Ta-daaaaaaaaaa and it smells divine!

Yesterday's inaugural soap making adventure had its great unveiling this afternoon!

All day I looked forward to coming home from work to remove my block of soap from the milk carton! Not entirely sure what to expect, it was a bit of a challenge to remove it from the mould - no reuse of that carton!! - but once out it sliced sooooo easily and smoothly. I love the chunky squarish shape that the milk carton mould gave it and I also love how my cutting is uneven, or should I say "rustic"!

The fleckly speckly bits that can be seen are dried Calendula petals - apparently a good, gently exfoliator and nice for the skin. Orange Essential Oil and Lemon Essential Oil were combined and so the soap has a lovely fresh zingy smell. Mmmmmm all that handmade goodness and now only 4-6 weeks to wait until we can use it.

The bottom photo shows my soap drying system. Can't wait until that little trolley is chock full of some more delicious, bubbly soap!

On an aside, I've had a couple of people say that they have been unable to leave a comment here! Bum.

I've done some tweaking and fiddling and think I have the issue sorted. If you could please give commenting a try, I'd be very appreciative in case I need to delve further into the problem!!