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Pumpkin & Oatmeal 5 lb batch

Notes:
Pumpkin & Oatmeal Soap
Directions:


  • Add color & buttermilk powder to oils BEFORE the lye water
  • Add pumpkin puree, oatmeal, and EO/FO scents at light trace
Additives:

  • 1 oz pumpkin puree
  • 1 oz colloidal oatmeal
  • 1 oz powdered buttermilk
  • oats sprinkled on top
Color:

  • 1 TB Tablespoon Dark Red Brazilian Clay
  • 1 tsp teaspoon yellow oxide
  • 1 TB Tablespoon titanium dioxide (too light in last batch)

Essential Oil Scent: “Pumpkin Pie” Blend (made up by me with influence from other soapers)

  1. SEIZED in last batch!!! BEWARE!!!!!!
  • 15 grams Orange 10x EO
  • 7 grams Clove Bud EO (maybe add last??)
  • 5 grams Cinnamon EO
  • 5 grams Ginger EO
Fragrance too?


  • maybe BB's Pumpkin Pie or Pumpkin Spice FOs?
  1. Makes 6.4 lbs of soap, so will fill one 4.5 lb loaf mold and 1.9 lbs of container molds. ORRR. You can do 2x 2.5/3 lb “Amazon” loaf molds, and then some container molds.
  • Created:04/10/2026
  • Last Updated:04/10/2026
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Recipe Totals

Liquid Required13.82 oz391.72 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 8.47 oz 240.09 g
Oil Weight60 oz1700.97 g
Super Fat5 %
Total Batch Weight82.29 oz2332.77 g
Lye Concentration38 %
Liquid : Lye Ratio1.63:1
Saturated : Unsaturated44:56

Recipe Properties

Property%Recommended
Bubbly Lather2314 - 46
Cleansing1812 - 22
Condition5444 - 69
Hardness4429 - 54
Longevity2625 - 50
Creamy Lather3116 - 48
Iodine5441 - 70
Ins157136 - 165

Fatty Acids %

Lauric12
Myristic6
Palmitic12
Stearic13
Ricinoleic5
Oleic40
Linoleic7
Linolenic0

Liquid and NaOH

Liquid Required13.82 oz391.72 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 8.47 oz 240.09 g

Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes

Oil%OuncesGrams
Almond Oil, sweet106170.1
Olive Oil2515425.24
Coconut Oil, 76 deg2515425.24
Tallow Beef159255.15
Mango Seed Butter2012340.19
Castor Oil5385.05
Total100601700.97

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Graph: Recipe Properties %

  • 80
  • 70
  • 60
  • 50
  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 0
  • Bubbly
  • Cleansing
  • Condition
  • Hardness
  • Longevity
  • Creamy
  • 46
    14
    23
  • 22
    12
    18
  • 69
    44
    54
  • 54
    29
    44
  • 50
    25
    26
  • 48
    16
    31
Graph: Recipe Properties %

Graph: Fatty Acids %

  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 0
  • Lauric
  • Myristic
  • Palmitic
  • Stearic
  • Ricinoleic
  • Oleic
  • Linoleic
  • Linolenic
  • 12
  • 6
  • 12
  • 13
  • 5
  • 40
  • 7
  • 0
Graph: Fatty Acids %

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