Making Buttermilk Soap with REAL Pumpkin and Oatmeal | Findlay Creek Soap Company

Welcome to the Findlay Creek Soap Company! Today is my FIRST attempt at a cold process soap using buttermilk AND pumpkin puree! This turned out to be a really lovely soap, perfect for the amazing autumn weather we have here in Ottawa and super moisturizing for the dry skin that results from the cooling temperatures. The soap is scented with a blend of sweet orange essential oil and cinnamon leaf essential oil to give the essence of pumpkin pie and colloidal oats for the perfect amount of gentle exfoliation.
Recipe:
42% Olive Oil
25% Coconut Oil
10% Hemp Seed Oil
10% Cocoa Butter
8% Shea Butter
5% Castor Oil
5% superfat
2:1 water:lye
I use Soap Calc to determine the amounts of oils/butter, lye and water to include in the recipe, based on the above percentages
www.soapcalc.net/
Soap Colours:
Nothing added! The orange comes from the pumpkin puree!
Fragrance Oil:
Sweet Orange essential oil from New Directions Aromatics
Cinnamon Leaf essential oil from New Directions Aromatics
Music from Epidemic Sound

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Superbly perfect and perfectly superb. 🤗🙃

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Thanks for watching! ☺️

[@itzcloveynuh1207]

Thank you 😊🙏🏽

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It is a really lovely soap! So creamy!!! ☺️

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@@findlaycreeksoapcompany definitely looks it. 🤗

[@gymnopodie1]

I use milk powders and blend into the oils before adding to lye. I’m never organised enough to pre freeze lol Do you take the purée weight out of the water/milk weight for the lye please?

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I usually have a stash of frozen milks that my family complains is taking up too much space in our freezer! 😂 You can use a water discount to make up for the water in the pumpkin, but I didn’t bother. I used a 1.75-2:1 milk/lye ratio. To prevent overheating from the extra water, I kept the temperature of the oils and lye solution low (around 85F) and put it in the freezer or fridge to saponify. If you are concerned about overheating, I would recommend it. Better safe than sorry!