 4.502 (2 ratings)

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    It was nice to meet Tracey and Cindy. We experimented with swirling and using different molds. ...

    —Diane Brown

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    What fun! Made new friends, learned new soap making techniques and unleashed or creativity.

    —Cyndie

  • August 7, 2010 at 11:00 AM, 9 Soapy artisans attended

    Hands On Soapmaking 2

    They rated it 5.00 5.005 (5 ratings)

    “

    Once again we made soap, this time we made awesome HP. The soap was perfect and we laughed this time all GOOD.

    —Tracey

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    Had a great time. Soap is out of the mold - Looks and smell fantastic.

    —John

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What's new

  • New Member
    Lee Ann Lee Ann joined
    February 9 at 3:15 PM
    Lee Ann
    "I love soap making. I also make body lotion, body sprays and bath salts...not to mention toothpaste."
  • New Member
    Deborah,Lambert Deborah,Lambert joined
    February 8 at 2:23 PM
    Deborah,Lambert
    "Hi ; Are these classes ??? & im on the left in the pic . lol"
  • New Member
    Michael Almaraz Michael Almaraz joined
    February 2 at 6:37 PM
    Michael Almaraz
    "Hello, I am Michael and have just taken a intrest in making HP soap. I would love to be able to share ideas as well and learn from people who have been doing the craft for much longer then I have.. Thank you, Michael"
  • New Discussion Reply
    angela angela replied to Lets Make Soap (latest of 3)
    February 1 at 6:32 AM
    angela

    "I'm interested in going. I'm a newbie and have only made one batch of hot process. I want to learn cold process. I'm from Paramount. Angela"

  • New Member
    Diane Drake-Laing Diane Drake-Laing joined
    January 31 at 12:18 PM
    Diane Drake-Laing
    "My name is Diane Drake. I started sewing at the age of eight when my Mother first taught me to sew & I took Home Economics classes in school. I also learned new techniques and made crafty projects in Camp Fire Girls while growing up."
  • New Discussion
    John John started Lets Make Soap
    January 30 at 9:07 PM
    John

    "Hello Soap Makers, I thought it would be a shame for this group to close so I decide to step up and become the organizer. I am one of the original members from when Tracey started the group in 2010...."

    Read more…
  • New Member
    Pearl Pearl joined
    January 16 at 9:58 PM
    Pearl
    "Hi! This is a really cool thing to see here. Hope I can learn about the process and meet new friends to boot!"
  • New Member
    Roxanne Roxanne joined
    January 7 at 3:52 PM
    Roxanne
    "Hi, I was thrilled to see this group! I primarily make the glycerin melt-and-pour type soaps; bath salts, fizzies and other aromatherapies but would like to learn more about fat/lye based soaps."
  • New Member
    Regina Regina joined
    January 4 at 9:11 AM
    Regina
    "My side passion is to make all natural skin care products. I took classes from the Nova Studio and have been hooked ever since!"
  • New Discussion Reply
    Laura Seward Phillips Laura Seward Phillips replied to supplies
    December 18, 2011 at 7:44 AM
    Laura Seward Phillips

    "I've only been able to find it online or I buy it from Kelly on here. Its not something that you can just pick up locally in town."

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Long Beach, CA 90802
Founded May 25, 2010
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