In the soap box!

'Handmade' doesn't have to be synonymous with 'boring'!

When a creative mood strikes Cheeky Maiden, you just never know what you'll end up with, but you can bet that it is going to be unique, original, and fabulously good for your skin!

We'd like to introduce you to our 'Soap Du Jour' category. That's fancy talk for "whatever we felt like making".

Today the Maiden mixed up a super fat (soap talk for "extra creamy and conditioning") batch of soap with loads of Cocoa Butter and completely raw Shea Butter, along with pure Olive, Coconut, and sustainable Palm Oil. It's hot here in Alabama, so Peppermint sounded nice and cool, and who doesn't like some Lavender while we're at it???

She cut up some fresh and colorful handmade soap and skillfully stacked it in the molds, with the help of Thing 1 and Thing 2 (aka, our 4 and 5 year old daughters). We think we came up with a pretty rad design:

We did six logs just like that:

And then poured that super fat Peppermint & Lavender soap right over it:

We can't wait to show you the finished result in a couple of days when we slice these soap logs!

(Did you know that fresh real handmade soap takes a day or two to harden before it can be removed from the mold and sliced. Then we have to wait an agonizing 4 to 6 weeks before it's ready to use! Good things are worth waiting for!)