🎄 Christmas Soap Recipes
1. Peppermint Swirl Christmas Soap Recipe
Looking for a holiday soap recipe that smells like Christmas and looks like candy canes? This peppermint swirl Christmas soap is one of the most festive soaps you can make. With swirls of red, green, and white topped off with peppermint essential oil, it’s a handmade gift everyone will love.
Ingredients:
- 32 oz Olive oil
- 16 oz Coconut oil
- 8 oz Shea butter
- 12 oz Distilled water
- 4.5 oz Lye (sodium hydroxide)
- 1 oz Peppermint essential oil
- Red and green mica colorants
- Optional: Fine cosmetic glitter for a holiday sparkle
Instructions:
- Prepare lye solution by carefully mixing lye into distilled water. Let cool.
- Melt oils and butter together in a large pot. Allow to cool to ~100–110°F.
- Combine lye solution and oils, blend until light trace.
- Divide batter into three portions. Color one red, one green, leave one natural.
- Layer and swirl colors into a loaf mold to create candy cane patterns.
- Add peppermint essential oil, stir lightly, pour, and swirl with a skewer.
- Let cure for 24 hours before unmolding. Slice, then cure 4–6 weeks.
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2. Gingerbread Man Soap Recipe
Few scents say “Christmas” like gingerbread cookies. Now you can bring that holiday aroma into your skincare with this gingerbread man soap recipe. It’s made with natural oils, warm spice fragrance, and poured into festive molds.
Ingredients:
- 20 oz Olive oil
- 10 oz Coconut oil
- 6 oz Palm oil
- 4 oz Cocoa butter
- 12 oz Distilled water
- 4.2 oz Lye
- 2 tsp Ground cinnamon (optional for natural color)
- 1 tsp Cocoa powder
- 1 oz Gingerbread fragrance oil (or blend cinnamon, clove & vanilla essential oils)
Gingerbreadman soap mold
Instructions:
- Mix lye into distilled water, set aside to cool.
- Melt oils and butter until fully blended.
- When lye and oils are at similar temps (~110°F), combine and mix to trace.
- Add gingerbread fragrance and dry powders for color.
- Pour into gingerbread man molds. Tap to release air bubbles.
- Allow to harden overnight. Cure 4–6 weeks before use.
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3. Snowflake Soap with Lavender & Mint
Snowflakes, lavender, and mint – the perfect combination for a crisp winter soap. This snowflake soap recipe is soothing, refreshing, and beautifully molded into festive shapes. It makes a great Christmas craft or stocking stuffer.
Ingredients:
- 24 oz Olive oil
- 12 oz Coconut oil
- 8 oz Sweet almond oil
- 8 oz Cocoa butter
- 12 oz Distilled water
- 4.6 oz Lye
- 0.5 oz Lavender essential oil
- 0.5 oz Peppermint essential oil
- White mica or titanium dioxide for a snowy effect
Snowflake Soap Mold
Instructions:
- Make lye solution and let cool.
- Melt oils and cocoa butter together.
- Blend lye and oils until trace.
- Add lavender and peppermint essential oils.
- Mix in mica for a white, frosty look.
- Pour into snowflake silicone molds.
- Cure 24 hours, unmold, then air-cure 4–6 weeks.
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4. Evergreen Pine Tree Soap
Bring the forest indoors this holiday season with a pine tree soap recipe that looks and smells like Christmas. Made with rich oils, natural green color, and pine essential oil, this soap is a festive addition to your homemade soap collection.
Ingredients:
- 28 oz Olive oil
- 12 oz Coconut oil
- 6 oz Palm oil
- 6 oz Shea butter
- 12 oz Distilled water
- 4.5 oz Lye
- 1 oz Pine essential oil (or blend of fir, cedarwood, and eucalyptus)
- Green mica or spirulina powder for natural color
Evergreen Pine Tree Mold
Instructions:
- Prepare lye solution, cool to ~100°F.
- Melt oils and butter, cool to same temp.
- Combine lye and oils, blend to trace.
- Add pine essential oil and green coloring.
- Pour into pine tree or rectangle molds with embossed trees.
- Allow to set overnight, unmold, then cure 4–6 weeks.
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