Handmade Soap Making Workshop

Spend a creative evening making your own handmade soap in London!


Dotty By Design
Dotty By Design
5.0 (20)

1.5 hours Class size 1 to 14 guests    

  £32 (£300 per class surcharge applies for private classes)

Enjoy a fun soap-making class in London where you’ll create a set of four beautiful, personalised soap bars. Guided step by step, you’ll learn how to use shea butter and aloe vera soap bases, discover the benefits of natural ingredients, and design soaps that are as unique as you are.
This workshop is beginner-friendly and all about creativity and experimentation. You’ll be introduced to natural colourants, essential oils, herbs, and petals -- and shown how to combine them to make soaps that look gorgeous and smell even better!
What to expect:
  • Learn how to prepare and work with shea butter and aloe vera soap bases.
  • Experiment with up to 12 natural colourants, exploring marbling and layering techniques.
  • Choose from 10+ essential oils to fragrance your soaps, with added herbs and petals for texture and benefits.
  • Select from a wide variety of moulds to shape your bars however you like!
  • Create four personalised soap bars to take home -- perfect for gifting or keeping.
By the end of the session, you’ll have a beautifully crafted set of soaps, along with the know-how to keep experimenting at home with colours, scents, and designs.
Good to know: For private classes, there is a £300 surcharge for groups.

Please note: Public dates for this class require at least 6 guests to run. In the unlikely event that we don't reach this number, we'll cancel the class; in this case we'll inform you and allow you to get a refund or reschedule, so please watch your email/SMS one day prior to the class.
What you'll get
We will provide all the kit needed for this workshop!
Knowledge required
Beginner-friendly.
What to bring
Just yourself!
Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, birthday or hen do.

This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum, Father's Day gift or gift for couples.


FAQ

Will my soap bars item be ready at the end of the class?
Yes, your soap will be ready at the end of the 90 mins session to take home with you.
How many soap bars will I make?
You will make approx. 4 x soap bars depending on the shape of the mould.
What time do doors open?
The doors will open for the class venue approx. 10 mins before the class starts. There are a number of coffee shops and eateries close by to go to before and after the event.
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Help! I can't find the venue?
Please look out for 'Beattie Construction Ltd' - the classes are held in their showroom. The venue is just along from Lauderdale Mansions South, close to the corner of Lauderdale Rd and Castellain Rd.
Location

9 Lauderdale Parade, Lauderdale Road, Maida Vale, London, W91LU

This venue is a short walk from Maida Vale Tube Station (Bakerloo Line)

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Dotty By Design
Dotty By Design

5.0 (20)
female Women-owned

Hi, my name is Claire, and I’m an artist/crafter/designer based in NW London. I run ‘Dotty by design’ making unique and bespoke hand-made products. I have been up-cycling for two decades now, and sharing my love for all things ‘craft’ through teaching and running classes. Creativity is at the heart of all the projects I work on, harnessing the joy in the making process and sharing my passion of ‘re-using, recycling and sustaining’ in everything I do.
I studied Furniture and Product design at BCUC in High Wycombe before moving to West London and working at Habitat, where my love of design had first evolved when visiting the store as a child. Since those early years, I have been on a creative journey which has encompassed all areas of art and design, including - product, craft, interiors, architecture, food, jewellery, illustration and printmaking to name but a few!
I am very much a multidisciplinary designer, where a balance of form and function is key to creating engaging sustainable products that have a conscience, and considered thought for the beautiful planet we live on.

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