Soapbox 360, Wired UK
Photo: Beate Sonnenberg
Even hardcore gamers need personal hygiene breaks occasionally. But that needed mean suspending the gamepad experience, even when you’re soaping in the shower. Chrystal Doucette, a 25-year-old from Moses Lake, Washington, casts these custom-made vegan soap bars from highly detailed silicone moulds of controllers such as the Xbox 360 and the original NES two-button brick.
“When I was little, my dad used to take me to the computer store. It was boring – except they had chocolates shaped like five-inch floppy disks,” says Doucette. “After I decided to make my own more detailed chocolate moulds, I thought they’d be great for soap.”
Her range includes Tetris blocks, Space Invaders and Wiimotes, in scents such as “Pink Sugar”, “Fudge Brownie”, and “Mountain Dew.” Game over, Imperial Leather.
This article appeared in the September 2009 edition of Wired UK.
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