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| This bear was made with the Tesco Basic Soap. I ran out of room when I got to the head. |
I do not pretend to be any kind of expert in this - it's just something I like to have fun with, now and again.
You don't need any specialist tools - I use an old vegetable knife - one that's not too sharp because anything with too much of an edge to it will cut in too deeply when you don't want it to...
The soap, however, is a different kettle of fish. If it's hard and crumbly it's no fun at all to use.
I was chuffed to find Tesco's own brand.
It's soft, is a nice blocky shape to begin with (no brand name as such to get rid of before you start) and best of all, it only cost me 11p.
None of it got wasted - the chips have already been melted down to make another bar of soap - but more on that another day.
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| My first attempt, years ago - bear with me - the one on the left. You can still see the brand name on his side. The green dolphin was mad with Fairy soap. That was nice, once I'd got the writing off. |
