Pumpkin spice and cinnamon soap not only smells as delicious as homemade pumpkin pie, but adds a bit of seasonal flourish to soap dishes in the kitchen and bath.
The natural ingredients used to make the soap help nourish the skin, leaving it both looking and feeling fresh.
Goat’s milk melt and pour soap bases allow you all to enjoy all of the fun of soap making without having to actually contend with touching or inhaling lye.
While lye is absolutely essential to the soap-making process, using a melt-and-pour base of any type has already completed the saponification process when handling it is required.
To make the pumpkin spice and cinnamon soap you merely need to melt the goat’s milk soap base, add a few common ingredients, and stir. The entire process takes only roughly 10 minutes and is a safe activity to enjoy with your children.
Why Cinnamon Is Good To Use In Soap Making
- Cinnamon is a mild astringent that will help remove dead skin cells and shrink skin tissue to perhaps even leaving facial skin looking younger and more vibrant.
- The spice may also help bring nutrients and blood closer to the surface of the skin to help give it a healthy glow and reduce dryness.
- Cinnamon is often an active base ingredient used in natural skincare products to help treat and prevent eczema, acne, and other common minor skin issues.
Why Pumpkin Is Good To Use In Soap Making
- Pumpkin contains Alpha hydroxy acids that can enhance the growth of skin cells while smoothing the skin.
- The vitamin A and C properties in that may boost the production of collagen which can soften and soothe dry skin and may also help the skin look more vibrant and younger.
How To Make Pumpkin Spice And Cinnamon Melt Soap
Pumpkin Spice and Cinnamon Melt and Pour Soap Recipe
Equipment
- Mixing spoon
- glass measuring cup or similar microwave safe container
- Measuring spoons
- soap molds – purchased or homemade
- Sharp knife
- rubbing alcohol – optional
- toothpicks
Ingredients
- 2 pounds Goat’s milk melt and pour soap base two pounds of base typically yields about 10 to 15 soap bars, depending upon the size of the molds.
- 4-8 drops Cinnamon essential oil
- ½ tsp Cinnamon
- 4 drops Clove essential oil
- 1 tsp Nutmeg
- 1 tsp Pumpkin canned real pumpkin or pumpkin puree
- ½ tsp Pumpkin spice – optional
- 4-8 drops Ginger essential oil – optional
Instructions
- Cut four chunks from the soap base and place them in a measuring cup.
- Heat the chunks for roughly 1 minute in the microwave.
- Remove the glass container and give the goat’s milk melt and pour base a few stirs. It takes longer for goat’s milk to melt than it does a clear glycerin soap.
- Repeat step four by melting the mixture for another 30 seconds and stirring one or two more times if necessary.The photo below shows how the measuring cup full of goat’s milk melt and pour base chunks looked at being stirred at the one minute and two 30 second intervals.It took one more go round in the microwave at 30 seconds to achieve the creamy consistency of thin milk that is needed.DO NOT just nuke the melt and pour soap base for 2 minutes – that will almost always scorch the mixture.
- Get your molds out and place them in a level spot so they are prepared to accept the melt and pour base.When using silicone soap molds I always place them on a baking sheet so I can relocate them to the refrigerator to cure after pouring the goat’s milk melt and pour soap recipe into the molds.
- Stir in the canned pumpkin or pumpkin puree and pumpkin spice if using.
- Stir in the spices and make sure they are thoroughly combined.
- Dabbing a little bit of rubbing alcohol into the mold to lightly coat it as you would butter onto a pie pan can help prevent bubbles from forming and create a more flush and solid texture to the soap.If you are using rubbing alcohol, do the coating now before pouring the melt and pour soap base into the molds.
- Give the mixture a final stir.
- Pour the pumpkin spice and cinnamon melt and pour soap recipe into the molds.
- Poke any air bubbles that appear in the soap gently and lightly with a toothpick to burst them.
- Leave the filled soap molds in a level spot to cure at room temperature for about three hours.The soaps should cure in the refrigerator in about three hours.
Notes
Tara lives on a 56 acres farm in the Appalachian Mountains, where she faces homesteading and farming challenges every single day, raising chickens, goats, horses, and tons of vegetables. She’s an expert in all sorts of homesteading skills such as hide tanning, doll making, tree tapping, and many more.