Another food that I love in soap is pumpkin. According to Brambleberry.com, "Pumpkin is full of antioxidants and vitamins A and C which can help keep your skin youthful and refreshed." I also like to add whipping cream (the kind with 35% milk fat) to my pumpkin soaps, it always feels extra decadent with the added heavy cream. I couldn't decide how to do my pumpkin soap this weekend, so I decided to try it two different ways to see which I liked better!
Pumpkin Soap #1: I decided to split this batch, and only add pumpkin puree to one
side and whipping cream to the other side. It thickened up quite quickly and
was not very conducive to a vertical layer, but I managed to slam it down in
there enough :) It was fun to try, but
very finicky and probably not worth the effort! Fragranced with Pumpkin Pie.
Pumpkin Soap #2: For this soap, I mixed equal parts pumpkin puree and whipping
cream together and subbed it for half of the water called for, I added this pumpkin cream mixture to the oils at the same time as the lye water. This was much less fussy to make and much easier to get into the mold. The pie
slices on top are CP, and this one is fragranced with Gingersnap.
Tip 1: I followed Brambleberry’s tip about adding copper mica to
the soap, the soap seems to be more of a reddish-orange tint at this time,
rather than the muddy orangy-brown I usually get with pumpkin soaps; I'll have to watch how the color changes as it cures.
Tip 2: I didn’t add any fragrance to the lighter portion of
the soap (to avoid it turning brown), and I added a little bit of titanium dioxide
to help keep it lighter.
Tip 3: I mixed the leftover pumpkin and whipping cream
together, in equal amounts, and froze them into cubes for future use. To use,
thaw and sub for half of the water called for, added to the oils at the same time as the lye water.
Love the second one, it's so adorable!! I've made pumpkin HP once, it was very smooth. I didn't like the lather, but I'm pretty sure it was the new recipe I tried for it. How do you like the Gingersnap FO?
ReplyDeleteThanks Laura, I like the second one too and it was much easier to make! I looove the Gingersnap FO, I find most pumpkin pie oils are too cinnamon, this one is a nice spicy scent without leaning too heavy on the cinnamon. Another one to add to your list? :D
ReplyDeleteDid you add copper mica to all the soaps? I like the orange color of the soap that hasn´t any cream in it.
ReplyDeleteI like that color too! I'm finding that the soap with just the pumpkin puree is staying more orangy than the soap with the pumpkin and cream mixed. I did add a bit of copper mica to them both, but I probably didn't need to, as the pumpkin gives it a nice color on its own.
DeleteNice experiment! Pumpkin soap is on my 'to do 'list soaps for soon !
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
Thanks Natalia, pumpkin is a fun one to do! If you make some, please post a link so that we can see the pictures :)
DeleteAll of your pumpkin soaps are so pretty, Cee Gee! Neat idea using whipping cream in the soap, too. I am planning to make a pumpkin soap for autumn/Christmas gifts soon. (I'm so glad that it's almost time to think about fall and winter - I am so ready for summer to be over!) I've got a Sweet Pumpkin FO that I love, and BB's Gingersnap is a favorite, too. My mom especially loves the Gingersnap!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Jenny :) I'm with you, so ready for fall and winter!! Sweet pumpkin sounds nice too, I'll find my perfect pumpkin yet! :D
DeleteI love how the second one looks. The colours are great,so foody. I've read about pumpkin, it seems to be very beneficial for the skin.
ReplyDeleteHow do you use whipping cream,have never heard someone uses it?
Hi Maja, thanks so much for your comments! Whipping cream is called different names in other countries, it is also known as 'thickened' cream or 'heavy' cream, and I'm sure many others! It is cream that has a high butterfat content, the one I used had 35% milk fat. I'm not sure if you mean how to use it in soap or food? For food, we whip the cream until it's fluffy, and usually sweeten it with sugar and a bit of vanilla to use as a topping on pies or fruit, etc. For soap, I added it (unwhipped) with the pumpkin because it gives a nice, creamy lather :)
ReplyDeleteI think I know what it is,you can find it here sweetened,for cakes or plain,for cooking sauces,or something else. I personally don't use it for it's high calorie value. What I'd been wondering was it's application in soap,what you explained.
DeleteI love the second one...looks like dessert! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Kalla :D
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