Number 10 Done:

Yes that is my 10th soap that will be or has been finished off this year. It's my brush ladies and gentlemen. It's a "boar" brush which means that it's a soap hog. Even though I go easy on my soaps as much as possible, I still have to "feed the pig" with a diet to get a decent lather. This is only the 5th one that I've completely finished off this year and it took almost a year to finish those off:

It's a good thing that the soaps I buy are affordable.