DIY Things I Don't Do Anymore 

You aren’t here to be anyone’s verbal punching bag. People who are downright rude and offensive whist hiding behind a keyboard are cowards and being ignored is the least that trolls should expect. There are plenty of us that appreciate your generosity in sharing your work without wasting time on ignorant kb warriors.

Your channel is so informative! Thanks for all you share with the handmade community. 💖

I love this! I’ve been formulating for a year in hopes of starting a business. As I am growing as a formulator, an engineer and doing tons of research I am realizing that you CANNOT discredit science!

What jerks & haters can’t stand most of all is being completely ignored. So I’m thrilled to hear someone on RU-vid finally say, I’m not gonna spend one second of my time on you. Far too many people, in my humble opinion, give them too much air play & allow them to take up to much space in their head. Bravo Marie!

Lots of sad people out there who find joy at putting others down. Jealous of your lovely personality, good looks and super talented abilities. Keep smiling that would really p them off 😉 🖒

Dude, Marie, Gawd! i respect you SO FRICKIN MUCH! You have been my constant companion on this journey of learning..after studying herbal medicine for 20+ yrs, i decided to dive head-first into cosmetics (to protect myself & my family & friends from the certain death all the horrible corporations were busily plotting..because of course they want to kill off their clientele, right?).. i feel so much like you have helped me to understand that they're really not trying to kill me, & that i've been learning these things right along with you..which i am SO grateful for! By having a better understanding of formulating, & being able to decode an INCI, i now see the purpose of a lot of those evil chemicals! As if one can ever get away from chemicals, we're made of them for frick's sake! i just so deeply admire your personal growth into the young, but extremely saavy & wise formulator you've become. And i'm so proud of you becoming independent & making your own niche & then, planting your flag to say: this is my work! I was born to do this! I'm really talented at this & passionate about it & this is what I want to be! It inspires so many people to see you slaying dragons! And you are using your platform in the most thoughtfully accountable way i've ever witnessed & as a result, you're truly educating people who without you, might be lead down some horrific pinterest-make- your-own- unpreserved-mascara from dirty gutter water! or formulate-sunscreen-from-eggshells-&-aloe-gel! Or hell, formulate sunscreen! At home! Yourself! Then slather it on your babies & go into the mohave! With no hat! You know what i mean..just: Thank you! For your curiosity, & open-mindedness, & being willing to do the valuable work of real research & then having the courage of your convictions, enough to take a whole lotta shit from a lot of probably well-meaning, but completely ignorant critics, who really believe that natural, whatever that means, trumps good sense..thank you for not investing so much into the idea of Marie being crunchy, that you disregarded the truth when you encountered it..& THANK YOU for your blog post & comments here regarding the skindeep database!!!!! Muchlove, suki

I absolutely loved this and totally agree on every level. What bothers me is people/companies who claim their products are all “natural” or “organic” when they are far from it. I cringe when I see a friend say they bought organic shampoo at the grocery store and I show them it’s not and they freak out. I explain to them that’s it’s ok to use these products and they probably are better for us than others but they aren’t 100% organic.

I feel like I have learned so much along with you by following your blog and RU-vid channel over the past (almost) two years! Thanks for all you do, Marie! ☺️

I’ve been reading your blog and watching your videos for a few days, and you definitely already saved me from making huuge mistakes (e.g. that thing about vitamin E or rosemary not being actual preservatives). There’re so much misinformation about diy cosmetics, and for a beginner it’s often hard to tell what’s what, and I love that you encourage thorough research. Thanks a lot🌱🌱🌱

Have loved your posts for years. Keep doing the great work that you have been doing. I learned a lot from you but also learned a lot from some of the people you mentioned. It is just always great to be curious/learn about the ingredients, processes and formulations.

One word about your rude and offensive trolls. JELOUS!! Keep being you. I love your channel, so happy I found it. You are amazing, and people cant handle that! Unfortunately for your trolls you “have it all” and your enthusiasm, knowledge and integrity are solid. They suck!

I am happy to have your channel as an inspiration. I'm a 'homemade' type person. I like making things not really to save money but just that I can. And HAPPY 7 YRS. I hope you have the best year and years to come, if this makes sense. Can you show us your fur baby we haven't seen her? In a while. Thanks.👩‍🔬

Happy birthday Humblebee & Me 🎉 ❤️ Thanks for always selflessly sharing your knowledge about making skincare and cosmetics. I wish you growth and happiness. 😘

Thank you so much for all your thoughts and information Marie!

Happy 7th! 🎂🎉 I appreciate your knowledge for real DIYs. I always get excited when I see a new video in my RU-vid listing.

I can't tell you how much I appreciate how hard you work to make things and give us your recipes... For free! The generosity is overwhelming and I can't express how that makes me feel, when others guard their recipes so closely that you can't even get a hint of which essential oils have been used (not that I've asked for a secret recipe because I totally get guarding one's business), But, once upon a time, I had a reaction to a producer and the maker insisted that it couldn't possibly have caused it. Anyway, the essential oils were listed as "fragrance or essential oil blend". I wasn't asking for the specific formula or whatever, just which oils were used... Anyway, I ended up with a really expensive product I couldn't use and no way of knowing what specifically caused the issue. Ah well, they lost a customer and I really miss the product.

You are a FANTASTIC teacher! Keep up the good work, onwards and upwards!:)

Thank you for this conversation and sharing your experience.

Thank you for all your knowledge and sharing. It has made my life easier and now I want to get back into this venue more in making product adventure.

Just discovered your channel and I absolutely love it! Informative, original and not biased towards only natural ingredients! This is something truly rare these days and I really appreciate your content ❤ Keep up the good work 👍

Humblebee and Me became a full-time gig, hurrah, hurrah! I found your blog this week and have been binge-reading posts on your website; I usually read through the comments and discussions because there's a lot of additional great learning from them. I remember two comments that you'd made, that you worked full-time outside of HB&M and that you didn't have the time for creating RU-vid videos, so it's been absolutely lovely discovering you are now full-time Humblebee and Me! I adore your honesty and straight talk, and girl, you make me giggle often. A very Happy Anniversary x

I've been subscribed for a couple of years now and LOVE your videos! I learned how to make conditioners and lotions thru you and find you to be a valuable resource when doing my diy's. Love your personality and spirit. Keep doing what you are doing!

Keep doing you you beautiful Bee!! You are Brilliant. A shinning light, and an utmost amazing source of knowledge and humor for us beings just trying to Bee better!!!!!!

I came across your you tube channel today .....and well I am hooked. Thank you for be so humble and honest 💕

That was a good one. Thank you for the review!

Happy Anniversary, I love all your recipes and bought your book. We hope to see another new book again soon. Continue please and you are GREAT!!👍👍

Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge, it's very helpful ❤

Awesome video Marie, thanks so much!

2024 and just found your channel. Love it! Thank you for all your work and experience. Invaluable information ♥♥♥

I've been wondering about milks in lotions for a long time now. Glad I saw this and didn't just do it to see what would happen. Thanks Marie!

Ugh makes me sad that people comment rude things to you! I look up to you and your an inspiration! I have learned so much through your blog and videos thank you for all your hard work 😍 there will ALWAYS be trolls. You could solve world hunger and people will still have negative things to say.

I have learned so much just watching a few of your videos! I’m subscribing!

I've gone all natural which has helped my skin immensely since my skin got itchy and dry from long term steroid use that I'm still on. I have found that I don't need to lather up to get clean. I also make my own balms, serums and lip balms, so I know what goes into them. My sister also uses my products and she's always getting comments on how lovely her skin is. We are both in our 60s. I also make my own macerated oils using dried botanicals and carrier oils. Apart from my 95 proof grape alcohol which I use to extract all the goodness from my botanicals there is no water in any of my formulations. I do use vitamin e and skin appropriate essential oils and absolutes. Thanks so much for your informative videos I really enjoy them.

Love your honesty. Thank you…..thank you…

So much of your DIY journey resonated with me! I am at a point where I am still buying all my water based things (toners, eye cream, facial sunscreen) because working with preservatives scares me (definitely would not want to screw it up) and, as you said, water is super great for your skin! There is no shame in being a DIYer who does not DIY everything.

Soooo glad you mentioned that about the EWG database. It's just unfortunate that they are the first website to pop up when googling the safety of a product and I honestly think that is the reason why so many people have such a misconception of natural always being safe while all synthetics are evil. It's just easier to read the first website that google throws at you rather than doing indepth research.

You are so cute, Marie! The more I watch you, the more I like to see you.. Thank you for all you have done. You are such a generous and kind soul.😊

Happy New Year! I would love to hear your thoughts, and/or recipes about DIY house cleaning supplies.

Love how you are being "smart" about what you need to make and what you don't need to make

Great video! I am a student at Formula Botanica and I’m always looking for other reliable content to learn from as well. Thanks for sharing what you’ve learned :)

You have given me so many ideas. I love your videos. I like your personality. You are funny and explain things so well. Thank you.

Thanks to you, I learned how to formulate lotion!!! You are amazing!!!

Lol what inspiring and lovely people to actually take the time to make these comments. Obviously not happy humans! Absolutely don’t take any notice. Your energy and positivity is inspiring. Shine on ! ✨✨✨

You are a marvelous human being, thank you so much for taking your time of explain8ng all this things,..you are helping a lots of ppl like myself.thank you thank you thank you💥❤️🌹

I personally no longer even try to make sunscreen. The lotion that I made that everyone swore up and down was at least SPF 12, was actually less than 2 when I had the chance to have it properly tested. No skin cancer for me please!

You are so genuine n nice.😊

Totally agree with the exclusion of usage rate of ingredients on EWG. You've convinced me to just throw the whole site away,lol!

I added you today. Found out about your lipstick video. Saw it and gave me some ideas. I make my own lip gloss and mascara organic and sell on Amazon. But been thinking of expanding to lip stick, your video opened my protocol plans more widely. Still watching more of your videos. So far your a top of my favorite. Thank you very much, such beautiful personality mixed with alot of informational instinct creativeness.

Here is a compliment for you. As crazy as this may sound, I used to listen go you at night prior to going to bed. You were so inspiring, I got my formulating certification. Yes, same school. I sell products at my local market. So thank you for inspiring me. :)

Hey don’t let the haters bring you down. Your a young smart woman who knows what direction she is going. Many people don’t. Your growing & your doing it on RU-vid. Many won’t expose themselves like your doing. They are afraid. I enjoy your videos & have learned from watching you. Anyway just keep doing what your doing. Good luck, your friend Carlos

Happy birthday, humblebee and me!

Hi Marie! I am a huge fan of You, you inspire me to try new things so thank you soo soo much. Ps: Please share your skincare routine. ❤

I absolutely love your content♥️

iam very new to your channel but really like how informative you are and cant wait to learn more from you

Thank you so much for sharing. ❤

Great video, thank you!

Hi there. Did you mean infusing fresh herbs ? Or is it the same problem with dried ones ?

I love your good information sharing. I always learn form you thank you so much.

This such a good post! Keep going! 🤗👌💕

Hi Marie...you are such a sweetheart and I love your DIYs. Looking forward to more....thank you!!!

I was wondering what scale to order at Lotion Crafter to weigh essential oils, the little black one shown here? I use the “ Smart Weigh Pro Pocket Scale you recommended a few years ago but I am not sure it is the right one to weigh essential oils in such a small quantity. I love your blog and videos! You are such a wonderful teacher! Thank you for sharing! I make almost every recipe you post.

Hi Marie. Congrats on your 7th year and Happy Birthday. Mine is also in Sept. Just recently subscribed to your channel and blog post and bought your book. I've been making my own body creams, facial serums, eye cream, deodorant and soaps since the late 1990's and I'm still loving it! At 62 my skin is in pretty good shape. Just need to work on the wrinkles around my eyes and mouth. LOL I love learning new things about body, facial and soap products and your channel and blog have so much information; it's just awesome! Wishing you great success and happiness!

I'm excited about jumping into making my own lip balms and whipped body butters and slowly (as I can afford) buying some essential supplies to get started very soon. I've watched tons of videos but yours are my favorite because you explain so well all the hows and whys of what goes into each product that even a beginner can understand. One thing I will say about the rude trolls, they are everywhere on the internet. I believe there are some people that have nothing better to do than go around insulting people. But that's okay, karma will take care of them. :) You keep doing YOU! You have a huge following so you must be doing something right..lol.

Thank you for the work you do. I really like the facial lotions with the hyaluronic acid. They are the best. What are your thoughts about adding more caffeine in your Frankincense lotion? As it can help reduce puffiness, would it do any good to add more? Safety?

Great video, do you know any good references for ingredient ratios for powder/pressed cosmetics? the site ive ordered from has some ratios listed but i want to confirm they are accurate before starting to look into formulas. Thanks again :)

Do you find it difficult to preserve turmeric powder in an aqueous product?

How do you know if light lotion is being absorbed or just evaporates, as it is mostly water?

Great video, thank you very much. I will follow you forever.

When i start doing DIY body butters i loved the way it looks i just wanted to it it!! But i realised that it didn't do much for my dry and itchy skin also for my kids, so i learn that you need water! as much as i love body butters i just have to use less and use lotions or creams.

I think you are very pretty and smart, don't let anyone make you feel bad, people are just jealous of professional people who are successful. Keep up the good work, I LOVE all your information and I'm happy I found someone like you to help me make things the right way. Thank you so much for what you do.

Hey you Rock💖💖✨❣️❣️👍🏻 I have learned quite-a-bit from you so much❣️I would like to know what preservative you might use on a cuticle oil application? I don’t kno Ed have any water in it . Then you for your guidance?

Hi i need your help, is there any huge difference of silica or silk powder to serecite mica?

Keep up the good work!Your new subscriber.Love from India💗

Don’t worry girl, you killing it!

Very informative! Thank you so much for all your help! I DO learn a lot from you and your blog!!! Kiss Kiss Kiss!!!

Keep up the great work! :)

Thanks for sharing. Your just so lovely.

Can you do an updated lotion tutorial?? Plzzz!!

great I've been needing a mini scale. hunting has been overwhelming. I was just gifted some bacuri butter, any suggestions on the best things to make with it for over 50 skin?

How do I get rid of the waxy feeling of Shea Butter in my formulas? I hate the feel but love the benefits of Shea.

Do you make deodorants? I been meaning to buy a higher tier of patreon, but its sold out..😢 if i bought it can we make one with colloidal silver?

Hi Marie, a quick question. I want to make a shampoo I have a recipe with soybean oil, can I substitute it for grapeseed oil? This falls into the category of I think I can having done a little research and I don't have in my cupboard.. PS Love the vids and thank you.

Back to botanicals. Did you ever try to extract cucumber for example and then using a preservative in the water (cucumber and water blended)

Fixing to step out on eye shadow. I m stepping out. I fail? Ill find you. Find out what I m doing wrong

You are amazing, I hate the "natural talibans" (hope I spelled it correctly) who criticize every single recipe containing some non-natural ingredient. I have learned so much from your videos and blog. Thank you so much for sharing your experience! That said, I'm trying to formulate a whipped body butter that doesn't melt at temperatures of 28/30°C. I have tried many variations, but the ones that are perfect at lower temperatures melt above 28, the ones that stay a little bit firmier are too hard under 23/24°C. Do you have any input to help me?

HIIII SWEETIEE!! CAN YOU DO A TUTORIAL HOW TO MAKE CREAM BLUSH ON?? PLEASEEE. I HAVE A LOT OF BEESWAX, COCOA BUTTER, OXIDE, ESSENTIAL OILS BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM

where did you get the scale that you measure the essential oils with?

I have just discovered you and before I go off the deep end and buy stuff, I decided to binge on you channel, take notes, and read the blog. In this video about things you do not do anymore, you said no longer count drops. I have written down a number of your older formulations which use drops. I am wondering how to translate those drops to grams...if using a standard lab eye dropper, would one drop from a bottle be about the same as that from an standard eyedropper? About the ignorant trolls who use time out of their day to be jerks...BAH HUMBUG!!! You ROCK!

I understand that emulsifiers are usually used for water-oil formulations, but can I use an emulsifier such as cetearyl alcohol to simply thicken an all-oil formulation?

I bought dried rose petals to make rosewater. I planned on adding germall plus. Do you think that would be hard to preserve? Should I just stick to hydrosols?

Luv ur content❤❤❤❤

You're so cute! Love your videos. I abhore EWG, like you. I recommend water, then applying an oil or butter product. It's a way to naturally emulsify them.

Some jerk: You look like a giraffe. Marie (probably): You misspelled 'graceful'.

Happy Birthday we done. Love your videos and your fun smiles 😁😀🤗🙏❤️💐

Can you please give few supplier ms where i can buy true hydrosol? Thank you so much

I have learned so much from you! Once I started adding water to my mixes my skin has praised me ever since. I have abandoned pretty much all of my previous oil-only mixes, except facial oil serums that I use in conjunction with my lotions. Keep up the good work! You are doing great things for the DIY community:)

thank you! your videos are great! what do you think of vaseline for dry skin creams? Internet is filled with articles that it's kind of bad, but also there's information that it's a myth and some dermatologists say it doesn't harm and doesn't slow down skin's turnover . So, please, what do you think? Thank you!

Hi Maria, please what's the scale you just showed here called? The link you put lotioncrafter is functioning .. anyways, my scale doesn't weigh 0.1g . Please let me know the name thanks

What about oat milk? Can it be preserved at home?

Hi my name is Tom I make soy candles and had a friend ask about butters so I’ve watched a couple of your videos and thought about trying some of your recipes. Do you feel they are beneficial and help are skin and hair?