6 New Fall Soap Recipes for You

Every year, I look forward to putting together Fall soap recipes. I make them myself, play around with colors and design, and then share my favorites with you! I really love what I’ve come up with this year.

I put a few of my favorites in my shop. These are usually in small batches, so if you want to try any, make sure to check in at my shop quickly.

BONUS – in celebration of Fall soaps being in the shop, I’m having a 3 day sale (No coupon needed). Don’t forget that you get free shipping on domestic orders $35 and over.

How to Make Cold Process Soap

If you’ve never made cold process soap before, you can learn more about how to make soap from scratch here: How to Make Cold Process Soap.

Here’s a short summary:

Cold Process soap making is like following any other recipe; follow the steps carefully and you’ll have great results (If you have any problems, leave a comment and I’ll help you through it). Melt all oils and butters together. Add the lye to the water outside without breathing in any fumes. When the lye water has cooled and the oils have cooled to room temperature, add the lye water to the oils and blend with a stick blender until it starts to thicken (learn about trace here). Pour it into a lined mold and insulate. After 24 hours, remove the soap and cut it. Let the soap harden over 3-6 weeks. Enjoy!

If you need to turn these recipes into hot processed soap so that you can use the soap immediately, then learn more about that here: How to Hot Process Soap.

The soap recipes below are all cold process. Follow the instructions, but if you’d like to switch colors or scents, you can do that without making any other changes to the recipe.

Natural Soap Making Ingredients

I only use natural ingredients, without any preservatives or soap bases. If you want to make Melt and Pour soap, then check out the ingredients. Almost 100% of them are toxic. I’ve made a soap base that’s pure and healthy for my shop. If you need some, click here.

Always use essential oils instead of fragrance oils. They are purely extracted from a plant instead of made from a lab concoction.

Coloring is made with clays and root powders or things like cocoa powder and annatto seeds. I never use dyed micas or other artificial dyes. As I said above, feel free to switch the colors or scents in the recipes below. That won’t change the rest of the recipe.

6 Fall Soap Recipes

These recipes make 2lbs of soap or 8 four ounce bars.

I’ve made a few of them vegan. If you want to use tallow instead or visa versa, then use the recipe that you want and switch the colors and scents and design method with the recipe you desire.

Cinnamon Oats Soap

2lbs of soap – 5% Superfat Content

Ingredients:

• 6 ounces olive oil
• 6 ounces babassu oil
• 6 ounces castor oil
• 5 ounces cocoa butter
• 7.4 ounces water
• 3.2 ounces lye
• 0.25 ounces cinnamon leaf essential oil
• 0.50 ounces sweet orange essential oil
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
• 1/4 cup ground oats, blended

Directions:

1. Prepare a 2lb mold by lining with beeswax paper if needed.
2. Combine the olive, babassu, and castor oil and cocoa butter in a large stainless steel pot over medium heat until the oils are all melted. Remove from heat and allow to cool to around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. Wearing gloves, weigh lye into a zip close bag. Weigh water in a separate container and place it outside where no children or pets have access (I use my garage by an open window). Wearing gloves, charcoal mask, and goggles, pour lye into the water and stir until dissolved. Allow to cool until around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
4. Pour lye water into oils and blend with a stick blender on and off until light trace.
5. Add essential oils and blended oats and blend well.
6. Remove 1/2 cup of soap and add cinnamon powder. Mix until there are no lumps.
7. Pour the large batch of soap into the mold, scraping the sides of the pot with a rubber spatula. Pour the cinnamon soap over the top of the mold back and forth. If you add the cinnamon when the soap is at thin trace the cinnamon will sink into the soap. That can make a drip look. If you want to swirl it more ina design on the top, then add the darker soap when the soap is thicker.
8. Cover the mold and insulate if your home is below 80 degrees Fahrenheit) for 24 hours. After it is set enough to remove from the mold, remove the soap and cut if needed.
9. Cure for 3-6 weeks so that it hardens and lasts longer.

*Optional: Add oats to the top of the soap while it’s still soft so that it will stick. Keep soap in a cool dry place.

Rose and Pumpkin Soap

This is a orange and red layered soap with a rose scent, because there are still flowers blooming in the Fall! I have geraniums, chysanthamums, and other beautiful flowers still going strong. Substitute the rose sent for geranium if desired.

This soap doesn’t have pumpkin puree in it so that I could have a prettier differentiation between the orange and red, but you can add pumpkin puree like the cranberry recipe below by adding a quarter cup and removing 4 ounces of the aount of water.

2lbs of soap – 5% Superfat Content

Ingredients:

• 8 ounces tallow
• 5 ounces olive oil
• 5 ounes coconut oil (or babassu oil)
• 4 ounces castor oil
• 2 ounces avocado oil
• 7.7 ounes water
• 3.4 ounces lye
• 0.75 rose blend essential oil (one that is a blend of essential oils – not fragrance oils – so that it is cheaper works wonderfully)
• 1 tablespoon rose clay
• 1 tablespoon Moroccan clay

Directions:

1. Prepare a 2lb mold by lining with beeswax paper if needed.
2. Combine the tallow with the coconut, olive, castor, and avocado oils in a large stainless steel pot over medium heat until the oils are all melted. Remove from heat and allow to cool to around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. Wearing gloves, weigh lye into a zip close bag. Weigh water in a separate container and place it outside where no children or pets have access (I use my garage by an open window). Wearing gloves, charcoal mask, and goggles, pour lye into the water and stir until dissolved. Allow to cool until around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
4. Pour lye water into oils and blend with a stick blender on and off until light trace.
5. Add essential oil and blend well.
6. Divide the soap in half. Add rose clay to one half and Moroccan clay to the other half. Blend until there are no lumps.
7. Pour one color into the mold and wait for the other color to thicken enough to pour on top of the first color so that it lays on top and doesn’t sink. Use a spatula to break the flow of the soap as you pour it.
8. Cover the mold and insulate if your home is below 80 degrees Fahrenheit) for 24 hours. After it is set enough to remove from the mold, remove the soap and cut if needed.
9. Cure for 3-6 weeks so that it hardens and lasts longer.

Mocha Vanilla Soap

This is a mocha vanilla soap. It has a coffee, chocolate, and vanilla soap. It contains coffee, cocoa powder, and vanilla. I’ve made the main batch a rich chocolatey brown with a white swirl.

2lbs of soap – 5% Superfat Content

Ingredients:

• 9 ounces olive oil
• 7 ounces coconut oil
• 5 ounces cocoa butter
• 3 ounces apricot kernel oil
• 7.7 ounces coffee water
• 3.4 ounces lye
• 1 ounces vanilla essential oil
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder

Directions:

1. Prepare a 2lb mold by lining with beeswax paper if needed.
2. Combine the olive oil, coconut oil, cocoa butter, and apricot kernel oil in a large stainless steel pot over medium heat until the oils are all melted. Remove from heat and allow to cool to around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. Wearing gloves, weigh lye into a zip close bag. Make strong coffee and weigh 7.7 ounces into a container and place it outside where no children or pets have access (I use my garage by an open window). Wearing gloves, charcoal mask, and goggles, pour lye into the water and stir until dissolved. Allow to cool until around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
4. Pour lye coffee water into oils and blend with a stick blender on and off until light trace.
5. Add essential oils and blend well.
6. Remove 1 cup of soap and set aside.
7. Add cocoa powder to the soap and blend until there are no lumps. Add more cocoa powder if you want a darker color.
8. Pour the brown soap into the mold. Drizzle the white soap over the top. Insert a kabob stick into one corner of the mold and pull back and forth down the mold to swirl the white into the brown slightly.
9. Cover the mold and insulate if your home is below 80 degrees Fahrenheit) for 24 hours. After it is set enough to remove from the mold, remove the soap and cut if needed.
10. Cure for 3-6 weeks so that it hardens and lasts longer.

Orange Vanilla Soap

This is a simple and basic recipe with wonderful results! It’s cleansing while still being moisturizing. It has an orange and vanilla scent and has an orange swirl in a creamy colored soap.

2lbs of soap – 5% Superfat Content

Ingredients:

• 9 ounces tallow
• 8 ounces olive oil
• 6 ounces coconut oil
• 7.4 ounces water
• 3.3 ounces lye
• 0.50 vanilla essential oil
• 0.50 ounces sweet orange essential oil
• 1 tablespoon Moroccan clay

Directions:

1. Prepare a 2lb mold by lining with beeswax paper if needed.
2. Combine the tallow, olive oil, and coconut oil in a large stainless steel pot over medium heat until the oils are all melted. Remove from heat and allow to cool to around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. Wearing gloves, weigh lye into a zip close bag. Weigh water in a separate container and place it outside where no children or pets have access (I use my garage by an open window). Wearing gloves, charcoal mask, and goggles, pour lye into the water and stir until dissolved. Allow to cool until around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
4. Pour lye water into oils and blend with a stick blender on and off until light trace.
5. Add essential oils and blend well.
6. Remove 1 cup of soap and add Moroccan clay. Blend until there are no lumps.
7. Pour white soap into the mold, scraping the sides of the pot with a rubber spatula. Pour the orange soap down the middle of the mold. Use a kabob stick to swirl the orange into the white.
8. Cover the mold and insulate if your home is below 80 degrees Fahrenheit) for 24 hours. After it is set enough to remove from the mold, remove the soap and cut if needed.
9. Cure for 3-6 weeks so that it hardens and lasts longer.

Falling Leaves Soap

This is a cedarwood and cinnamon scented soap which blends together to make a forest scent with a holiday twist. I’ve added a spot of green in the center to create a leaf. This will vary depending on the shape of your mold, but have fun with it!

2lbs of soap – 10% Superfat Content

Ingredients:

• 8 ounces coconut oil
• 8 ounces olive oil
• 4 ounces castor oil
• 2 ounces beeswax
• 2 ounces cocoa butter
• 7.7 ounces water
• 3 ounces lye
• 0.40 ounces cedarwood essential oil
• 0.35 ounces cinnamon leaf essential oil
• 1 tablespoon spirulina powder

Directions:

1. Prepare a 2lb mold by lining with beeswax paper if needed.
2. Combine the coconut, olive, and castor oils and beeswax and cocoa butter in a large stainless steel pot over medium heat until the oils are all melted. Remove from heat and allow to cool to around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. Wearing gloves, weigh lye into a zip close bag. Weigh water in a separate container and place it outside where no children or pets have access (I use my garage by an open window). Wearing gloves, charcoal mask, and goggles, pour lye into the water and stir until dissolved. Allow to cool until around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
4. Pour lye water into oils and blend with a stick blender on and off until light trace.
5. Add essential oils and blend well.
6. Remove 1 cup of soap and add spirulina. Blend until there are no lumps.
7. Pour white soap into the mold, scraping the sides of the pot with a rubber spatula. Dollop a spot of green into each bar of soap, or pour the green down the middle of the loaf soap mold. Use a toothpick or kabob stick to pull the green into the white in a leaf pattern.
8. Cover the mold and insulate if your home is below 80 degrees Fahrenheit) for 24 hours. After it is set enough to remove from the mold, remove the soap and cut if needed.
9. Cure for 3-6 weeks so that it hardens and lasts longer.

Cranberry Pumpkin Soap

This is a colorful, beautiful soap with an orange and red swirl. It actually doesn’t have cranberry in it, since cranberry turns brown in soap, but it has a tart and bright scent. All natural of course!

2lbs of soap – 5% Superfat Content

Ingredients:

• 8 ounces olive oil
• 7 ounces coconut oil
• 4 ounces sweet almond oil
• 3 ounces avocado oil
• 2 ounces shea butter
• 3.7 ounces water
• 3.4 ounces lye
• 0.40 ounces lavender essential oil
• 0.35 ounces vanilla essential oil
• 1/4 cup (4 ounces) pumpkin puree
• 1 tablespoon moroccan clay
• 1 tablespoon rose clay

Directions:

1. Prepare a 2lb mold by lining with beeswax paper if needed.
2. Combine the olive, coconut, sweet alond, and avocado oils and shea butter and pumpkin puree in a large stainless steel pot over medium heat until the oils are all melted. Remove from heat and allow to cool to around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. Wearing gloves, weigh lye into a zip close bag. Weigh water in a separate container and place it outside where no children or pets have access (I use my garage by an open window). Wearing gloves, charcoal mask, and goggles, pour lye into the water and stir until dissolved. Allow to cool until around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
4. Pour lye water into oils and blend with a stick blender on and off until light trace.
5. Add essential oils and blend well.
6. Divide the soap in half. Add the moroccan clay to one half. Add the rose clay to the other half. Blend until there are no lumps. Add more rose clay if desired.
7. Pour the orange soap into the mold. Pour the red soap into the mold back and forth over the orange soap. Insert a kabob stick into one corner of your mold and drag it back and forth going from one end of the mold to the other.
8. Cover the mold and insulate if your home is below 80 degrees Fahrenheit) for 24 hours. After it is set enough to remove from the mold, remove the soap and cut if needed.
9. Cure for 3-6 weeks so that it hardens and lasts longer.

Other Fall Soap Recipes

I have a LOT of Fall soap recipes on my website here after giving you some each year. Make sure to check out the other recipes as well as you make your Autumn soaps this year.

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• 5 Great Soap Recipes
• 4 New Fall Soap Recipes
• Pumpkin Spice Soap Recipe
• Apple Cider Soap Recipe
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