i have made soap and this is it here

I had to make labels for it, because otherwise it just looks like cheese. Hey, maybe I should make cheese? I went to a cheese factory once, there was a man behind a big window who made cheese while you watched, which is a bit weird really when you think about it. I think he was stirring it with a spade, I can't remember. It really smelled like cheese in there though, let me tell you.

But take my word for it, this is good old-fashioned cold process soap. You make it by melting solid fats & oils and mixing them with a solution of sodium hydroxide and water. Then you stir it up until it starts to get thick, add essential oils and pour into a mould. I used a shallow cardboard box lined with waxed paper. It takes 12 or so hours to set, during which time it heats up alarmingly - it burned off a lot of the essential oils during this process, leaving it with a fairly subtle scent. Then you hack it into chunks and leave it to cure for a few weeks.

I don't know what I was expecting, but I was really surprised when it actually worked. I mean, it lathers up like real soap and everything! Wowsers.