5 More Fall Soap Recipes – Holiday Cold Process Soap

Soap making is just fun. It’s even more fun when you can share it with others! Last year I shared 5 Fall Soap Recipes with you and they are still a hit. Since it’s that time of year again, I thought it would be fun to share 5 MORE Fall soap recipes with you.

This time I want to share more on how you can color your soaps for beautiful (and natural, of course) Fall colors.

Natural Fall Colors in Fall Soap Recipes

Muted sunset colors are super easy to make naturally within soap. This makes the reds, oranges, and yellows of Fall soap recipes easy to achieve simply by adding the colors at trace. You can get different shades or even brighter colors by adding color at different times (to oils or lye water), but for simplicity these 5 Fall Soap Recipes will just suggest to add the colors at trace. Feel free to experiment with other methods suggested below.

Color can be added to the lye water, to the oils, or at trace.

For the longest time, all I did was add colors at trace. These are a simple stir in (remove a scoop and stir in color to ensure there are no lumps, or not. Sometimes it speckles, which can be pretty, sometimes it doesn’t).

Adding Color at Trace? Try things like:

• charcoal for grey to black
• cocoa for brown
• orange Moroccan clay for light to deep orange
• rose clay for pink to red
• alkanet root powder for purple.

But you can get richer and brighter colors sometimes by adding them to the lye water or infusing them into your oils before you begin.

Adding Color to Lye Water?

• Add spirulina to lye water for longer lasting green,
• or add calendula flowers to lye water for a richer yellow.

Adding Color to Oil?

Oils make probably make the brightest colors. It’s easy to infuse oils. Simply gently heat the oil with the herb, seeds, or powder in it and then allow to cool. Use in your recipe. For example, if your recipe calls for olive oil, infuse olive oil.

• Create beautiful oranges when you infuse paprika
• Creamy to bright yellow and even orange with annatto seeds,
• and pretty green when infusing parsley powder.

 

5 More Fall Soap Recipes

Remember that you can find 5 Fall Soap Recipes HERE as well. So check out both articles of recipes and then choose your favorites to try.

If you are new to making soap and you need extra instructions, you can learn everything you need to know to get you going in 7 Easy Steps to Homemade Lye Soap for Beginners and What is Trace?

Make it or find it in my SHOP.

1) Cinnamon Roll Soap

Makes 3 pounds or 12 – 4oz bars.

Ingredients:

• 9 ounces olive oil
• 9 ounces lard
• 7 ounces coconut oil
• 3 ounces castor oil
• 2 ounces hazelnut oil
• 2 ounces cocoa butter
• 1 ounce shea butter
• 4.6 ounces lye
• 12.5 ounces filtered water
• 1 ounces cinnamon leaf essential oil
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder

Directions:

1. Combine oils, lard, and butters in a large pot and heat to 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Wearing appropriate safety equipment, go outside and add lye to water and stir until dissolved. Let cool until it is around 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. When both oils and lye water are at desired temperatures, pour lye water into oils and use a stick blender to blend on and off until very light trace.
4. Add essential oil and blend.
5. Remove 1/2 cup of soap and mix in cinnamon.
6. Pour main batch into lined mold. Pour cinnamon soap over batch in a back and forth motion.
7. Insulate for 24 hours. Remove, cut, and cure for 4-6 weeks.

Make it or find it in my SHOP.

2) Fall Sunset Soap

Makes 3 pounds or 12 – 4oz bars.

Ingredients:

• 24 ounces olive oil
• 8 ounces coconut oil
• 2 ounces castor oil
• 4.5 ounces lye
• 12.9 ounces filtered water
• 0.5 ounce orange essential oil
• 0.5 ounce cinnamon leaf essential oil
• 2 teaspoons orange Moroccan clay
• 2 teaspoons rose clay
• 2 teaspoons turmeric powder

Directions:

1. Combine oils in a large pot and heat to 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Wearing appropriate safety equipment, go outside and add lye to water and stir until dissolved. Let cool until it is around 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. When both oils and lye water are at desired temperatures, pour lye water into oils and use a stick blender to blend on and off until very light trace.
4. Add essential oils and blend until combined.
5. Separate soap batter into 4 equal bowls.  Leave one bowl alone, add Morrocan clay to the second, rose clay to the third, and turmeric powder to the fourth. Stir until combined.
6. Pour colors into 2 opposite corners of your soap mold, pouring for a few seconds until switching colors. Rotate between colors to make a swirl design.
7. If desired, gently turn your mold to gently mix the layers slightly.
8. Insulate for 24 hours. Remove, cut, and cure for 4-6 weeks.

Make it or find it in my SHOP.

3) Pumpkin Spice Soap

Makes 3 pounds or 12 – 4oz bars.

Ingredients:

• 14 ounces tallow
• 8 ounces coconut oil
• 5 ounces sweet almond oil
• 3 ounces castor oil
• 2 ounces hemp seed oil
• 2 ounces jojoba oil
• 4.7 ounces lye
• 12.9 ounces filtered water
• 0.25 ounces nutmeg essential oil
• 0.5 ounces clove essential oil
• 0.5 ounces cinnamon essential oil
• 0.25 ounces allspice essential oil
• 1 teaspoon paprika powder
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder

Directions:

1. Combine tallow and oils in a large pot and heat to 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Wearing appropriate safety equipment, go outside and add lye to water and stir until dissolved. Let cool until it is around 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. When both oils and lye water are at desired temperatures, pour lye water into oils and use a stick blender to blend on and off until light trace.
4. Remove 1/2 cup of soap and mix in paprika and turmeric and essential oils. Blend until combined.
5. Pour soap into lined mold.
6. Insulate for 24 hours. Remove, cut, and cure for 4-6 weeks.

4) Evergreen Tree Soap

Makes 3 pounds or 12 – 4oz bars.

Ingredients:

• 10 ounces olive oil
• 10 ounces coconut oil
• 5 ounces cocoa butter
• 5 ounces sweet almond oil
• 2 ounces mango butter
• 4.5 ounces lye
• 12 ounces filtered water
• 0.5 ounces cedarwood essential oil
• 0.5 ounces fir essential oil
• 1 teaspoon spirulina powder

Directions:

1. Combine oils and butters in a large pot and heat to 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Wearing appropriate safety equipment, go outside and add lye to water and stir until dissolved. Let cool until it is around 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. When both oils and lye water are at desired temperatures, pour lye water into oils and use a stick blender to blend on and off until light trace.
4. Add essential oils and blend until combined.
5. Remove 1/2 cup of soap and mix in spirulina. Blend until combined.
6. Pour main soap batch into lined mold.  Pour green soap down the middle of the batch in one long line. Take a dowel rod and stick it into the middle of the mold. Pull toward the side and lift it out. Repeat this on both sides of the green line, making a tree pattern.
7. Insulate for 24 hours. Remove, cut, and cure for 4-6 weeks.

5) Chai Tea Soap

Makes 3 pounds or 12 – 4oz bars.

Ingredients:

• 9 ounces tallow
• 9 ounces olive oil
• 6 ounces coconut oil
• 6 ounces mango butter
• 2 ounces castor oil
• 4.4 ounces lye
• 12.2 ounces tea water
• 1 Chai tea bag
• 0.25 ounces ginger essential oil
• 0.25 ounces cinnamon leaf essential oil
• 0.25 ounces clove essential oil
• 0.25 vanilla oil

Directions:

1. Make tea with the chai tea bag.  Save the water and the tea bag. Weigh 12.2 ounces of the tea water.
2. Combine tallow, butter, and oils in a large pot and heat to 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. Wearing appropriate safety equipment, go outside and add lye to the tea water and stir until dissolved. Let cool until it is around 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
4. When both oils and lye water are at desired temperatures, pour lye water into oils and use a stick blender to blend on and off until light trace.
5. Add tea leaves and essential oils. Blend until combined.
6. Pour soap into lined mold.
7. Insulate for 24 hours. Remove, cut, and cure for 4-6 weeks.

Make the recipe (find it below) or get it from my SHOP.

Want more Holiday Soap Recipes?

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• Candy Cane Clay Soap Recipe
• Peppermint Patty Soap
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