The guessing is over, The Great Soap Challenge week one reveal!

I have already enjoyed this challenge so much, thanks to Amy from Great Cakes Soapworks, she has set some wonderful tasks for us to do each week and, I am so excited, this is the end of the first week and time to show you how my soap came out!  If you want to see how I made this soap please go back to the last blog where it is all explained including step by step photos.

The single slice, I love this one, it was tricky to choose though as each slice was totally different.  The top looks really nice and sparkly too so I have taken a couple of shots with the tops lined up.

All in all  love the bar, the smell is nice too, peppermint and bergamot, which is a lovely combination.  The bergamot seems to take the eye watering menthol scent away from the peppermint and softens it really well.  I am also very happy with the pigment colours I used and will definitely be experimenting with them again, this has been cut for a couple of days now and there is no sign of fading at all so hopefully the colour is a keeper!

These bars will be ready in 4 weeks time if you are interested and will be posted up on our Puro Website under Special Limited Edition soaps.

I just cant wait now for week two, Making milk soap, this is going to be a tricky one for me as Shelley and I always soap with goats milk anyway, so another type of milk will have to be used.  I have always wanted to try coconut milk, so perhaps that is the way I will go.  Anyway, I shall blog again next week about what I have done then the reveal will be next Saturday 1st April (April Fools - I hope that is not going to follow through!!)

Do check out the Great Challenge reveal link and have a look at what everyone else has done, apparently there are now over 70 soapmakers all over the world involved.  How brilliant is that?

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