Easy Melt & Pour Leaf
and Pumpkin Fall
Soap Recipes
|by Rebecca D. Dillon
What you'll need:
• 11 oz. melt and pour soap base
• .3 oz. fragrance oil
• 3 drops red liquid soap color
• 24 drops yellow liquid soap color
DIY Pumpkin Fall Soap
Instructions
1. This recipe will yield three pumpkin shaped soaps. Begin by cutting the soap base into chunks. Weigh out the soap using a digital scale then melt in a Pyrex measuring cup in the microwave in 30 second increments until all the soap has melted. Weigh out the fragrance oil and stir into the soap then add the liquid soap color.
2. Mix well and pour the soap into the three pumpkin cavities of your mold. Spritz the top of the poured soap with isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol to remove any bubbles. Allow to solidify while you make the fall leaf soaps.
DIY Fall Leaves Soap
Instructions
What you'll need:
• 10.7 oz. melt and pour soap base
• .3 oz. fragrance oil
• 24 drops red liquid soap color
1. This recipe will yield three leaf shaped soaps. Begin by cutting the soap base into chunks. Weigh out the soap using a digital scale then melt in a Pyrex measuring cup in the microwave in 30 second increments until all the soap has melted. Weigh out the fragrance oil and stir into the soap then add the liquid soap color. (For the green leaf shaped soaps I used Crafter’s Choice Aloe & Olive Detergent Free Melt and Pour Soap Base and a drop or two of blue liquid soap color.)
2. Mix well and pour the soap into the three leaf cavities of your mold. Spritz the top of the poured soap with isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol to remove any bubbles. Allow to solidify.
Once all of your soaps have hardened fully, gently turn them out of the mold.If desired you can dust the tops of your soaps with bronze mica powder using either your finger or a small paint brush once you’ve unmolded them. Finally wrap your soaps tightly in plastic food service film to keep them from absorbing moisture from the air. Then label if desired and gift to your friends and family! But don’t forget to keep one or two for yourself!
Rebecca is the author behind Soap Deli News Blog, and is also the girl behind the scenes Rebecca’s Soap Delicatessen – an online bath and beauty shop that was established in 2001. Learn more about her here >