Bathing Essentials

Time for some functional decorations for the upstairs bathroom.

Here's the video I watched to make the shampoo and conditioner bottles:

As you can see in the following photo, I made a few modifications. I started with pink and white construction paper, to which I later applied clear packing tape for a glossy finish. Trimming the excess tape with scissors proved to be a bit trickier than anticipated, but, serendipitously, the bottles look as though they were recently wrapped in plastic packaging, resembling some of their 1:1 scale counterparts. Another issue I encountered was attaching the bottle caps. Initially, I followed the instructions in the video by using a glue stick, but that failed (for some reason), so I turned to superglue. Again, no luck, probably because of its liquid form and the relatively little surface area available. Tacky glue to the rescue!  

For the razor, I first glued a small rectangle of aluminum foil to a slightly larger rectangle of black craft foam. Then I colored a toothpick with black permanent marker, trimmed the toothpick to size, and glued it to the back of the foam at a slightly upturned angle. 

Note that the video below uses different materials, namely a reflective card instead of aluminum foil, pink craft foam instead of black, and Scoobie String instead of a toothpick.    

The bar of soap is made of wax from a Mainstays Black Cherry candle. I simply carved out a few chunks from the top of the candle and molded them into a bar-like shape.  

I used the same material for the base of the body sponge as I did for that of the scrub sponge in an earlier post. For the hanging rope, I cut a short strand of Lily Sugar'n Cream Solids & Denim yarn in the color White, separated that strand into 4 plies, threaded 1 ply through a sharp tapestry needle, and poked the needle through the top of the sponge, creating a tiny loop.    

To make the comb, I traced a small arc onto a piece of gray craft foam and cut out 2 copies, for the top and bottom pieces. Next, I unfolded a few paperclips and with wire cutters created 6 tiny teeth, each approximately 0.5 cm long. I carefully positioned these teeth over the bottom piece of foam, applied a thin strip of superglue, and set the top piece in place, pressing down firmly. Finally, after allowing this sticky sandwich to dry for a bit, I trimmed the edges.

Which items do you consider bathing essentials?