The Mint Needle

 What do you do when you want to make homemade soap but don't have the time to invest in 'methods' and lye? You go the half homemade route! That's right. Half homemade. I did this when an over~abundance of dried calendula had me thinking, "a soap of this sort would be great for the skin." But, I didn't have all the tools down and the methods are still being studied. So until I could do things the right way, I found my fix with these items: coconut oil, raw honey, calendula petals, and ivory soap. (I chose ivory for the lack of perfumes and dyes, and I like that it is air whipped, but any soap will do.) All I did was shave my soap bars using a grater. I added two heaping Tablespoons of coconut oil and honey. I nuked it for 20 seconds, mixed and added my calendula petals to pull out the extra fluid. You might end up microwaving for an extra set of seconds, but do not exceed 20 seconds at a time. Timing really depends on the strength of your microwave a...