7 Homemade Holiday Soap Recipes

You can still make these 7 Homemade Holiday Soap Recipes from scratch and have them ready in a day or two.  How? You can Hot process them! Here’s instructions for Hot Processing Soap and a Video Tutorial.

I thought it would be a lot of fun to have soaps in out kitchen and bathrooms that add to the Christmas atmosphere of our home.  After all, every time you wash anything you get that great evergreen, cinnamon, clove, or other scents that make you think of the Holidays, whether it be Thanksgiving, Christmas, or to help you get through the winter.

The big issue: How to make these soaps that remind you of the Holidays with all natural oils and NO Fragrance oils.  If you’ve been making soaps with Fragrance oils I would suggest you read This Article to learn more about them and their possible dangers.

It actually wasn’t that hard.  There are so many essential oils with amazing scents!!  Check out the 7 Homemade Holiday Soap Recipes below for some great ideas.

7 Homemade Holiday Soap Recipes

All of these soaps make a small batch (so you can try them all) of 2lbs.

Cloves and Orange Spice Soap

• 20 oz grass-fed beef tallow or lard
• 8 oz coconut oil
• 4 oz olive oil
• 5 oz lye
• 12 oz cool water
• .25 oz orange essential Oil
• .1 oz clove essential oil

Directions: 7 Steps to Homemade Lye Soap

Cocoa Mint Soap

• 20 oz grass-fed beef tallow or lard
• 8 oz coconut oil
• 4 oz olive oil
• 5 oz lye
• 12 oz cool water
• 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
• .25 oz peppermint essential oil

Directions:

1. 7 Steps to Homemade Lye Soap
2. At trace, remove an ounce of the soap and stir in cocoa powder until there are no clumps.  Swirl into poured soap.

Cinnamon and Honey Soap

• 20 oz grass-fed beef tallow or lard
• 8 oz coconut oil
• 4 oz olive oil
• 5 oz lye
• 12 oz cool water
• 1 oz honey
• .25 oz cinnamon leaf essential oil

Directions:

1. 7 Steps to Homemade Lye Soap
2. Add honey at trace with essential oil and stir in until incorporated.

Pumpkin Pie Spice Soap

• 20 oz grass-fed beef tallow or lard
• 8 oz coconut oil
• 4 oz olive oil
• 5 oz lye
• 12 oz cool water
• .1 oz cinnamon leaf essential oil
• .1 oz nutmeg essential oil
• .1 oz ginger essential oil
• .05 oz clove essential oil

Directions: 7 Steps to Homemade Lye Soap

Frankincense and Myrrh Soap

• 20 oz grass-fed beef tallow or lard
• 8 oz coconut oil
• 4 oz olive oil
• 5 oz lye
• 12 oz cool water
• .15 oz frankincense essential oil
• .15 oz myrrh essential oil

Directions: 7 Steps to Homemade Lye Soap

Fir and Rosemary Soap

• 20 oz grass-fed beef tallow or lard
• 8 oz coconut oil
• 4 oz olive oil
• 5 oz lye
• 12 oz cool water
• .15 oz fir needle essential oil
• .15 oz rosemary essential oil
• 1/2 tsp spirulina powder
• 1 Tbsp dried rosemary

Directions:

1. 7 Steps to Homemade Lye Soap
2. At trace, remove an ounce of the soap and stir in spirulina powder until there are no clumps.  Swirl into poured soap.
3. You can add the rosemary into the soap, or wait until it has gelled and add it onto the top (pushing down slightly to make sure it sticks).

Holiday Fresh

• 20 oz grass-fed beef tallow or lard
• 8 oz coconut oil
• 4 oz olive oil
• 5 oz lye
• 12 oz cool water
• .1 oz basil essential oil
• .1 oz lemon essential oil
• .1 oz ginger essential oil
• 1/2 tsp spirulina powder

Directions:

1. 7 Steps to Homemade Lye Soap
2. At trace, remove an ounce of the soap and stir in spirulina powder until there are no clumps.  Swirl into poured soap.

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