Take a relaxing soak in the tub to the next level with Hester's DIY soap dish. If an indulgent weekend away isn’t an option right now, run yourself a bath, lock the door behind you, and recreate your own hammam-style treatment with this fancy soap dish and some homemade soaps (check out our how to make soap at home for beginners tutorial). The industrial concrete soap dish adds a contemporary edge to your bathroom and is made from entirely eco-friendly materials making it a fab stash buster. Hester uses an old butter tub and leftover concentre to make her DIY soap dish and the dish will make your handmade soaps last much longer. We've also show you how to make bath bombs and crochet makeup remover pads so you can make your bathroom truly sustainable and plastic-free. Now it's over to Hester for her DIY soap dish tutorial.
You will need:
- Empty butter tub
- Moulding clay
- 500g (20oz) concrete (we used Portland cement and sharp sand)
- Concrete pigment in blue
- Water
- Disposable plastic bowl
- Plastic spoon
- Scales
- Disposable gloves
- Dust mask
- Fine sandpaper
