As it turned out, my soap box project slowly morphed into a soap jar project because of branding issues. The end product seemed too fancy to shove into a paper box. I found myself creating less conventional soap as well. Rather than a traditional soap bar, I chose to mold actual coffee beans. The beans have a fun shape and there's a bit of novelty in their small size. The beans are only a couple centimeters in length so expecting the consumer to attempt to wash themselves with a small bean of soap was laughable. To solve this, I created a fist-sized bag to contain them. The bag is made of a sheer fabric and the plastic mesh found on most shower poufs. Another added twist was to put herbs into the pouch - I'm not sure if it's especially good for your skin but it sounded like a good idea. Here's the initial concept and the final design:
