7 Beautiful Holiday Soap Recipes

Each year, I make a number of holiday soap recipes. They’re festive, fun, and beautiful. You definitely need to plan ahead so that they are hard enough to give as gifts and use for the Christmas season, but it’s not too late, even in November.

Not only can you make these Christmas soaps now, but you can also hot process them for instant use once these cool and harden. If you need to learn how to hot process, click here: Hot Processing Tutorial.

I love having holiday soaps in our kitchen and bathrooms. They 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 just to uplift your spirits and help you get through the winter (Those who live in the north understand).

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 fragrance oils and their possible dangers.

It actually isn’t hard to create wonderful scents with essential oils.  There are so many essential oils with amazing scents and combining them creates even more options. 

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 3lbs.

Cloves and Orange Spice Soap

Makes: 3lbs, 5% superfat

Ingredients:

• 16 oz grass-fed beef tallow or lard
• 8 oz coconut oil
• 6 oz olive oil
• 5 oz cocoa butter
• 4.7 oz lye
• 12 oz cool water
• 0.50 oz orange essential oil
• 0.30 oz clove essential oil

Cocoa Mint Soap

Makes: 3lbs, 5% superfat

Ingredients:

• 11 oz olive oil
• 9 oz coconut oil
• 6 oz cocoa butter
• 5 oz castor oil
• 4.4 oz lye
• 11.8 oz cool water
• 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 oz peppermint essential oil

Directions:

1. Combine olive oil, coconut oil, cocoa butter, and castor oil in a large pot on medium until they are melted. remove from heat and cool until around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Weigh lye in a disposable bag. Weigh water in a separate dish. Take both outside wearing protective gloves, mask, and glasses. Pour the lye into the water and stir until it is dissolved. Allow it to cool to around 90 degree Fahrenheit.
3. When both oils and lye water are cooled, pour lye water into oils and blend on and off with a stick blender until the soap reaches light trace. (Learn more about trace here.)
4. Add essential oils and blend.
5. Remove an ounce of soap and stir in cocoa powder. Whisk until there are no clumps.
6. Pour main batch of soap into a prepared mold. Pour cocoa soap back and forth over the mold and use a chopstick to swirl. Insulate as needed for 24 hours.
7. Remove from mold and cut. Cure for 3-6 weeks, depending on desired hardness.

Cinnamon and Honey Soap

Makes: 3lbs, 5% superfat

Ingredients:

• 16 oz grass-fed beef tallow or lard
• 8 oz coconut oil
• 6 oz olive oil
• 3 oz avocado oil
• 4.7 oz lye
• 12 oz cool water
• 1 oz honey
• 0.75 oz cinnamon leaf essential oil

Directions:

1. Combine tallow, coconut oil, olive oil, and avocado oil in a large pot on medium until they are melted. Remove from heat and cool until around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Weigh lye in a disposable bag. Weigh water in a separate dish. Take both outside wearing protective gloves, mask, and glasses. Pour the lye into the water and stir until it is dissolved. Allow it to cool to around 90 degree Fahrenheit.
3. When both oils and lye water are cooled, pour lye water into oils and blend on and off with a stick blender until the soap reaches light trace. (Learn more about trace here.)
4. Add essential oil and honey and blend.
5. Remove an ounce of soap and stir in honey. Whisk until there are no clumps.
6. Pour soap into a prepared mold and insulate as needed for 24 hours.
7. Remove from mold and cut. Cure for 3-6 weeks, depending on desired hardness.

Pumpkin Pie Spice Soap

Makes: 3lb, 5% superfat

Ingredients:

• 16 oz grass-fed beef tallow or lard
• 8 oz coconut oil
• 6 oz olive oil
• 5 oz cocoa butter
• 4.4 oz lye
• 12 oz cool water
• 0.25 oz cinnamon leaf essential oil
• 0.25 oz nutmeg essential oil
• 0.15 oz ginger essential oil
• 0.25 oz clove essential oil

Directions:

1. Combine tallow, coconut oil, olive oil, and cocoa butter in a large pot on medium until they are melted. Remove from heat and cool until around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Weigh lye in a disposable bag. Weigh water in a separate dish. Take both outside wearing protective gloves, mask, and glasses. Pour the lye into the water and stir until it is dissolved. Allow it to cool to around 90 degree Fahrenheit.
3. When both oils and lye water are cooled, pour lye water into oils and blend on and off with a stick blender until the soap reaches light trace. (Learn more about trace here.)
4. Add essential oils and blend.
5. Pour the soap into a prepared mold and insulate as needed for 24 hours.
6. Remove from mold and cut. Cure for 3-6 weeks, depending on desired hardness.

Frankincense and Myrrh Soap

Makes: 3lbs, 5% superfat

Ingredients:

• 11 oz olive oil
• 9 oz coconut oil
• 6 oz cocoa butter
• 5 oz castor oil
• 4.4 oz lye
• 11.8 oz cool water
• 0.50 oz orange essential oil
• 0.30 oz frankincense essential oil
• 0.30 oz myrrh essential oil

Directions:

1. Combine olive oil, coconut oil, cocoa butter, and castor oil in a large pot on medium until they are melted. Remove from heat and cool until around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Weigh lye in a disposable bag. Weigh water in a separate dish. Take both outside wearing protective gloves, mask, and glasses. Pour the lye into the water and stir until it is dissolved. Allow it to cool to around 90 degree Fahrenheit.
3. When both oils and lye water are cooled, pour lye water into oils and blend on and off with a stick blender until the soap reaches light trace. (Learn more about trace here.)
4. Add essential oils and blend.
5. Pour the soap into a prepared mold and insulate as needed for 24 hours.
6. Remove from mold and cut. Cure for 3-6 weeks, depending on desired hardness.

Fir and Rosemary Soap

Makes: 3lbs, 5% superfat

Instructions:

• 16 oz grass-fed beef tallow or lard
• 8 oz coconut oil
• 6 oz olive oil
• 4.4 oz lye
• 12 oz cool water
• 0.50 oz fir needle essential oil
• 0.50 oz rosemary essential oil
• 1/2 teaspoon spirulina powder
• 1 tablespoon ground, dried rosemary (optional)

Directions:

1. Combine tallow, coconut oil, olive oil, and cocoa butter in a large pot on medium until they are melted. Remove from heat and cool until around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Weigh lye in a disposable bag. Weigh water in a separate dish. Take both outside wearing protective gloves, mask, and glasses. Pour the lye into the water and stir until it is dissolved. Allow it to cool to around 90 degree Fahrenheit.
3. When both oils and lye water are cooled, pour lye water into oils and blend on and off with a stick blender until the soap reaches light trace. (Learn more about trace here.)
4. Add essential oils and ground rosemary and blend.
5. Remove 1/2 cup of soap to a separate bowl and add spirulina. Whisk until well blended.
6. Pour main soap into a prepared mold. Pour green soap back and forth over the top. Use a chopstick to swirl.
7. Insulate as needed for 24 hours.
8. Remove from mold and cut. Cure for 3-6 weeks, depending on desired hardness.

Holiday Fresh

Makes: 3lbs, 5% superfat

Ingredients:

• 11 oz olive oil
• 9 oz coconut oil
• 6 oz cocoa butter
• 5 oz castor oil
• 4.4 oz lye
• 11.8 oz cool water
• 0.40 oz basil essential oil
• 0.50 oz lemon essential oil
• 0.15 oz ginger essential oil
• 1/2 teaspoon green or blue spirulina powder

Directions:

1. Combine coconut oil, olive oil, cocoa butter, and castor oil in a large pot on medium until they are melted. Remove from heat and cool until around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Weigh lye in a disposable bag. Weigh water in a separate dish. Take both outside wearing protective gloves, mask, and glasses. Pour the lye into the water and stir until it is dissolved. Allow it to cool to around 90 degree Fahrenheit.
3. When both oils and lye water are cooled, pour lye water into oils and blend on and off with a stick blender until the soap reaches light trace. (Learn more about trace here.)
4. Add essential oils and spirulina and blend.
5. Pour the soap into a prepared mold and insulate as needed for 24 hours.
6. Remove from mold and cut. Cure for 3-6 weeks, depending on desired hardness.

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